tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79222334184281236532024-03-06T01:12:36.954-05:00The Vintage Magi:REFINISHED TREASURES, HANDMADE CRAFTS, A REPURPOSED LIFEThe Vintage Magihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02426792110749957315noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922233418428123653.post-44445954828512122802015-09-10T13:13:00.001-04:002015-09-24T11:23:24.164-04:00Trash to Treasure Tutorial: Don't Throw Away That Flimsy Ikea Bookcase! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am really proud of this project because it was my first project since becoming too sick to work (long story, we'll just say two years of endocrine issues... NOT fun!), & then a year of my daughter still being too small to really get into any major projects. Now I'm healthy (PRAISE THE LORD!!!), albeit a bit sleep-deprived (not because of kids, just for no reason at all! Haha); but the baby is old enough now that I can do a few things here & there, with &/or without her around. </div>
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It only really took about two weeks to do this project, which was such a wonderful surprise! I was about to buy, or build, some shelves to replace the flimsy Target shelves in our family room. </div>
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All we had was this shell:</div>
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I could simply touch the top & rock my hand from side-to-side & the whole thing would sway back & forth! Initially, I wanted to toss the laminate frame & just build one entirely from scratch using solid wood. </div>
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But then I thought, 'ehhh... I'm going to build the frame out with solid wood so much that it's not going to matter if I buy four pieces of actual wood to make this same frame or if I build it out. </div>
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The way I planned to build it out, it seemed wasteful to throw out such a minimal part of the project. </div>
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So alas, here it was!</div>
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Yeeeeaaahhh, so you know how I like to show the good, the bad & the ugly???? Well, I thought I'd take a few pieces of wood that I had on hand & attempt to sand them down & somehow this was going to make sense; but no... no sense was made here!</div>
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I went to home depot & bought two pieces of MDF board, 1/4 inch thick. to give me some more solid backing. The original backing was cardboard -- which isn't super awesome, as you can imagine...</div>
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Then I used nails to attach the new, more SOLID backing. Also, I used my miter saw to start cutting the trim for the bottom. I thought in my head that I needed trim on the bottom AND the top! </div>
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That's a lot of 45-degree angles & fingers crossed that I actually got it right! haha. </div>
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Turned out, I didn't do too bad of a job!</div>
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Just another picture of where I was after attaching the new back & bottom trim.</div>
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I used wood glue to put the trim into place & then held each board in place for a few minutes. Then when I knew everything lined up correctly I used finishing nails to secure them in place.</div>
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(Also, it looks like I already attached the new furniture feet & didn't take pictures! But I decided to move them again later & there are shots of that in a little bit, so we can all deal...) </div>
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Bottom trim complete!</div>
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Shot of mitered edges.</div>
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Another shot of mitered edges.</div>
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Next, I trimmed out the top in the same fashion, with the same sort of vertical overhang so that when the top was in place, it would be on hinges to hide a nook as a small hideaway. I also went to Home Depot & found a solid slab of wood [insert measurements here] for the top. To cut the piece to size, first I placed the board on top of the completed trim & traced the rectangle from underneath. </div>
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I knew I wanted an overhang on the front & sides (the back would sit flush with the back of the shelves), so I measured out an inch & a quarter in three directions & then drew out the new rectangle.</div>
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I used a jigsaw to make the cuts. I put it in place & it looked great! </div>
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Obviously, some sanding was needed in order to make the cuts even & smooth, so I was glad that I left myself some room to do that.</div>
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Here's just a couple closer shots of the overhang measurements.</div>
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Here's the little nook that the trim ended up creating. This was a TOTAL accident, by the way; but it turned out to be a happy accident & it gave the shelves more height.</div>
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Moms can always use an extra little space to hide stuff when people make surprise visits, right???</div>
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Here is the top during the sanding process. Looking much more smooth & even!</div>
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Next I went BACK to Home Depot & picked up the smaller trim. It was in a small area of the wood aisle called "craft boards." I measured the lengths & cut them to fit with the miter saw. </div>
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I was careful to always air on the longer-side of the measurements & then slowly shave them down </div>
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so that they were a tight fit.</div>
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I attached the vertical pieces first, using glue to hold it in place & finishing nails to secure it.</div>
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Then I measured, cut & attached the horizontal pieces on the sides.</div>
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(I also measured & mitered some cove trim to make a better-looking transition </div>
