WHERE DO U GET UR LEGS nightstand

 

One question I get asked a lot is "where do you get the legs you add to furniture?"

 

 

The answer is everywhere.

Most of my legs are salvaged from other vintage pieces but sometimes

I can find new legs at Hardware stores. Legs can be cut from bed posts,

pillars, table legs, and chairs.

 

NOTE

I only take legs from pieces that are not worth keeping together.

 

 

I bought this chair just before I got sick and planned to show you how to take it apart for all the

 useful parts. That plan went out the window with the oncoming fever I was sporting a few hours later.

 

I knew I wanted it just for parts, and look at the stained underside of the

chair who wants to work closely reupholstering that.

Eeekkkk!!!

 

 

I was able to use both the front and back legs from the chair for this nightstand.

 

 

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GET UP AND GET STARTED script chairs

 

Dont wait until this happens .......

 

 

I recently saw this french provincial table on the road side in horrible condition,

I was gutted! It was long past the point of salvaging, 3 legs completely rotten, and so much filth

and damage to the rest of the table.

 

Starting a DIY project your self is really easy, the first step is to get up and go start.

Yes it is that simple and you know it. It doesnt have to big or elaborate but it has to be something

you have wanted to try.

My good friend Jen over at Jentiques recently wrote about procrastination when it came to her project list. But Ill tell you she does get up and get start more often than not and the results make her, her family, and her customers very happy.

 

 

My first furniture work shop was enlightening when one of the ladies told me that she just wanted permission, permission to paint furniture.

It came as some what of a shock to me but I suppose I also understood. I am sure once upon a time I went through those feelings but the rewards of all my DIY accomplishments have hidden away any insecurities I might have originally gone through.

My main goal to writing this blog is to get you up and get you started on your own projects,

and some of you have report back to me that you are starting, and I thank you for letting me know.

 

Im happy to report I have another batch of script chairs available for those who missed out the

first time around. There are 3 armless chairs and one is a captains chair with arms.

 

 

All painted in a creamy white, distressed and waxed, with french script fabric seats.

 

 

 

 

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HOW TO GET THROUGH DIFFICULT PROJECTS

 

For those of you who paint ...

Hands up who puts off waxing this kind of project ????

 

 

If you look around the audience (play along) most hands are raised high, including mine.

 

 

Painting intricate wood work, turnings, and spindles is bad enough but then we have to wax them,

OY VEY!

When we look at a project as a whole it becomes daunting and undoable, so instead of getting up and starting we flip the channel to watch another DIY show and say quietly to ourselves we could do that if we wanted to.

 

 

I break the job down in my head to manageable sections.

Start with the top and when youre finish with the top walk away and do something else.

The important part is to plan that from the beginning so your mind thinks you are finish.

Maybe a few hours later or a day or two you do it again with another section of the project.

We all excel when our goals are achieved, the smaller your goals the more often you can achieve them.

Does this sound strange or silly?

This is what I have done for years to get through complicated tasks.

 

I have gotten to the point where I dont need to walk away for long,

just a quick water or email break, but in my mind as each section is completed

I feel the fulfilment of being done and its on to the next job.

 

And before I know it I have created another piece of beautiful furniture.

 

 

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HOW TO GET MORE THAN DINNER FROM YOUR DINING TABLE spanish console desk

 

 

 

Everyone knows I love to cut up furniture to create new and amazing pieces.

This next project was no different.

I took an unwanted 80s dining table and cut the ends off to make 2 console desks.

 

 

I finished them both in very different styles, one in a sea side blue and the other an aged spanish white.

 

I needed back legs to finish off both tables you can see where they came from here:

http://blogspot.ca/2012/07/how-to-turn-4-legs-into-1-cheries.html

another interesting project of mine.

 

It has a faux glazed Venetian plaster look to the top.

 

 

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