Refab for Mom

Some may think I'm "ruining" these treasures. Oh well. I prefer to think of it as putting them through Refab. They will be fabulous (or close to it) once again.

I recently went to my mom's house. (Belinda)
She had this shelf propped by her front door.

Refab patient.

Not that there was anything really wrong with it...except it was dirty, the chalkboard was scratched, the fabric on the french memo board was ugly, etc.

She got it for only $3.95 at ...Goodwill (which by the way, we call MACYS as code)
We don't want people to think we spend ALL our time at the Goodwill. But the fact is you can spend the whole day there, because they have to put donations on the floor within an hour of recieving them (I learned this from my mom). It's a constant influx of new refab patients.

Anyhow, I told her I couldn't wait to see how it looked when she redid it!
She looked at me with a look somewhere between worry and shock.
"You know I can't fix it! It's fine, I'll just use it like that."

Then, I laughed. I'm kinda mean like that.

Needless to say, she knew I'd fix it. I knew I'd fix it.

Remove ugly parts

Cut off satin ribbon. Cover in red burlap.
*Be sure your glue gun is covered in glitter and string.



Paint over chalkboard. Adhere twine with furniture tacks.
Prop in front of "sorta cute/sorta not" shelf recently refabbed.

 

Screw chalkboard and memo board into frame.
* Do this between 12 & 1 a.m. using loud drill.
Try to wake everyone in house.


The following morning text your mom:
"Belinda, your order is ready for pick up on aisle 12. Belinda your order is ready."