tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59090651300857578992024-03-13T03:03:47.570-07:00Confessions of a DIY-aholicA blog for the "do it yourself" person where I'll share my ventures in thrifting, furniture refinishing, basic sewing and reupholstery projects, and other domestic notions.Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708841347615558975noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5909065130085757899.post-23312789066556456042014-07-21T21:48:00.001-07:002014-09-15T08:05:00.038-07:00I finished the kitchen, and then we moved...Well, folks. We knew it was coming. The dreaded "move" happened this last month, and in the months leading up to the move, I did so much work that blogging about it was the last thing on my mind. Now that the dust has started to settle, I want to take the time to do the final check in from the kitchen, and I'll be back again soon to show you my entire basement that I tackled in four months before the move, plus give you a little walk through of how I left my house (that I am currently missing SO much!)<br />
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When I last left you so many months ago, I was getting ready to put hardware on my drawers, so it was pretty close to finished at that point. Sadly, these pictures still don't show the total finished space since I took them when we initially listed our house for rent, just before I refinished the floors, and before my last face plate came in for one of the outlets (You know...because SOMEONE may have cut the tile 1/8" short, and finding an oversize plate in a switch/outlet combo was next to impossible). But, before we get to the after- let me remind you of the before, and the road to get to this point...<br />
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Gosh. It was so dark, and cluttered, and dated!</div>
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And finally, we get through all that hard work to the AFTER!!</div>
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And here's a picture of the floors after I finished them.</div>
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I used a mixture of 2 parts English chestnut and 1 part dark walnut stain to achieve this color on the red oak floors. As is typical for me, I jumped in with both feet and sanded and refinished the floors in the entire first floor of my house over a three day weekend while my mom watched my boys. It was a busy, dusty, exhausting time- but I love how all of the floors flow throughout my house now, and how they no longer scream 80's golden oak.</div>
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I wish I had taken a picture of the new French doors and handles we put into the old pantry area. It's still a pantry, but my sweet hubby wired it and I used it as an appliance pantry to keep all my appliances off the counters. I also wish I had taken pictures of the "bells and whistles" of the room, and I definitely regret not blogging as I went because there were so many little details that I worked on in the space...but that's ok. I have pictures, and a memory, and soon I'll be back there again. :)<br />
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<br />Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708841347615558975noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5909065130085757899.post-24392818416473611592014-01-09T20:24:00.004-08:002014-01-13T20:13:18.291-08:00Oh, Hey there Union Jack...finally.I have been wanting to paint something with a big 'ol Union Jack flag on it for the last two years...but I kept coming up with reasons not to do it. I've really gotten into a groove of a solid piece, painted distressed, in and out-- like this little music cabinet I did a few days prior to the Union Jack (it's Tricycle MMS Milk Paint).<br />
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The massive basement/garage clean out I've been working on though finally pushed me to do it. I spaced, and didn't take a before picture, but trust me when I say this vintage buffet was begging for some love. I picked it up for free out of someone's garage, covered in dirt, and plopped it in my garage where it stayed until last weekend. I pulled it inside and started playing with it. I thought I'd just do it with a navy- stain the legs, maybe stain the framed inset (it's the only detail on the buffet). It didn't work. It just was so blah. (And ALL of my pictures are terrible phone pics right now... so sorry!)<br />
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There was just nothing special about it, so I started looking at Union Jack dressers online again. My mom stopped by and told me I should do it, and when Mom says to do something, I usually do. I went ahead and covered the inset piece in blue, and started measuring and taping. I used the template below, and did a bit of algebra to figure out how wide my lines should be.</div>
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Since my buffet was longer than would correlate to the flag, I made my "x" from the horizontal measurements for my vertical ones as well so the flag wouldn't be misshapen.</div>
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I hope that made sense. When you calculate your measurements you'll use your own dresser height, so your numbers will come out different, but this is how to actually figure them out.</div>
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You'll probably have a hard time not staring at it forever and thinking about how awesome it looks. I know I did. It's such a bold design. I really love it.</div>
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I went ahead and distressed the tops and sides like I normally do, and lightly distressed the front to tie it in, but not so much to ruin all that work I just did!</div>
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Then I flipped it on it's back, and sanded and restained the legs in a dark walnut color. I sealed the whole piece with four coats of semi-gloss polyurethane, and added the original, cleaned up hardware back onto it.</div>
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It turned out fabulous, and I'm glad I finally decided to paint one of these!</div>
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For those who may be wondering, the blue is Valspar's Jazz Club, the red is also Valspar in Front Door, and the white is Ben Moore's Decorator's White.</div>
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It's been a busy few months. Work is still steady from the shop, and my house is still in progress. We're getting to crunch time- six month count down to moving is about ready to begin. The kitchen is getting SO close to being finished. I've painted all the cabinets, granite was installed (we got a great deal, so we went this way instead of our Ikea butcherblock. We still have it though, so if someone's looking for the discontinued Oak Numerar countertops-- shoot me a message!), and I put the backsplash in this week. I still need to grout, paint the windows, install hardware (that's why the drawers are off in the pictures), and refinish the floors...and the pantry-- that thing's become it's own separate room from all this. It won't take much though. A little filling, sanding, and painting, and it's done.</div>
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My biggest project before the kitchen was this couch. It was roadkill...found on the side of the road, cushionless- and it actually wasn't all that dirty until I loaded it into my car, and left it in my garage for TWO years. Countdown to moving- remember? Hubby said it needed to be out, so I finally mustered up the courage to tackle it.</div>
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I took all the fabric off, and then it sat on my porch this summer for a few days until I had room in my "studio" (aka- living room) to work on it.</div>
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It's been a back burner project for a while, but as Christmas came closer, and the weather has become cooler, my desire to use my fireplace, and have my living room back, and cute, grew strong enough to make me push on in the couch project.<br />
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I found a large piece of foam at Home Depot for cushion. It was 3" tall, and thick enough that you didn't feel the floor when you sat on it. This couch needed a smaller cushion so it didn't look overpowering, so once it was wrapped in dacron, it was the perfect height. </div>
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I went ahead and paid an upholsterer to sew the cushion for me for two reasons. First- time. I was so crunched with my house and other projects that I didn't have the time to sit and figure this one out...which leads to Two: experience. I've sewn a lot of things, but to date I have still not sewn a zipper. This couch was a pretty big thing and I didn't want to do all that work to mess it up with an inexperienced rush job. Because the couch had no existing cusion to template from, a little error on sizing from me, and a little error on sizing from him, the cushion came back a little small. I was disappointed, but solved the problem by removing the fabric on the arms and adding more dacron to them to fill the voids.</div>
