I’m so excited to be celebrating one year of blogging! I never thought I would have enough to share for a whole year so I have surprised myself and hope I have inspired you.
I appreciate each and everyone one of my followers. I’m so honored that you like what I do and as a reward I have put together a giveaway for you.
This giveaway includes: a mirror painted “Duck Egg Blue” and turned into a chalkboard; a pair of vintage style curtain tie-backs; a set of four shabby, pink, outlet plates; French script, burlap ribbon; six drawer pulls from Hobby Lobby; and a lovely, green, ribbon scarf that I knit myself.
Here are some close ups of each item.
There are four ways to enter each one gives you a chance to win:
- Become a follower of my blog either with GFC, LF, or Networked blogs and leave a comment. If you are already a follower just leave a comment.
- “Like” me on Facebook and come back and leave a comment.
- Share my giveaway on your blog and come back and leave a comment.
- Follow me on Pinterest and leave a comment.
I will chose a winner using random.org on Friday, July 20, 2012. Good luck.
Now I want to share how I transformed an old bed head and foot board into a garden/porch bench.
Here is the after:
First, I told my helper what I wanted to do and how to go about getting started. (By the way my helper on this project was my son-in-law, Jeremy, who also did all the carpentry work in my kitchen renovation.)
We took the footboard and measured in 14” on each side and cut the ends off. We then attached the end pieces at a 90 degree angle on the front of the head board. This was a full size bed so the foot board had to be cut. A smaller bed may not need to be cut down.
I chose fourteen inches because this is the usual depth of a chair.Once the foot board ends were screwed into each side we added 2 x 4’s across the width for the seat.
As you can see here we cut two pieces of 2 x 4 and screwed them into the inside of each end two inches lower than the top so the seat would be flush with the ends of the bench. Did that make sense? The picture should help you understand.
I then filled in all the screw holes and rough spots with wood filler. Once that was good and dry I sanded the whole piece down and cleaned it. After that I painted it top and bottom with primer and then two coats of an outdoor, semi-gloss, white paint.
I painted the whole bench so that it would be suitable to use outside.
After it was dry (a couple of days later) I stenciled the floral vine design on the center panels and painted the tops of the post a pretty green. I just loved how it turned out and if I had a porch I would probably have kept it. lol
I’m looking for a pretty bed to make another one, but not having much luck. Not all head and foot boards will look as good as this one does and I’m kind of picky.
I hope you have enjoyed this makeover and are all fired up to make your own porch bench. I have to get back to preparing for my 4th of July party. I’ll share pictures and a couple of projects I did for my party later in the week.
Have a wonderful holiday.
Be safe.
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115 comments:
Congratulations on your anniversary! That's a lovely give away and the bed turned bench is so pretty! ~ Maureen
congrats on your blog o versary great job on the headboard to bench and i am now following via gfc
Congrats on your anniversary! Your bench is beautiful. Megan
Peggy,
Wow, one year, that is great! Your bench is so clever. It would be lovely in a garden! I hope you and your family have a happy 4th.
Your follower,
Kathleen
I like you on facebook!
Kathleen
Congrats on your anniversary! I already follow you through GFC! Great giveaway!
I liked you on Facebook!
I am now following you on Pinterest!
I'm a pinterest follower.
Kathleen
I blogged about your lovely giveaway!
Kathleen
Peggy,
I apologize about the re-post of my comment. I really have no idea what happened?
Kathleen
very lovely garden bench. you're lucky to have such a handy helper.
Congratulations! Love your work and your blog! Have been following you via email, Google+ and GFC!
Like you on Facebook as Blue Strong! :)
Follow you on Pinterest as Blue Strong!
Love your hand knit scarf! What a lovely giveaway!
Thank you!
Follow by GFC, email and Google+
Wow!! You always do the most amazing work. I love the bench. It turned out great. Congratulations on your one year anniversary. I love, love, love the giveaway!!!! Oh, I want to win that chalkboard. :) Thanks for the giveaway.
I am a follower on FB!
I just followed you on Pinterest.
That is just gorgeous. Fantastic job on the bench! Very impressed. Visiting from More the Merrier. Would love it if you would share this at my Make it Pretty Monday at The Dedicated House. http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2012/07/make-it-pretty-monday-week-4.html Wishing you a grand evening. Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
followed by email, now following with gfc. my word!!!! what a giveaway maam!
am following you on pinterest also. thank you very much for the giveaway:) very nice of you to share all of this.
Even though my blog is a super "newbie", I put it on my blog. I still have lots to learn, but I'm getting there. LOL Here is the post...
http://www.lifeonlakeshoredrive.blogspot.com/2012/07/great-giveaway-at-pjh-designs.html
Even though my blog is a super "newbie", I put it on my blog. I still have lots to learn, but I'm getting there. LOL Here is the post...
http://www.lifeonlakeshoredrive.blogspot.com/2012/07/great-giveaway-at-pjh-designs.html
following you on facebook also. have a great 4th of july.....