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from the trim to the top.)</div>
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I did the same thing as above to cut vertical covers for the front of the shelves </div>
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I put on the horizontal pieces so that they were basically right in the middle so that the upper- & lower-overhangs were even. It worked out so that the shelves will have a little lip there to keep picture frames, books or other displays from falling off the shelves.</div>
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I also found a long round piece of wood in the wood aisle. I used that to make some dividers for the lower shelves. I know the two Ikea pieces that ere the template for the sides have height-adjustment holes for the shelves, but these shelves will not be moving once they are together </div>
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I measured & cut the pole, again airing on the long end of the measurements </div>
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so that they were a snug fit when I put them in place. </div>
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Once I had the perfect fit (which really happened on the first try! It's a miracle!!!), I put the shelves on their back so that I could drill pilot holes through the bottom of the shelves </div>
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And then I screwed some screws in to the divided to hold them in place. </div>
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Once again, I was really lucky on the first try with all three of these!</div>
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I covered every screw & shelf-adjusting holes with stainable wood-filler.</div>
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Then I sanded the wood filler until I had a smooth finish.</div>
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Obviously, the entire set of shelves needed sanded. I think I did 80-, 120-, 150- & 220-grit, one after another just to get it super smooth & soft. </div>
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Before priming, I decided the feet needed to be set a little more inward instead of against the edges. </div>
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this heavy & substantial, I always use the big metal plates to attach legs </div>
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They distribute the weight better than just using a little receiving-end piece.</div>
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Ok, so here are my finishing materials thus far & still to come.</div>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Elmer's Stainable Wood Filler</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Glidden GRIPPER White Primer & Sealant </span><span style="text-align: center;">(THIS PRIMER IS A-MAZE-BALLS! It sticks to ANYTHING: laminate, anything outdoor, kitchen cabinets or anything that has come in contact with grease, etc etc etc etc...)</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">MinWax Fast-Drying Polyurethane in Clear Gloss</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Behr White Semi-gloss Latex Paint (Not sure of the exact shade... just had it on hand)</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">A little dense foam roller (I always like these for big pieces of furniture)</span></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07098595531619610185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922233418428123653.post-59032477742478465052014-12-10T08:54:00.002-05:002014-12-10T08:54:18.917-05:00Where are the pictures?????That's an excellent, question! I have NOOOO idea!<br />
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They were just gone one day. I'm trying to find out what is going on now & will hopefully have an answer soon. Thanks for letting me know!!!!<br />
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NatalieAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07098595531619610185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922233418428123653.post-3655506546077714712012-08-27T15:22:00.001-04:002012-08-27T15:22:34.431-04:00Two-year-old's Birthday Cake (My First REAL Cake Decorating!)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I made this cake for my son's 2nd birthday party. The first birthday was about 65 people inside my house on the main floor in the middle of January... the entire hallway was filled with BOOTS! The 2nd party was just family & considerably smaller; so I thought, why not make it special & make the cake myself?! </div>
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The Vintage Magihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02426792110749957315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922233418428123653.post-74660267099020254732012-08-02T12:09:00.001-04:002012-08-27T15:28:40.551-04:00Barefoot in the Kitchen - The Great Kitchen Update of 2012So, you may be wondering, "where did that crazy girl go?"<br />
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Well, I've been barefoot in the kitchen. No, not pregnant -- but definitely giving birth! Well, to a new kitchen, anyway...<br />
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Here are haphazard before pictures, totally unorganized for right now. I promise I will organize them & update later today. My two-year-old is trying to push me off my chair to take him outside!<br />
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This had to be put on hold for awhile because I'm having some health troubles that are hindering me, especially energy-wise. I hope to be back & doing what I love again soon...The Vintage Magihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02426792110749957315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922233418428123653.post-22460436262851037902012-05-07T17:56:00.000-04:002012-05-08T13:14:18.060-04:00Favorite Cleaning Products for Projects (& Life in General)<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Most of these are not just for refinishing projects. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I explain under each one what they do & why I love them.</span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><u>1. Mr Clean Magic Eraser Extra Power</u></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What DON'T I love about Magic Erasers? I can't think of ONE thing. We belong to Sam's Club, because it's about a mile from our house, so I get the value packs there because I use them for almost everything. These guys are amazing! They're the only product that can get into textured surfaces, like on our textured, white refrigerator handles, for example. