A tale of three chairs

A TALE OF THREE CHAIRS

...otherwise entitled...

What I did Instead of Watching TV

a story in pictures

(for details on how I replace chair caning, see this post!)
(to see what the set the two white chairs belong to, see this post!)

Featured!

Remodelaholic has featured my Cane Repair with Kitchen Tools post.

Thanks, Cassity!

You can see the original post here.

...and my Tres Chic! bar stools have been featured at the DIY Show Off.
Thanks, Roeshel!

You can see that post here.

Do you have the time?

Have you seen some of the amazing clock tables that talented bloggers have created? Someday Crafts highlighted this one by All About Vignettes:

...and this one by A Vintage Vine:

And I fell in love.

I wanted to create my own in the worst way! After a little searching, I found a great candidate: a metal-base table with a solid wood top.

Want to see my version?

The colors are "truest" on the first picture. I painted the tabletop black, then used my Silhouette to cut Roman numerals out of vinyl. With those in place (thanks to a 30-60-90 triangle from my kids' drawing tools), I painted over the outer circle in white, and the inner circle in gray. It needed a little sumpin', so I added a border (just below the numbers) in metallic silver. I distressed the heck out of it...using a chain (that's fun!) and a screwdriver and a lot of sandpaper!


Did you notice how the hands are in different places in each picture? That's because they're real hands! I told a friend of mine what I was doing, and she got all excited because she'd seen some metal clock hands at a local consignment shop. I couldn't drive there fast enough! They were just the right touch for my table. I bolted them on so they can be rotated freely.

Then...every table needs some chairs, right? This one did too.

I found four vintage-style folding chairs at Deseret Industries. They were that brassy metal color, and most of them had ripped-up seats. I painted the chairs black and recovered the seats in faux gray leather material, and then...

...I stenciled the Roman numerals for "3," "6," "9," and "12" on the seats!

I think this table would be such a fun gathering place on a covered patio, or even better...in a family room / game room.

Do you have time for a picnic?
A board game?
A craft project?

Well, maybe with this table...you would remember to make the time!

For my friend....

I have a friend...I'll call her "Rachel."

Rachel grew up the next town over from me, but our paths didn't really start to cross until her brother had the extraordinary good taste to marry my sister! We spent a good amount of time together for a while after that, but then we drifted apart. Just before college, we ended up working at the same store for the summer, and that was fun. Several years later we both ended up married and not living too far away from each other, but our paths never really crossed. I kept up on what was going on with her family through my sister, however.

Then came Facebook...and blogs....and suddenly we were in contact again! It's wonderful.

Rachel asked me to make something for her...one of my cupboard door signs with a quote that is meaningful to her (note: this is actually my Farmers Market sign re-painted. I never was completely happy with it). Since she's a faithful reader of my blog, I thought I'd surprise her and give her a sneak peak of the finished product!

She loves red as much as I do!

Oh, and Rachel?? This is not for sale...it's a gift!