Love the bed to bench project! I have seen some beds at Goodwill and have thought about trying this, but just couldn't decide! But, yours looks great! Congrats on one year of blogging! I have only been at it for 4 months, but I am loving it! I am your newest "linky" follower!
am sharing on my facebook page. i also tweeted as long as doing everything else. thank you very much for all of the nice items that you put into this. again, happy anniversary.
im also making a bench out of headboard, but am not even going to come close to the way yours looks. very very beautiful.....
Hi Peggy,
I've been a follower of your lovely blog for some time - thanks for the chance to enter your giveaway!
Peggy
I "like" you on FB
I am excited to be following all your boards on Pinterest - can't wait to have a browse through - hope you will follow me back on Pinterest.
Peggy
Nice job on the bench I follow you via email
What a great idea! I love how it turned out! The vines that you painted on the back are the perfect touch! Did you have to use a special paint for them to hold up outside?
Thanks for inspiring me today!
blessings,
karianne
I am a new follower via google +, love your blog!
I love this giveaway this chalkboard is perfect for my wedding! I would love to win this giveaway! Thank you for the opportunity to enter this giveaway! I'm a follower of your blog via GFC! Good luck to everyone who has enter this giveaway!
Following on pinterest! Name is Kaitlin Boles
Liked your page on facebook! Name is Kaitlin Boles
Congrats on your blogoversary! I have been stalking you from almost day one and I am beyond thrilled for you and the success you are having! No one deserves it more!
I follow you via email, but I want to get in on the prize goodies so I also joined your GFC, under Maureen Hayes.
Thanks for allowing us the chance to win some of your goodies! Since I can't buy your lovely furniture and you keep refusing to move to NY for me,this will have to suffice.. . .LOL,
Hugs,
Maureen
I "liked" you on Facebook and left you come comment love there as well! Thanks for the additional entry!
I am following you on Pinterest! I am determined to win this prize pack. . . Lol! Seriously, it is fun to see what others pin and I know I will find lots of great inspiration from your boards! Thanks for the additional entry!
Thank you for coming to the Make it Pretty Monday at The Dedicated House. She's growing steadily. Hope to see you again next week. Wishing you a grand evening. Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
It looks very stylishly,great idea!!!
New follower! Love the bench! I haven't seen one this ornate.
I LOVE the transformation Peggy! bravo!
<3 Christina at I Gotta Create!
Wildly Original Round Up party is open!
Oh, what a beautiful giveaway, Peggy. Congrats on one year of blogging. I'm already a follower.
I've had the perfect head and foot board for this project for three years. I haven't done it because I didn't have anywhere in my house to put it! Thanks for the great idea of putting it on the porch! I love your stenciled details.
I'm hosting my first linky party "One Creative Weekend" at OneCreativeMommy.com. I'd love for you to visit and link up this idea or anything else you'd like to share.
This is just beautiful - well done!
Congrats on the anniversary. and the bed/bench is a fab idea.
I found this through Thriving on Thursdays. I have linked in a corned beef hash cakes recipe using corned beef leftovers. I selected the right picture but the linky thing went crazy, so you will have to click through to see the picture. Have a great week.
The bed turned bench is charming! Good job! I would be delighted if you would link up to Potpourri Friday, in progress! I am a new follower!
Oh, I love the bench, very beautiful! I have been a follower for a while and love the prize package! Thanks for keeping me inspired.
This is FABULOUS!!! XO, Aimee
I love that bed head conversion and have pinned it for future reference.
thanks for giveaway. I am now a follower.
I have also liked your page on FB :)
sorry, I just re-read the ways t enter and realised that I had to leave a separate comment for each part so this is to say that I am a pinterest follower too. I have just had a quick look at your pinterest pages and I am sure I will have fun looking through them. we seem to have similar tastes.
Love your full size bench its amazing!!
thank you for the giveaway opportunity. I am a happy linky follower xo P.S. love the bench soooo much!!!
I'm following several of your boards on pinterest!
Hi! Love your bench! I liked you on FB!
I also am following you on Pinterest!
what a great bench! i love it!!
I'm a follower - count me in for your awesome giveaway :)
sally.puckett@yahoo.com
Liking you on Facebook :)
sally.puckett@yahoo.com
Following you on Pinterest :)
sally.puckett@yahoo.com
The garden bench is very beautiful, I love your site and your projects.
I love the bench ! I found you from Nifty Thrifty Sunday... I've seen so many headboards at local thrift stores, and have thought about what I could use them for other than a headboard... And I've been needing a bench for my porch. I hope one day I can muster up the courage to do this ! LOL. Thanks for sharing ! I love it ! Im now following you, too.
- Jackie
imathriftaholic.blogspot.com
I love the frame above and the cute bench.
I'm a new follower and would love if you followed back at www.iheartpears.blogspot.com
Happy 1st anniversary! Wishing you many more! And your bench turned out beautifully!
The bed bench turned out great - getting ready to do my own this week. Thanks for showing us your project.
Love this! Featuring you on Facebook today: http://www.facebook.com/iGottaCreate
Thanks so much for linking up at I Gotta Create!
