Bench Remake

"Steven sit on this so no takes it" was my exact words to Steve when we saw this beauty at the local Goodwill. I could not believe how perfect it was. Ok. it may not have looked exactly like that when we saw it.

It was a little beat up and dirty but you could see the potential a mile away. I love the mustard seat and caned edges.

In truth it just need a fresh coat of paint and a good vacuuming. So that is what we did.

Steve started first with a primer coat.

I was really torn with what color to paint it. I wanted to be able to use it in our house and as a photo prop. At last we decided on a glossy black to bring in more black accents to our living room.

I am so thrilled with how it turned out.

~ Cassi

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Chair / Photo Prop

In our search for vintage dining room chairs I found this chair with great lines!

I knew I had to have it for my business.

Steve painted the chair a olive green color.

Then I got to work on redoing the seat. First note to those trying to recover a seat.

Since the pad I bought was obviously not going to work, I came up with a new idea. I had some fleece that would stretch all the way around so I staple that to the back leaving a spot open. I then filled the space between the seat and the fleece with batting. Once filled I stapled the fleece closed.

After that I took this pleated material and started stapling that. When recovering a seat you want to staple once at the front center and then back center pulling the material tight with each staple. Then repeat this step as you move to each side of the center staple. Then repeat set one as you move to the sides. I leave the corners for last. Finally fold the corners and staple.

Then you are done and can screw the seat back on to the chair. I am so excited with how this chair turned out I can't wait to use it.

~ Cassi

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Floral Spray Tutorial

One of the items I saw at The Vintage Gypsy was these great flower and feather sprays. I knew right away our readers here at Bright Forest would love these. Since The Vintage Gypsy doesn't have a shopable website yet I thought I would put together a tutorial inspired by their beautiful floral sprays.
First you need to head to your nearest craft store and pick up a collection of feathers and one larger flower. This is what I came home with.

I decided the white feathers didn't work right with my decor but don't worry I have a tutorial coming up with what I did with those. Now back to the spray you will also need a glue gun and some coordinating ribbon. Start by cutting down your flower to the size stem you think looks nice I did about 5 inches. After that bend your flower towards it's stem so it will sit at an angle once on the table. Then glue you feather grouping to one side of the flower like so:

Now you will take the ribbon and start twisting it down the stem. I started at the top and glued that piece down first like so:

Then continued wrapping until the entire stem was covered. And that is it you are ready to place your spray on a side table. I used mine in this setting with some vintage books. On the other side is my Dayspring pedestal.

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~Cassi








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