A Little Fabric Goes a Long Way

Forgive the lack of before pictures, but this was my first ever DIY project. :)

Yard sales have become my new favorite saturday morning activity. I love rolling out of bed, throwing on clothes, and leaving the house at 6:50 with friends in hopes of good finds. We laugh too hard, use too much gas, and afterward we eat too much at Finch's Diner.

One morning I found these great chairs. They were filthy and a little rickety, but they were a steal! All they needed was a good cleaning (with A LOT of goof-off and elbow grease), and fresh fabric.

They have a great stain, with fun details. I love the backs, they reminded me of harps. The fabric I got at Joann Fabric on sale. I used a staple gun to attach the fabric, and a extra pair of hands to pull it tight. The corners took a little while to figure out, but once we got a good system down it was a pretty quick DIY project.

These are going to be great chairs for the kitchen table (that is... when we get one :P).

Here is what I am working on right now:

This post will come later, But its a great piece that needs a lot of love. Its missing two drawers on the bottom so I am trying to find a better alternative than gluing fabric to it, which is how I found it.

Tracy Dare

Away We Go

I am not a writer. In fact I am quite the opposite. I LOVE mathematics: advanced algebra, Euclidean geometry, analysis, combinatorics, etc. I am about to graduate from North Carolina State University with a double major in Mathematics and Mathematics Education. So I find myself at a crossroads. Here I am a baby 22-year-old about to be kicked out of my comfy college life into the real world. I, like all of my other fellow 22-year-olds, am broke and have no idea what I want to do with my life, but that is another blog story.

One week ago from today I moved into my first apartment that does not feel like a college dorm. Last night I made dinner (heating up a frozen chicken pot pie) and this place felt like home. I live with my beautiful roommate Allison, and my silly dog Adelaide. Moving into this place, we had nothing more than bedroom furniture and a big screen TV. In attempt to decorate this home I have started yard sale-ing, goodwill hunting, and blog searching trying to find cheap ways to decorate. So here it is, a blog about DIY projects. A little something to remember this terrifying stage in my life. Maybe this can even be a way to overcome my fear of people reading what I write. Either way, it will be a catalog of neat finds, projects, and silly fun.

Away we go!