The chair on the side of the road..

I found this chair on the side of the road with a free sign on it. The exciting part about this chair is that it rocks, because it is sweet and because it actually rocks! The top rocks on the base!

So this is what it looked like when I found it, plus lots of spiders.

I had the white paint and I found this beautiful upholstery fabric.. For this project I wanted something quality. I get my fabric at hobby lobby and use my 40% off weekly coupon when it is not already on sale. This was $25 a square yard but it was 30%off. I bought a bit under a yard so I ended up spending about 17 dollars on this project. Not so bad I  say! Plus it rocks, did I mention that it rocks? So exciting when you are due to have  a baby in a week!

The Orange Nursery

This Rocking chair is one I got at a yard sale for $3 several years ago. Then I went to lowe's and bought a small sample of paint that I had mixed the color I wanted for $3. I made the cushions which ended up being the biggest pain for some reason but ended up working out. Now I am set for those middle of the night baby duty.. 

I wanted to do an orange room since College and made the ottoman in one of my classes. It is nice to have a great place and use for it finally!

 

My inspiration for the room! It doesn't ever hurt to have an amazingly talented Mother-in-law who made this beautiful quilt.

 I think that I should call myself the Dumpster Diving Designer. What do you think? Or maybe just Dumpster Designer. Super classy I think! This whole room was pulled from hammy downs and garage sales including the pictures of the pig and the two bunny's from a yard sale.. 

Apply fabric to a dresser!

I don't even know where to start! I finished the baby's room and have lots of projects to show off! So you need to check in to the blog over the next few days. Yes, I am shamelessly fishing for compliments so feel free to gush...
This projects was definitely a shot in the dark. I had no idea how to go about it and the risk definitely paid off. 
This dresser was/is old. Not antique just old and beat up. It endured two generations in my husbands family before it found me. Over the last several years I tried to Spackle it, and painted it black.. Not that great till I found this fabric for cheap and had this Idea!

I used spray adhesive to apply the fabric and a staple gun. It was actually pretty easy. If you can wrap a present then you can do this project! on the sides I just used the spray adhesive and an exacto knife. I went through tons of blades.. Then over the top I sprayed forcefield fabric protector that is supposed to make it waterproof.. I sealed the edges with some modgpodge just to make sure it was going nowhere..
So of course I did not take a before picture because I get so excited and wrapped up in the excitement of a project. I did find this awful picture that I took of the cat in a messy drawer. 
Just don't judge me very harshly!!

My backyard

 I was going through my pictures and found these "before" pictures of the back yard. Yikes, an improvement don't ya think??

I do not know why I did not take a better closeup picture of the playhouse. Especially my cute red door!
Our yard is not landscaped cute, and we definitely should have put a layer of good soil down, but this is a 50 dollar bag of seed people. Not to shabby I would say, since our yard is not small..

Staining: You go to Home Depot and you stand debating on the color of stain based on the picture on the can. Well I still do that, but I know it won't be ANYTHING like the picture on the can. When I first stained the play house I panicked cause it was pretty close to black. So some things to remember with stain..... Well first don't forget to stir the can. It really always ends up looking good, and just remember staining an outdoor project like this will fade over time. Don't buy into the lacquer stuff that will wick water. Don't do it. It won't last it will peal and be a nightmare to keep up. I just used the minwax brand stain..

Sandbox: If you are debating on a sandbox let me just tell you my thoughts. Do it! I almost changed my mind last minute but I am so glad I didn't! The kids love it and play in it constantly in the summer. I was worried about it becoming a cat litter box. I have a cat and have had no problems. I think it is because I got a really fine sand that need to stay fairly wet  or blows away..

I want to make the inside of the playhouse really cute. So maybe there will be some fun playhouse posts this summer!!