Showing posts with label makeover. Show all posts
Showing posts with label makeover. Show all posts

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Total makeover

Tulips & kitten



My mom brougt me this little footstool that she picked up from a flea marked. It desperatly needed som TLC. It has been sitting in my sewing room for a while just waiting for the perfect combination of embroidery and fabric. And last night i found it.


There was not much left of the original fabric. Looks like someone has been resting their feet quite often on this one.

Monday, April 20, 2009

Thrifting

I did a little bit of thrifting today, and found these ugly stools. With some sanding, a can of spraypaint and som leftover oilcloth they turned out quite nice.


Thursday, August 7, 2008

Mini lenestol

En dag jeg var innom Fretex sto denne lille stolen og ventet på meg.
Jeg pusset og oljet beina, og trakk den om i et fint stripete stoff.
Minstemann fikk stolen i 4 års presang, og han er svært kry for den.
I bought this little chair at The Salvation Army. It turned out really nice after I gave it some tender love and care. My youngest boy is really happy to have his own little chair.

Friday, May 23, 2008

Bli ny

Denne herlige sykurven fikk jeg av en venninne. Hun mente den passet perfekt til meg. Den forrige eieren hadde til og med limt inn nyttige tips under lokket.
A friend gave me this sewing basket because she ment it was perfect for me.

Jeg synes den er ganske kul. Men stoffet var både flekkete og støvete, så jeg bestemte meg for å gi den en liten oppfriskning.
I really liked the retro fabric, but it was stained, so I decided to give it a little makover.

Her er den med akrylbelagt stoff på, så kan den tørkes av med en fuktig klut.


Etter en runde i vaskemaskinen fikk stoffet nytt liv som hårbånd. Dette er laget etter inspirasjon fra Tante Mimmi.
After washing it, I used the fabric to make a hairband. I was inspired by Tante Mimmi.


Friday, April 18, 2008

Another makeover

My youngest really needed a new lamp in his bedroom at DMIL's summerhouse. I went looking to buy a new one, but I
could't find any I really liked. So I just had to make one. Lillebror trengte virkelig en ny lampe på soverommet sitt på landet hos farmor. Jeg har lett i diverse butikker, men ikke funnet noe som jeg virkelig likte. Så da var det bare en ting å gjøre nemlig å lage ny lampeskjerm selv.