<3 Christina
Wow! 1 yr already. Since, you do all the things I wish I had time for or the know how for....I want to be the winner!! Andnow I can follow you on pinterest too :)
Congrats on your anniversary!!! I love all of your work, always look forward to new posts from you :)
Thank you for sharing at Potpourri Friday at 2805!
I am also following you on Pinterest!
I liked you on Facebook!
Congratulations on your one year anniversary. I am following you now.
Absolutely love your bench, it is gorgeous, what a great idea, and great job!
Blessings, Nellie
Thanks for sharing at Shabbilicious Friday.
I'm following you on Pinterest!
Peggy, thank you so much for sharing this awesome tutorial. I have so many headboards around here. I am for sure making one now. Featuring at my party today, starts at 5:00 EST. Thanks!
love the bench can't wait to try it myself. I am now following you on Pinterest. :-)
Peggy, I have awarded you the Versatile Blogger Award! Stop by and check it out.
Kathleen
http://melange-kathleen.blogspot.com/2012/07/versatile-thats-me-baby.html
Nothing else to say, but how much I love it. What a great tutorial! Hope you'll share at Sunday's Best this Sunday. Also wanted to say thanks for stopping by and letting me know how much you liked my cottage mantel. I am now following you on Facebook. Great work girl!
I am a follower via GFC. Lovely giveaway!
Followed you on Linky and Google Connect. Thanks again for the nomination : )
Following through Linky Followers. Great giveaway! Also, your headboard bench is lovely. :)
Thank you so much for following me and for guiding me to your blog. It's very lovely and a big congratulations on your blogiversary. I just celebrated my first year last month and had a giveaway of some of my art that I created and made. As to the chair, it was nothing more than a leftover piece of paneling or plywood. We did this with another chair I painted and believe it or not, but it holds up great! I'm going over to your FB and P pages right now.
I just followed you on Pinterest
And, I just liked your FB page. I think I liked it under my real name vs business name of The Red Painted Cottage. Gets a bit confusing sometimes.
I am now following! Thanks for coming to the project party! I love your vintage style! I would LOVE to win that mirror... so cute!
Hi there, I just found your blog through, I believe Freckled Laundry. What really caught my eye is your "new" bench. It is oh, so, pretty!
By the way, I just became your newest follower!
Love your "Headboard to Bench". It turned out beautifully! I'm your newest follower and would love to have you stop by for a visit! Blessings ~ Judy
I'm now following you on Pinterest! Judy
I'm following you on FB too! Judy
I just posted your giveaway on my blog and also FB! Only 6 days left until the drawing! Yahoo!
I found your blog through VINTAGE STREET DESIGNS! Very LOVELY and the give-a-way is AWESOME! I am a follower now and enjoy your creativity...your style! Be back soon! From one sweetie to another~~~~Roxie
Hi, Congrats on your anniversary. I just found your blog love your style.
H
That bench is beautiful! Great job :)
I have been a follower for a while. Love the bench and congrats on your anniversary!
You're in my google+ circle!
What a generous giveaway! Even if I'm not so lucky to win--where can I find that scripted burlap ribbon?? It's incredible!
Catherine
Hi Catherine, I'm glad to have you in my circle and you can get the ribbon at http://flightsoffancyboutique.com
Congrats on your one year! Now following on Facebook :)
Tanya
Now following you on Linky Followers too :)
Tanya
Following you on Pinterest :)
Tanya
Posted giveaway on my blog as well :
http://twelveoeight.blogspot.com/
Tanya :)
I saw twelve-O-eight's post about your giveaway, and I headed over here quickly. I'm following via GFC now! :)
I love the bench! I follow your blog, Facebook and Pinterest.
Tess
What a wonderful giveaway! I really like the color on the blackboard and would love to win it! I am now following you! Hugs, Penny
I just liked your facebook page! I love the french script ribbon! Penny
Hello Peggy, congratulations on your 1 year blogiversary! It is so fun and I know you'll love it for a very long time! I love your giveaway - gorgeous items - I do appreciate you offering and I hope you stop and join in my Home and Garden Thursday party posted each Wednesday at 6 pm EST.
Kathy
A Delightsome Life
I am now following you on Pinterest
Kathy
I 'liked' you on Facebook,
Kathy
I have previously "Liked" your facebook page & I do follow Pinterest... and I would LOVE to be entered for the drawing!
Keep posting your beautiful work and Happy Anniversary!
You're a STAR tonight over at I Gotta Create! Thanks so much for linking up. I simply LOVE that bed-turned-bench!!
<3 Christina
that is so lovely! Love the style!
Thanks for sharing at Create & Inspire
Best,
Angie
I am really impressed with this bench that you made from a headboard and footboard. My only question is, if it was possible, why would you not turn the stencil over so that the pattern images itself instead of showing the same direction? If you used a plastic or even a good paper stencil, it could have been turned over to have a mirror image of the other side of the bench back. Just a thought...
I have a platform bed that I'd love to make a bench out of. Any ideas & do you think it would be difficult for me. I've never built anything before. Thanks.
Zia
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