Well Pink is how they started out!! I found 6 chairs one day at a local thrift store. They were priced at $4.00 each!! Oh Yeah….I was freaking out to say the least. I could see the potential. I brought them home and immediately took the seat covers off of them and started sanding them. I ran to Home Depot and bought some black spray paint and got them all painted before the Hub’s came home from work. He was impressed! Then I simply got out my handy dandy staple gun and recovered the chair pads with some adorable fabric that has Red, Black, Yellow, Green and even some dark blue color in it. So perfect to cover up spills and stains. Voila! In one day I completed all six chairs and they turned out amazing! One fun tip….I used car wax and waxed the chairs and buffed them to give them a nice patina.
Karins Kottage
Welcome to Karins Kottage! There is always something fun going on! You would think after becoming an empty nester couple that our nest would be very quiet and empty but our Kottage nest is usually more full than what we started out with!
You might find me hosting a birthday party or graduation party and a baby shower on the same weekend or a big outdoor get together with 25 of our friends and family in the backyard or maybe I might be in the kitchen trying out a new recipe for my hubby and I to grill on the BBQ for a quiet night for the two of us. I am passionate about entertaining and setting a beautiful table! I may or may not have an addiction to cloth napkins and fun salad plates oh and goblets too!
I think I will always have a home decorating DIY project in the works as long as my hubby is on board with me haha. We have painted A LOT in the 6 homes we have owned in the 35 years that we have been married as well as re-done multiple pieces of furniture, added wall and ceiling treatments, replaced lights, bathroom fixtures and even tiled floors! I have sewn what seems like a million window treatments for our home as well as for family, made slipcovers, and duvets and even a formal dress or two!
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I am so glad you put these on here! I wish you still had them so I could steel them from you!
I guess I should keep checking the D.I. for more little finds like that...