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The refrigerator is actually what I have to thank for discovering these a few years ago. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Magic Erasers were still a brand new product then & not many people used them or even knew they existed. I used to cut coupons religiously from the Sunday paper & I'd cut one for these, picked them up, & didn't use them for awhile. Our fridge was still new </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(maybe four months old), but the handles were already smudged with dirt </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">from repetitive use & </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I thought they would stay that way forever - </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">& most likely just get worse with time. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I had no idea that the surface of the handles were even<i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i>textured in the first place </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">because the grooves are so tiny that I couldn't really see them. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I tried kitchen & bathroom cleaners with BLEACH, glass cleaners, assorted furniture & antibacterial wipes, & NOTHING would get them white again. When I was cleaning the inside of the fridge one day, it was by total chance that I simply needed a sponge or cleaning cloth, looked under the sink & </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">all I could find was the little two-pack of Magic Erasers. When I finished cleaning the inside & the sponge-material looked </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">all used up & </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">worn out, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I wiped the outside of the doors & then the handles. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I was in total shock </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">when </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">they left a <i style="font-weight: bold;">BLAZINGLY BRIGHT</i> trail </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">of clean white behind them. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That was the beginning of my love-affair </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">with the bald man's <i>truly</i> magical Magic Erasers. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">No joke, I could seriously be a salesperson for these because I love them so much. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At the beginning of a refinishing project, especially if it has been thrift-ed or </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">rescued from the curb, grabbing one of these & a little elbow grease is the first step. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Next, in order to get the item sparkly-clean & free of germs & debris, I start by rinsing it in water or spraying with a hose if it's too big to rinse in a sink. If the item is small enough, I usually completely soak the item in a mixture of water & OxiClean (we'll get to that in a minute!); & if it's large, I put the same mixture in a spray-bottle & drench it that way (<i>outside</i>, of course!). The OxiClean starts to agitate the stains & dirt </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">while I grab the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Magic Eraser. Because they get deep into grooves & corners, </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">this blend of product </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">& hard scrubbing has never let me down!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">They also remove crayon off the wall (for all the parents out there), get deep dirt off furniture projects, & work magic (with a drop of Goo-Gone) to tackle ANY sticky mess. If there's <b><i>ever</i></b> a project that you think will just never come clean & </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">you haven't tried Magic Erasers on it yet, go get some & </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">give them a try. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Most likely they will do the trick & your love-affair will, too, begin. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>(These are my absolute favorite cleaning product of all time. </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>I won't write this much about anything else.)</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><u>2. Goo-Gone</u></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-size: x-small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">Goo Gone® is America’s # 1 Brand in Tough Task Removers.</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-size: x-small;"><b>Its products combine Scientific Technology and Citrus Power to defeat the toughest </b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-size: x-small;"><b>sticky, gooey, greasy, gummy problems and stains without harming the surface below."</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-size: xx-small;"><i>-From: http://googone.com/About-GooGone</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">This really comes in handy for getting the stickiness from those annoying little tags that thrift stores & consignment shops plop all over their items. It's also great for removing labels from beautiful glass jars & other interesting glass containers I want to repurpose. If you try to remove the adhesive film left behind w/normal cleaning products & wiping, it just becomes a sticky, smudgy mess; but w/a drop of Goo-Gone (that I put on the end of a Magic Eraser), it's gone & we're moving on!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;"><b><u>3. Windex Multi-Surface Antibacterial Spray</u></b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>"Now you can kill 99.9% of household bacteria while bringing out our famous streak-free shine.</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Windex Multi-Surface Antibacterial cleans & shines your surfaces</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>with no dull residue left behind. It disinfects on hard, non-porous surfaces, too."