Darling Bench Makeover

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">This is a project that I actually finished last month </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">during one of those many snowstorms that we had.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">And boy, we have had way too many of them lately!  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">We still have about 6 inches of snow on the ground </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">and I am pretty much over it!  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I can't wait for the real Spring to get here.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimSb3iarnDE21W4YvqUxbqxGefpp_pRrJiA1wqNBeSGRchInb3FEjeu3aapl84MpP69F2HpwMBOveZTHZQJmdl0HAvFm2Ofa2Yk76bpfsrqopjlSzhShvweYXZ01enBFEs09Qq2zSVDNnF/s1600/IMG_7417.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimSb3iarnDE21W4YvqUxbqxGefpp_pRrJiA1wqNBeSGRchInb3FEjeu3aapl84MpP69F2HpwMBOveZTHZQJmdl0HAvFm2Ofa2Yk76bpfsrqopjlSzhShvweYXZ01enBFEs09Qq2zSVDNnF/s640/IMG_7417.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I found this sweet little bench at an Estate Sale last summer.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I was going to redo it and put it around the house somewhere </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">but Miss Beaux took a liking to it </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">so we redid it for her room.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt9NUgrWsW4iU8Yj2kbHrD0Nn3u4NCDv9BiPvguGMUHDyxy-Cr-CWsBpCdjfpXozapeC11jcEO2sewgVfWLs_ne53q2JD5Db5CtxK5TPVP1QhOSctX-J8OZ1p0OfxWxqM9rmbhhkeNhq-G/s1600/IMG_7344.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt9NUgrWsW4iU8Yj2kbHrD0Nn3u4NCDv9BiPvguGMUHDyxy-Cr-CWsBpCdjfpXozapeC11jcEO2sewgVfWLs_ne53q2JD5Db5CtxK5TPVP1QhOSctX-J8OZ1p0OfxWxqM9rmbhhkeNhq-G/s640/IMG_7344.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Here is what it looked like when I found it.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">It had been painted over many times but the details </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">were so charming.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The seat cover was dirty and the fabric was dated and pretty ugly.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPscyl2V6LemdZUY1QfCMs7h-tYBfADSrnn0ZNluxR0Tj7rSGYgeiIU7mexrDpZe13xbvca428XL2trcl8HpALhTNBfrlu3YgKYtNpOzUVmdpL_tRu_BnuOrgUXhhMTiwv3LtcVNsPOiJZ/s1600/IMG_7348.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPscyl2V6LemdZUY1QfCMs7h-tYBfADSrnn0ZNluxR0Tj7rSGYgeiIU7mexrDpZe13xbvca428XL2trcl8HpALhTNBfrlu3YgKYtNpOzUVmdpL_tRu_BnuOrgUXhhMTiwv3LtcVNsPOiJZ/s640/IMG_7348.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">When I took off the first cover </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">there was another even uglier </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">brown fabric underneath.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Oh, and a few spiders too!  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">EEEeeeeeKKKK! </span></i></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_Z1qNZn0hvpFqraBe8PTGq8q9RPnf7HJvWpT7Wt88XgdABvFsPETnP09YYkXw5g-tcFlYfNBin9y8wQGjOvOAqNTY2vRRMW66fkEnaUjtio2pT1TDxqndxYEAOJ80vjwCb6lmzSmrPEe/s1600/IMG_7350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_Z1qNZn0hvpFqraBe8PTGq8q9RPnf7HJvWpT7Wt88XgdABvFsPETnP09YYkXw5g-tcFlYfNBin9y8wQGjOvOAqNTY2vRRMW66fkEnaUjtio2pT1TDxqndxYEAOJ80vjwCb6lmzSmrPEe/s640/IMG_7350.