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The end result was a bright, fun couch.</div>
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I'm happy with the way it turned out, and it really wasn't anymore difficult than upholstering a chair. I would definitely do one again, but I am glad to have it finished and out of the house! What do you think? Would you take a project like this on?</div>
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Somewhere in there, we had a huge order at the shop. A couple came in a bought a ton of furniture, including this buffet I had posted a while back:<br />
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However, they wanted it re-painted in a folk art style. The only direction I was given was that they wanted the fun colors found in the shop, and that I had total creative freedom. Let me tell you- that stressed me out. Crazy bad. I have never, never, ever painted anything in that style...and this was a big piece.</div>
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I did a lot of searching. Lately, I love herringbone, so I knew I wanted to incorporate that. Otherwise, I found this rug, and bought it for my own living room...only to be told two weeks later it was out of stock and my money was going to be refunded...so I used it as inspiration as well. I know it's hard to see in the pictures I've posted before, but these are "shop" colors if ever there were any.</div>
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Before I show you the process though, let me show you where we began (or close to it).</div>
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I stripped three layers of veneer of this buffet, filled it, and sanded it before it was ever painted blue. Let's just say that when they told me I had to repaint it, and in such a crazy style for me, I wanted to cry a little.</div>
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I started out by enlarging the design, and mirroring it in half to get it the size I wanted. Then I used carbon paper to trace the design to the top. From there, I painted...</div>
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It was transformed.</div>
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Into a crazy bright, fun, folk art buffet...complete with six coats of poly...</div>
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and big glass knobs, and original hoop pulls on the drawers.</div>
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I probably spent over 200 hours painting this thing. In the end, I was proud of it, because it'd become my baby...but I have to admit- I have no desire to paint like this again. I'm sad that the final picture I have of it was taken at night, blown up by artificial light, but it's what I have. The buffet has been delivered to it's new owners, who are in love, and packing it and an entire storage shed of furniture purchased from our shop (Flea Market to Fabulous) to their new home in South Carolina.</div>
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First of all, when you decide you're going to build a range hood, you're going to need two main parts- a power pack, which is the actual fan/blower/vent thing, and a hood liner.<br />
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We went with the Zephyr Tornado I. Honestly, I bought this one because I found it on ebay used for 1/3 of it's retail price. Since I'm kind of (really) cheap (frugal), and we don't know if we'll be selling or renting our place in a year when we leave for fellowship- and I know, I didn't tell you all about that either...soooo behind- I went the most economical route to get it done.<br />
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I can't find a stock picture of the liner online, but it's essentially a stainless steel box. Here's the thing- you do actually need this. When you cook, the grease goes up and into the bottom of this blower and surrounding area. Without the metal liner, cleaning is going to be a pain. On top of that, you're cooking over a wood box. It's just safer to cover it so you're not cooking over a flammable surface.</div>
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In case you're wondering for yourself- I also tried thinking of every and any way I could make the liner myself. Unless you are a metal worker- you can't. Just cough up the dough, and buy the liner.</div>
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The first thing I did was build a box. I had exactly 30" between our 9" cabinet and the window, so I built my box 30" wide. The depth is something you can play with, but keep in mind that you want it to extend over your front burners so you can essentially trap the rising steam/oil/cooking junk within the box to push it into the power pack. Mine extends out about 22" from the wall. I used 1x4" pine boards (in hindsight, I would've used 6" instead), which are actually only 3/4" thick, and mitered the corners. Inside the box is a 3/4" thick sheet of plywood. To find your measurement for the plywood, you just take your overall box size, and subtract 1 1/2" from the width and depth since you have 3/4" thickness on every side. Don't attach the plywood until you've put your hood liner in place to fit.</div>
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Anyway- so build your box, and then put your liner in for fit. There's a cut out in the middle of the liner where your power pack will go. Trace that, remove the liner, and cut the shape out with a jig saw. Then you can put your liner back in and adjust the plywood to the height inside the box it needs to be to contact the liner. I attached my plywood to the box with my Kregg, and then I attached the entire box to the wall through the back, into the studs, and into the neighboring cabinet, and if I had a cabinet on the opposite side, I would've attached it to that too. Once in place, you can install your liner via directions it came with, then put your power pack in.</div>
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At this point, you want to dry fit your duct work. You can see in the photo that I had to put a slight curve on mine. That's because we found that we have a sewer line running at a slight angle between the window and the first stud, and I wanted to be absolutely sure that I'd miss that when I went to cut this huge 6" hole.<br />
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Once I had the duct work where I wanted it, I traced around the spot on the wall. I cut through the interior wall with a jigsaw, and drilled pilot holes through to the outside at the very top, bottom, left, and right. When I went outside to drill the hole, I just had to line up a piece of duct up to it, trace, and cut again with the jigsaw (with a wood/metal blade). We went through a layer of vinyl siding, the original wood siding, and the wood frame work just fine with a jigsaw, and attached the outer vent. I did not buy the vent from the Zephyr website. It was $40, plus tax and shipping, and it didn't even come with a damper to decrease cold/warm air movement. Instead, I bought an $8 vent at Menards that has a grate and damper. Perfect. Once installed on the outside, I attached the duct work on the inside, and taped every joint with duct tape.<br />
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Now, I know you've been seeing the sides in my posts above. I initially had decided I wanted a box shaped hood. Then as I looked and thought, I decided that it may look too obtrusive in my little space to have an entire box extending 22" from my wall, so I decided to go with an angled design. Obviously, this takes a little more calculation and work- but it's totally doable. For my measurements, I measured the distance from the top of my box to the top of the spice cabinet next to it. I marked that out on my MDF, and then marked out 12" from the top of it and 22" from the bottom. I drew a line connecting the 12 to 22 and that was my shape. I used the original edge of the MDF for the straight side, and cut the angle using a circular saw. I attached a support bar to the back of the two panels, and used my Kregg to attach the panels to the box.<br />
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The next step was the face frame-- where we finally close the box in and start making it pretty! I didn't get all fancy building rails and styles with this. I just cut my 2 1/2" MDF boards to the right sizes and connected them with the Kregg. When building face frames, you want to always make sure you're hiding the end of the wood. To do this, you make your vertical pieces (stiles) the full length they should be, and your horizontal pieces (rails) the overall width minus the width of the two stiles. I used two additional stiles in the middle, and did a little math to figure out their placement.<br />
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Here it is roughly in place. You can see the top sticks up further than the rest of the box, and the bottom doesn't fit flush either. I was only worried about cutting the angle on top so it was flat like the rest of the cabinetry for me to add trim to later. To do that, I just eyeballed where it was level, marked it, and cut it with a table saw.</div>