</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>-Countertops like Corian®, sealed granite, marble (real or synthetic), Formica® </b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>- Exterior surfaces of appliances like microwaves, stovetops </b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>- Kitchen sinks </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>-Stainless steel -Glazed ceramic tile</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px; color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I love this stuff. It's great because not only is it good for lots of different surfaces that come up in refinishing projects, but it's an awesome cleaner to keep in your kitchen & bathrooms. It makes glass shine like normal Windex, but it also kills bacteria from stuff like raw chicken in the kitchen & germy messes in the bathroom. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px; color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The <i>best</i> surprise is that after you're done killing all those germs, your countertops or other surfaces are left with a beaming, polished <i><b>SHINE</b></i>. Forget having to buy </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px; color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">separate products for different </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px; color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">jobs in all the different rooms including glass, sinks, countertops, floors (NOT FOR WOOD FLOORS - I'll get to that next just because I mentioned them), toilets, appliances, cooking surfaces, etc, <b><i>ETC</i></b>... </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px; color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This one cleaner does it ALL. Simple - that's how I like things.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i style="font-size: 13px;">Photo Credit:BonaFloorCleaner.com</i><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Because of the Bona Spray-Mop, I've never loved cleaning hardwood so much in my life. </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I can write more later, but I've got to go now. I <i>can</i> send you to this link where this lady pretty much explains the Bona Spray-Mop. I promise I'll finish in the morning!</span><br /><a href="http://household-tips.thefuntimesguide.com/2009/11/bona_mop.php" target="_blank">'Bona Spray Mop vs. Shark Steam Mop - Which Is Better for Hardwood Floors?'</a></span></span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">For removing tarnish from most silver & silver-plated vintage finds, this is pretty good cleaner. It's the best I've tried so <i>far </i>& has been able to handle <i>most</i> jobs, but it doesn't do <i>all</i> jobs. It has never been able to tackle extremely heavy, high-silver content things (like Tiffany silver). I see that they've changed their containers & have new, slightly different names on them; & I don't know if that means the formula inside them has changed, too. I just happen to have this container that has lasted me for<i> years</i> & will last many more. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">When cleaning silver, I always follow this with a silver jewelry polishing cloth. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">I have several that have come free with jewelry in the past & just us whatever is on hand. The combo of the two products has always worked out </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px; color: #f1c232; font-size: large;"><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">6. Clorox Disinfecting Wipes</span></u></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">I promise I'll finish in the morning!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Enjoy our Pledge<sup style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">®</sup> Multi Surface formula in a convenient wipes form. There’s no extra cloth needed—just remove a wipe and start cleaning. Use on wood, granite, stainless steel and electronics without the fear of damage. Pledge<sup style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">®</sup> Multi Surface Everyday Wipes also remove up to 90% of allergens in dust." (Pledge.com)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I like these so much & definitely miss them when I don't have them in the house. They play into my refinishing cleaning products because I listen to podcasts while I work (ADAM CAROLLA!). At first, I used my iPod on a little no-big-deal speaker set (& <i>should</i> do that more again) but it just gets so old updating my iPod every day! I only have a small window of time to work because I have a two-year-old & I don't want to waste any more time than I already do getting set up. Plus, sometimes I need to look up a website to help with the project & it's nice to have my computer right there. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">With lots of over-spray from spray paint, sanding dust, & just ickiness of the garage & outdoors, these wipes keep my MacBook looking like new. Oh, & about that two-year-old I mentioned, he has a way of putting a million fingerprints on the TV screen & these wipes are safe to clean them all up. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And I've had it for a million years, ever since I went to summer camp & saw all the kids had trunks except me! So I took $10 I earned from babysitting & bought this one at Wal-Mart sometime in the early 1990s. It is busted up & cracked from me lounging on it at boarding school, but I really wanted to keep it. I decided re-do it so it looked nice & set about searching the Internet for ideas. That's when I came across <a href="http://www.pbjstories.com/2012/01/organizing-in-2012-filing-trunk-diy.html">this post</a> at <a href="http://www.pbjstories.com/">www.pbjstories.com</a>. Now, my trunk is in nowhere the same condition as hers, but what-the-hey, it couldn't get any <i>worse</i>!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">just to hold blankets or pillows at the bottom of the bed in our guest room.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I spray painted it with Rust-Oleum's Heirloom White.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">& drilled some pilot holes for the legs.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>HUNDREDS</b> OF DOLLARS!!!!