Furniture Makeover Before and After

I found this horrendously ugly cabinet thingamajig at Goodwill and decided to repaint it with an industrial feel.  I painted it with chalkboard black because I like the texture.  Then I stenciled on the numbers with spray paint and added a pinstripe box to the top.  I also added some simple white knobs and roughed up the paint to make it look old and worn.  It's pretty neat, cant decide if I want to sell it or keep it.  

 

Thanks for looking!

 

My First Quilt!

I was Stumbling along a few weeks ago and came across this tutorial for a gorgeous modern quilt, by Moda Bake Shop.  BTW, if you don't know what Stumbling is I highly recommend you figure it out, although I must warn you that it may waste many hours.  Anyway, I knew I had to make it so I decided to give it a try.  The tutorial was a great guide, very clear and easy to follow.  I ended up not using the pre-cut Jellyroll bundles, instead I picked out all my prints and hand cut them.

I made the quilt for my best friends baby shower gift and since I had spent a million hours making the quilt I thought it needed an extra special gift wrap.  I found a nice box at Michaels, painted the top white and made rosettes with the scraps form the quilt.  I thought about doing a rosette tutorial in this entry but I feel like every craft blog on the internet has the same rosette tutorial.  In an effort to be slightly unconventional I'm banning the rosette tutorial from my blog.  But, here is the box for your viewing pleasure.