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After it was trimmed, I added a sheet of 1/4" luan to the back using a bead of glue and some staples. Then I nailed the face frame in place with brad nails. The final step was to add trim around the lower box. I used a base cap shoe molding around the edges, and a coping saw to make it fit around the windows, and to allow the cabinet door on the opposite side open and close. Remember how I said I wished I'd used 6" boards instead? This is why. I didn't have a lot of room to anchor my molding on without it looking squished and silly. So my upper molding is JUST barely covering the upper seam where the box and face frame meet (where I didn't cut an angle), and I attached the lower molding to a square piece of trim that I drove up through the bottom of the box to finish it off.</div>
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And here you can see how we've begun adding the molding to the top of the cabinets.</div>
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And here it is with all the trim/crown in place along the upper.</div>
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Hopefully if you're trying to figure out just how to build one of these bad boys yourself, you'll find some answers here! It's really not difficult or expensive, and the look it adds to your kitchen is AMAZING.<br />
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And just to keep with my history- here's a little furniture dump for the road!<br />
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Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708841347615558975noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5909065130085757899.post-45596635112204838652013-04-17T10:13:00.004-07:002013-04-17T15:09:40.172-07:00Cabinets galore, and more!Hello, Blogland! Just a quick update. The kitchen is still coming along. Slowly for now. I've mentioned my hubby's crazy work hours of 80-90 hour weeks, but in addition to that, one weekend a month is taken by the Army National Guard, and lately, the other weekend he gets off a month has been taken by traveling for fellowship interviews. We've still been working in the little spare time we have (and at this rate, I'm starting to feel like I'll never have a completed kitchen, but we ARE still making progress!).<br />
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In March, we made a trip back over to Arthur to Cabinet Factories Outlet. After spending all the time pulling off the veneer, I sat back and realized that anything I did to the cabinets would essentially be like putting lipstick on a pig. It would never fix the poor structural quality of the cabinets, and for the money and time I was going to put into repairing, we may as well buy new cabinets. And so we did.<br />
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We were able to replace all the existing cabinets for $550. Now, the finishes are not all the same, but that doesn't concern me, as I'm still painting them (and yes, I've changed my mind on that too...they're going to be Decorator's White by Ben Moore). I'm so thrilled, and anxious to have everything in. We've been trying to do it one side at a time. The pantry side is first, as it's not going to take as much configuring and plumbing.<br />
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This is where we started. We pulled out the cabinets and found a few surprises. We stuck some drywall in to cover the holes, but luckily the cabinets covered everything. </div>
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Again- remember that I'm painting the cabinets, so mismatched colors were no big deal. The space between the two glass door cabinets was a non-conventional size, and to keep the balance, I didn't want to add a filler strip to the side of the cabinet, so I built a new one to go there.</div>
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This was the first project I used my Kregg my brother gave me for Christmas, and I seriously have no idea why I didn't break that thing out sooner. It is AWESOME, and I've used it a ton since I figured it out for this project. Anyhow, this cabinet is going to remain open with shelves, and a TV mounted inside. I've built the shelves, but haven't snapped a picture yet. Don't worry. You'll see it sometime. :)</div>
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You might also notice a couple other changes since I last posted. The floors and ceiling. We spent a couple days pulling out the FIVE layers of floor, and found wood. We were planning on tile, but I felt so guilty about laying tile over the old wood, that we decided to make the wood work. When we first pulled the floors out, the wood was covered in a felt-like paper. It was dirty, and ugly, and the actual removal of the paper took me about four days in my spare time.</div>
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I'm still trying to figure out what to do there. Anyone have any thoughts? I was thinking of using baseboard molding at the bottom of the cabinets instead of a standard toe kick. That would cover it completely and make the cabinets look more like custom built ins, but I'm not sure how to do that with the dishwasher...</div>
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Anyhow, then there's the ceiling. We rented a drywall lift and installed a plywood beadboard ceiling. My initial plan was to have it all sanded, primed, and painted before going up, but I didn't have time to paint before Hubs had some free time to do it, so I stopped at the priming stage in an effort to utilize the time we had and get it done! We rented a drywall lift at Menards for $12/four hours, and I cannot tell you how much EASIER this made the job. Seriously, it would've been impossible without it.</div>
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Last night we spent some time working on other things separately. Hubs installed the new water and electrical for the refrigerator, and I spent hours with a pry bar and hammer and removed the brick backsplash.</div>
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I'm really not looking forward to repairing the walls. Removing brick and mortar is NOT fun, and it is not easy. With tile, you can get your chisel under it and in a few taps it mostly tends to fall off. Not the brick. It came off in tiny, tiny bits, and probably took a good 20 whacks of the hammer for each one, and after the brick was off, I still had to pry under the mortar to peel the whole thing off. Needless to say, I'm glad that project is finished, and that side is ready for us to start on.</div>
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Other than that, I've just been working on some furniture. I'm really into bold colors right now.</div>
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Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708841347615558975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5909065130085757899.post-20352332176622351712013-02-22T23:17:00.000-08:002013-02-22T23:17:40.162-08:00My man loves fishing......and he'll fish for anything! His favorite thing to fish for though are muskies.<br />
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In fact, he'd fish for them all day, everyday if he could. Sadly for him, he's a surgeon, we live in Illinois, and it's winter, so he hasn't had a ton of time for fishing lately.<br />
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Luckily though, I have plenty of projects. Projects that involve fishing. <br />
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For the last couple weeks we've been transforming the kitchen lighting from a three bar light over the sink, and ceiling fan...</div>
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To a single bulb in the center of the room (the light over the sink was attached to the wood valence).<br />
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Note that if you decide to rewire your kitchen in the dark (his hours don't leave us with a ton of daylight), you should stand a light up like the one pictured instead of wearing a headlamp and running around the house with just it on. You know, so the neighbors don't think you have burglars and call the cops-- because then you have to deal with them showing up at the door asking tons of questions. Not that WE had anything like that happen...</div>
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Let me just tell you, rewiring the ceiling in a old house where you can't access the wiring from above is a pain. And messy. And sometimes scary. Throughout this project, we've discovered knob and tube wiring, cloth wiring, and 80's no-ground wiring (wired in some CRAZY ways) all in the same room.<br />
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My sweet husband though, fisherman that he is. He fished wired through the ceiling, through the walls, down the basement, figured out which wires were coming out of where, organized the breaker box... it's been a big job. It's taken some time since we've been doing it all on our own around the kids, birthdays, holidays, call schedules, etc. So it's a good thing that neither of us gets too bent out of shape over a mess, or I'd have pulled my hair out by now, BUT I'm happy to tell you all that the wires are run for the kitchen lights!<br />
