Trash to Treasure Tuesday!

Howdy Neighbor!  I haven't shared many fun things with you lately....Perhaps you could take the time to blog about them for me when I finish them?  Kammy?  

A few months ago I picked up 4 pressed back oak dining chairs for $15.  Yep $15, the reason?  Most of them were in craptacular condition.  Missing screw covers/missing spindles/all kinds of wobble.  I used the parts from four of them to make two of them into sturdy use-able chairs.  Met my friend Mr. Boring.

and his pretty back side.

These were going to become part of my "new dining set"  So on went the paint!  And while I was at it I snatched up Addison's $10 boring but nothing really wrong with me highchair and painted that too. (the second one since the first one I painted teal is too tall now for our new table)

don't mind the instagram photo its all I have :)

I picked a creamy white to paint them...

and while the creamy white was very pretty and looked nice in my house....it's just not my style, so I sanded/stained/distressed the heck out of them before adding a coat of polyurethane.  And now?

I love them.

   

The chair you can see across from the highchair big girl chair in this one is the too tall highchair big girl chair that we have to find a new place for.  Goal, to find 2 more mismatched chairs to complete the table!....(and paint the second press back chair I still have only finished one.)

30 things {17}

17. What is the thing you most wish you were great at?

Communication.  All forms, all the time.

30 days {16}

16. What are your 5 greatest accomplishments?

1. Being a mom, so far I haven't screwed her up too much and it's truly the most amazing and rewarding thing I have ever done.  Even on the days she drives me crazy and test my last strand of patience I wouldn't change it for the world!
2. Graduating College.
3. Passing my VTNE (Vet Tech National Exam Boards), it felt so brutal and gut-wrenching!
4. (almost) 6 years of marriage, its not always a cake walk, we have ups and downs.  But how many people now days can't even make it that far!
5. Being able to start a business off of my favorite hobby and capture moments in peoples lives that mean so much to them.