This is the second part to the Long-Legged Ladies work box series. Green Ladies here.
These ladies are ready to hold all your Christmas goodies: craft supplies and gifts, both.
They are resplendent in Rust-Oleum Colonial Red satin spray paint with the proper adornments, of course!
Here they are. I know I showed this photo in the last post, but needed to point out a few things I forgot to tell you.
First, choose drawers sturdy enough to hold some weight. The same with the spindles used as legs - they must not be too "spindly".
Second, all four legs must be the same. The set I painted green were exactly the same. The legs for the red work boxes are two sets that are different in length and style.
You can notice that one of the medium drawers sits higher than the other. I am selling these as singles so the length of the legs not matching does not matter here.
It takes four hands to screw the legs onto the drawers.
No, I do not have four hands. I borrow my husband's hands. I work on the tailgate of his truck. Those of you lucky to have a workshop probably have the right table and vises to hold these. I drill two holes on each corner and attach the legs with small screws. The drilling first assures you will not split the wood.
Next comes the paint. Since the first set was green, I decided in the mood of the season, I would paint these red.
As I was leaned over painting the inside of each drawer, unbeknown to me my hair had fallen forward. The blowback from the spray colored my side pieces RED!!! My hair is silver so it was very noticeable except to me. My husband let me run to the store with my hair like that. Did anyone comment? NO! I discovered it after showering. There in the foggy mirror were dark places on my hair. It took numerous washing with dish detergent to get it out. Hey, if you see someone with red spray paint in their hair, TELL THEM!
Chucks just said that I always have some paint on me somewhere!
Here are the lovely long-legged ladies in red. Sounds a bit racy to me.
They are ready for some jewelry to further spice them up. Well, I hope they are not disappointed, but I am adding something Christmas-y to them.
Though bits of black lace . . .
No, I will stick to the holiday theme.
Notice one lady has longer legs than the other.
Found these blue crackled knobs on the clearance aisle of Hobby Lobby. You have to be careful with their knobs. Most of the time they are marked 50% off in the regular knob aisle. So look in both places.
I found two very pretty vintage postcards from my extensive stash. Punched a hole, added a hole reinforcement, and tied it on with jute twine.
I started to add a piece of greenery, but that proved to be too much.
Ditto for the second lady. Just a different postcard.
I am on a red streak now. I went ahead and did two more pieces on the same day. Postcards were involved, too. Just come back and see.
I have two more drawers - the deepest. I need to find some more spindles. That project will have to wait until after Christmas.
I am now four days past my absolute deadline to complete all Christmas decorations. I can never live up to my own expectations. I do not even know why I set deadlines - I never reach them! As Chucks and I were putting up the second tree last night, we decided next year we are doing something different. Something that does not involve putting hundreds of lights on two trees. Something relaxing.
See y'all!
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After months of sitting in the living room in pieces, my long-legged ladies are ready to be revealed. At least four of them are. The other two will have to wait until after the holidays.
Without further ado here is the green version of the work box tables made from a stack of drawers and odd spindles.
Way, way, way back in the spring I posted about an estate sale. READ HERE.
You will recognize the former Mum's the Word table.
There you can see the six drawers rescued from a mouse house of a desk in a tool shed.
I immediately de-stinked them and primed with Kilz.
Since then I have used them as props for photographing small stuff.
Yes, those mysterious white boxes that I kept saying I would do something with soon.
Soon has arrived with the Christmas season because I have to use the living room now for actual guests instead of my furniture guests. The clearing out has commenced.
I had a load of spindles of different sizes and shapes. I managed to round up four sets of four like spindles to use as legs.
Here they are ready to be painted. I did not include the deep set of drawers - I ran out of spindles! You might be asking yourself why put legs on drawers? They make excellent workbox tables. Just set them near where you are working and dump your supplies in the box. I keep one next to my craft table.
This paint is another mystery greenish-blue found on the oops table.
I know the light is not the greatest, but winter sun does not reach my backyard except in splotches.
I would pick up the tables and run around looking for enough light to photograph each step. The dogs thought we were playing some kind of game and would sit patiently waiting for the next musical tables run.
On this set I went a little wild. It was still early enough in the day to think I had plenty of time to play before darkness fell.
I used Folkart craft paint in spicy mustard to highlight the details in the legs and around the drawer fronts.
I see all those leaves lying about.
Believe it or not, I had swept the day before.
Next up was the Howard's Citrus Shield Wax in dark oak.
The left side is waxed (two coats) and the right is waiting to be waxed.
You will notice that before waxing I lightly sanded to distress natural wear patterns around the pieces.
They match pretty well after their wax treatment. That is a hard thing to do sometimes.
Actually, with pairs I sometimes wimp out and use clear wax instead of dark!
No matching to do.
Look at all that space!
Can't you just see your stamps and ink pads . . .
Or tags and tassels . . .
Or sewing supplies . . .
Or knitting . . .
You get the idea - these workbox tables are so practical!
I could not just let these long-legged ladies go off without some adornment love.
You may remember these Spool Bird tags I made months ago promising handmade journals were coming. I will be honest. I have been using a tag here and a tag there. So the tag stack has dwindled a bit. READ HERE.
The image is from Karen over at The Graphics Fairy, of course.
The knob from the clearance aisle at Hobby Lobby, of course.
The lovely ladies have departed for the antique mall, of course.
Soon I may have my living room back. Soon has to mean in the next three days. YIKES! I have got to go and put lights on a tree and move more treasures to reach the mantel. A friend told me today to give up this tradition I have of waiting until after Thanksgiving to put up Christmas stuff. She said I just wasted all December decorating and never enjoying it. I must say her house is gorgeous and mine is a mess. I am considering that next year . . .
No, I cannot say it. I cannot even think it. Christmas before Thanksgiving!?! No-o-o-o!
See y'all!
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