robot•jumping•rope

Okay, that’s not entirely true. I sew a little tiny bit, mostly by hand or really simple stuff like amending existing garments and other stuff I can do on my ancient machine, but I definitely don’t make dresses or blouses or anything that might involve a zipper or a buttonhole (ack!). HOWEVER, I am not utterly craft-less: my special gift is turning homeless objects into useable household goodies.

Observe:

This guy was discovered topless and filthy (and full of tools) at a yard sale for $3. I considered stripping him to bare metal, but that look is getting a little overdone here. So we went to work on him with model car paints, cleaned off his handles and (not shown here) made a new MDF top for him which I tiled with 1″ glossy black ceramic tiles and grouted black. His sides and back are chalkboard paint and he sits in my son’s room. (that’s Mr. Niffid on the side, there)

Now this little guy I found driving home from church one day. He had been dumped at the end of a driveway and was a little rickety. Some small nails and wood glue took care of that, and a new coat of paint and knob made him into a wonderful bedside table. Lovely long legs, don’t you think? (sorry for the terrible photo, and that’s my winter quilt, so this was taken with my old crappy digital cam)

Right now I’m working on 6 chairs I found at my mother’s house/storage facility. They’re getting a fresh coat of paint and then a major distress job (I’m going a little overboard with the distressing lately but it is so cool to make something look ancient!).

Painting chairs is the worst. Oy, the spindles.