Gossip Bench or Telephone Bench

I spotted of few of these benches at EastBrook Flea Market during some of my visits and couldn't decide if had room for one. I'm not sure if their called a gossip bench or telephone bench I heard them called both. During Christmas my husband and I were at Eastbrook and spotted one that was different from most of the one's I had been looking at. This one had simple details and the seat covered the whole piece. It was painted a shiny black and had a gold and red fabric on it. It looked pretty good but it didn't match my decor. I forgot to take a before picture but here are a couple I took after I got to work on it.

Here are the sorta before pictures:

I noticed underneath the piece that a few spots were missed when it was painted black. The bench used to be a dark cherry. My mission was to restore it to it's original color. So I bought a can of stripper and let's just say it didn't work. So I moved on to a tougher stripper and it worked but not so well. That black paint was stuck like glue on the bench!! After I pondered about it for a day or so I decided that it would look better in my living room if I painted it white. So first I bought a can of primer and gave it two coats. Then I painted it with a Glidden Color-Colonial White in satin finish. I wanted the bench to be shiny so that's why I used the satin paint. Usually when I paint something that I'm going to distress I use a flat base paint. But I wanted this bench to be shiny white with no distressing. I also knew I wanted to use a zig zag pattern for the bench seat. I couldn't find any fabrics that I liked at the local stores so I asked my friend Kelly who's a sewing master where she gets her fabric and she told me about fabric.com. They have a million fabrics and their prices are great. I found a great zig zag print by premier fabrics and it was house my house in less than a week. I left the original fabric on there and just covered and stapled. This was a tough project but I'm in love with how it turned out. It is such a unique piece! It kinda has a modern look to it.

Here are the after pictures:

An awesome find

Look at this precious chest of drawers I found at an antique mall in Prattville! Re-do to come

I haven't decided what I'm going to do to it yet. Love the wheels on it. She really needs some work! I only paid $79 for it. Any ideas on what I should do to her? Re-stain, paint?

A Pink Rocking Chair

A couple of months back my mother in-law and niece were browsing the local flea market and my niece spotted a pink rocking chair that she proceeded to sit in and cried when she had to leave it. Her Meme told her that Ash would paint her one. Her birthday was coming up so I decided that would be the perfect gift! So the hunt was on for the perfect chair. I found a really heavy one that was already painted pink but not a cute pink it was more of a mauve pink. The chair was $20.00!

Here is a couple of before pictures:

I bought two cans of Valspar spray paint (Cameo Pink) and spray her down! Then I used my new vinyl machine (Silhouette SD) I will blog more about it later. I used white vinyl in a curly font and that was it! I hope the princess likes it! Pink is her favorite color! Happy Birthday Finley!

Here are the after pictures: