My first Craigslist Sale!

I made my first Craigslist sale today .... my two pink wing back chairs.   A nice young man and his mother purchased them for his first apartment .... and for exactly what I had them listed for.   The mother is going to make slip covers for them.    I guess he doesn't want his first place pink .. imagine that.

It was so easy .... what else do I have to sell?

I bought new chairs!

I did it!!!!   I bought two new chairs for my living room. I had been to one of my favourite furniture stores and saw the chair I wanted, but not the fabric, so I went to the manufacturer's showroom last Saturday.

I still loved the chair, and found some fabulous fabric with vines on it that give a fairly modern chair a more feminine, traditional look, and I changed the legs to a cherry finish. 
On Monday they called and said they couldn't get the fabric.  I went back Saturday with a full day to make a selection ... and finally found the perfect fabric.   It's taupe - a cross between velet and chenille.   Very soft and luxurious.  I added small upholstery tacks to the arms to make it even more traditional.

They usually don't sell to the public, they work with dealers and decorators, but when I told him the cost of the chair at my furniture store; he said they were gouging me.  He bettered the price by $250 a chair.

$250 a chair !!!!!!!  I saved $500 buying from the manufacturer and got a better fabric and the tacking.  I'm not to tell anyone ... but it's not like anyone really reads my blog  ;-)

I was going to re-upholster my existing pink wingbacks, but I think the smaller scale will do me well in the future, as I'll probably be in a condo within 5 years.

I'm a happy girl ..... they come in 4 weeks.

Hello Summer!

It's the first long weekend of the summer!!!

YAHOO!!

and I'm off next week!  

DOUBLE YAHOO!!

Just going to get the garden done, annuals in, patio furniture out and lunch with the ladies, maybe some DIY ... what a great week.

You always need flip flops at the cottage or poolside.   Store them in a painted pail!

image from RSH catalogue

Not Posh Spice...Posh Red

I painted my office chair:

Before:

After:

Red Chair working:

I used the new Behr paint that is primer and paint all in one.   I wasn't really happy with the coverage, or the drying time.  I know red takes a lot of coats, but this chair has 4 coats on it ... that is a lot of checking for drips!

I don't think I'll use it again, I'm back to primer and then paint.

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As a followup to my post about giving Grandpa's chair to my brother ....

Is this a happy face?

 

Let it all hang out ...

I've been viewing blogs today and confirmed I absolutely love the look of open kitchen shelves.   I don't have the nerve to do it in my kitchen, I'm not that tidy .... but I adore the look.

Aren't these beautiful:

Martha Stewart

Emily Mackie Norris

Roaring  Home

Whimages

Aren't these colours beautiful?   Coastal Living

Old Painted House .... my favourite - open, but tres elegant!

Paint Can Storage Tip

If you have a partially finished can of paint, wrap a rubber band around the exterior at the same level as the paint that is inside so that you can tell at a glance how much you have left!

 

New chairs for living room

I haven't gone to look for fabric to recover my pink wing back chairs yet. 

I was visiting a friend on the weekend and was close to my favourite furniture store in Whitby so I dropped in and they just happened to have a chair sale on. I was really just looking for options, but I found this chair. (it wouldn't be in this fabric)

I like this because it is smaller than my current wing backs, but has a slight illusion to a wing in a more current chair, and it is amazingly comfortable.

For just a little more than the price of fabric and having my wings re-upholstered, I could have new chairs.   They have a hardwood frame, the right spring system and are Canadian made.

Now I'm stumped ... what do I do?  do I really want to be more current or am I happy with my traditional rut?   and what do I do with my pink chairs?  try Craigslist? .... two pink Barrymore wingchairs for sale???

This is why I still have two pink chairs in my living room :-))