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My Great Challenge
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Приєднався 19 січ 2013
Inspirational ideas on organization, decluttering, cleaning, DIY projects, decorating, cooking, sewing and reviews. It's all about being productive, economical and efficient while juggling work and home. My Great Challenge is Home Management for the rest of us!
Let's Ruin A Leather Ottoman - A DIY Project
Some of you love my DIY projects so here goes. I found this very high-end Old Hickory Tannery Leather Ottoman on the curb and decided to rehab it for my bedroom 's reading nook.
Let's find out whether I yet again ruined another piece of furniture or came up with a DIY masterpiece!
Enjoy!
Want to know more about me and my family? You can find me on Patreon where I share my daily and more intimate family life. Patreon is a true community with its own private Facebook Page and Book Club. With minimally two weekly exclusive videos, one monthly LIVE and one picture blog per week, Patreon is a safe and positive platform. I love sharing my life with you away from the ugly side of the internet, come join the fun! Thank you for considering supporting my channel. All profits are used to help support my family and fund my many projects.
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CEDAR GROVE, NJ 07009-9998
#stainingleather #angelusleatherstain #restoringaleatherottoman #diyprojects
Let's find out whether I yet again ruined another piece of furniture or came up with a DIY masterpiece!
Enjoy!
Want to know more about me and my family? You can find me on Patreon where I share my daily and more intimate family life. Patreon is a true community with its own private Facebook Page and Book Club. With minimally two weekly exclusive videos, one monthly LIVE and one picture blog per week, Patreon is a safe and positive platform. I love sharing my life with you away from the ugly side of the internet, come join the fun! Thank you for considering supporting my channel. All profits are used to help support my family and fund my many projects.
Patreon:
www.patreon.com/mygreatchallenge
My Esty Shop:
www.etsy.com/shop/FrenchyandTubby
Channel Merch:
www.etsy.com/shop/MyGreatChallengeGift
My amazon store
www.amazon.com/shop/mygreatchallenge
Pinterest:
www.pinterest.com/mygreathallenge/
Connect with me or Contact me:
eMail:
mygreatchallenge@gmail.com
Mailing address:
My Great Challenge
PO Box 402
519 POMPTON AVE
CEDAR GROVE, NJ 07009-9998
#stainingleather #angelusleatherstain #restoringaleatherottoman #diyprojects
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This week on etsy || Frenchy and Tubby || 06/21/24
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Links below: I am featuring items going into the shop effective Friday 06/21/24. #frenchyandtubby is a woman owned small business selling vintage, antiques and unique finds. I source all my items from charity shops, estate sales, my own collections, and yes, some are street finds! I have a true passion for vintage and antique objects, I find that the more owners, the more stories and spirit the...
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Welcome back to another episode of Getting Things Done in which I declutter the front porch, unclog a downspout, patch the stairs and repair/repaint the columns. Enjoy! Want to know more about me and my family? You can find me on Patreon where I share my daily and more intimate family life. Patreon is a true community with its own private Facebook Page and Book Club. With minimally two weekly e...
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Welcome back to another episode of Getting Things Done in which I install concrete pavers to make a patio in the back of the yard, plant flowers and finally get to touch up the deck with fresh paint. Enjoy! Want to know more about me and my family? You can find me on Patreon where I share my daily and more intimate family life. Patreon is a true community with its own private Facebook Page and ...
This week on etsy || Frenchy and Tubby || 06/14/24
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Links below: I am featuring items going into the shop effective Friday 06/14/24. #frenchyandtubby is a woman owned small business selling vintage, antiques and unique finds. I source all my items from charity shops, estate sales, my own collections, and yes, some are street finds! I have a true passion for vintage and antique objects, I find that the more owners, the more stories and spirit the...
Getting Things Done || Taking Down the Dead tree ||
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Welcome back to another episode of Getting Things Done in which we take down the dead CrabApple tree at the back of the yard and some more gardening duties. Enjoy! Want to know more about me and my family? You can find me on Patreon where I share my daily and more intimate family life. Patreon is a true community with its own private Facebook Page and Book Club. With minimally two weekly exclus...
Getting Things Done || Cleaning - Organizing - Gardening ||
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Welcome back to another episode of Getting Things Done in which I finally tackle items off my to-do list including corralling cables, washing an impossible window, rewiring a fabulous lamp and of course garden some with putting tomatoes and peppers into the ground! Enjoy! Want to know more about me and my family? You can find me on Patreon where I share my daily and more intimate family life. P...
