Lots of projects that need starting

I have a few projects sitting around at the moment that need finishing or actually starting! The last couple of weeks seem to have gone by in a blur, and with the typical British weather the hubs has not been able to go outside and sand anything for me. Here are the projects sitting around at the moment.

I've got two of these chairs waiting to be painted, one is destined for my eldest sons room to use with his desk and he's informed me he wants it painting red. They're a bit rickety and they need a good sand but for £2 for the pair I considered them a bargain.

I saw this sewing box in the local hospice shop originally priced at £10 and as much as I liked it I couldn't justify spending that much on something that I haven't really got space for. Later in the week it was still sitting in the shop and had been reduced to £2! Well for that price I snapped it up, no idea where I'm going to put it but I'm looking forward to painting it. (I'm sure I'll squeeze it in somewhere)

It was quite grubby inside but the fabric is quite pretty and I managed to salvage a few scraps(after a good soak in some vanish)  to use in other craft projects. It had a split in one of the legs but the hubs has glued it now it's just waiting to be sanded.

I showed these on an earlier post, well I've painted one so far and told the hubs where I want to put them in the living room (he's not too keen) but I have no idea what to display on them, any ideas?

I bought this cabinet quite a while ago, again it was a bargain at just a couple of pounds, but it has so many layers of gloss both inside and out. It's going to need a chemical stripper on it and that seems such a daunting task that it's been stashed away under the bed.

Again this is something that I have no idea where I'm going to put it when it's completed. Are you starting to see a theme here with things I buy? lol

One item that I have bought recently and have painted  (Yay!!) is this mantle clock.

I forgot to take a picture before the hubs pulled it apart for me to paint. I used a tester pot of emulsion to paint it then I was going to varnish it but that didn't go to plan. The emulsion went on awful, I think because there is so much detail in it. So I decided to sand it down and start again but as I was sanding it back I really liked the distressed look. Once I'd finished sanding it to reach the desired effect I waxed it and ta da!

I quite like the shabby chic look of it now, what do you think?

Well that's the round up of all my 'to paint' projects, there's a few sewing projects on top of this lot (I need more hours in the day!)

And just to say a hello and thank you to my new followers.