MIGHTY HEARTS for SALE!

Today (and EVERY day) is the perfect time to BE MIGHTY! 

Show just how MIGHTY you are by showcasing a MIGHTY HEART in your life.  You can hang these one of a kind MIGHTY HEARTS anywhere you want...a tree, your house, your office...anywhere you need a little zshuzsh!

Each MIGHTY HEART is hand drawn, hand cut... 

...and lovingly hand painted!

Celebrating MIGHTINESS!

HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY, OAKES!

And, remember to ALWAYS...

Want a MIGHTY HEART?  Stop by my front porch and grab two small ones or one large one for just $30!  Drop your cash/check through my mailbox in my front door.  You can make your check out to MOHF  (MIGHTY OAKES HEART FOUNDATION)...all proceeds go directly to helping HEART BABIES and their MIGHTY families!

Sewing Room Stools REupholstered!

On this snowy day, I decided to start and FINISH a quick REdo project in my house.  I chose a project that has been on my "to do" list for the past TWO years.  This project is so easy…it just takes a little bit of time and bit of "elbow grease"…as my GAGA used to say.  

REcovering stools for our sewing/craft room to a more cheerful seat fabric was today's project!

The first step was to take off as many layers of fabric as possible to lessen the bulk when REcovering the seat with the new fabric.  When I removed the denim fabric that I had put on over 13 years ago, I realized why I had REcovered them in the first place.  Nice stains…gross!

By the way, here is what you need to REcover a chair seat…fabric, scissors, an electric staple gun, staples, and a steady/strong arm to guide the gun…with a bit of patience to unjam it!

Step two…pink fabric for the first layer…so it can peek through the top fabric, which was bit transparent.  Cut the fabric about 2-3 inches larger than the seat you are recovering.  Fold the fabric over the the edge of the bottom of the seat and staple it about 1-2 inches from that edge.  Gather the corners of the fabric last…pull taut and staple as best as you can!  It won't be to pretty…but just cut away the extra fabric to clean it up and voila!

Comparing the two chairs…new, cheerful fabric to the old, but very reliable, denim.

Close up of the vintage Lilly Pulitzer remnant fabric I found a few years back…LOVE!  Notice you can see just a tint of the pink showing through the flowers…!

You can do it, too!  Such an easy, quick, and inexpensive way to update any room in your house!

Spindle Chair REupholster REveal

Here they are!

From BLAH...

To TADA!

It just takes a little hustle and time to get what you really like at the price you LOVE.

It's the HUSTLE that I LOVE…The Spindle Chair.

If you really know me, you know that I love a GOOD hustle…a really good "deal"…something you have to hunt down…at an incredible price.

Recently my latest obsession has been The Spindle Chair.  

After all, who doesn't love the look of a classic spindle chair? Authentic details and exceptional quality make this piece a real showstopper in any space.

Here is an example of it in Williams Sonoma HOME magazine…at the hefty price of $1400 including the delivery fee!  Gorgeous, but not working for my wallet or my hustle attitude.

And here it is again named Poppy Chair from One Kings Lane...still like $1000 bucks.

Nope...not happening.

This time it's called the Beaded Armchair from One King's Lane...I really LOVE the metallic finish.  But again, the price is still over $1000...still not working for me.  Damn them.

After all, it's the hustle.

And then, when I wasn't even looking for them, Pier One came to the rescue!

Their version of The Spindle Chair is titled the Bobbin Armchair -- Ikat.

But I hated the fabric...of course.

However, the price tag caught my eye…$499.  Um..ok!

And THEN I saw the red CLEARANCE TAG...YES!  

The clearance tag was $399---AND because I'm a designer I get ANOTHER 20% off!

That means I got another $40 off...making the chair only $360!

Oh the hustle…the hunt is over.

These babies were mine!

What's next?

The REveal of these REupholstered spindle chairs…so stay tuned.

Out with the OLD…In with the NEW! (Furniture for REsale!)

Pottery Barn Rug

8' x 10'

$125

SOLD

REupholstered antique chair
$50
SOLD

Pier One Counter Height Stools
$125 for all FOUR stools

Shabby Chic Dining Table

White washed legs with planked wood top

Seats 6 comfortably

$125

SOLD

Contact me if you are interested!

Apparently A LOT of you are READY for a ZSHUZSH!

Right after my last post, Who is READY for a little ZSHUZSH?, I received a handful of emails from friends, clients, and strangers replying that they needed a little help in the "zshuzshing" department!  Here is just one of them...try not to laugh...this client ALWAYS cracks me up!

I have 3 or 4 or 10 projects I want to do this spring. Andy says I can pick one... can you come over and help me?  Please. 

These are the projects I've narrowed it down to...

1.. Entry (Beige walls, needs wainscoting, BLAH)

2.  Change Light fixtures everywhere... EVERYWHERE.  

3.  Our bedroom

I'm leaning towards the entry.... your new entry is stunning.  

Do you have certain days that work better than others?  

Thanks

Meghan

But before I could even respond  to her, I received ANOTHER email from her that cracked me up even more!  Here it is...

And now I need this on my list....My downstairs basement is Webster Orange which is beginning to offend Dillon (11)..... so I'd really be doing it for Dillon.  For the kids... And Andy... he's on the KIRKWOOD school board for God's sake.. we have to change the bathroom.

I shouldn't have looked at your blog.

Love that she is inspired by my blogs...and we already have a date to start working on the "zshuzshing" of her house.

Thanks to all of you who have read my blogs...you keep my busy, laughing, and HAPPY!

Who is READY for a little ZSHUZSH?

Who is ready for a little ZSUZSH?

I am.  

I AM.

I AM!!!

After all, it's January.

Ugh.

Holidays are over.

The sparkle is put away.

Your house looks BLAH.

I get it.

I feel the same way.

So...I got my ZSHUZSH on today and just did a little something MIGHTY to make my attitude and my house perk up!

Take a look...

It wasn't very hard to do...

(I purchased 3 Mighty Hearts from The Mighty Oakes Heart Foundation!)

and took very little effort...

(I screwed my new house numbers to the Mighty Hearts and hung them on little nails outside of my front door!)

but I AM IN LOVE WITH IT!

And the best part of this little ZSUZSHING project is that every time I see it, it reminds me to be MIGHTY and do things I just didn't think I could do.

What project are you MIGHTY enough to tackle...and how can I help?