Updated For Sale!

I have an updated list of what I have for sale and their dimensions!  Let me know if there is anything you are looking for and I can keep my eye open for you.  Some upcoming projects I am working on are:  small side table, small table with stool, chair, bench or coffee table, large set of shelves with storage on bottom, 2 dressers....once I pick up all my finds I will have even more fun projects...just need more time.  I am also working on locations to have some of the furniture so you can stop by and see it.  As I get those locations I will let you know!  

Dimensions:  Depth 16"

Width 18"

Height 34"

Cally Cowhide

Okay, this is a neat piece...one because the cowhide is not short like you see many times...it is longer because this is hide from one of our own steers.  This chair is done in a turquoise green with the cowhide seat.  I am asking $50 and I have 2 available.  

Dimensions

Depth 20.5"

Width 2 ft

Height 21"

Baby Burke End Table

This table is $50 and was inspired by my youngest boy Burke.  He LOVES to play on our two end tables and takes or breaks anything we have on them.  The bottom of this is painted in a light white chalk paint and the top is CHALKBOARD paint...this way your toddlers can stay entertained!  There is only 1 available.  BUT if you would like one and it is sold let me know and I can find another and custom make one for you.

                                              Dimensions

Depth 10"

Width 19.5 "

Height 58"

Ruby Red Shelf

This is a slightly distressed shelf with 4 total shelves (2 adjustable).  The top has rustic square clavos and the sides have a cross.  This is not a real sturdy piece.  It is very light weight.  If you are going to use to store heavier items you would need to secure it to the wall.  It is done in rustic red, tan/brown, and cream chalk paint.  I am asking $50.  

Thanks!  

Have a paint it beautiful kind of day!

Kristen

Pickin Today!

Yeah- today is a great day.  I finally got done the business card.  Now anyone who knows me knows that I made about 5 of them and loved them all but then went with my whimsy gut!  I will post a picture below.  Hope it brings a smile to your face like it does to mine!  
Also today I have an appointment out of town (getting out of the boondocks) and I am going to do a little South Dakota Pickin at some places!  So excited to see what I can find and upscale for you all!! I will post pictures tomorrow of my new finds...won't be too many as my hubby is joining me and he doesn't actually have the same "vision" for old furniture like I do.  His vision has to do with four legs and something that says moo... 
I hope you all have a great day and CONGRATS to DAWN CARSON from Killdeer, ND who was the winner of the green mirror when we reached 200 likes.  Maybe I will find something fun to upscale today to give away when we reach 500 likes!  What do you think?
Upcoming Items/Events:
Lightly Distressed Bookshelf
Multicolored Distressed Small Table
Fun 1/2 side Table
Don't forget to check out our for sale items!  

LOVE To Upscale!

This month is the month of LOVE and I love to be able to use my creative mind to create fun furniture!  I am so blessed.  Anyways I have some great visions for some dressers and my goal is to get them done before Valentines Day!  Anyways here are the new items for sale!  You may visit our website our leave me a comment if you are interested in any!  I will also add them to the FOR SALE page and THANK YOU TO SMITH DRUG in Lemmon for being our first "official" customer!  Also we are SO CLOSE to giving away the green mirror....I think 11 likes to go...exciting!

Baby Burke End Table

This table is $50 and was inspired by my youngest boy Burke.  He LOVES to play on our two end tables and takes or breaks anything we have on them.  The bottom of this is painted in a light white chalk paint and the top is CHALKBOARD paint...this way your toddlers can stay entertained!  There is only 1 available.  BUT if you would like one and it is sold let me know and I can find another and custom make one for you.

Cally Cowhide

Okay, this is a neat piece...one because the cowhide is not short like you see many times...it is longer because this is hide from one of our own steers.  This chair is done in a turquoise green with the cowhide seat.  I am asking $50 and I have 2 available.  

Coming soon:  A 4 shelf unit in cream, red, brown....AND a multicolored distressed small table!

Have a great day!

Kristen 

My Home!