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So- remember- old house, no access? Yes. We have a few extra holes in the ceiling. It's not going to be a problem though, because now that the wires are all in place, we'll be working on putting a bead board ceiling up to hide them. So, that's where we are right now. We (eh erm, he) still has to wire the light in the pantry, and run a separate wire to the microwave and refrigerator, and put the under cabinet lighting in, but these projects are small compared to how much work the ceiling lighting was. So we're trucking along. Slow, and steady- but progress is progress, and I'm so proud of all the fishing the hubs has done for us so far.<br />
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Not to mention that it takes up a lot of space in a small kitchen- and as you can see, we could really use the storage. Also, I love having an excuse for making hubs clear a space in the office for the dogs. Dogs in the kitchen= dog hair in the kitchen, and that's no good.<br />
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I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to best utilize this space. The trouble with it is that the whole area is recessed about 15 1/2" from the rest of the kitchen. I toyed with the idea of building a small cabinet next the the refrigerator to allow the doors to open fully without hitting the edge of the base cabinets, and following <a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/2011/11/build-it-in-build-it-in/">this</a> tutorial from Young House Love to build the refrigerator in, and then putting a lower cabinet in with drawers, and open shelves above on the right side. The problems with this was that, while I could probably build the small utility cabinet, I couldn't build the doors...and I couldn't find anyone who would make them to come close to matching what we had for less than $120 per door. We would have needed four doors, plus supplies to make the cabinet boxes, and the purchase price of a refrigerator cabinet and base cabinet with drawers at around $550 on it's own, and shelves above that. After all that, having it sit back so much further than the other cabinets would have left it in the shadows, and made it look terribly out of place.<br />
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Then I went on to thinking of pantry cabinets. These would be practical. Lots of storage, and I can use them to hide the funny recess. The only downside I could think of is the loss of counter top space, but really, when we get down to it, the only thing I used the counter space previously was to store more junk that we didn't have room for in any of our other cabinets already. <br />
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I spent a few days at cabinet shops, big box stores, and online pricing pantry cabinets and figuring out options. The cheapest that I could come up with locally was $2300, and that was for cabinets that would come close to matching, but wouldn't really match our existing ones, and were basic boxes with shelves inside. I know cabinets are expensive, but ouch! That was more than I wanted to spend...especially since they wouldn't be "perfect" and the entire kitchen project started out with the idea that I would "just" paint the cabinets. Then the idea came to me that I may be able to head over to the Amish community about an hour and a half away and have some cabinets made to match.<br />
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I googled kitchen cabinets in Arthur, IL and found that there existed another one of my favorite types of stores. A warehouse. Oh em geeeeee! <a href="http://www.cabinetfactoriesoutlet.com/">Cabinet Factories Outlet</a> carri<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">es <span style="color: #333300;">warehouse overstocks, cancelled orders, misordered product, and factory overruns at wholesale pricing. They have everything on hand, and assembled. You just pick out what you'd like, buy it, and take it home that day (or within 7 days). Does this sounds similar to <a href="http://www.searsoutlet.com/d/index.jsp">another place</a> I found on my current kitchen hunt?</span></span></span><br />
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This last weekend, the hubby and I took a little trip to Chicago. We ended up picking up our counter tops and sink for the kitchen remodel at Ikea!</div>
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I'm so excited. After measuring and deciding we <i>wouldn't </i>be able to fit it, we went with the Ikea double bowl Domsjo sink anyway. </div>
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Hubby liked the look much better than the single bowl that I had decided we were going to get. Okay, I like it way better too, but I was trying to ensure fit and save money. We found out that the 36" space required for the double bowl is only for the front apron that extends out of the cabinet, and that the actual bowl space in the counter is 34 and some odd inches. It <i>should</i> fit. I'm nervous. Hubby says he doesn't care what the cabinets measured, we'll make it work.</div>
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We also decided on the oak butcher block counter tops. This was hub's choice as well. I couldn't decide which type of wood would be best for us, and he liked oak, so oak it is. (And he says it's always whatever I want that goes. Pshhh.)</div>
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Sure, this place has a lot of appliances with very obvious dents and scratches, but it also has a lot that have minor dents. It also has some brand new, still in the box appliances that are super deeply discounted. Example- Stainless Maytag 25 cu ft. 4-door fridge w/easy access refrigerator drawer- currently selling for $2500 at Sears. Sears Outlet price was $1500, plus they had a sale for an extra 10% off the day we happened to stop it. Awesome right?!</div>
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We didn't buy that one. It was a little small for the space that we have, and again- Hub's motto is go big or go home, and he wanted bigger...but it's always what I want, and he just does what <i>I </i>say, riiiiiggght? *wink*</div>
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So- here's my lesson. Check out Sears Outlet. You can get an idea of stock online, but I'd highly recommend going to a store in person to purchase. It's hard to see the little imperfections in a small picture, and you want to guarantee that you get the best one for you, at the best price. At the store we went to, there were probably 20 of the same model refrigerator we purchased. They are all priced differently because they all have different imperfections.</div>
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All that said- work on the kitchen is on hold for a week. Hubs is finishing up his last few days of having been on night float for two months (barf- we <i>hate</i> night float around here), and we have some electrical work he has to tackle before I can really knock out more of my projects. I'm working on a custom job on a credenza for the shop (yes, local friends- this was the piece I was going to keep. It sold before I could get it home for myself!), and it needs to be finished so I can get my focus back!</div>
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First of all, let me remind you of what we're starting with...<br />
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The first thing to go was the heavily ornate crown molding on the tops of the cabinets, and the valence. It's gone. Totally. And you know what? My window that's been hiding behind that thing for Lord knows how many years is SUPER cute. I'm so glad it can be seen now.</div>
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After doing that, I noticed there were notches out of the cabinets where the valence had been. You can see it in the picture above. After a little more exploring, I realized that the wood color on my cabinets was not what they originally had been. Somewhere along the life of the cabinets, someone had chosen to reface them with a plywood veneer. It was loose, and cheap looking, and I could see the cabinets underneath were solid wood, so what did I do? I ripped the veneer off all the upper cabinets, of course. </div>
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At some point, they'd been painted white. Peeling off the veneer took a lot of the paint (ok, and maybe a small bit of the wood here and there too) off. I'm planning to go around and strip them all now so I'm starting with a smooth finish. This has led me to the decision that I will not be using chalk paint on the cabinets. Nope- no quick fix for these guys. I'm going the route of stripping, sanding, priming, sanding, painting, sanding, painting, sanding, and sealing. It's a lot more work, but I know it's going to be worth it, and I'm planning on working on them bit by bit.</div>
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I spent a lot of time agonizing (and making friends and family agonize with me) over paint colors. I decided a couple times, changed my mind a couple times, bought the paint once, and went back to have it retinted, but I think I finally have the colors chosen.</div>
