Reupholstered Chair Before & After

 
$5 Salvation Army chair + $5 spray paint + $16 fabric + TONS of staples = an awesome new chair.

 

Retro Kitchen Cansiters Redone

I found this piece at a flea market at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. It was covered in rust but I saw potential :)

Before doing anything, I removed the knobs so that I would not damage them.

I also took out each drawer to work on them individually. 

Ways to remove rust-

Chemicals such as CLR (this method did nothing for this piece)

Wire brushes

Sandpaper

Foil- This is that I used to get a great deal of the rust off of the front. You just wad a piece of foil into a ball, wet it with water, and scrub at the rust! It took a good majority off of the drawer faces.

There was no help for removing the rust on the outer body of the canisters and the insides of the drawers, they were far too corroded so covered the chrome faces and I used Rustoleum Rust Reformer, this makes a very rusty surface paintable. I wanted to paint it with something very durable, I found that Rustoleum also makes a spray on appliance epoxy. Both of these sprays have a 24 hour dry-time, so it's not a quick job but the outcome was very nice.

 

Easy Homemade Centerpiece

What you need:
•A wooden tray with an edge of at least 2 inches, I used a round one but any shape would work
•Lace that is a little narrower than tray's edge or lace that can be cut down (I used an old lace table cloth that I've used other pieces from for other projects)
•Scrapbook flowers
•Hot glue gun
•Scissors




-Make sure tray is clean or else the glue may not stick for long.

-Cut lace to right length and glue into place, if you put the glue in dots on the thicker areas of the lace it will help hide the glue

-Glue flowers over the seam where the two edge of the lace meet. And you're done :)

 


I put glass bottles of various shapes/sizes/colors in mine and set it on my dresser. It would also be cute on a small kitchen table

 

Upcycle an Old Trunk

This is probably my favorite thing I have ever made. I would have taken more pictures if I had thought about putting it online!

What you need:
-An old trunk/chest, I found mine at Goodwill.
-Mr. Clean magic eraser
-textured/paintable wallpaper
-scissors
-spray adhesive
-any paint of your choice, I used a latex semi-gloss interior paint but spray paint would much quicker 
-sponge paint brushes (unless using spray paint)
-Xacto knife or razor
-painters tape

Here is the trunk I started with --->


Clean up your trunk
-the trunk I bought had been painted several times and had paint spots and smears on the metal hardware. I used a Mr. Clean magic eraser to get this off. It's also a good idea to get any dust or dirt off the trunk so that your adhesive will stick.

Cut your wallpaper
-Cut pieces of wallpaper to slightly larger a than each section of your trunk. You should have a total of 9 pieces (4 sides of the base, 4 sides of the lid, and 1 for the top). I try to cut my pieces so the pattern appears symmetrical; if your pattern is abstract this doesn't matter.
-Turn whatever side you are working on up. Center your paper on the trunk and use the Xacto knife (or razor blade) to trim the edges for a more exact fit. Most trunks have slightly raised edging on the corners making this part easier. Do this for all 9 pieces.

Glue down the paper
-Next glue the pieces down. Spray adhesive takes a a few minutes to take hold and this allows you to fix any positioning problems
-Allow the glue to dry as long as stated on the bottle
-Touch up any edges that have come unglued, if any

Time to paint
-If you want to keep your hardware silver (or gold or bronze whatever it happens to be) you will want to tape them up with painters tape before painting. You can also just paint over them.
-If your wall paper has a lot of texture you will want to put on the paint somewhat thick to get into all the grooves, it may also take more than one coat of paint.
-Once paint is dry, remove painters tape and you're done! Use it for throw pillows or extra blankets, or have a piece of glass cut for it and use it as a coffee table!

Andddd..... TA-DA! Your finished product is even better than something you would find at a store :)