The Princess Chair

First of all I apologize for not posting anything last week. I have been told that not being a regular and scheduled blogger is taboo. I had every intention of  writing an article, but between home, church, and home school responsibilities, not to mention a much needed date with the hubby, I was booked.  I need to start scheduling  blocks of time during the week when I can sit down and just write without interruptions (um what is that like again?).

I have also been working on my next DIY furniture redo's too! I am very excited about this next dresser I am working on.  My hubby is going to teach me how to stain!  So in preparation for that I am having to sand it all the way down to its original bare self!  Kind of time consuming, but I am super excited about the finished look.  But today I am not writing to tell you about the dresser, but my daughter's chair.

You see I have a 'princess' daughter.  Some are very shocked to hear that, as I was NOT a princessy kind of girl growing up, but Alyssia loves all things pretty, pink, and prissy.  We are trying to help mold her attitude and behavior into a sweet princess girl too!

Here is Alyssia all dressed up for church right after she turned four.  Notice the purse?  She never leaves home without one and she is a strong believer that a lady can never have too many purses and shoes!

So back to the chair.  We were given this old wooden chair with a heart carved in it.  I forgot to take a good before picture. This is after I had wiped it down and started sanding it. It was very dirty and had several spots that needed some wood filler.

Not sure if you can see on the top left of it or not, but there used to be these little filler nobs that went in and covered  where the  screws are. All but two were missing and they looked moldy. So I popped out the remainder two and filled in all the holes and sanded her down.

I then gave her a coat of spray primer.

It was at this point when Lys came outside and said, "Oh mommy, is that chair for me?! Oh thank you mommy!" Notice she didn't really wait for an answer before saying thank you?  She saw that it was small, white, and the heart just made it very 'princessy' I think.  I did melt at her sweet face in that moment and I said, "sure honey, it is for you and eventually you will have to share it with your sister."  Needless to say she was very excited and quickly ran to tell her brothers about her new chair.

So with a very anxious daughter watching my every move I set to work to finish up this little princess chair. Two coats of paint, a little distressing, and some polyurethane, and this little chair was complete.

Alyssia is very happy with her NEW chair and I love it too!  Since I have decided to work on two bigger dresser projects back to back it was nice to take a little breather and do something small like this.  Plus it gave me some good practice time too.

So how about you? Have you done any small or big projects lately?  Do you have a daughter that is big into all things girly too? Just a side note, Alyssia might be all girl, but she will not be left out in a wrestling match with her brothers and dad!