What I Love About Farmhouse Style...

There are many reasons I adore farmhouse style (you too?!). 

Here are a few reasons why...

It's fun to repurpose aged items in unexpected ways. Here, we used an old galvanized chicken waterer as a vase. For easy ways to dry your hydrangeas, click here.

A 5-Minute Makeover!

Here are a couple of quick tips for making over a chair and pillow in minutes. 

(No sewing required!) 

For the chair, I'm showing two options... one with burlap and one with a feed sack.

Here is the burlap "after" picture:

A Farmhouse Chair Makeover!

I spotted it from across the shop. 

(The thrift shop.) 

Another lady was walking around it, thoughtfully considering. She sat down on it. She even put a pillow on it and stood back to look. I pretended not to notice. 

She walked away, and now I was the one circling it. Contemplating… It would need paint and a new chair pad cover. It was $12.99... and it was calling my name. 

I decided to paint the then brown vintage chair white and distress it a little. For the chair pad cover, I used a vintage feed sack that I'd purchased at an antique store in Spokane over the summer. 

(What's not to love about a feed sack with advertising about "The Corn The Farmer Likes?!") I used off-white trim to finish off the seat and hide the upholstery staples.

I had one more of these feed sacks to use for a pillow. And a willing Mother to sew it. (Thanks Mom!)

The Before

The After

Are you working on any projects or daydreaming of making over a piece? I'd love to hear.

Thanks for stopping by!

xo

ps - I'm linking to The Shabby Nest and A Handful of Everything!