A Project and Listia (My New Obsession!)

Okay so a few days back I wrote about my neighbors getting their stuffed thrown out of the house, after they got what they wanted out of it they left a few things that most people would consider junk. An extremely ugly chair that had cobwebs all over it and a table with wobbly legs.

Of course I had to have them! I got the chair upstairs and I'm working on it now for a dressing/vanity chair for my bedroom. I sanded it down and have begun to paint it a very bright pink. I plan on covering the seat in white pleather. I know I'm a girly girl in that I love pink and my bedroom is Pink and Black and White. Go figure right? Who'd have thunk it?

Here is the before picture of the chair:

As you can see in the background I'm still unpacking, and that ugly lamp? It's going to get a shade of Grey too. I picked up that lamp at the goodwill for like 2 bucks a few months back and I liked the shape of it. Anyway the chair is in sad shape. It's missing a little peice from the bottom of one of the legs so it wobbles its scrached up and nicked up (you really cant see that in the photo) and it had at least 5 years worth of cobwebs and spides on it. I sprayed it to death. Me and the cleaner went a little over board, but hey, what do you expect?

Here is the BRIGHT pink paint I had on hand to paint it with, I'm still working on it, (I sanded it by hand and my hands need a break!) As soon as I have a complete work I will definitely show it to you!

Now the table needs a lot of help, I haven't started on it yet. I'm going to tighten the legs (screws and wood glue) paint the legs and base a nice gun metal gray, do some type of fun decoration on the top and place a piece of glass across the top so that it's protected. I'm still planning that one so nothing to show yet. :) (I will also show you the ugly lamp once I get that done) Just remember that before you throw a piece of furniture out it can always be re-purposed for someone else, a little elbow grease and paint, some recovering and you got a pretty nifty piece!

Now on to Listia! I found it by reading someone's Gather post, and joined out of curiosity. It's like free eBay! I have listed a lot of items from DVD's to Books (some I have even reviewed on here!) to lotions and things I just never even bothered to use. This way someone gets them, that will enjoy them and hopefully I'll find something I want just as much. Just join through my link and I get 50 points (only join if this is something you find interesting!) and you also get 50 points from me for joining, pretty nifty! Hope everyone is having a great night.