I am not ashamed to admit…I will stop the car on a dime, make my husband go back, come to a screeching halt…for a good trash find. Is there a better way to furnish than reclaimed trash finds? I think not!
Over the summer, I got SUPER lucky in that a friend was moving and her trash – MY TREASURE!
Here’s a lovely little chair I got that day. Trash? Look at those beautiful bones? I couldn’t wait to work on it…but a few other things were going on at the time and it has been sitting in my garage until last week.
I pulled her out. Sanded her down. Ripped that nasty seat down to the bare wood. Then down in our basement, after the kids were gone and after I dropped Sprout at a sitters for the afternoon, I painted this little beauty. I had been dreaming of a pretty little turquoise color or an apple green. But with the seat fabric I chose, had to go with the apple green. And I LOVE IT!
Used an old bed pillow I had (cuz I keep our old pillows…and make cute covers for them for our outdoor furniture). I cut the bed pillow in half to get it to fit the seat (do you know how expensive foam is? Yikes! I say reuse – repurpose!!) I used a gorgeous LOVE fabric from the Amy Butler collection to cover the seat.
Add to it a folding table from a discount store for $10, an old bed sheet I cut up and added ruffles to cover the table and viola! A new little office desk space for me in my sewing room! 
Are you a trash to treasure hunter too?
xoxo,
Trish
LOVE LOVE LOVE the chair! Go you!
Thanks Erin!
Oh how I love the chair and yes I have to admit I love curbside shopping! However we don’t seem to have many treasures in our area. In fact I have only seen something on the curb twice since we moved here a year ago. Maybe I’m just not looking in the right neighborhood since we live out in the country… LOL
Just gotta know when trash day is…and keep your eyes peeled!
totally! i was getting a chair at the curb one day and my daughter (who was 4 at the time) said, umm, mom? are you stealing?
love the chair and the ruffled cover!
Um, no, Mommy just doesn’t want anyone to see her. *screeching tires as you pull away* Been there done that! LOL!
One word….DIVINE!
Aww, thanks Cassie!
The chair turned out super fabulous!!! I love it! I’m a trash to treasure girl too, but my “treasures” always end up piling up in the garage. I need more hours in the day to do all that I want with it!
This one was spur of the moment…needed a place to sit and was tired of my folding chair. AND inspired by so many sewing room posts I’ve seen lately!
That looks great! I have been known to pick from people’s trash, but not often enough. On my first attempt to take a sleigh from a trash pile, I was almost caught by it’s owner. I was too embarressed, I just kept going.
My other trash picking was a kids plastic patio table that I have plans to spray paint. I’m glad I did it because it will come in handy (not this summer) but next summer!
Well done!
Some of my kids best stuff was picked from the trash Jill. Enjoy!
Well, i used to be, but never as successful as you! I do have an awesome $5 garage sale chair that I’ve recovered twice already and have some Joel Dewberry homedec on deck to recover it yet again!
You always make amazing things so I bet that chair will be fabulous!
This absolutely rocks! I would never hasve thought of that colour for the paint but I will now when I go to redo an old chair. I adore this kind of find – just call me a “dumpster diver”! lol
Hugs,
Kerry
I accent with a lot of “green” in my sewing room – it’s the whole “two peas branding” thing I got going on… :>)
That is gorgeous! I’m totally inspired to make some now!
I realized you are probably thinking… make some what?? I refinished a chair… haha I have pilows to go on my chairs that I need to “make” covers for. Hence the make some comment
I was scratching my head a bit! But I knew what you meant! :>)