Isn't it fun. Totally new chairs! Just think, these easily could be rotting at the dump right now!
I was kinda freaked out about how I would be able to reupholster them, until I saw these little claws. Now I wasn't sure how I was going to lift them out, but I was going to at least try.
Success!
The key was to push them from the front to the back with a pair of round nose pliers. I think I hear the birds singing!
I went ahead and did the primer, and meanwhile went to the store to figure out what to do with those holes. I asked a person in hardware what they recommended, and they showed me a putty that is used for steel and metal. So I ended up putting it over the holes and letting it cure for about a day. I then took my power sander and let it work its' magic. Seeeeee the difference!
Pretty sick, but you cant beat a couple of free chairs!
I wanted to give it a face life and needed accessories. I have been buying white plates galore and I found this sweet little spice rack at the thrift store, but I could get more use out of it than just spices. So after giving everything a quick coat of black spray paint...
TA DA!!! Now it looks more like a hutch. I have made more space in the cupboards and I am in lurve every time I look at it.
It may not be a real hutch, but I love it! Now I used mostly things I already had. The spice rack was only three dollars and it makes the perfect top to these shelves. Total cost of project was under $15! Now what do you think of that??
Can I just say white plates are amazing! Every time I go to the thrift store I look for cute white plates, and usually am successful.
After I was done I needed a little snack and break. Yum chocolate milk and granola bar.
This is just after cleaning it up. After cleaning out all the dirt and removing the plastic from the shelf I found out that this used to be a Doctor Scholls shoe rack. Funny how things can be used.
Next I applied a coat of Kills, and white paint. I have used this for various projects over the years. It has been four years and I'm only 1/3 of the way through!
Wow what a difference! Perfect for the storage room and didn't cost me a thing. Now look through those junk piles, you may see thing differently when looking a second time!
I like how versatile it is to decorate with these. I just put them on a candle holder or large vase. They just bring nature to a scene and complement the design.
The first step is to SOAK. I let them bath in the water for about an hour. Don't worry, the water maybe swamp like looking, but there weren't any bad odors.
After soaking it pull some of the branches apart. This part is probably the longest step and the most annoying, but this depends on how spindly your branches are.
Next wrap a branch around your finger, like making a yarn ball. First you twirl it around two fingers.
Then take another branch and twirl it around the the circle of branches. Keep adding branches and you will see the ball start to form. 
Like this...just keep adding more branches to the ball, and it will get bigger and bigger just like a ball of string. 
As you go along put the ends back inside the ball. This will keep the shape. 
The last step is to put all the ends back into the ball. Just weave them back into the ball. 
I bought the grapevine at the thrift store for $2.00, I have made four balls so far and used less than half of the total vine. Always keep your eyes peeled for a good deal on vines, because the possibilities are endless with a little vine and creativity!
The first step is to find some wrapping paper or contact paper. I looked everywhere for black contact paper, but when I came across this black wrapping paper at IKEA I knew I could make this work. So I used Sticky Tac ($1.00), wrapping paper ($1.67), and scissors on hand for this project. 
It is time consuming for me to cut out a perfectly made flower, so I have a process. To make the flowers cut various size circles. I like to trace around canning lids.
Then fold over and cut out the circles.
To create the petals cut small triangles around the circle.
Keep doing this all around the circle.
How easy was that!
Now you have all these scraps. I use these to make the small branches. 
See...
I cut out a large branch and stuck it to the wall.
Sticky tac goes a long way. use lots of small pieces all around the shape. 
And place the flowers on the small branch.
See it coming together! I extended the large branch with another piece of wrapping paper cut to size.
Make little starts using scraps and place it onto the main branch.
This is the main branch and you can see the cut. To cover it up use ol' reliable Sharpie.
The corner needed something. A little chair would be perfect, but I didn't have one that was quite right.
So my night stand will do. It didn't fit well next to my bed, but perfect here!