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I bought new foam at JoAnn's (without spiders)</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">and glued that onto the seat board.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Then I staple gunned batting around the foam </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">before I put the new fabric onto the seat. </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I had this dusty pink velvet left over </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">from a client's pretty tapestry pillows a few years ago.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZhyphenhyphen-Sod9jXFWh7mNkG5AaXIKuXItshmkM4SL2iUU2zBs0xaKtESbFop076l-YQio4DMzGJSxfCs-X1iB_m3SGj1OLE6nVMAYivdQKR0RsSFKbYMDVDueJ2JOYl5RakHaWB-7JFoHkA-13/s1600/IMG_7811.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZhyphenhyphen-Sod9jXFWh7mNkG5AaXIKuXItshmkM4SL2iUU2zBs0xaKtESbFop076l-YQio4DMzGJSxfCs-X1iB_m3SGj1OLE6nVMAYivdQKR0RsSFKbYMDVDueJ2JOYl5RakHaWB-7JFoHkA-13/s640/IMG_7811.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I painted the bench in Paris Grey and waxed it </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">with clear and dark wax.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I did a fair amount of distressing to retain the old charm.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGjdtWI24lpdqCTx5uBLQQpyJn4a1Z2lACgrt5gJokCFzsIq5Cl97JUGuFyb-u89HAEIBnTeoX20bTruY1ltda9wyaDc0VSvBIWToGS9dgN9r2m331KTnjLgXubILEZQ3tPcyZCYDkMgep/s1600/IMG_7809.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGjdtWI24lpdqCTx5uBLQQpyJn4a1Z2lACgrt5gJokCFzsIq5Cl97JUGuFyb-u89HAEIBnTeoX20bTruY1ltda9wyaDc0VSvBIWToGS9dgN9r2m331KTnjLgXubILEZQ3tPcyZCYDkMgep/s640/IMG_7809.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> The bench seat is still awaiting the final touch </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">of being permanently screwed into the bench </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">but it will happen eventually.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Once we tighten it down a lot of the bumps will disappear.</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I love the way that it turned out </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">and it looks great with her Shabby Chic bedding.  </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEickg79jVlLN2jrOxHb0R4OVi2ciSo2VKbxv934TVlVmFo4mQ2nPwJ32edSaGEPZP_3LDSuLICUBAlJO_XOFy7ql0kzhCIsyAo5S_RGv-s5Z9dkrAsj2hb6RXEV_x9hjahLCIxNeBSh05dt/s1600/IMG_7808.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEickg79jVlLN2jrOxHb0R4OVi2ciSo2VKbxv934TVlVmFo4mQ2nPwJ32edSaGEPZP_3LDSuLICUBAlJO_XOFy7ql0kzhCIsyAo5S_RGv-s5Z9dkrAsj2hb6RXEV_x9hjahLCIxNeBSh05dt/s640/IMG_7808.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Unfortunately, this is the most you will ever see </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">of Miss Beaux's room.  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">She is a teenager remember?  </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Until Next Time,</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Beaux R'eves</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">XO Cindy </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sharing at:<br />Kim at <a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/" target="_blank">SavvySouthern Style</a> for Wow Us Wednesdays   </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">  Judy at <a href="http://diybydesign.blogspot.com/">DIY by Design</a></span></i></span></div></div>

