Trending- Turquoise Chairs!!

Check out the refinished chairs on one of my favorite design blogs right here. Solo made turquoise chairs, too (But I made mine first! )  Enjoy :)

Mmmmm!

In addition to making things for my home, I love to cook and bake! These donuts made for a perfect brunch and are completely grain free, sugar free, and vegan <3

The recipe comes from one of my favorite food blogs, Roost, and you should check out Caitlin's recipe for Cinnamon Roll Almond Flour Donuts. I used egg substitute in place of the 3 eggs, as well as shaved coconut rather than shredded. My husband and I devoured these delicious donuts fairly quickly!

What Will They Be?????

This is a project I've been working on for awhile. I found these brass candle sticks at the flea market. They were the perfect height, material, and style for the project that I have in mind! Once again, no "before" pic. Pretend that they are brass and kind of tarnished. Got it? Ok, now, here's what I've done to them:

I don't remember what they were marked originally but I was not willing to pay more than $5 for the pair. True to my style, I held them, hemmed and hawed, told the seller that I just wasn't sure... And of course the price kept coming down until she reached $5. Perfect! I got them home and sanded them with really fine sand paper. I primed them with a primer designed for metal and then- did you guess it yet? I spray painted them! Shockingly, I strayed from the usual teal and lime green. Pink is better suited for this one. I'm still in need of a few pieces to complete the project which means more trips to my favorite place :)

 I currently have a problem and these candle sticks will solve it. Stay tuned...

Kitchen Chairs

We needed more than two kitchen chairs. I wanted the additional chairs to coordinate, but not "match" our existing lime green chairs. The price was right on these two (free from my mom's friend who was getting rid of them) but the light wood and white seats did nothing for me!! As always, I didn't take a "before" picture so imagine plain boring chairs. Now they look like this:

First, I took off the seats and stripped off the plain white fabric. The cushions were in good condition so I was able to reuse them. I did splurge on the fabric ($16 total) but it was perfect! I attached it using a staple gun. Easy!

I took the old poly finish off the chairs and sanded them down. I primed them, sanded again, and spray painted with Painter's Touch Aqua. satin finish. Matt and I drove to the ends of the Earth (or, just about every hardware and paint store from Agawam to Keene anyway) to find this color! Finally, a hardware store in North Adams had enough cans of Aqua and I bought them all. I have two more chairs and I'm planning to do them the same color. Then we'll have 6 fabulous, bright, one-of-a-kind kitchen chairs in our sunny home!