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The trim is Valspar Ultra white in gloss (I can't show you a sample of this, because it doesn't show up online! It's essentially the same as the white on your screen. Really bright and crisp).</div>
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I'm still agonizing over the cabinets. I really, REALLY want stainless appliances and crisp white cabinets, but new appliances are not a justifiable expense right at the moment. Not to buy only to possibly turn around and sell our house in a year and a half. It may help the house sell <i>faster</i>, but it won't help our house sell for <i>more. </i>That said, I bought gray paint for the cabinets.</div>
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However, before I get to painting cabinets, I needed to get rid of the orange-red walls. I gave everything a quick coat of primer, and took the ceiling fan out to prep it for paint (and just to get rid of it...it really dwarfed the space). The pantry area in back will be worked on as well soon, but I can only handle so much junk out of place at once, and I have to completely empty the food out from the shelves to prep and paint, so kitchen first, then pantry!</div>
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I'm amazed by how much larger it looks already. No ceiling fan. No heavy molding. No valence.</div>
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This weekend my mom came up and helped with the boys so I could get the molding cut. So it's finished (mostly), and assembled. I'm not attaching it until the cabinets are stripped and ready for paint, so I still have a small piece of trim to cut and attach to hide the seams, and caulk around any gaps.</div>
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It's coming along nicely, and I'm planning to provide you with instructions on cutting and assembling the molding. It took me a lot of searching around the web to figure it out.</div>
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Here's a final progression of pictures to show you the changes over the last week without scrolling.</div>
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I'm so excited about this project! I'll be back with more updates soon!</div>
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Since we moved in, I've always thought of this home as a temporary place. Since residency is only five years long, and we have no guarantees on where we might end up for fellowship or employment after fellowship, I haven't spent any time making my house a "home." We have furnishings, and it's cute and comfy, but I never took the time to make it something I really enjoyed.<br />
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Until I made the curtains. Then last weekend my husband moved our washer and dryer upstairs so I don't have to pack clothes up and down two flights of stairs to get it done. It has really been a life-altering change.<br />
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Now I'm on a kick. Partially because I've realized that this is my home, and even if I only have another year and a half here, I want to really enjoy it, but also because if we have to sell in a year and a half, I want someone else to <em>want</em> to buy it. <br />
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So, my kitchen. I know that a kitchen sells (or doesn't sell) a home. When we were house shopping, there were plenty of homes that we turned down because the kitchens were so awful, even though every other aspect of the house may have been okay. Considering that, I've decided to focus my efforts there. I have a very limited budget, so I'm working mostly with what I have, with some minor new expenses.<br />
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Here's what we're working with.<br />
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As you can see- it's not the worst kitchen out there, but it's certainly nothing spectacular by any stretch of the imagination. These pictures are already somewhat upgraded as well, as the microwave and 30 year old refrigerator (which we were graciously loaned by my in laws when we moved in) have since been replaced by the side by side refrigerator and over the range microwave (that still needs to be wired into the cabinet-- hence the drop cord. Beautiful, eh?). The cabinets are covered in a plywood veneer, and the trim was an obviously DIY job by someone who didn't know who to install it properly. The floor is sticky tile (unstuck in a few areas) that has been stuck to another laminate floor, that I *think* is covering hardwood, but I'm not sure.</div>
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It "works" in the functional aspect...but it doesn't work in the aesthetic one- for me anyway.</div>
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I have a lot of plans that involve a lot of paint. Unfortunately, I don't foresee us buying new stainless appliances in the next year and a half, and so my decisions need to work with the white ones we already have, but also with stainless because the option <em>is</em> there for us to buy, and possibly come back to live here longer after fellowship, it's just not immediately practical (but really, what doesn't go with stainless?).</div>
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The general themes that I'm noticing in all my inspiration pictures: apron front farm sink, open/glass cabinet fronts, tall cabinets, neutral walls, butcher block counter tops.</div>
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I love white cabinets, but like I said- white appliances. I don't really think the two go together very well. I just envision getting it all painted, and having it drive me nuts that the whites are not all the EXACT same. So, I think I'm leaning towards gray (big surprise, from me, eh?). And since my cabinets are not perfect, I don't really have the time to take them totally apart to sand, prime, prime, prime, sand, and paint, paint, paint, and seal- I think I'm leaning towards light distressing, and using Annie Sloan in French Linen for the color.</div>
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HOWEVER, before I buy the paint and am stuck with it, I want to know what you think. White or gray, distressed or not? PLEASE comment and let me know!</div>
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I haven't, of course. First I was baking a baby (in my belly y'all, not literally...weirdos), then I birthed that baby, and now I'm raising that baby.<br />
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Knox Emerson at four days old. <3</div>
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All while keeping up with finding, painting/refinishing, and selling furniture at the shop; keeping up with my house (you know...kind of); It's actually been going pretty well. The adjustment to two kids has been surprisingly smooth, and the last ~four months has flown by.<br />
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I've done a lot, and instead of making individual posts about everything, I'm just going to blog vomit a few (poor quality) pictures of pieces and events that I've done in the last year that and I haven't shared with you.<br />
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We went to the keys at ~16 weeks preggers.</div>
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My "baby" went to his first MLB game.</div>
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A buffet I redid and chopped the legs off to make an entertainment stand for my brother and sister-in-law for Christmas.</div>
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That's it for now. I have a big project I'm getting ready to tackle, and I need your opinions before I start-- so I'll be back soon!</div>
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/297/017A2C66B476103FBD5D60F49B2E3633.png" style="border: 0px currentColor !important;" /></a>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708841347615558975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5909065130085757899.post-71949447007014248542012-07-02T22:21:00.003-07:002012-07-13T22:12:30.472-07:00Nursery RevealHi Blogland. It's been a while...again. I'm sorry to say that I think for a while this is the way it's going to be. With keeping the shop stocked, being pregnant, and still being a mom to my (now) three year old little monkey, blogging has taken a back seat. I'll still be around, just probably really sporadically as I have been since finding out we were expecting.<br />
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That being said, I'm super excited to share my first full room reveal with you! Of course, in keeping with my "new baby" theme I've had going on the last six months, this reveal is of the room he'll be calling his own- the nursery. I worked on this room feverishly for the last month so I could enter it into the <a href="http://pinterest.com/joannstores/simply-for-baby-nursery-contest/">Joann Fabrics Simply for Baby video contest</a>. I work well with deadlines, so this was a really good thing for me. It feels good to have the room done, and waiting for our little man's arrival. Please be sure to visit the contest page and like/repin your favorite submissions! You can find my submission <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/240590805064076493/">here</a>, <b>please take the time to like/repin my entry if you do actually like it! </b><br />
