Make do chair...Its done........

Here we go again......The snow started yesterday and dumped a foot of snow over night and with white out conditions we couldn't even get outside to plow what snow was on the ground..
Today is another day plowing and shoveling out from the blizzard of 2010...

Keeping me inside gave me the opportunity to finish up my make do chair that I started last weekend when the first blizzard hit......I took an old chair that I had gotten from my grandparents farmhouse...

Took the seat cover off....I just unscrewed it from underneath the seat..

Painted the legs and seat area with flat black paint....I only gave it one coat of paint ....so it looked more aged...

Covered the seat with my homespun material....I used my nail gun to attach it from underneath..then screwed it back onto the chair frame...

Using plywood ...I cut out two back panels and two side panels for the arms...I made a L shape for the arms and attached them and the back to the frame of the chair...

Wrapped the plywood with quilt batting and then covered the batting with my homespun material......It took alittle time working with the material to keep it from wrinkling but I just took my time and I am pleased at the outcome of my first make do chair......I cut some muslin and coffee dyed it for the linen over the arm rest and for a throw for over the corner of the chair...Set my prairie doll on it and wa la ....its finished...

By no means do I think that I am a pro at this....I am far from it....This was my first attempt at making one of these chairs...

When I see things in stores that are priced to far out my price range to buy it I just give it a good once over and see how it is made ......If you have the tools at home and the know how to run them its alot cheaper to make them yourself then paying outrageous prices in the stores...

I'm fortunate enough that hubby showed me how to use the power tools....I think he only done that because he got tired of me bugging him to make me things..... If I get stuck on something he is good to help me with the measuring and cutting of the wood...

So thanks for stopping by for a visit....I wish good health and happiness to everyone...

Until next time...

Prim hugs,

Trena

Crock Collection

Hello all prim friends..
I hope all is well with everyone this cold February morning...

We are getting hammered again with a blizzard here in Central Pa...up to 8 more inches of snow as I speak....All the schools are closed....highways completely bare...I haven't seen one car all morning...
Hubby and I are just waiting for the snow to stop so we can get outside once again to plow the driveway and shovel the sidewalks.....This is getting old real fast...Spring can't come soon enough for me...

With all that said I showed you some textures thru out my home on yesterdays post so I thought today I would show some pictures of my Crock collection...This isn't all of them..I'll post some today and finish up with them tomorrow...

I hoped you enjoyed looking at part of my crock collection....Thanks for stopping by for a little visit...
Take care and stay warm...
Hugs to all,
Trena

Textures in my home

Hello all prim friends...
I hope all is well with everyone and those of you that live in the Eastern part of the country like I do got yourself dug out from all the snow over the weekend...
We had 24 inches of snow that started Friday and didn't stop until Saturday lunch time...
Were expected another 7 - 10 inches starting sometime this afternoon...all night into tomorrow morning...
I don't know about all of you but I am so sick of snow and so ready for spring to come....

I am still working on my make do chair that I got started a few days ago....With being outside plowing and shoveling snow I didn't get it done as soon as I had hoped to..
I worked on it last night for alittle while and got all of the batting on....
Hopefully I can get it finished up this evening with the snow coming we'll be stuck inside once again...
With that said I thought I would show you some of the textures that I have around my home...

Thanks for stopping by for a visit and the nice comments that are left....I'll be posting some more pictures tomorrow of textures thruout my home....so if you get a chance stop on in and say hello...

Prim hugs to all,
Trena

Make do chair

Hello all prim friends....

I hope all is well with everyone...

We're expecting a snow storm starting tomorrow afternoon up until Saturday morning so I thought this would be a good time for me to get my wood measured and cut for my make do chairs that I have been wanting to make..

I brought two of the old wooden chairs that I had gotten out of my grandparents farmhouse down out of the garage to get them wiped down and ready for a makeover...

These are the two chairs that I will be using.

I took the seat cover off and painted the legs and the seat area flat black ......

I just took my homespun material and layed it flat on the floor...Then placed the seat on top and cut around it...leaving enough material to bring it up around the cover and nail gunned it into the seat framing...

This is the chair done so far...

I'll be posting more pics of the make do chair tomorrow so come back and see how it all turned out.

Thanks for stopping by...

Take care and stay warm..

Prim hugs to all,

Trena

Familyroom...Simplifying

Hello all prim friends..
I hope all is well with everyone this cold blistery Monday...


I've been doing some spring cleaning in my downstairs Family room and thought I would show some pictures to all of you....
This is where the kids spend allot of there time when they come home...

I done some major simplifying and boxed up things that were not my taste or what I wanted in this room any longer...


































































































































Thanks for stopping by for a visit...I appreciate all the nice comments...
Wishing everyone a great day...Take care and stay warm...

Prim hugs to all,
Trena