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I really don't pick up stuff from the curb that often. I'm more into thrifting, refinishing my own stuff, or stuff that has been given to me; but when I was on my way home from dropping my son at pre-school at our church, I saw a group of chairs on the side of the road. To my good fortune, this person had not told the garbage man ahead of time </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">that they were throwing out larger items, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">so he didn't take them (THANK <b><i>GOD</i></b>!). </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">because they were all so chic, mid-century modern. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When I got home, I almost set about painting this chair to go with my spray paint until I saw the intricate burn marking that said, 'Furniture by Baumritter.' </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Before I went about refinishing it, I googled the phrase & found out that Baumritter turned into Ethan Allen in 1962 & that these chairs go for <i><b>$400-$800</b></i>! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I wasn't about to <i>touch</i> this thing until I learned more & </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">could refinish it properly! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">especially because it is in such great condition (not the cushions, but the chair itself)!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I will NOT... be TOUCHING... these CHAIRS!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">These are <i><b>THONET</b></i> chairs!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Vintage... Mid-century Modern... <i><b>Eames</b></i> Era <i>Thonet</i>... </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Ok, ok, ok... you caught me... so I didn't know <i><b>anything</b></i> about these chairs until tonight, haha. What a fun journey it was learning, though! I'll scan in the tag & explain more soon, but let's just say these puppies ain't cheap! </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Like over-$800-not-cheap; so </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the front rooms in our house (the entryway, living, & dining rooms). </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">First, I took it apart, of course. Then I painted the legs Krylon's 'Heirloom White.'</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This project got started because I fixed up our basement after we moved in to our new house. It had been a lime green color & was so bright, it had to go! The linoleum in the entry from the garage was also black & white checker, which was not going to match our navy blue furniture that goes in our Penn State "Man Cave." Here are some before & after pictures.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I found these shelves at a thrift store near a Target that receives a lot of new merchandise whose packaging may have been damaged or were returned & could not be restocked. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;">They were brand new, never used, & white when I brought them home. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;">I wanted to </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I picked this stool at a thrift store </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">that's near a Target store </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">scrap piece in my garage functions fine. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is how it looks now, </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but this is a shot of the same one, now in my living room.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">My neighbor had this out his driveway the day before trash day & I put a note on it explaining that I'd like to refinish it if he was going to throw it away. He called me, drove it over, & actually delivered it to my garage. Now that's service! Originally, it was going to be a vanity for my bedroom, but during the refinishing process, I decided it may not be appropriate for my bedroom, but I still needed a sewing desk.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(for his crib </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">& </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">a changing table/dresser that he doesn't even use </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">anymore </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then I can open the curtains when I'm using the area as my crafting & sewing station, </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(I need my husband's help to hang the curtains... in other words, who knows when that will get done! :( I might just attempt to tackle it myself, but I know that's a bad idea & that's why I'm still being patient.)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This also solved the problem of my different supplies being all over the house in different places: paints in the dining room, sewing supplies in the guest room, fabric in a linen closet, cotton filler & batting under a bed, & on & on... I'm still organizing this area, but at least all of the large components are in place now so I can get started & find everything it's place.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I want to decoupage some fabric on the drawer-fronts when I find the time (a 2-year-old decides when I have time), but I needed the space to be functional NOW! So until then, </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">organized right now, but at least I have a place to start. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When the curtains are hung, </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This cabinet was such a silly thing to find. I almost didn't even accept it </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">from a neighbor, who was going to throw it out, when they offered it to me. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It ended up becoming my biggest (& longest!) project yet; </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">& the project of which I'm the most proud! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Remember when I said, "bear with me as I venture out & try new things," </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">because with every project I complete I learn a little more? </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Well, get ready to <i><b>BEAR</b></i>! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Now I feel like I can take on anything, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">& that's a good feeling to have.