The French Settee or Introducing Colette

Last October I purchased an old raggedy looking French Settee.  The fabric was stained, the paint job was a bad faux gold with globs of red.

I knew it would be beautiful reupholstered and painted.  I had never tackled an upholstery job like this before, but I was up for a challenge.

Here is Colette....all finished and pretty.

Here is Colette when I first found her, with her stained fabric and faux gold finish.

She seems very happy...in my master bedroom.  All she needs now is a pretty French painting over her, on the wall.

I used a painter's drop cloth as the fabric....it looks like French linen.

Here is an inspiration picture....From Country French Magazine.

And here she is....perfect Frenchness!

If you want, in the next few days, I will do a tutorial on how I did this, including the paint technique and how I recovered her.

Welcome Home,

Penny

Linking with:

Funky Junk Interiors

Between Naps on The Porch Met Monday

Boogieboard Cottage

Coastal Charm Nifty Thrifty Tuesday

Cedar Hill Ranch-Cowgirl Link Up

Gray Skies and The French Settee

Well the French Settee is finished!!! 

And I really, really want to show her to you.....but this is what the skies look like right now.

In fact, seconds after I took the sky pictures it opened up and started pouring....

So here is a very dark, sneak peek of the French Settee.

I promise....cross my heart to show you her in all her beauty the next day the sun shines.....

Have a wonderful weekend!  Do you have any fun plans?

Welcome Home,

Penny

Getting There!

I am getting there.  My French settee makeover is almost done.  

All I need to do now, is trim the excess fabric and add the trim.  I plan on finishing this tomorrow.  Lord willing and the creek don't rise.  LOL....

I am still working on the porch balustrades too.

What projects are you working on?

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Penny

RE-Create

Here is a before picture of a project I am currently working on.

It is part of an old porch from a home in New England.  I have used it as a candle stick in the past. It has a twin too.  But now both of them will be getting a whole new life.  Hopefully I will have them finished in a few days and will post about it.

On other news....some thank yous are in order.  I have been lucky enough to have won a couple of giveaways in the past week or so.

First, Cheryl from JoJo's Joys had a giveaway for this wonderful old movie, and I won.

Thank you Cheryl!  I can't wait for a raining afternoon to watch this.

Vee from A Haven For Vee was making refrigerator magnets and offer some to her readers.  She custom made this one for me...See the roosters?  Does Vee know me, or what?

Thank you Vee!

I spent this week going on all of my annual doctor appointments.  It seems they all come due in March.   At least I get them over for the year!

What have you been up to?

Welcome Home,

Penny