Before and Afters

I have been redoing some stuff around the house and wanted to share.

The story of the tuffet...

 I bought it 5 years ago when I was working at Tuesday Morning, it came off the truck without a tag and there wasn't another one like it so my sweet manager damaged it out for me for $6! We had just got married and I had an apartment to decorate, I loved it. It used to have fringe around the bottom and some pretty trim around the top but over the years of little boys it all got torn off. It also has some awesome stains on top from a sweet husband using it as a dining table on his lunch break. I could never part with it. So I made a slip cover...

 Now I realize this slipcover is far from perfect but the longer it's used the less ghetto it looks. I also love that I can just take it off and wash it if life ever happens to it, and it will.

The story of the china cabinet...

When we moved into our house I was looking for a hutch to keep some extra dishes and my in-laws (the best ever) gave me this china cabinet! It was part of the dining room set they bought when they first got married... not too long ago my mother in law looked at me and said "Biz, you can paint that" and the next day I went and bought paint :)

 Now it does have doors on top but it's taking me forever to finish painting them so for now the top is doorless, but I think it still looks good, I love the color of the inside.

The story of the lamp...

It has an ugly shade, bought it "as is" at Pier One, the harp was broken. I bought a new harp and recovered the shade with some awesome fabric!

And the bookshelf...

It was boring, I arranged the books by color but it still needed something else, I painted the back of it with some purple paint left over from the kitchen.

 I also moved my dining room to the front room. It was an awkward room because there was no light and it was pretty stuffy. Jade installed a ceiling fan and we moved the dining room and piano and it opened up the house SO much more! Love it!