Porch Swings from Barstools

What a rag tag bunch of chairs we found. Four to be exact. $20 bucks for all four off Craigslist.

 The nice thing is I didn't have to saw off the legs. I just unscrewed the attached swivel components. 

Voila! A perfectly good seat for a swing. We cleaned them up, had the hubs drill some holes.

 Then we primed them with a primer called gripper. I read that it was the best. 

So heck, lets give it a whirl. 

Ok all primed and ready for the next step. We have some blue and orange paint that I think will be perfect. It's mostly Krylon spray paint that we picked up at a garage sale down the street, but we also use Rustoleum (And the beers are a must, so is the bikini top I wore in the hot sun. A tan and a project is technically multi-tasking)

Upcycled dresser to dress up closet and bench

Well it took four weekends and more time than I thought, but we finally finished out first upcycled project. It cost $75 in materials, but was well worth it. Turned out so adorable! An old dresser with a missing drawer on Craigslist for FREE!  It is truly one of a kind. It became the cutest little girl dress up closet I have ever seen. And I have looked, because I wanted to ask the right price.