You can take the girl out of the country......

I wasn't raised as a 'country girl', but I had plenty of relatives

 that lived there and I always looked forward to visiting them.

Venturing into the big old barns, getting to feed

the calves and baby pigs, and playing in the

upper haylofts, was so much fun!

 Later on as a young wife, I entered the livelihood

of  'farming' and quickly found out

it's not all fun and games!

 

I'm not sure that's where my love of the 'farmhouse-style'

originated, but I am hooked on it now!

I'd gone through all the previous trendy décor years -

Country, Retro, and 60's Modern,  

Country Style

Modern Style

but around the 'Shabby Chic' era, I found my style! 

That style has evolved into Farmhouse Style!

 

My latest project! 

 

This chicken crate was a fun 'find' from the Nebraska Junk Jaunt!

Can you see it behind the stack of other 'finds'?

 

They used these crates to haul chickens in!

(I won't mention that they were on their way to market!)

 

Anyhoo......

I've been wanting one for years to convert into a coffee table!

It had already been washed clean, but I scrubbed it anyway.

Then I painted it using a brush - wishing I had a paint sprayer!!

 

I had 4 old dining table legs waiting for a project, so I

cut the bottom part off and attached them to the crate. 

 

 And here it is.......

 

Despite a few challenges, and a couple trips to

Ace Hardware, it turned out pretty good!

 

"It's not for everyone!" (Nebraska travel marketing phrase!) 

 But, it fits my 'farmhouse' décor style just fine!



 What's your style?

 

Be happy and stay warm, my friends!

 XOXO

One down.....three to go!

Hi! Welcome back to my crazy world!

I've been super busy trying to get furniture projects

done before it gets too cold in my garage ...

 

OPPS! TOO LATE...!!

 

Even with my little heater cranking out as much heat as it can,

 (and 20' high ceilings where all the heat goes!)

it became difficult to apply paint.

 

So, guess what?...

 

I move  lug all my supplies and my project up to my condo!

Thankfully, there's an elevator, but I still have to haul it all

to the other end of the building to my place!

I work on multiple items at a time so it gets kinda crowded!

 

 

So you're saying to yourself "why would you do this?"

I ask myself the same question!!

 

This is one of the pieces of furniture I brought back from

the NE Junk Jaunt...

 

I'm calling it a desk, but it could be a vanity...

 

I kinda had my doubts about the removal of the old varnish

being a quick and simple job -

is there such a thing in the 'junky world'!

The old finish was the kind of varnish that bleeds RED

no matter what you do or how many coats of paint you use!

 

I just had to work with it! I used a medium gray chalk paint,

which did a good coverage job with just a tad bit of 

 a reddish highlight in some places to make it look

 like I planned it that way!

 

The top was in pretty good shape,

 so I just sanded and re-stained it.

 

 I glued together beaded board slats

and used the back side to look like

"SHIPLAP!" 

and attached it to the 'harp'

to give it a funky, unique look!

I think there may have been a drawer

missing, so I did the easy thing

and made it an open shelf!

 

This is just an idea for a fun way to decorate

this piece! Or you could hang photos or notes!

Make it your own style!

 

 

Okay! Yay! One down....

Now on to completing the next one!

It's almost done - I'll be posting it soon!

 

Sneak peek!



Stay well, my friends!

And, have a wonderful day!

XOXO