Darling Bench Makeover

This is a project that I actually finished last month  during one of those many snowstorms that we had.   And boy, we have had way too many ...

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Bench Redo

<div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I love this little bench in my Guest Room.  It actually matches my Master Bed Iron Frame.  I have placed it in many parts of the house and it's been recovered more times than I can count.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-4KJZDy1nH_dd7GX0ouBw_qXkbhFooev4UDzwDePPM-_fCqyK3yKyW1oodSv1mqhAPm_-18xHpwjjCLLRALoTqHHcKbom9X_AYDY5NFZ-tLJuU0kdM29nfRKa__3PKgzMBzapSH5kdeiF/s1600/IMG_3428-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-4KJZDy1nH_dd7GX0ouBw_qXkbhFooev4UDzwDePPM-_fCqyK3yKyW1oodSv1mqhAPm_-18xHpwjjCLLRALoTqHHcKbom9X_AYDY5NFZ-tLJuU0kdM29nfRKa__3PKgzMBzapSH5kdeiF/s640/IMG_3428-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">My original plans were to recover the bench in Burlap but those plans went out the window when I had trouble with the transfer onto the Burlap.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeX0Ss1bHB-PIECEAyhI9wbuQ8KnqfMWQs0TiKMEg_ydfRL8UdNSdYFS8Hv8Cc6tHuj0EBQIhPNrOuGSsp-Ck0JtppYTLZRhkXf1A6Adwb8rEQWkYLvS5XvWjUOskT3-IRFZ0AZzwR-T6/s1600/IMG_2518-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeX0Ss1bHB-PIECEAyhI9wbuQ8KnqfMWQs0TiKMEg_ydfRL8UdNSdYFS8Hv8Cc6tHuj0EBQIhPNrOuGSsp-Ck0JtppYTLZRhkXf1A6Adwb8rEQWkYLvS5XvWjUOskT3-IRFZ0AZzwR-T6/s640/IMG_2518-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Here is what it looked like before the makeover.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4x_9cGkntkPshpKKY60iDo9y8yIndueGBP3NTqyqwGESaJC-mQJjdBRmBtAKBC3azu6Ut3LzNi6Nis0PLZuXOkjcLDQAvmqqa94ShnHwSo_hJFlgGrxq1kyg6sVkH_rKhc-clnqtsBdPd/s1600/IMG_2612-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4x_9cGkntkPshpKKY60iDo9y8yIndueGBP3NTqyqwGESaJC-mQJjdBRmBtAKBC3azu6Ut3LzNi6Nis0PLZuXOkjcLDQAvmqqa94ShnHwSo_hJFlgGrxq1kyg6sVkH_rKhc-clnqtsBdPd/s640/IMG_2612-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">And here is what I found underneath the plaid.  I guess I like plaid!  You can see the Burlap on the left that I used.  Before the Burlap went on I covered the bench in a linen lining fabric that I had.  I didn't want anything showing thru the Burlap.  When the transfer didn't work out I just took the Burlap off and left the lining fabric on there and redid the transfer.  Here is the transfer that I used:</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuT9NTawdop8GbdhLSfxsGMBpUd6kwvcjaNmDuQ_HLZp4wzmQzr-gh6goxjaXcUAC5v2yLRA5nSqJUh466lZcFgJTyfs3DwQ7I779HCX_A5cobT16Y64d1XTPyXocAYlujydB5hJThrFBi/s1600/French+Fleura+Printable+Graphicsfairy+rev-page-0011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuT9NTawdop8GbdhLSfxsGMBpUd6kwvcjaNmDuQ_HLZp4wzmQzr-gh6goxjaXcUAC5v2yLRA5nSqJUh466lZcFgJTyfs3DwQ7I779HCX_A5cobT16Y64d1XTPyXocAYlujydB5hJThrFBi/s400/French+Fleura+Printable+Graphicsfairy+rev-page-0011.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Or you can find it at the<a href="http://www.graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/"> Graphics Fairy.</a>    Recovering a bench is easy and only takes a little while.  For this bench I just unscrewed the padded top, took off the old fabric, cut the fabric to size with a few inches on each side leftover and stapled it on with a staple gun.  I would love to have a pro staple gun but I have it do it the hard way with a lot of muscle!  </span></i></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirKTBDUV7t26mOEJJzANbiF59F8JYH-EZJ_ZvTfwlSNF4Xszb8cucDeWTbvpgNHEoEV7Wq7_KmGfZJvsS-BAQ3mQvo00XEZPZnZZ5o4i5v__iLhMdyfERKzew763d9t61-RXQ6w5CBTG0S/s1600/IMG_2834-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirKTBDUV7t26mOEJJzANbiF59F8JYH-EZJ_ZvTfwlSNF4Xszb8cucDeWTbvpgNHEoEV7Wq7_KmGfZJvsS-BAQ3mQvo00XEZPZnZZ5o4i5v__iLhMdyfERKzew763d9t61-RXQ6w5CBTG0S/s640/IMG_2834-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(forgot to turn off the auto watermark on picassa) </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Easy project with great results!  That's the way I like it.</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Until Next Time</i></b></span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Beaux R'eves</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #666666;">XO Cindy</span></i></b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; 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Bench Redo

I love this little bench in my Guest Room.  It actually matches my Master Bed Iron Frame.  I have placed it in many parts of the house and i...

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Steamed Milk on the Walls: Guest Room Progress

