I Sold My First Piece of Furniture!

I sold my first piece of furniture!

But it’s not what you might be thinking.

Cheltenham Road kinda sorta started years ago because I kept passing this hole-in-the-wall looking place near my house that always had painted furniture piled up outside.

 One day I finally stopped.  The guy had tons of furniture all sloopily painted white or blue or green with sanded edges.  When I asked about the price I got sticker shock and thought “I could do that….better!”

 I ran immediately over to Salvation Army and found this little number for $20!

I took it home! (not easy in a two door Honda).  Sanded it!  Primed it! Contemplated it!  Lost all interest in it!

And thus begins the sad (but with a happy ending) story of the first piece of furniture I ever bought to fix up.

As  Cheltenham Road took off this poor guy sat  dusty and quiet in the back corner of the Blair Witch room.

Then, to add insult to injury, when I did the Great Garage Clean Out and admitted that large pieces furniture clearly weren’t going to be my main thing anymore I dragged it out to the curb…where it broke in half.

And I suddenly thought, “No!  not a big, hard-to-transport-vanity – two end tables!

 I took it back to the garage!  I sanded it!  I cleaned it!  Contemplated the possibilities!  I Lost all interest!

And there it sat until the date for the Little French Market loomed and I realized I needed some furniture to fill out the booth.

 So out the “end tables” came.

 The damage where the connector went was fixable.

 There was a chunk missing.

 So I cut a piece of wood to match.

 Filled in with My Friend Bondo

 And sanded it out.

 A top coat of paint and we were almost there.

But now came the real debate.

Postcard Dresser Makeover

Easy End Table Makeover

Graphics Fairy End Table Makeover

 For me, the fun part is coming up with the ways to make a piece different.  To try new techniques etc.  So I really wanted to put some text on the drawers.  Or an image transfer of the Eifel Tower or maybe music!  Or maps! Or or or……….

 

Tutorial: Trash (literally) to treasure

But here’s the thing.

 My chatty, texty, postcard furniture gets admired but its sloooow to sell.  And I sit at these shows and watch all the white and green and blue furniture stream by.  And since my real goal was to A) make money and B) empty out the backlog of projects…..white with sanded edges it was.

 OK I had a little fun with the knobs.

 And?

 Gone 15 minutes after the gates opened!

 So I finally sold my first piece of furniture!      

Old Door Becomes a Display Table

My  stitches came out yesterday and though my thumb looks pretty bad it’s more functional now.

The return of opposable  thumbs is great because I’m in full-court prep for the big Patchwork Santa Ana show that happens this Sunday!

Portable Wall for Craft Show Display

As I returned home from loading in for Unique LA last Friday I found myself happily thinking “wow – it’s all loaded in!  Booth looks good, most of my work is done AND I haven’t hit my head on anything like I usually do before a big show!

Ipad Mini Giveaway via Mod Podge Rocks!

The amazing and generous Amy of Mod Podge Rocks is giving away an ipad mini! If you haven’t been there already head on over and check it out!

Image Transfer – It’s Easier Than I Thought

I have incredibly inconvenient creative inspiration.

I never seem to get creative brainstorms when I’m just sitting around trying to think about new things.  I get creative brainstorms at the last minute or when I’m in the midst of doing something else entirely.

Make Decorative Street Numbers Tutorial with Mod Podge

I honestly can’t tell you what I’ve been doing of late.

I don’t mean I can’t tell you like “it’s a secret and I’d have to kill you” I mean I’m not quite sure what I’ve been doing.

I know I’ve been doing my usual coaster-making, candle –drilling HOME sign designing but the time has just slipped away and I feel a bit like I fell in a hole.

For instance I failed to realize that the always awesome Amy over at Mod Podge Rocks had posted my latest tutorial. for making some decorative house numbers.

What’s next? Make your own knobs part II

Whenever I arrive at Angelo HOME hauling some stock of coasters or, perhaps a giant LA sign, they say “Great!  What are you doing next?”

Slip Sliding Away…….

I hope everyone had a good weekend.

So, I blogged about my “aren’t-I-clever-slide-out-utility-wall” feeling all accomplished and about 20 minutes after hitting “publish” this popped up in my Pinterest feed

Enviroholder Sliding Magic5 Postion Wall Organizer

Source Amazon

DID YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT THIS?!!!!

Nothing quite like feeling clever and then discovering you could buy pretty much the same thing for $20 on Amazon.

How To Make a Space Saving Sliding Utility Wall

As you may have gathered from my last post I want everything to slide out.

Another Easy DIY Craft Show Display

I woke up late and tired yesterday because all my dreams had been about not being able to fall asleep.  Does dreaming about not falling asleep qualify as ironic?  (Alanis Morrisette has screwed me up on how to actually use that word).

However, often in that not awake/not asleep state I get good ideas for projects and even though I couldn’t tell what was true or not I did have a brainstorm about making a display.