Friday, April 9, 2010

Chair Update and Another Quick Project

So I picked up those two chairs on Tuesday, instead of Monday, and Wednesday picked up some black RIT dye at JoAnn's. Keep in mind, the last time I dyed anything, I was a Girl Scout.

Josh was freaked out that the black dye would stain our washer, and I kept trying to reassure him that it wouldn't. (Even though I was a little unsure myself. EEP!)

Last night I did one chair cover, and I'm pretty pleased with myself. See the post below for a before picture!


The seat still looks a little odd, like it didn't dye completely evenly due to some fading on the original cover. But it looks a million times better than it did before. Now if I could only get that last inch of the top to come all the way down... I'll keep trying to work it down tonight while I dye the other cover.

Since there are only two of them, I'm not really sure what to do with them. They're not really nice enough for our dining room. I'm thinking of incorporating them both into my office somehow.

Oh and the black dye didn't stain our washer.

I also finally got around to making a bag for my yoga mat. It was really simple, and not as fancy as the ones you can buy, but it works for me! My yoga mat always ended up unrolled by the time Josh drove us to the gym on yoga nights, but not anymore! Now if it rolls off the seat when he takes a corner too quickly, it stays rolled up!



I really love the fabric pattern and got enough to make some new pillows for the couch in the same fabric!

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Excited and I have to share my great find with someone...

Even though I haven't told anyone this blog exists yet...
I must share this amazing deal that I just got on two chairs...
They're from Ikea, and were about $60 each brand new according to the website. The covers need to be replaced, but those are relatively cheap and/or easy to make. But want to know how much I am paying for two of them? $5. Total, not each. Roughly 25 times less than they were brand new. 

I can't pick them up until Monday, so I'll spend the weekend just waiting for them! Since there are only two, I don't know if I'll use them in the dining room or put them other places in the house, but for $5, I needed to have them because I've been wanting chairs like that for sometime now. 

Just wanted to share... 

We have food?

I also got around to organizing the pantry this week! Before trash day too, which was good because sadly there was a lot of expired stuff in there.

I organized it so that it makes sense to me. So if anyone else went in there looking for something, they may or may not find it.

It could stand to be a little more organized and I want to get some of those clear cereal containers and perhaps a few more storage cubes to finally put everything in boxes.

But tada! There's even room for the trash can to fit in there now!
And even better, all of the storage boxes came from the dollar store. Which makes them a fantastic deal, in my opinion.

Now I guess I should add the rest of the kitchen to my project list... it's the whitest room in the house, aside from the downstairs bathroom.

I also made Bentley a new bed. So far it seems like he enjoys it, but not nearly as much as his chair...