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Of course during my video my camcorder wouldn't work, so I had to use the video option on my camera. Not the greatest. My computer wouldn't let me edit (grrr), and it wouldn't pull off the "good" video I had. That's what I was left with, and I'm sorry I had to speed talk through it! There was a four minute time limit for the videos and between my camera just stopping recording halfway through, and me talking too much (me? talk to much? NO!), I kept going over, so this one I breezed through it as quickly as I could. I wanted to blog about it too though so you could see some more quality shots of the room.<br />
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I'll spare you with all the before's, because instead I want to highlight the actual projects I took on in this room...because there were quite a few. <span style="background-color: white;">When I put together the nursery for my first child, I was 36 weeks pregnant, had just moved in, and just needed to get something done. This time around, I wanted to create something that I truly loved, and that my baby wouldn't outgrow as soon as he was no longer a "baby." Because of that, my focus in this room was bright, bold colors, geometric patterns, and then I threw in some birds because they're bright and fun, and easy to replace when he is bigger. I painted the room in a Valspar color called Quill from Lowes (hmm...grey...and yellow...and blue...and green...I think I have a problem with these colors!). I love grey, and how soothing it is, but I wanted to make sure it was a distinctive grey- not too close to what I did in our own bedroom- so it's a much lighter color.</span><br />
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This is the view from the doorway, so we'll start there. I know I'm late on the bandwagon for the thick striped curtains, but I still love them, so I chose to sew a pair for this room. I used a linen colored canvas as the main panel, and I measured and sewed the navy stripes to that. I lined the curtains with a lightweight cotton to be a little more light filtering, and to give them a nice finished look. I love them. They're thick, and heavy, and when I have the blackout shade pulled, they do a perfect job of blocking out that little bit of light that creeps out of the edges.<br />
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Moving on around the room- the armoire is just to your left as you walk in. With the angled ceilings, it's difficult to do a ton of decorating up there, but it needed something. The metal K was purchased at Hobby Lobby, but I put the rest together. I already had the little fabric basket from our last nursery, but it no longer matched this theme. I took the fabric off, made a template out of the wire frame, and sewed the new covering out of fabric I had left over from what I purchased for the crib. The print on the left is a quote by A. A. Milne. I designed it in Publisher and had it printed, and framed it in a thrift shop frame I found and painted white.</div>
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On the wall next to that is the fish tank I've been toting around with me since college. Seriously, this tank has hung on the walls in four different houses. I love it. We have it wired to where it plugs in on the unfinished room on the back side of the wall, so no wires for junior to tug on- yay!</div>
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Herbert here is junior's resident beta. I love these little fish. Easy to care for, pretty, and so much personality.</div>
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This little nook is right around the corner. I didn't utilize it very well with the first nursery. I angled the crib, and had oversized furniture that really ate up the room. I was so happy to be able to fit the glider in the room this time, but it was UGLY. Don't get me wrong. It's a nice, smooth rocking and swiveling Dutailier glider. I fell asleep in it many a night with baby #1, but it needed a make over. I recovered it in this bright, bold chevron print, pockets on the arms and all. I chose to use an outdoor fabric for this, and I didn't prewash it since the whole point in using the outdoor fabric was to maintain it's water/stain repelling capabilities. It didn't look quite complete after the basic recover, so I also tufted it with two large buttons, and I now love the finished look it has. The vintage mirror I painted, lamp and shade were Goodwill finds, and the end table was from The Salvation Army. I painted it a nice dark gray. It's the perfect size for the space.</div>
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Here you can see the wall letters a little closer. I painted the letters, framed them in thrift shop frames I painted, and put them on a fabric background. I overbought the chevron fabric by quite a bit, so that's what I used. Ideally another print would go there better, but that's what I had, so it's what I used. It's a chevron corner. Whatcha gonna do? I also sewed the little minky baby blanket, and the birds hanging on the branch.</div>
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I saw a little stuffy that looked just like this on etsy and loved it. I didn't love that it would cost me $40 though, and since I already had everything on hand I would need to make it, I free handed a pattern and sewed it up.</div>
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This little picture has a hard time showing up in the video, so I wanted to do a close up of it. It's another thrifted frame I painted. I had the mat cut to fit our ultrasound picture, and used my new Silhouette machine to cut the mustache and letters for our "little man" shot.</div>
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I sewed the bumpers, crib sheet, and crib skirt. I love the bright, fun bird and suzani style flowers on the outside of the bumper, and how it's more of a gender neutral print. The inside is a bold lemon yellow and white tiled pattern- fun for baby to look at. <span style="background-color: white;">I made a solid navy crib sheet, and used the same navy as an accent on the crib skirt. The skirt itself has single box pleats on each side, and a nice striped pattern with little dots along both sides of the white stripe. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Geometrics and bold colors, friends. That's what I wanted. </span></div>
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Above the crib is the pinwheel mobile that I made. I used solid cardstock, and scrapbook paper that I glued together to make double sided for the prints, and hand cut each piece. Let me tell you- that took forever, and left welts on my fingers...but I did it on a long drive up north, so it worked out okay. I made the mobile frame out of dowels, and tied all the pinwheels on with clear pony beads through the eyelets on their backs. They're so whimsical and pretty from every angle, and in the slightest breeze they swirl and spin. I think junior will enjoy looking at them. I hope so, anyway!</div>
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Moving next to the crib- under the window is another little table I painted. I think it's supposed to be a table anyway. It's so short though that I made a chevron cushion to put on top and use as a window seat. I bought the box underneath at Target to store toys. The stuffed animals are hanging out in a vintage magazine rack I picked up at the Salvation Army for a whopping $1 and painted blue. Above that is a fabric book holder I sewed out of the fabric I had left over from the crib skirt. Perfect storage alternative for books in a small room where a book shelf just won't fit.</div>
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The people that had this house before us used this room as a nursery, and they left these shelves. I used them in the same spot on the first go around of the nursery, and they still work in the space, so I'm using them again. The frames here are again thrifted frames I painted. The print on the right is a quote from The Help that I designed in Publisher. The one on the left is one I found online and thought was perfect for the space.</div>
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This is my FAVORITE wall space in the room. I found this mid century modern dresser at Goodwill for $25. $25! I love that it is leggy (since we have baseboard heating that needs air flow to circulate) but still masculine, and lower so that with the changing pad on top it's the perfect height for me to change baby comfortably. I painted it this bright, sunny yellow. I also sewed the changing pad cover with the same fabrics I used in the minky baby blanket. The light is a 3 pendant light kit from Lowes that I paired with three small drum shades, and the rug is also from Lowes, and is sold as a seasonal outdoor rug.</div>
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Above the dresser is my 3D art with fabric birds. I sewed all of these out of fabrics I had left over from other projects I've done. I hung them off magnolia branches harvested from the tree in my backyard, and framed the whole thing with another thrift shop find frame I painted white. I love how the frame makes it look like a piece of art instead of just a few branches hanging on the wall. I think it really sets the space off.</div>
