Guest Project — Mod Podged Giggle Chair

Jen — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:51:00 +0000

Hey Tatertots & Jello groupies! I am elated to be a guest on this amazing blog today! I am new to blogging and thoroughly loving it. I have a blog called Ms Smartie Pants. I would love for you to stop and by and check out some of my projects.

Friends are the best! I don’t know what I would do without my friends, but friends who dumpster dive for you are a whole difference group of friends. My girlfriend saw this chair in the alley by the trash can and rescued it knowing I could do something with it. As if that wasn’t good enough… she even delivered it and mentioned that she thought it would be so cute made up with scrapbook paper. Well that got my wheels to crankin’ in this old head of mine. You can see it was in good shape but not so cute, something had to be done about that!

I gave it a really good sanding and got off that uuuugggllly sponged paint, whatever made us think that was cute??? Anyway then I gave it several fresh coats of white spray paint, sorry no pic, visualize. I wanted to change it up so it wouldn’t look like your basic school chair so I drilled wholes in the back with a 1/2 in drill bit.

Then I took scraps of fabric and tore them into strips. I tied 3 or 4 in each whole. I did this all across the top and on different places on the chair. I love the texture it adds and think any little girl would love the feel of it.

I mod podged different scrapbook papers on and put about four coats to make sure they don’t peel up. I don’t spend alot of time on this I didn’t want it to be all perfect and I am NOT a measurer!

I wanted to add some more whimsy and so I started to think about little girls and what they like to do and came up with the idea to add some words that describe some of my favorite things about little girls.

See “giggle& play”….

and dance. I think I need to add more. I just used different scrapbook stickers I had and mod podged over those too!

Here is the finished piece. I just love it!!! It will be perfect for my niece’s playroom.
Jen thanks for spotlighting me today! Blog love to you!!!

Thanks Laura – I love that giggle chair!! Here’s a button for sharing it with us! Laura has only been blogging for a couple months, but she already has posted some wonderful projects like:

{Planted Chair}

{Turn a Vase into a Lamp}

{Paper and Mod Podged Fruit}

So — go give Laura some comment love and welcome her into this wonderful blogging world at Ms. Smartie Pants!

Have a Wonderful Wednesday!

XOXO

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Spring Project: Make a Bench out of an old Crib

Jen — Tue, 25 May 2010 23:20:00 +0000

Have you seen those cute headboard benches? I have been wanting to make one for awhile now. The other day I went to lunch with a couple blogging friends — Tausha from Sassy Style and Shelley from House of Smiths.

{I stole this off of Shelley’s blog }

So much fun! Afterward we hit a cute thrift store and then the salvage yard!

Sitting right in front was this antique crib front. I thought it would make a great oversized chair to go on my porch!

{Shelley – from House of Smiths}

This is what I did to make my new oversized chair/bench:

1. I started off with my peeling, dirty old crib front. I washed it down and sanded the whole thing.

2. Then I measured the width of the crib — 30 inches. I cut two long boards from Home Depot to that length. I decided to make the width of the bench 18 inches so it’s pretty deep. You can make a bench anywhere from 16 to 20 inches — depending on how you want it to look. Then I cut the two sideboards 17 inches in length (you’ll see why in a minute).

I added some Gorilla Glue Wood Glue to the edges that touched and then screwed them together.

3. Then I cut the boards for the top of the seat. I cut them 18 inches in length so that there would be a 1-inch hang over on the front of the seat. I also used wood glue on the underside of the boards before I hammered them onto the frame.

4. For the legs of the bench, I bought two sturdy chair legs from Home Depot. They have an end that has a screw on it. Then I bought some metal leg attachers — the leg screws right into the metal piece. I added an extra block of wood underneath to add more stability. Then I screwed that attachment into the bottom of the seat at the front two corners. The other legs of the bench are the back of the crib. I also used Gorilla Wood Glue between the boards.

5. I found some cute moulding to put on the back of the bench to add a little more interest. And I bought some rope moulding for the bottom of the seat apron. Then I attached the seat to the crib using L-brackets I also found at Home Depot.

6. Then I primed the bench using spray-on wood primer.

7. After the primer had dried overnight, I was ready to paint! DecoArt sent me some patio paint to try. It can be used on concrete, wood or metal and is great for things that are going to be exposed to the elements. I used the “Wrought Iron Black” color. To apply it I used a big bristle brush that could get in all the nooks and crannies. I put two coats on the bench and let it dry.

8. Then to accent the wood details on the moulding, I decided to use a glaze over the top. I took some “Dark Eucalyptus Green” DecoArt Patio Paint — which is really more of a pretty teal color. I put about 2 ounces in a plastic cup and mixed it with water-based glaze from Home Depot. Then I brush that combination on the bench and iped it back off with a rag.

My assistant helped me with this stage — she did a great job!

I think I’m going to look for another old crib and make a matching one for the other side of the porch!

It was my first big foray into the world of power tools.

XOXO

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