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I removed the hardware, doors, & shelves & went about priming it </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Only, now here's the problem, people... I found this:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ummmm.... is it just me or do I already <i>have</i> the cabinet to do this?! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have <i>always</i> wanted an apothecary cabinet, & here's the other thing... </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">because I think they will make it look like a more stand-alone piece. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have my work cut out for me no matter what; </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but I like this cabinet a <i><b>lot</b></i> more! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">All of a sudden, this project got a whole lot easier & <b><i>WAY</i></b> better looking! Well, I'll keep you posted. I've been knocking out projects left & right lately. I need to get to posting them ASAP! I'll start making the plans now & get to work as soon as the weather allows.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I went to Jo-Ann's & got a few of these thin plywood craft boards.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">They were 1/4" thick, 6" wide, & 36" long.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Of course, I knew the dimensions of the cabinet before I bought the wood. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After lots &</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>lots</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b> </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">&</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">lots </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">&</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">LOTS</u></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> of math, I knew </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">that the drawers would have to be </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">6" long & 7"wide, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">which is why I went with the 6" wide boards. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> I started measuring in 7" at a time </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(& double-checking & measuring again) & cutting. </span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Home Depot sells, at $0.94 per knob! </span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I had to put some wood filler in the scratches that I just couldn't get to go AWAY!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then, that wood pallet I didn't know what to do with yet came to mind & I got out the saw & began taking it apart.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to make it into a reclaimed wood top for the cabinet. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(The wood for the top is cut in these pictures & laid out, </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In the beginning of this post, I showed the pictures of the "Heavy Duty Top Plates" I attached. I picked those up at Home Depot along with the feet, which conveniently already had the screw-tops attached that fit right into the top plates.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">except I ran out of the first bottle of wood glue after gluing all that craft wood to the cabinet doors & bought a bottle of Gorilla Glue brand wood glue to do the top.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">one strategically placed in each row, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">in order to create the overhang on the sides.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(except the little chunks of wood, which only got <i>one</i> nail), one at each end.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">& the little jerks kept flying in my finish & dying there!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(Because of this project, I'm making a post of favorite products & one of worst products.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Guess in which post this applicator will be?!)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Having to sand down & start over, oh I don't know... </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>- maybe <i>FIVE</i> times -</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">may not sound like a big deal to those people who have never stained furniture before; </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but it takes a heck of a long time for stain to dry & </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">you can't touch anything else on the project or risk screwing up the stain.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It's not like staining a deck or porch, it's tedious & has to be perfect because it's a piece of furniture that will be in your house; & it's going in <i>my</i> entryway, so every guest who enters my home will see it. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I came across some excellent advice when I began sewing a few years ago, </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">& it went something like this:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Getting the stain just right probably took me about a week, maybe a little less. Just when I was about to give up, paint & distress it instead, I figured out a WONDERFUL solution!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I took what was left of the PolyShades stain in the little can (which wasn't much...) & added some spoonfuls of Gel Stain (which seemed MUCH easier to apply) straight into the little can. I shook the bejeezus out of it (PUT THE LID BACK ON FIRST, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!) & </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">made a mixture of my own stain that was still a beautiful, dark color - </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but <i>much, <b>MUCH </b></i>easier to apply.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">See the handful of little rough spots? </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">They're there because in those specific areas, I had removed <i style="font-weight: bold;">all</i> of the stain </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">& sanded all the way down to the wood; BUT I did not <b><i>condition</i></b> the </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">exposed wood </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">so it didn't end up matching the rest of the finish. