Tuesday, May 3, 2011

IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT

YOU MIGHT BE ASKING , WHY WOULD I BE CALLING THIS POST IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT, BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT OUTDOOR FURNITURE .
WELL, I'LL TELL YOU.
MY NEIGHBOR PUT THEIR RUSTED OLD
LAWN CHAIRS OUT BY THE ROAD
TO DISCARD. I DIDN'T WANT THEM TO
THINK I WAS NUTZ FOR WANTING
THEM, SO I WAITED FOR DARKNESS
TO FALL THEN MADE MY MOVE
I EVEN BROUGHT MY FIANCE IN ON MY
CRAZINESS. BUT
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU GET ALOT
OF GREAT STUFF ROADSIDE BROWSING.

HERE IS WHAT THEY LOOKED
LIKE BEFORE...


AND AFTER I WORKED THE MAGIC..





I PICKED UP A WIRE BRUSH
ATTACHMENT FOR MY DRILL ,
AND WENT TO TOWN
ON THEM TO REMOVE ALL THE RUST. THEN GOOD
OLD OIL RUBBED BRONZE SPRAY
 PAINT CAME TO THE RESCUE.
 THREW ON A FEW CUSHIONS
-NO I DIDNT MAKE THE CUSHIONS-
AND BINGO!!!

THERE IS A BENCH TO BUT I HAVE TO
FIND JUST THE RIGHT CUSHION FOR IT
AND I'LL POST THAT TOO.

34 comments:

  1. Aaah! I would call your neighbors crazy for discarding of those beauties, not you!
    You did a great job rescuing them.. :)

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  2. I would hide those lovely chairs...your neighbor is gonna want them back! They are beautiful1!!!
    Susan

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  3. You go girl! 'Roadside Browsing' is such a civilized way to describe stalking your neighbors crap and turning it into a treasure right under their noses. I would seriously hide these for awhile before they get wise and have the audacity to starting keeping their trash for themselves.

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  4. I just love this post. I need neighbors like yours. No one puts out good stuff near me. Nice job. Thanks for sharing at my Swing into Spring party.

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  5. Way to go! They look fantastic! You did a great job smoothing out the peeling paint and rust. I am always looking at curbs for furniture that can be fixed up!
    Jen
    Scissors & Spatulas

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  6. are you sure those are the same chairs????

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  7. Oh, you are so lucky! I have been wanting to find some metal furniture that needs saving.....beautiful job you did in restoring these.

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  8. Over from WUW.. I love them! great job, they look brand new. I am a new follower.

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  9. Wow! Those chairs look great. You really did a wonderful job.

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  10. oooh they look super good! Love the title of this post...I'm gonna be rockin that song the rest of the night...:)

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  11. I have those same identical chairs, AND they were a free curb find too! And I scraped them and painted mine black too! Ha! I couldn't believe someone wanted to toss them. You did a really great job on yours! Thank you for sharing this on Masterpiece Monday. Have a great week, Mary :O)

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  13. Ah a fellow Roadside Ninja - we are stealth and work by night!

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  14. I bet your neighbours are in tears...

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  15. The chairs look fantastic, love the red seat cushions against the black frames, very striking! Great work.

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  16. Wow, I am so impressed, they look brand new!

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  17. awesome score... they turned out awesome lauren!

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  18. Too Fun!! And, and awesome make over! Life's an Adventure!!

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  19. Super new look and I just love the whimsy you add to your posts. Thanks for joining WUW.

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  20. I am SO glad that you linked this!! We stole chairs out of the garbage while on vacation one year....yes, bikes, luggage and 5 chairs hauled from the trash had to be lugged back home! They've been sitting ugly for a year because I haven't know what to do with them....can you email me more details. How does the wire attachment work? Did you spray the vinyl too or just cover it with the cushion? I'm so excited! I was about to trash them because I had given up hope of making them beautiful!!!

    Oh...and we've hauled ALOT out of our neighbor's garbage...bikes, dressers...:)

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  21. That is absolutely hilarious! Do the neighbors even recognize them?! They are so lovely! One time I made my hubby go up a few houses at night and pick up a 5 ft. wrought iron piece of scroll work fencing the neighbors put by the curb! Didn't realize how heavy that thing was -- I should have helped him but I just watched :)

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  22. Your chairs are really lovely. This is a project I would love to do. Thanks for you inspiration.

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  23. This set turned out lovely! The makeover is absolutely incredible!

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  24. I wish I had neighbors like yours :-( These are stunning! If I lived closer Id invite myself over to park my butt right there for an afternoon of chat and cheers!

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  25. Ha! That cracks me up b/c I recently trash-picked 2 BIG canvases out of a neighbor's trash and, like you, waited 'til dark so no one would like I was crazy. Good score on the chairs-- they turned out beautiful!

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  26. I am going to be more watchful of my neighbor's trash cans......LOL....I have never found anything curbside, but then maybe, I do not know how to "look". You ladies inspire me to try and see something wonderful in something I would throw away.

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  27. Lauren, you added much pizzaz to the chairs! Great job :) Thanks for linking this awesome post at the Creative Bloggers' Party & Hop. It's a great Mothers' Day present for me :)

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  28. Thanks for great article.
    I bought a metal futon from flea market and I need to do something similar.
    Is this Designer Metallics Spray Oil Rubbed Bronze the one you used?

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  29. i just used a regular oil rubbed bronze any one will do just make sure its for outdoor use

    lauren

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  30. I bet if your neighbors saw them now they would want the chairs back! Great transformation.
    xo,
    Sherry

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  31. The chairs looks fantastic, I love the red and white.

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  32. Your chairs turned out FABULOUS! now I can't wait to see the bench too!
    I am your newest follower! :)

    Jennifer @ Decorated Chaos
    http://decoratedchaos.blogspot.com

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  33. This post saved my life....well not really but at least gave my patio furniture, the exact kind you blogged about, a new long life! Thanks so much!
    http://lavenderbetweenthecracks.blogspot.com/2013/06/charlestonsouth-carolina-gardening.html

    Here's a link to my post, I linked to your blog but u might want to scroll down...I hadn't blogged in a while so it's a long one.

    Have a great week!
    Terri

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  34. Did you spray the webbing?

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