Hooray for Decoupage!

Jewelry Box Makeover

I've been meaning to start this for a while but I knew it would be a pain in the ass. Hoping the painting will be done tonight, decoupage in the morning and seal tomorrow afternoon. We'll see...

Side note: what a hassle to find good paper for the decoupage! Ended up buying origami paper rather than what was in the scrapbooking department. Much cuter and I hope to God just as functional. Fingers crossed!

Anyway, here's my progress so far...

The Current State of Things

The painting on the wall was done by my grandmother in the 1950's.

Chair Slip Cover

My mother (who is a great seamstress) made a slip cover for my chair. I didn't get around to taking a before photo but here is the scoop:

This thing was cream colored with a giant coffee-like brown stain down the front. The chair was 5$ at a garage sale but was so ridiculously comfy (down stuffed) I couldn't say no. We found this green tweed fabric in her stash and the rest is history. The shawl was a knitting project I finished recently.

Chipping away

Just now got around to lining the bedside table drawers. Tedious but so worth it!

On a side note, it is surprisingly hard to find liner paper these days. Had to resort to ordering from amazon after searching at Home Depot and Target.