I am working (quite diligently I might add!) on the to do list I posted earlier today. Sure, I’m putting off cleaning the cat litter box. Wouldn’t you? Anyway, I ran out to do errands – banking, dry cleaners, etc. and of course had to take a stroll into the local Salvation Army. Amongst my scores, this stool for $3.99.
Well hello there ugly little brown stool. What’s your name?
Craptastic!?!?!
What a sad name. Why don’t you come home with me for a little makeover?
Hmm? What do you say?
So me and Craptastic headed home. We chatted for a bit, made 4 loaves of banana bread and split a diet coke. Craptastic kept edging over to the roll of Lee Jofa fabric that I hadn’t yet used. Poor fabric was still in the shipping container. Sad. I know.
I took the fabric out and let them mingle a bit. Small talk ensued. I’m from here. You’re from there. Wouldn’t we be delightful together, etc. You know how it goes.
The fabric seemed open to a merger of sorts. I pulled out the fabric and made my first cut into this 19 yard bounty of silk velvet plaid fabulousness. Craptastic almost fell of the damn table. So much jumping! Such excitement!
I grabbed my staple gun and got to work.
I trimmed off the excess fabric and now, Craptastic…he’s feelin’ mighty FANTASTIC. We’re applying for a formal name change on Monday morning at city hall.
I started a Flickr group for thrift store finds/refurbs. If you want to join or check it out, here’s the LINK.
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November 23rd, 2008 at 2:57 am
Squealing! You’ve done a fine thing there – he’s stylin’ now.
Only you can put “ugly little brown stool” and “craptastic” together, and wind up somewhere good.
November 23rd, 2008 at 3:05 am
With fabric that’s like $300+ a yard! LOL
November 23rd, 2008 at 4:11 am
So cute! I LOVE it
November 23rd, 2008 at 4:19 am
that looks great!
btw do you have a number for the 46th st one besides the
listed one??
your previous post reminded me i hadn’t been up there
in ages……. anyhow went, saw something had to leave
and i want to call to see if its still there but no one answers!!
thanks!
November 23rd, 2008 at 4:24 am
the one on 46th street closes at 5:45pm (bites!) but the number i have is 757-2311 – good luck!
November 23rd, 2008 at 9:24 am
Niiiiiiiiice!
November 23rd, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Wow!!!! I love that fabric!!!! Where did you find the fabric?? Sara
November 23rd, 2008 at 2:14 pm
In a word, COOL!
November 23rd, 2008 at 9:26 pm
I’m a big Lee Jofa fabric fan. Live.com was running a promotion where you could get 30% off a “buy it now” Ebay purchase. The seller had it up for something like $350. I offered (I think…bad memory…) her $225 for it and she adjusted the buy it now price and live.com gave me 30% off on top of that. Not bad for NINETEEN YARDS since this stuff is like $300+ PER YARD.
November 23rd, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Stool looks fantastic! Love the fabric, 19 yards for that price!?! Amazing deal! I want a deal like that!
November 24th, 2008 at 7:50 am
Great stool. Lol@ formal name change.
Oh and btw I used bonus bucks yesterday for more products with bonus bucks today. Three words ….free contact cleaner.
November 25th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
I’m a little late to the game here, but WOW — such a great fixer upper! Home the name change panned out today.
Thanks for your comment anbout my mom. Oy VEY what a week…It was all downhill after the curry and the hat. That’s what I get for bad mouthing my co-workers over lunch. With luck mom will be sprung tomorrow. ‘Til then…