This week on etsy || Frenchy and Tubby || 06/07/24
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Links below: I am featuring items going into the shop effective Friday 06/07/24. #frenchyandtubby is a woman owned small business selling vintage, antiques and unique finds. I source all my items from charity shops, estate sales, my own collections, and yes, some are street finds! I have a true passion for vintage and antique objects, I find that the more owners, the more stories and spirit the...
Getting Things Done || Decluttering - Gardening - Quilting ||
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Welcome back to another episode of Getting Things Done in which I declutter books, finish the front yard landscaping and squeeze in some quilting. Enjoy! Want to know more about me and my family? You can find me on Patreon where I share my daily and more intimate family life. Patreon is a true community with its own private Facebook Page and Book Club. With minimally two weekly exclusive videos...
Getting Things Done || Back Deck Reset and Gardening ||
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Welcome back to another episode of Getting Things Done in which I declutter, clean and reset the back deck, including installing a new cantilever umbrella and finally get around planting vegetables and treat my roses. Enjoy! Umbrella (Costway Affiliate): tinyurl.com/bdzcscvy I purchased the umbrella and base with my own funds - these were not gifted to me by Costway. The link above is an affili...
Getting Things Done || Basement Cleanup - Gardening - Quilting ||
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Welcome back to another episode of Getting Things Done in which I clear out the basement of the usual shame I leave behind, clean the front yard, mulch the beds, treat the lawns and finally get some quilting done. Enjoy! Want to know more about me and my family? You can find me on Patreon where I share my daily and more intimate family life. Patreon is a true community with its own private Face...
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In this episode of Getting Things Done, I am decluttering (at last) the basket at the bottom of the stairs, finally attending to mail, gardening and finishing with some overdue quilting. Want to know more about me and my family? You can find me on Patreon where I share my daily and more intimate family life. Patreon is a true community with its own private Facebook Page and Book Club. With mini...
This week on etsy || Frenchy and Tubby || 05/17/24
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Links below: I am featuring items going into the shop effective Friday 05/17/24. #frenchyandtubby is a woman owned small business selling vintage, antiques and unique finds. I source all my items from charity shops, estate sales, my own collections, and yes, some are street finds! I have a true passion for vintage and antique objects, I find that the more owners, the more stories and spirit the...
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I am announcing the winner of the #readyourheart #moisanite moon necklace and the winner of the #gonajewelry horseshoe necklace. Congratulations to the winners and thank you all who participated. Please do not spoil the surprise for the winners by congratulating them by name in the comment section, I will remove your comment. I know you mean well but it's killing the suspense for them, if you k...
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A Random Day in the Life || 04/06/24 || Thrifting - French Crepes - Quilting and More
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11:27 those mushroom canisters my mom still has hers. It’s become a sentimental thing for me and I’ll make sure she never gets rid of hers. 😊
Thanks for the captions on some of the things you’re doing. I have no clue when it comes to gardening. Unless I planted something, everything else to me is considered a weed. Mostly likely it is but then again maybe it’s not. 🤷🏻♀️
4:40 I don’t know what kind of weed that is but my bunny loves them.
What type of wild grass is that at 6:05. Unfortunately, my backyard is full of them.
Love how you save stuff! Perhaps Royal Blue and not Navy Blue? A great footstool for the reading nook nonetheless. Great job Sophia.
Wow. Nothing better than fresh, picked from your own loving garden vegetables. I tried years ago but the earwigs in my veggies grossed me out. They are relentless. I even find them in my mailbox 😮
Love this series. I’m behind watching your videos. Can’t wait to see what you do for spring/summer of 2024.
Love the bird, chipmunk, squirrel…. cam 🥰
Great job!
I loved this video! Great job on the ottoman. It really looks great! I agree with you and many just discard when can be renewed! Love the kitties 👍
Love it ! What a great job😊
Yay new post. We have an attic bedroom as well.
It s rough in the summer. We re thinking of installing a split AC
@@mygreatchallenge we have an inexpensive window unit for cooling and electric fireplace for heating.
Also a small electric heater when really cold.
Beautiful. Wish I could find something like that.
I enjoyed this - I think your efforts paid off Sophia! For future restoration/cleaning projects of porous, delicate or hard to clean materials like leather,, stone, wood and textiles, you could look into Fuller's earth which I think is Terre à Foulon or Terre de Sommières in French. It's a traditional. cleaning product, the kind of thing our grandmothers used. Great for removing grease.
