Furniture Projects recap for 2009

Miss Mustard Seed is hosting her weekly Furniture Feature Friday.

I finally embraced a dream I have had for many years this year. 2009 was finally my year that I could venture into refinishing furniture to sell. My oldest left for college and my youngest was in 5 day a week pre-k so I was ready time wise.

I did my first show in October- and well LOVED it. This is my booth full of furniture that I redid. I hated to sell some of it but hey my house is only so big. 

I really fell in love with this robin's egg blue this summer and this was my fave piece to paint. It was brown but the blue paint covered it just enough to let the brown peek out. This piece did not sell and I was a bit upset but these things work out for a reason I figure. It now resides in my studio and holds all my fabric..so good for me. 

This was my all time fave of the show and secretly I hoped it would not sell. It was stained a walnut color when I got it but I just whipped out my fave blue and it was LOVE. It now resides in my oldest sons/ guest room.

Sidenote: The chair beside it - well I painted it white and recovered the seat in chenille - but my sister painted the awesome birds nest..she is the real talent of this team.

This pathetic chair had so many layers of paint on it..I sanded and sanded but it just would not let me win. So, I figured it only cost me $1 so what could I do? Hmm decoupage it. And I did with dictionary pages and then stenciled the word SEAT on the seat. It was the first piece to sell. We set it back and I had 11 other people ask me if they could buy it..guess I'll do more for spring.
BEFORE:




AFTER:
 

Another chair- before:

after:

A footstool before: (well actually after a primer coat oops)

And after: It sold right after the SEAT chair.

This chair my son calls the KING chair..before:

The King after:

That's all the projects from 2009. Now stop the rain and bring on 2010 so I can get at it again.