Good Morning....it is COLD here in the middle of nowhere in the Northwest Corner of the state!  I am waiting patiently...impatiently for some projects to dry and then will get them up on the for sale page!  BUT I wanted to share with you all two paint projects that I have complete for my home!   The first one is a cute distressed small dresser that sits in our entryway. The next one is one of those old record players (and yes it still works!) that is made from laminate wood!  I hope you all stay warm and enjoy a good cup of coffee.  We are almost to 200 likes on facebook too!  When we get their we will give away the mirror!!

For Sale Items

Here are pictures of what we currently have for sale!

Little Lilly Rocker! 

She is a fun, bright cheery rocker like a little Lilly!  This is painted in a turquoise chalk paint and the seat is a red stain.  It is an old antique sewing chair, but would make a great accessory in a corner with a fun pillow or a rocking chair for a young child!  

Asking $65

Colors of Spring Mirror!

This is the mirror we will be giving away when we get to 200 likes on our facebook page!  It is different colors of green and then distressed!  

Enchanted Ella Dresser

This is a three drawer dresser redone with an antique cream chalk paint and a beige paint on the drawers with antiquing glaze.  It has beautiful stencils on the side and has ADORABLE legs!  

Asking: $110

JUNK!

Well, I had a friend give me this and I want to share with you, because this pretty much sums up what I love to do and how Ranch Chic Corral was evolved.  Happy Reading!!
Refinished and Restored
Junk.  That's what my family and friends thought of most of my purchases.  But to me, they were treasures waiting to be revealed.  
When I was in my late teens, I had an unusual fetish for beat-up antique furniture.  While most of my friends were at the mall shopping for clothes, I was at estate sales, flea markets, yard sales, and auctions hunting for antiques.  Often when I brought my purchases home, my family would roll their eyes and say, "I can't believe you paid money for that old piece of junk."  But I never saw my purchases as junk.  They just needed a little work.....okay, sometimes a lot of work.  
At one estate sale I spied a little drop leaf kitchen table with three spindle-back chairs.  I could just imagine a sweet little older lady spending many years sitting at that very table drinking her morning coffee or perhaps afternoon tea.  I could almost hear the faint whispers of thousands of conversations from generations past.  The set was painted a hospital green, but I saw that it had great potential.  Obviously the other bidders didn't recognize a treasure when they saw one, because ten minutes and $35 later, the set was mine.
I brought the dinette set home, all excited about my great buy, and couldn't understand why no one else shared my enthusiasm.
"Sharon do you realize how much time and energy it is going to take to make that old green rickety table look even slightly presentable?" they asked.  At that point in my life, I had a lot more time than money, so the time wasn't a problem.
Refinishing furniture is a dirty, grueling task,  First, I stripped off the paint with paint remover and discovered that not only had the table been green, it had also been blue, and before that what.  But underneath it all was pure walnut.
The paint remover raised the grain of the wood, so I had to go back and sand it smooth.  If sanding isn't well done, the finished product will always be a little rough.  A few joints were loose from wear and tear, so I glued them back together.  Then I applied a warm walnut stain which deepened its color and made the beautiful pattern of the wood grain stand out.  Finally, I applied polyurethane coat to seal and protect the piece.
As I worked I began to think of the old broken table as a symbol of my own life.  I was also on the auction block, and God purchased me with His Son't precious blood.  I had layers and layers of my old self that had to be stripped away to reveal the beauty hidden beneath.  This raised my grain, but God sanded me with life experiences and trials to remove the rough edges.  He glued my loose joints and mended my broken pieces, for He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.  Then He put a sealer not only on be but in me - the Holy Spirit- who brought out the beauty of who God created me to be.
After I finished refurbishing the old table and chairs, I sat in the garage thinking about all that God had done in my life.  My mom opened the door, looked at the old table, and said, "I never thought something so ugly could turn out to be so beautiful."  I said "Amen."

This is much like Ranch Chic Corral.  I have a passion for refinishing old rickety things and fixing them up, much like our lives.  We have to be able to see the beauty within.  Have a great day!!

Kristen