Coffee table turned entry bench

Does everyone remember my boring, old, beat up coffee table that I then turned blue!!

This was the first piece I did that started it all. I can blame the mounds of furniture and fabric piles on this project!! Well... I have always thought the table was just too big for our living/family room space. So I moved it out into the entry way and thew together some burlap pillows

(I need to finish the bottom and add more filling...ran out last night...)

and it's a new love!! IT is such a fun splash of color and it makes me smile. I am still figuring out the wall above the table. I am thinking some old crates-turned shelf?? hmm I feel a thrift hunt coming up in my future!! Again so sorry for the horrible pictures!! I NEED A NEW CAMERA!! Anyone have a camera they love?

It's now a favorite hang out!!

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First....

This table is my FIRST table re-do (not for my house!) My FIRST stencil project and MY FIRST piece to SELL!!

So here is the before picture it's hard to tell but there were so many nicks and scratches and overall badness to this beauty! I bought her for $3!!! AHH the possibilites were amazing! I narrowed it down to painting vs stain. For one I LOVE color and that is the goal of AMIablyCrafted is to add some color to the world 1 piece of furniture at a time!! SO WHAT COLOR?? Well I had just painted my desk Alchemy by sherwin Willimas and LOVE LOVE LOVE the color....so done.

BORING... but LOVE the color!! I took me several days to decide what to do with the top, I tried dual colors but not happy... THEN inspiration hit me while I was reading Jones Design Company Blog! She stenciled her wall and made her own "wallpaper"!! So I drew a design and cut it out of cardboard and viola..

My helper! I Tried to take a picture one handed but didn't quite work out so I again copied Emily and used my favorite helper! =) cute...

Sanded the "you-know-what" out of it by hand then applied special walnut stain over it and lots of love and several coats of poly and ....LOVE....

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Feeling Blue

Good morning! Things have been awfully crazy at the Jackson household these past few weeks! To quote Mary Poppins, "The Winds of Change are blowin" There is ABOUT to be a lot of change and it is anxiety producing kinda change! In the mist of all of this my brother got married and I am trying to start up some kind of something! I have gone through EVERY emotion over the past few days!! As a way to avoid-I mean- stay busy I have started to tackle some chair projects! AND LOVing the blue hues I am choosing! I still need to roughen em up a bit and add some stain and poly but so far so good...i think??

Waiting for Patience

As I am sitting on the computer I have a full view of the mountains of furniture waiting for me to glue, sand, stain, paint, stain... FINISH!! Feeling slightly overwhelmed - and excited - about this new adventure for me. I had a tad of a setback this weekend and became easily frustrated about the decision I LEAPED into head first!!

I have ALWAYS been impulsive! I leap before I look, I fall in love with a new idea and HAVE TO DO IT NOW, regardless of anything. Hey, at 18 years old, I said I wanna go to Europe.... ok.. lets go... I have become smarter... more thoughtful, to some degree. =) I am truly excited and have wonderful advocators in my life pushing and encouraging me!!!

Today I am sitting down and making small obtainable goals to help me reach my END goal! I feel good about my impulsive leap of faith in myself and I will not let myself down!!

...no any advice on patience with children!!! whole new post!!!

Fabric stores make my heart go ..pitter.. patter

I LOVE fabric! I could spend hours just walking through wondering, wow HOW can I use this, I MUST have this!! So actually having projects that require me to go into a fabric store are my FAVOrite kind. The furniture I envision - eventually - selling are bright, colorful and funky pieces! I left the fabric store beaming with excitement from some amazing fabrics I found...stay tuned!! Do you have any favorite fabrics? or fabric stores???

I am up at an ungodly hour to enjoy some peace and quiet ....well not quite so peaceful as Mr. Hubs is doing P90x in the room next to me...while I enjoy a brownie heart and cup of joe!:) BUT there are no mommy....mom...screams...and I can sit and type and enjoy some ME time! We have decided as a couple we are going to get up at o'dark 30 to start our day productively ...me bloggins Mr. H workouts! I will let you know if I make it through the day! :)

Hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day! Us over here at JJ sure did!!