Wow! That turned out amazing! 🎉
Looks great. Love it.
Love it, beautiful ❤
Sophia, you might try placing a towel over the stains and then heat your iron to about medium and go over it and see if that might help draw some of them out! I have done that with candle wax and it has worked great!! It will be beautiful!!! It looks amazing and it is more blue, looks great with chair and your rug!!!
Sophia, you might try placing a towel over the stains and then heat your iron to about medium and go over it and see if that might help draw some of them out! I have done that with candle wax and it has worked great!! It will be beautiful!!!
Love it ❤
The ottoman looks wonderful ❤❤❤
Wow it looks beautiful this has to be one of my favourite projects beside the antique secretary desk and he did a beautiful job on that so this is another fantastic project by you so keep them coming because we love to see how you make things even. Better then when you get your hands on it
And you did a beautiful job on it
❤ it
Sophia you are absolutely hilarious! I wonder if I am the only one who was thrilled when you realized you had to stain the feet! LOL!
BEAUTIFUL JOB BTW!!!
I have always wanted a chaise in my bedroom too.
LOL. “Cat voice”, I have a cat voice too. I can’t help it!!! Lol. Your kitties are beautiful!!! I’m so happy for you.
Congrats Sophia, l love it! It really looks nice with your carpet. Enjoy!😘
Dear Sophia, it seems and looks like whatever hands you get on different things and projects you only improve for the better. Just like this project, you improve this foot ottoman for the better. You can improve old furniture to look like new and repair certain stuff in the house, you build closets, flower beds, you installed tiles in the basement laundry, fixed the old fan that was complicated by removing it and replacing with the new one for boys bathroom and a lot, lot more. You are god gifted lady, very lucky and have gold hands. Meaning you are born lucky and gifted with capability to know how to do so many things around the house both men and women jobs. You are amazing, hard working lady and we are very impressed with all your hard work. We enjoy watching all your videos. You also have a very nice family as well as lovely pets. Always excited and looking forward to your next video, because you always have different videos and each is interesting in its own way and more fun to watch. We love you, Sophia and all your videos. Keep up with the great videos and different projects around the house in your spare time of course. All the best to you and your family from a family in Canada.
Thank you!!! ❤️
This turned out fantastic! I absolutely love it with the chair. I love the DIY projects that you do.
WOW! That looks fabulous!! Free is the best!
That was a fantastic diy. You never cease to amaze me. Beautiful beautiful
I don't think you ruined this, I think time and sunlight will fade it to a perfect match for the chair. There's nothing like worm leather for comfort and character. Good job Sophia!
Agree! The title should be "Let's Improve a Leather Ottoman" :)
FABULOUS!
It turned out beautiful Sophia!! Love it!
It looks amazing, Sophia! I’d never have the confidence in myself to do something like that. It looks like a custom piece. ❤️
The girls are too....cute....🤗🤗
Absolutely love the way you “ruined” the ottoman lol. It turned out fabulous 😻😻😻 Love Toni
What happened to Fiona??
It’s beautiful! 👍👏🏻
The ottoman looks fabulous Sophia!!!
You work miracles on your projects. It look beautiful. If you don’t want the cats scratching it cover with a throw blanket.
👏👏👏another project successfully completed. Looks great Sophia.
Very nice job!! If you sold it I would buy it----that's how good it looks. After my husband passed this month talked with the bank today & most likely will have to sell the house at some point. May do an estate sell---just too much at this house to take because I will be down sizing.
Try not to be so derogatory about yourself. It will influence others and not in a good way. You are a hard worker and can and have accomplished so much. I think the stool is beautiful in blue/black.
Looks great! Love your sitting area/library corner
I think it looks better in the Navy blue than in the red. The red was boring. It is just beautiful. I remember when you dyed the chair. A really pretty pair and street finds to boot! And the rug was a street find and it looks brand new. And best of all, your furniture has personality. I love it!
Anything over 70 degrees is an iron maiden. Love the outcome of the labor of love.
Sophia that was brilliant! I love your idea of ruin! Great Job!
Animals are so adaptable. As a young mother, we had the entire food chain in our house… dog, cats, hamsters, fish, birds and an ant farm. Not to mention the bears, peacocks, deer and bobcats that frequented our backyard. Memories 😊👵🏻
Lovely! Looks so great in the room
Looks great!!!