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So, that's my nursery! I'm so happy with the way it turned out. And be sure to check back on the Joann contest. Winners will be announced July 30!</div>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Say hi to Junior #2 (and no, that's not what you think it is sticking out there...Okay, I guess it COULD be, but we don't know yet). He or she will be making an appearance towards the end of September, and in less than three weeks we will be finding out for sure whether to start using "he" or "she."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's been a bit rougher than my first pregnancy, sickness-wise, and that's why you've not seen much of me. It's taken everything I have just to keep working on pieces to get them in the shop and sold, let alone take pictures of the project and update here. I have snapped a few along the way, and plan to show you a couple as time goes on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">I told in you the post about my mom's armoire that I picked this up in early October. It popped up on my local CL (which usually NEVER has good stuff!) listed as a dresser, and was so reasonably priced, I was pretty sure it'd be gone when I wrote an hour after it was posted. Surprisingly, it was not, and I was the lucky buyer. It was a pretty good buy too, because I found out the family was moving and they also had two buffets that came home with me that day. I'll share those with you eventually.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Anyhow, this thing was a beast. Luckily the home owner's husband and neighbor were nice enough to carry it out to the trailer for me (despite my attempts to help). When I got it home, I had to try and get it off the trailer myself since my DH was up north for the weekend, and my neighbors had gone MIA. I got it off the ramped trailer, and went to stand it up. Genius here forgot the owner had told me the front foot was off and in one of the drawers, so I stood it up from behind and had one of those slow motion "Noooooooo!" moments as it slowly fell forward, away from me, where I couldn't grab anything to prevent it's fall- and it smashed on it's face. The door broke off, the support where the door attached to the armoire itself busted off, and the wood scuffed along the entire top and front of the piece. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Can we all just say, "Auuuughh!" please? Isn't that like the most disappointing feeling in the world?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">At least it's wood. And if it's wood, it can be fixed. I pulled it down to my paint room and glued, clamped, pin nailed, filled, sanded, and gave it a thorough wipe down with Krud Kutter.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708841347615558975noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5909065130085757899.post-61969732747052002022012-01-17T21:23:00.000-08:002012-01-19T19:28:35.369-08:00French chair redo, and DIY chalk paintWell, I did it. I moved into the new shop over the weekend, and I realized one main thing-- I really have to work in the next few weeks to put more pieces out. I don't have enough!<br />
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This little reproduction French chair is one piece I refinished recently to move into the shop. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As you can see, it really wasn't in bad shape, it just needed a little dose of fun. I started out by painting it with homemade chalk paint. I told you I'd share the mixture this post, and so I will break in the before and after to tell you about it. It's nothing new, but it's not widely spread around blog land as an option yet, so I hope it's new to you!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Let me start out by saying that I love Annie Sloan chalk paint, but don't love the prices and that you basically need a full supply of stock to be able to mix and achieve the color you're looking for. Anyhow, late one night I was searching blogland, and came across <a href="http://villabarnes.blogspot.com/">Villabarnes</a> blog. She had some beautiful furniture redos, and as I read in them, I learned about her DIY chalk paint. She uses a 50/50 mixture of gesso primer to latex paint, and then add a little water to make it the consistency of paint (gesso is thick!).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's it. Big secret, eh? I was a bit skeptical and did more research at first. I entered "gesso chalk paint" in google to see if anyone else had discovered this revelation, and the first site that popped up was this: <a href="http://www.earthpigments.com/finishes/gesso-chalk-paint-for-furniture.cfm">http://www.earthpigments.com/finishes/gesso-chalk-paint-for-furniture.cfm</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yes. A site that spells out using gesso chalk paint for furniture! It also has a recipe to make your own gesso if you want to buy all the supplies to do it yourself. Personally, I just purchased my gesso primer in the artists paint section at Hobby Lobby. With a 40% off coupon, I came away with 84 1/2 ounces of primer for $9...pre-made.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But just what is gesso? Well, it's an artist primer sometimes used to prime canvases. It prevents paint from soaking into the piece, and gives the surface a little more texture so the paint sticks better. Originally it was made with calcium (like chalk) and animal glue, but nowadays it's a mixture of calcium carbonate, a pigment, and an acrylic polymer medium. You can buy it in black, grey, and white to better match to the color you're trying to achieve. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've been really happy with this mixture, and have found a few others out there in blog land who use it with great results too like Liz from <a href="http://midwestcottage.blogspot.com/">The Midwest Cottage</a> (she might actually make her own gesso?) who has some BEAUTIFUL pieces under her belt using this type of paint, as well as a variety of others.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Unlike the unsanded grout/latex paint combo, this mixes and goes on smoothly since the gesso is already a creamy, paint like mixture. It also stores perfectly well if you mix up more than you need at one time, unlike unsanded grout, which will harden or stink like crazy if you try to store it pre-mixed. It dries just as quickly as ASCP, and distresses just as well in a fine, chalky powder. You still need to seal it with a wax (I use Fiddes and Sons), just like ASCP.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So that's it! I hope you all try it, and please come back to let me know how you liked it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Okay- onto the after. I tightened the frame, replaces some screws, and painted it with my gesso chalk paint mixture with a gallon of oops paint I bought from Lowes that mimics ASCP Old White or Creamy from Sherwin Williams in color. I distressed it with a sanding sponge, and sealed it with clear wax.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I reupholstered the chair in Dwell Studio's New Peony Canary (indoor/outdoor fabric).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Onto the story...<br />
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I grew up (mostly) in an older house in a small town. Today, my mom and younger brothers still live in that little old house, and I've moved on with my family in my own little old house. If you live in an old house, you know that storage is usually an issue. For my mom, it's no exception. She has lived with the smallest closet in the world for my entire life-- first sharing it with my dad, and now having it completely to herself, and it's still too small to fit her clothes (and not because of an over-abundance of clothes either!).<br />
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This fall, she started hinting at wanting an armoire. Hinting became telling, and soon I found emails filled with antique armoires coming to my inbox. I knew that's what I would end up getting her for Christmas. I picked up one armoire early on, but as the emails progressed, I realized it wasn't really what she was wanting. She needed something with room to hang clothes, and the one I found just didn't have ample space in the top to let a shirt hang. I had to keep looking...<br />
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On another trip shopping with Mom, she stopped to look at a French nightstand. She liked it, and told me about how she wanted to redo her bedroom, and she would like the distressed French look. A few weeks later, I found this little beauty at a Salvation Army for $25 (more than I usually like to spend, but these seem so rare to find around this area!), and picked it up for her.<br />
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The week before Christmas came, and my hunt for the right armoire was still ongoing. I couldn't find a thing...not in my price range at least. Then, three days before we were to have Christmas together, a Thomasville armoire popped up on CL for $75. It was big. Big enough to be it's own closet and to have a hanger bar, but it wasn't an antique. Still, it coordinated well with the little nightstand, and the price was right.<br />
