Thrifting...

Isn't this painting AWESOME??!!

To me it is and the price was even better...$10.

I totally love his hair...

The colors in this pillow...oh sigh.
$2.

And a shot of my new chairs...they need some work...but I'm not worried.

$150 for 4 chairs and a glass-topped table.

I hope to sell the table (that I don't need) and recoup most of my money.

These are not the exact chairs I wanted.

I want some just like the ones I donated 10 years ago after buying a new dining room set and having no where to store them.

My stomach still feels the dread when I think of how foolish I was.

Actually, I blame my husband.

He knew how excited I was about the new set...

and took that opportunity to unload what he saw as ugly.

No worries though...I like the thrill of the hunt.

And when I find the 6 chairs I want...all will be good in my world of faux bamboo.

Seriously Pretty

via Garden Web, member lesmis

for future reference

I'm still trying to figure out what to do for chairs in my kitchen. I've got a farmhouse table, 2 chairs to be covered like in the picture, a bench and several chairs from my basement and dining room. And all that fabric I want to use somehow.

I never thought about chairs with covered seats to bring in the fabric. I never really considered a miss-match of white painted chairs either. But now I have. So, I'm just going to tuck this away for future reference (hopefully sooner than later) and I'll let you know what happens with this.

P.S. Joan...I did wash the fabric and it did shrink. I'm happy though...it washed up really well. I have rigged it up over my windows...just to be sure I don't get tired of it. So far so good. Although, my sweet husband did say it reminded him of something used in a bathroom. I have no idea where that came from...why or how...but I'm not even going to question it. I love the fabric and that is that. :)

{credit: Coastal Living via House of Turquoise}