Its been a beauty this weekend, lovely warm weather and a house full of people.
And now its still warm and raining, aaaah the serenity...
Anyhow have been very busy this weekend with one thing and another but never too busy to find some treasures.
Some of these lovelies were just waiting for me on the side of the road, unloved and unwanted.
Happy to give them a home....
I think this old banded suitcase has travelled enough already, will make a great storage item for extra clothes on top of a wardrobe.
But really why would anyone throw out such a lovely old table? Besides a few knocks to the top, its in great condition. Its going to make a lovely desk in my daughters room..
And that antique mirrored cabinet, I'm hoping that's going to fit on our ensuites wall cause I am a sucker for bevelled mirrors...
and then of course there was this little chair in a pile of junk on the side of the road, all green sponge effect and1990's fairy fabrc BUT as solid as a rock..
My favourite staple gun (I've had since art school days and I wont say how long ago that was!) and some nice natural cotton duck...
A little "how to" on fitting fabric to drop in seats:
1. place seat on freshly ironed (and preshrunk/prewashed fabric) and cut around outline with enough room to fold over the sides and underneath for stapling.
2. Staple each side in the centre
3. Turning the seat around as you go staple outwards from the centre whilst slight pulling the fabric taut ie. staple one on one side, turn, staple on the next side, turn, staple on the next side. This way the fabric is evenly "stretched" across the seat.
4. Fold under the corners as you would fold a "hospital corner" on a bedsheet. Gives a nice neat finish to each corner. Use a few staples to keep corners in place.
5. If you dont like the edges of the top fabric looking raw underneath, get a plain piece of calico. Iron under the edges and staple neatly on the underside of the seat insert. Or you could use small tacks if you prefer that look.
It sits nicely with my op shopped French provincial table...
So you see ~ Antiques and second hand furniture ARE the ulitmate recycling!
Hope everyone had a lovely weekend too!
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