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">waited the 15-30 minutes, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">wiped the excess, let it dry & stained again.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Beautiful, right?!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">so time to put the lid back on the stain </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">& return to this another time.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">BEFORE I TAPPED THE LID BACK ON WITH MY MALLET! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- as seems to more often that not be the case with me - </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Well, let me introduce you to one of my <b><i>favorite</i></b> products!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I figured I might as well touch-up the rest of the cabinet, as well.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In the picture above, only four of the feet were moved in. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Now in the pictures above & below they are all in their final resting places!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Now that the stain was done (HOORAY!), </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(applied in tiny circles </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">just like waxing a car -</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> "wax on, wax off!"),</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(that's Gorilla brand wood glue mixed with construction adhesive again),</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">attach the finishing touches (like magnets to catch the cabinet doors & keep them shut),</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">& touch up all the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ivory-colored </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">paint & apply the glaze to the rest of the cabinet. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(I did not glaze the stained wood top.)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I wiped & wiped the glaze (with professional painter's wiping cloths, duh), but I still thought it might be too dark. I'd have to let it dry & see it then to be sure.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Also, had you noticed that the right door sagged a little lower than the left? </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I knew that was going to need hiked up!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Finally, I thought that the large pieces of decorative trim were probably a little too much; </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but again I gave them a couple days to see if they would grow on me...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">...Nope! They didn't;</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I removed the handles <i style="font-weight: bold;">(again)</i> & got to work.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I wanted to keep the glazed look, I just didn't want it <i>that</i> dark.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1. Polyurethane the whole sucker,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">4. Attach these self-leveling, heavy-duty felt pads to the bottom of the feet </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">as well as reference books, media, & current reading.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There has been lots of stuff 'Rescued From The Curb!' </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">& plenty of 'Goodwill Hunting!' </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You can look forward to about 10 new posts (at <i>least!</i>).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> There are also two small lamps I'm working on because I THINK that this cabinet screams for a lamp on either side, but I'll have to see after I get them finished whether they will look better here or on the buffet I'm building for the dining room. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That second lamp might be dangerous if it stays in this exact position in the entryway </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For now, I just HAD to get the pictures up because </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm so proud of how great it turned out. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This chair was free find.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Originally, it was a lighter natural wood that I didn't like. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I forgot to take pictures before I started this chair, </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but here it is after it's first coat of paint. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That is the original seat, which was a beat-up fake leather. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I took the seat off the chair, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">left the fake leather on, </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">& simply covered it using the leg of a pair </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">of stretchy khaki pants</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> that I had ripped in the knee (I'm sort of clumsy, haha). </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I stretched the khaki over the seat & secured it underneath with a staple gun. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then, I finished the coats of paint & reattached the seat. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I want to sew a pillow out of the other piece of khaki & will post pictures when I do.</span></div>
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UPDATE: I sewed the pillow in an envelope style using the other piece of the khaki pant legs for the front & two pieces of floral fabric that is the same tone as the red in the room. </div>
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There was also a homemade afghan that on of my husband's </div>
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A large view of the corner of the living room. I love the vintage telephone, </div>
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& you may recognize the line painting on the wall from an earlier post, </div>
