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Vintage Mirror With Gold Tint

October 16, 2015 By Meegan 3 Comments

Hello everyone! It is so good to have you here. This week has been a little slow for me. But, I am doing well and happy to be here on my blog. Especially to show you my Vintage Mirror With Gold Tint.

I received this mirror shortly after my grandfather passed away. It hung in my grandparents bedroom along with their bedroom furniture as long as I can remember.

The frame of the mirror was a dull gold, coppery color. A little boring and “heavy” looking.

Mirror Before

About 5 years ago, when I was trying to lighten up our small condo, I painted the frame of the mirror Turquoise Mist from Olympic Paint.  It has been that way ever since.

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How to Recover a Dining Chair Seat

June 1, 2015 By Meegan 2 Comments

Hello Hello! It is great to be with you today. As you remember, I spent 10 days in Washington D.C. with one of our daughters. She text me before I got there and said, “How would you like to recover my chairs while you are here?”  I replied with a HUGE YES! You may have seen many chair makeovers on Pinterest, but I wanted to show you How to Recover a Dining Chair Seat, my easy and simple way.

We started out with 6 chairs, looking like this.  Not bad, at all.  The whole set was given to our daughter for free. The BEST price, right?Chair Before

Having a family of 7, she wanted something durable. And not plastic.

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Themed Furniture Makeover Day

April 23, 2015 By Meegan 14 Comments

Welcome to Themed Furniture Makeover Day!  It’s that one time a month when several bloggers do a furniture makeover. It’s always fun to see the interpretation that each blogger takes.Themed Furniture Makeover Day Buttton

This month’s theme is Pottery Barn Inspired. I thought this would be a pretty easy theme. But after perusing though PB online and their catalogs, I was a little stumped.

But this is the piece I wanted to mimic:

Pottery Barn

Their cost: $279

No, thank you.

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Best of March

April 9, 2015 By Meegan 1 Comment

 

Welcome to the Best of March on What Meegan Makes.

Best of March with meeganmakes.com

It is always fun to look back and see what I have been doing over the past month.  It helps me see what I have been doing and helps me keep on track with my projects around our home.  In turn YOU get to see as well. Yay!

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