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">So, A while back I mentioned the Redo of our Basement Guest Room.  Well, with my mom visiting, the progress has been slow, but here is what I've done thus far.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Remember the Inspiration Photo:</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiZVfhzhDUQ_1wGcxgGQjwkStpeEpXmdnmpw8iAfF6WBr3cvtLFuA38LS5ERBmjK1Fi5RSUHDaWq8wPuINUFDBjCSLn0Cd25nuKEUjdyKeCugW5JGL4iNS4Q4ZdL5B0FrSvXByF6yIMoaR/s1600/bd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiZVfhzhDUQ_1wGcxgGQjwkStpeEpXmdnmpw8iAfF6WBr3cvtLFuA38LS5ERBmjK1Fi5RSUHDaWq8wPuINUFDBjCSLn0Cd25nuKEUjdyKeCugW5JGL4iNS4Q4ZdL5B0FrSvXByF6yIMoaR/s400/bd.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">And the Before picture:</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2yHkNQAGPaVtV0jFnDaj1DuvDCuv1uPH56x5neKy2QsUof2nnadrDKHY_1NaFdUNlqRFllp0vlhGJYWrhahfzCySfQ5Z4fI2EggJ4Ix3VDknDZ3X_TjHZpHoNepOdVMAQlMhyphenhyphen59pkDbfu/s1600/Guest+Bedroom1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2yHkNQAGPaVtV0jFnDaj1DuvDCuv1uPH56x5neKy2QsUof2nnadrDKHY_1NaFdUNlqRFllp0vlhGJYWrhahfzCySfQ5Z4fI2EggJ4Ix3VDknDZ3X_TjHZpHoNepOdVMAQlMhyphenhyphen59pkDbfu/s640/Guest+Bedroom1.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Here is how it looks today:</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">New Sheets for the bed.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3VXiaj0RjsRK8BGyQFFAU1z4I2-YR92i-fks6ptaYuBs8ybGIXL2jRkXHkBaINfM4blGv0NZmiYe4Iiu9I6dM1t1T1wXbP9FMzfKdA54xfNQ1DWsErIQ-6BLkwlHDb1lX87p_ngfhhcJj/s1600/IMG_2839-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3VXiaj0RjsRK8BGyQFFAU1z4I2-YR92i-fks6ptaYuBs8ybGIXL2jRkXHkBaINfM4blGv0NZmiYe4Iiu9I6dM1t1T1wXbP9FMzfKdA54xfNQ1DWsErIQ-6BLkwlHDb1lX87p_ngfhhcJj/s640/IMG_2839-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Walls are Painted.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5cpysmnDNQJBk5YDEbEETRyflms42mu1vYfo4weSyhr8a8W1UB_EyYz6xU27qOiR8TKXI2bam1hWVdatRy1hbgC-A_uUdPPiQDq6wwErju5FkZmjATe-HfqbKECKDO208YSxqzMqLp8hD/s1600/IMG_2845-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5cpysmnDNQJBk5YDEbEETRyflms42mu1vYfo4weSyhr8a8W1UB_EyYz6xU27qOiR8TKXI2bam1hWVdatRy1hbgC-A_uUdPPiQDq6wwErju5FkZmjATe-HfqbKECKDO208YSxqzMqLp8hD/s640/IMG_2845-001.JPG" width="640" /> </a>Steamed Milk SW 7554 </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Doesn't that sound yummy? </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFmvQlkFs4NB4y59GCr8HCb5W9M0mwzq1vr6i9uSvMp0z6r3jYH2AguWRLswEax0uQK_Qmx89jAE3FsAERN2wuB0lQF_DUruJ32BhiOSn9QXPiXsFcZtpO5tWWRJMkZPp5Wd4ehrC5rfHZ/s1600/IMG_2834-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFmvQlkFs4NB4y59GCr8HCb5W9M0mwzq1vr6i9uSvMp0z6r3jYH2AguWRLswEax0uQK_Qmx89jAE3FsAERN2wuB0lQF_DUruJ32BhiOSn9QXPiXsFcZtpO5tWWRJMkZPp5Wd4ehrC5rfHZ/s640/IMG_2834-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The Bench has been recovered. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">(Here is what it looked like before)</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgHfOa0Bdd4-A-yWmSafbgmd0ASCcWkv0lJf1WZIAFyUObgc3M6moQLOoNLChI951wZ5C_cjN5cTy87Q6qs4cw40oFpKiknQ_gmuNAL0-chRntFTj-H0ssNTZkjOfwrovDPe5Rq5rc-JK/s1600/IMG_2518-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgHfOa0Bdd4-A-yWmSafbgmd0ASCcWkv0lJf1WZIAFyUObgc3M6moQLOoNLChI951wZ5C_cjN5cTy87Q6qs4cw40oFpKiknQ_gmuNAL0-chRntFTj-H0ssNTZkjOfwrovDPe5Rq5rc-JK/s640/IMG_2518-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU2GLSPFA5Z1rr8XEgGyFNnkviLaOVHQmu9_Q85Ko4Tm0D80GJnFvCu9f7NJgAuw22OiDrw58vkFNwH8U-aDtaG5pD-I8Vu-Un3FErMnu3oy0ogFl935h30PLwL6x2ZOBwt-s1ZMzd6s5B/s1600/IMG_2844-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU2GLSPFA5Z1rr8XEgGyFNnkviLaOVHQmu9_Q85Ko4Tm0D80GJnFvCu9f7NJgAuw22OiDrw58vkFNwH8U-aDtaG5pD-I8Vu-Un3FErMnu3oy0ogFl935h30PLwL6x2ZOBwt-s1ZMzd6s5B/s640/IMG_2844-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Progress is being made!</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I'm trying to decide whether to paint the bed-frame or leave it "as is".</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; 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Steamed Milk on the Walls: Guest Room Progress

So, A while back I mentioned the Redo of our Basement Guest Room.  Well, with my mom visiting, the progress has been slow, but here is what ...

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