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<a href="http://thevintagemagi.blogspot.com/2011/10/quick-easy-paint-projects-for-busy-moms.html">Painting Tutorial: Quick & Easy Paint Projects for Busy Moms.</a></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(because it's ties fell off), it's now a nice seat where guests </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">can remove their shoes in our entryway </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(for the time-being because I have a new piece </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It had been another free find, once an old plain wood finish with lots of holes. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">& it's also very narrow & tall. I used wood filler & white paint </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I am planning on decoupaging this chair with some leaves or floral art or fabric. I'll be sure to post pictures after I do.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">One of the things I love to do is draw & paint. I especially love LEAVES, nature, & FALL! Fall is my favorite season & I love to decorate with decoupage, rich earthy tones, </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">& pretty much anything that feels rustic or like I'm bringing the outdoors inside. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Anyway, I started painting some leaves recently using a stencil from Jo-Ann Fabrics, </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">one of my favorite haunts when I need supplies or something 'new,' </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">& it's such an easy & fun craft to do! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;">My mother uses her kindle every single day; so when my husband pulled </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;">her name for the gift exchange on Christmas Eve, 2011, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;">I knew we were going to do a </span></span></div>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1/4 yard each of two lightweight cotton fabrics (any quilting fabric will work, really)</span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Paper & pen</span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Measure the device. </b>Take your device's length, width, & depth measurements. Here, the covers I made fit a Kindle at 8" long, approximately 5&1/2" wide, & approximately 1/2" deep. <b>*TIP!*</b> I don't have a Kindle, so I went to Amazon (you can use any manufacturer's website, too) to get the dimensions. Just look for the product specifications. You can do this any time you're giving a gift!</span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Pin on the batting. </b> Pin the batting to the wrong side of the outer fabric & lining unit you just created in step one. <i>See picture under Step 2 below.</i></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><b>Sew on the batting.</b> Stitch the batting to the outer fabric & lining unit along the center seam. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">*TIP!*</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span">I learned, through the trial & error of making several covers, you want to do this so that you stitch along the center seam already made as close as possible or on the finished cover you will be able to see the unevenness. The</span> <i>best</i> way to do this is to pin the batting so that it will not shift or move in the least while stitching. Then flip the cover over so that you are actually stitching on the original seam that is on the right sides of the quilting fabrics. <i>See pictures under Step 3 below.</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><b>Sew the outer edges.</b> Fold the fabric/batting unit in half, right sides together, <i>perpendicular</i> to the seam. Sew around perimeter, leaving an opening for turning the cover right-side out</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;">.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">*TIP!* This is where I made my mistake on the first cover I made; so pay attentin to this step & you won't make the same mistake I did! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;">When you leave an opening to flip it right-side out, be sure that you leave it in the piece of fabric that you want to be the <i>lining</i>. Likewise, also make sure that you use the machine to stitch all the way around the piece of fabric that is to be the outer cover. The reason is that obviously the seam of the opening that you hand-stitch shut will not be as strong as the machine-stitched seams. You would want the stronger seams to be on the outside because that fabric will be handled (& seen) more than the lining, so you want it to be nice & strong (& pretty!). <i>See pictures under Step 4 below.</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><b>Finish the cover.</b> First, grade & trim the seam allowance & batting (as close as possible while the seam still remains strong). Then, turn the case right side out & hand-stitch the opening closed using a slip-stitch (also called invisible stitch). Tuck the lining inside the pouch, tack all layers together at the bag's bottom corners, & lightly press the bag flat.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">*TIP!* </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;">You can use the point of a mechanical pencil with the graphite (it's not lead anymore, people!) pushed in so it doesn't mark the fabric to get the corners into a decent square shape. <i>See pictures under Step 5 below.</i></span></span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>A) Picture shows entire piece after completing step 4.</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>"Fold the fabric/batting unit in half, right sides together, <i>perpendicular</i> to the seam. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>B) Picture shows close-up of <u style="font-style: italic;">outer fabric</u> sewn<br />
completely with the machine.</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>"Use the machine to stitch all the way around <br />
the piece of fabric that is to be the outer cover."</b></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b>C) Picture shows close-up of <u style="font-style: italic;">lining fabric</u> with gap in <br />
the <u style="font-style: italic;">middle</u> of the bottom seam.<br />
"When you leave an opening to flip it right-side out, <br />
be sure that you leave it in the piece of fabric <br />
that you want to be the <i>lining</i>."</b></span></td></tr>
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stitching all the way around the perimeter. Stop halfway, & sew in from other<br />
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