Tuesday 21 August 2012

ART ON FARM Market last Weekend - A wonderful Event

 

ARTS ON THE FARM 
Display 

Beautiful Farm in Columbia Valley  near Chilliwack BC 

Sales were fantastic - So most items are now sold 

                                                     For markets I sell Smaller items

A few mirrors still left 




Table is available for  $100.00 


All items are sold here 



My New UPHOLSTERS WIFE Banner 




THANK YOU TO ART ON THE FARM
for hosting a wonderful event !!

Kelley @ The Upholsters Wife 


Thursday 16 August 2012

A Summer Bedroom Trailer Redo on a Budget

This is my very small Trailer Bedroom redo at the  Lake .
Our Bedroom had many layers of wall paper that I stripped over the months leading up to this  change .

        I was also testing a gallon  of "oops" paint that I purchased 

                                  Home Depot for $9.00 on the wall 

I Re -Upholstered the Fabric headboard with a green stripe thinking that I may use these colour in the room.
" No", that would be just too easy , now I need to find some new fabric to re- upholster the headboard once again 


The wall were so uneven once the Wallpaper had been removed .
I was able to keep all the white blinds which was a huge plus !!


The closet and the new "oops" Paint trial in a bigger swatch .


Such a small bedroom with a queen size bed . That's Trailers for ya!!


One last Look at the old Bedroom & the Old fabric headboard gone wrong !


Here is the painting in Progress
My Oops paint & a soft white chalk paint  

I was able to use the Paint had previously purchased for another Project 

    

A picture I matted and then painted the frame ( ASCP OLD WHITE )  .
This was a Thrift store find - $4.00 for the picture/ mat from Hawaii  & the frame .

                          A little picture redo and she is hung on the wall !!

Spray painted the Door Pulls with a gloss white spray paint . 

       I used the Tremclad bonus can for $5.50 - lots left over for another project 

Used the Tremclad spray paint  for the door pulls and the  Chalk paint for the drawer


Painted the 2  book shelfs with the  Chalk Paint 




                 

The Faux Wood White Blinds were kept  , as they were pretty new

total of 4 blinds at no charge 



                                                       A refreshing Change .
                                            Small bedroom for a small budget redo
                                                       at only $30.50

A ROOM STILL IN NEED OF A FABRIC HEADBOARD 

STILL SEARCHING FOR THAT OH SO RIGHT WHITE FABRIC 



NEW TO ME LINEN
1 QUEEN DUVET
5 PILLOW CASES
TOTAL $12.00





Tuesday 14 August 2012

MY THRIFTY FINDS - So excited !!

Don't you just love it when you have the Unexpected fortune of going thrifting 

and you score great items !!

That's the way I felt last night .


I think I may have scored my first IRONSTONE  ??


My first scale ! Yellow too 


My 3 Beauties !!


A closer look!


MY VASE - the Labour of love ( read my previous post )


DID I score my first Ironstone piece or is just the name ?? PLease let me know .

I still have more Questions than Answers this week !! IT may be just a week of learning from all your experience and knowledge .
Till next time
Kelley @ The Upholsters Wife 

 

VASE - a labour of love

An unexpected chance to shop ( or thrift as we all know it ) ,while my Daughter was at Track practice brought about this amazing vase from W .Germany .  I call this vase the labour of love . This is the vase ,  when I purchased the vase  for $4.99 at my local thrift store .
I walked around the thrift store scratching this greenish  covering , for a peak of what was underneath . It felt like STORAGE WARS  in a vase , I needed to know what was underneath this green covering  .



The bottom did not even display the markings of W Germany 


To the sink , this vase went . To my Surprise water and my nail was all I needed .


15 minutes later still scraping !!


1 hour later, and I now  find that there is also a fine spray of speckled white paint 


More scraping with my nail and some fresh water. 


I can start to see this Vase is from W Germany & has some numbers .

 

Here she is all cleaned up !!


A beautiful Vintage Vase !!



NOW some questions,  I need your help with some information ??
The numbers are 674-30 W .Germany on the bottom
Has any one seen a vase like this before ?
PLease let me know if you know any info about this vase , I would so appreciate any comments and information .
And one more thing , Why would anyone paint this lovely vintage vase ??
For this post I have more Questions, than information
Thank you Kelley @The upholsters wife 




Thursday 9 August 2012

A Favourite Antique Dresser on wheels

I love these Antique dressers on wheels .
Something about being able to roll around a piece of furniture !!


2  coats of ASCP Old Ochre and then Old White 

Hand Distressed with sand paper 


First Coat ASCP Graphite ,with a second coat of dry brushed  Old White 



Hand distressed and hand waxed With ASCP Clear Wax 


HERE she is !!


Original hardware removed and handles returned to this vintage piece 







Enjoy
Kelley @ THe Upholsters Wife