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Piano Bench and Princess Pouf
I found this Kindel Piano Bench at a garage sale back in June. The joints on one leg were really gappy and that had to be glued and clamped. It was nice wood, but after several years in the barn, there...
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Beaded Boudoir Bench
I acquired this little bench many years—dare I say, decades—ago. When I came across it, it was varnished with a red vinyl upholstered seat. I painted it sunshine yellow and covered the top with an...
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Boudoir Bench ~ Completed
Back in the good ole summertime I acquired this vintage boudoir bench at a garage sale. It was scuffed, tarnished and dingy gold. So after a good scrub with steel wool I hit it with a coat of metal...
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A Foot Stool, a Bench, and a Pretty Vanity Chair
These are the most recent things I’ve taken to Main Street Memorables. This pretty pink vanity chair has a pink leather-like cover topped with a reversible tufted pillow. The flocking butterflies flips...
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Primitive Storage Stool
A few months ago I found a little brown stool in a pile of stuff someone pulled out of a barn and brought to the flea market. It was well made out of what looks like salvaged wood. There are random...
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Show and Tell by JanMadeIt
Here’s a random look at some of my recent projects. A blue floor shelf with matching mirror, a treadle sewing machine base table, a primitive yellow bench (sold), a turquoise shelf… Message Center...
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Some of My Random Projects at the Flea Market
Have you heard emerald is the Pantone color of the year for 2013? I don’t know if the green I put on this shutter is the exact Pantone color, but it certainly is green. It’s 24 inches wide and can be...
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1960s Era Ottoman Makeover
My friend Dianna is trying to clean out her garage and for good—or maybe not so good if it ends up in my garage—she’s cleaning out some of her things to me. She started making over this sturdy,...
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Denim Ottoman Makeover
Another salvaged footstool is finished. Check it out. The fabric was 50 cents a yard a couple of years ago at Hancock’s. I bought the last of the bolt and ended up with about three yards. I still have...
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Beautiful Burlap comes from Ugly Orange Footstool
The only thing to call this is “Ugly Orange.” As stylish as it may have been back in “the day”—must have been a day in the 70s—it’s well past its prime. As ugly and orange as it was, it was still in...
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