This was a rocking chair from when I was a baby...my mom used to rock me in it. It had a 70's lattice back to it that had busted and was crumbing apart. I removed all of it, and started sanding so I could add a fresh coat of paint. As I began sanding, green was coming through, it was obvious my mom had painted it blue at some point. I loved the effect of the green coming through so I just left it like that! Found a cute oilcloth fabric and gingham trim. I stapled the fabric to the front and back, padding it in the middle to fill, and then glue gunned the trim to hide the staples. Now it lives in Maisy's room, and I get to sit on it and read her stories at bedtime.

Cookbook Shelf

I forgot to take a picture of this bookcase before I sanded. It looked so much worse than the picture, lots of cobwebs, and discoloration from being outside for a long period of time. I gave it a good sanding, filled some cracks with wood filler, and gave it 3 coats of white paint. I have painted a bookself before and put books on it, but noticed after time, the books end up sticking to the paint and the paint comes off when you would pull a book out. That's why I opted to cover the shelves with fabric. Just applied white glue with a paintbrush to the surface and slightly underneath (so I could wrap the fabric under the shelf). Beverly's fabric has a couple rolls of vintage looking fabrics that I could not resist. My books don't exactly fit the conventional way on it, but I made it work!
I am still probably going to add a cute quote from Julia Child to the front lip to make it more fun.

Repurposed Shutters

I found some nasty old outdoor shutters from LCM, they were $2 each. I considered just cleaning them up and sanding them more, but I still had some Chalkboard spray paint (which I am obsessed with at the moment). Sprayed them down, sanded the edges, added some cute scrap booking stickers, and voila! A new bulletin board!