Getting Ready for the Zinc Vintage Market!!!!!!

Today is the week!!!

My first official show this Friday/Saturday/Sunday

 at Zinc Vintage Market in Greenwood, VA.

It's just Monday, and I'm already beat........
13 hrs of hard labor yesterday....

the car needs to be unpacked and repacked......
Calmay, take me away!

Take a look at everything I did YESTERDAY...

and you'll know why I'm a hurting puppy today!

On my walk yesterday AM,
I found a huge

kingsize bed that had water damage from the elements,

so I went back with my saws and tools 

and removed the pieces I could salvage:
One of the bedposts and the top ornate part.

I spent most of the morning taking that apart and saving the ornate pieces 

for a future project.

One of the bed posts is gonna make a great column...

I painted that up and will add this birdhouse...

Also painted this coat rack, another alley find.

Once I distress sand and wax, 

these will be quite lovely...

Next, I tackled this large piece of art I purchased

at a thrift store.

 Chalk paint and chalkboard paint, and

this thing is gonna be an awesome oversized chalkboard!

I'll wait til I unpack it to final wax it,
along with the other pieces.
(This is why I like distressed finishes!!!!!!!!
Cuz they always get more distressed in transit!)

Next I finished up these signs I've been

making from the scrap lumber from my deck.

 Some are decoupaged....

Love this one...

 Has little hooks at the bottom for hanging.

 Most of these will be going to the show...

 Next I pulled this pedestal from my garage to paint.

 I've been looking for a round top for it,
and found one today on Craigslist.

I painted the base in Annie Sloan chalk paint in Graphite.

 
I "hit" the edges with a little Paris Grey.

 When dry,  waxed with dark waxes.
Then I went to pick up the tabletop.

I attached the top to the base, and here it is set up

in my space at Vignettes/Westhampton.

And while I was working outside on the pedestal,

my neighbors came by and told me about a table they 

had just seen in the alley.

So I walked over with them 

and we brought this piece back

to my workstation 

(which is the sidewalk in front of my house!)

It's old pine, and someone had painted the top

and it was disgustingly filthy.

So I cleaned it up, and sanded and sanded.....

And then I started "building" a reclaimed

wood effect on the top using

various paints and stains.

Looks very Restoration Hardware like!

I painted the base in Maison Blanche chalk paint in Navy.

Then I waxed it all up, and loaded it and

the other table into my car.

And off to my booth I went to reset.

Here is the table all set up in my booth.

For sale: $219.

Here's the other table that I paired with these four parson chairs.

This table is $125.

I did a total reset of my space because

a big piece sold, 

and I'm leaving town for the week.

This will be here before you know it!!!!!!!!

Back home, I started pulling and pricing things to pack up...

until I ran out of steam and had a date with Dr. Teal's.

And today is only Monday!!!!!!!

It's gonna be a week!!!!!!!

Hope you will come out and support us this weekend!!!!!!!
It should be a beautiful fall weekend!!!!!!

I can't wait!

SheShe, The Home Magician

Sheila Fox

sheilafox@aol.com

804-402-4370

SheShe's latest Chair/Ottoman Reupholstery Project

Sometimes a client will have a favorite chair that they can't part with...

Like this one:

Sarah wanted to keep this chair and ottoman combo,

but it desperately needs a makeover!

She had seen some of my upholstery in my booth at

Vignettes/Westhampton.

I don't normally do pieces like this because they are

very, very time consuming......and H A R D.

But I had a void in my schedule, 

so I decided to tackle them.

Decontruction in progress...

 I have to remove all the layers of materials.........

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I'm taking the fabric pieces off and using them

to make templates..

This is especially important when you have to match

designs, like in the case of these fabrics.....

The fabrics came from my favorite fabric store,

UFab.
I'm using this Moroccan print for the fronts...

 The work is slow and meticulous......

 But I'm getting there....

I'm using another fabric for the back and sides.....

 And for the reverse sides of the cushions.......

What a magilla but the chair is done!

 Next up, the ottoman....

 Sometimes the pieces that look the easiest...

are the trickiest.

But I finally finished it this morning.

 Here's the ensemble...

Side view.

 And when Sarah wants a little change of pace....

 ...she can flip the cushions for a different look....

Loaded up for delivery.

SheShe, The Home Magician

Sheila Fox

sheilafox@aol.com

804-402-4370