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With it getting as late in the game as it was, I took the chance on it. Afterall, if she hated it, at least I had a place to sell it. My little brother ("the muscle") and I picked up a trailer and headed to St. Louis for it. I'm so glad he was with me. There's no way it would have made it home with me without him. It took four people, and a lot of maneuvering and straps to finally get it in the 5x8 trailer on it's side, because it wouldn't fit on it's back. It was, in every sense of the word, a beast.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I went to work on both pieces. I used <a href="http://missmustardseed.com/2011/09/french-armoire-before-after/">Miss Mustard Seed's</a> French armoire, as well as <a href="http://www.andgeorge.com/armoire/">And George's</a> French armoire as inspiration. I love the grey and cream color combo. It would go perfectly in my moms room, and I loved how And George's piece was careful to use the cream only on the outer curve of the grooved details.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I painted the pieces with a homemade chalk paint (and not what you think! I'll share more on my next post!), and added a decorative piece to the bottom of the armoire. I thought it was a bit plain without it, and it needed another pop of cream. Unfortunately, I didn't finish the entire piece before we had Christmas, but it was far enough along to show. I wrapped them up, and gave them to my mom and let her tell me how much distressing she wanted on them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Later that week, I distressed them and went over them with clear and dark wax. I sprayed the hardware with oil rubbed bronze spray paint, and sanded them lightly to bring the brass through a bit. Finally, I added the much-needed hanger bar. They were finished and it was time to move them. Three of my brothers came over and we loaded them up to go to their new home. After a bit of moving, her new pieces were where she liked. She loved them, and moved her clothes right in to the armoire, and kicked her old nightstand right out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They work perfectly in my moms room. While I was there, I distressed and glazed an old mirror of hers that we had previously sprayed white. It's now hanging above her mom and dad's old dresser that's adorned with pictures of her mom in her youth, and a family portrait of my aunts and uncles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mom's room is pretty close to finished now, and I have to say, it looks great. Aside from some new curtains, the only big furniture piece to still be replaced is the headboard, and we'll get to that someday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And finally- for a little blurb of exciting news-- I'm moving! Yes, it's not been long since I moved into the antique shop, but wouldn't you know that opportunity knocked, and I answered. I'm moving into a specialty shop in town for furniture and re-purposed goods called <a href="http://fleamarket2fab.com/">Flea Market to Fabulous</a> this weekend. I couldn't be more excited, and can't wait to share more with you about this exciting new step!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<a href="http://www.missmustardseed.com/">Miss Mustard Seed</a>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708841347615558975noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5909065130085757899.post-6675783687439743672011-12-15T00:07:00.000-08:002011-12-15T13:34:24.622-08:00Antique Music Paper OrnamentsTwo weeks 'til Christmas, and I'm JUST now getting you my version of <a href="http://missmustardseed.com/">Miss Mustard Seed's</a> Christmas ornaments that I've already been promising for two weeks.<br />
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Let's just get right to it. I use old hymnals for this project. They're the perfect size, have plenty of double sided pages, and usually already have that nice aged look to them. The ornaments I'm going to show you are pretty large, but you could easily use the same method with even smaller pieces. <br />
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To remove the pages, score as closely as you can to the binding, and gently pull out. They should release pretty easily.<br />
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</div>Take your sheet of music paper and fold it in half length-wise.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fold it back and forth a few times, and it should easily tear apart. If it doesn't, use scissors. My paper is pretty delicate, and you don't want it to rip.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Starting at one end, accordion fold it like you used to when you were a little girl making paper fans.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Try and make your folds the same size. They will end up like this when you're done.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Three half sheets will be full enough to make a full circle. The accordion strips have to be attached together. To do this, match up one end of one that points up with the end of another that points down. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Use your hot glue gun to put a strip of glue along one side, match the two together, and press. Be careful though- hot glue's really hot! Ask me how I know?...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once you have a long strip of three half sheets, you'll wrap the end around and glue an end going up to an end going down as you did before. If you happen to have two ends going in the same direction, just remove one of the last folds to get them in the right directions before gluing. It should end up looking like this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To get the flattened, circular fan shape, cup the circle in your hand and gently pull the top in as you push down. It will gradually start to flare at the bottom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Put a dab of glue in the center and hold it together, then turn it over and do the same on the opposite side. You now have a flared circle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You can put some glitter on the edges, put your string on it, and leave it as it is if you like at this point. This is how Miss Mustard Seed's look. I take it a few steps further. To make the inner circle, take one of the long set of three strips you've already made. Push the accordion folds tightly together, and cut it in half.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Glue the ends together just as you did for the larger one. Then gather it in your hands and dip the ends in glue.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then dip the ends in your glitter. I use a crushed glass glitter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then you'll need to sit it on top of the larger circle and push down, just like you did with the larger circle. This sits it down in the grooves of the other circle so it looks more cohesive.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Very gently, push inward until the smaller circle closes in as well as it can on the larger one. Put a dab of hot glue in the center, and hold it in place until it sets.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I finish the centers of mine with a set of vintage buttons attached with hot glue.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<a href="http://twenty-eight-0-five.blogspot.com/2011/12/welcome-to-potpourri-friday-15-i-hear.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+2805+%282805%29">2805 Potpourri Party</a>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708841347615558975noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5909065130085757899.post-53142199387396207212011-12-06T22:40:00.000-08:002011-12-06T22:40:48.462-08:00Go ask. You never know what response you'll receive!Sometimes I get SO lucky. At least I think I do...but then again, I pick up a lot of stuff that I think is completely awesome, but most people think belongs in the dumpster.<br />
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Anyway. I'm lucky. I'm sticking by that.<br />
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Yesterday on my way home from the store, I drove by the corner house down the street from me and saw three guys with a trailer, and lots of wooden pieces (not complete pieces as I usually use that term, but actual little bits and pieces) sticking out. Since I'm really good at being creepy, I stopped, and struck up a brief conversation. I really was curious about the house- it has looked totally empty ever since we moved in. The guy had just bought it, it had been empty over five years, and he was cleaning it out. <br />
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I was able to get in that I love taking old chairs, tables, dressers, small children, etc. Okay, maybe not small children, but I felt like I should be telling him I basically take anything. He told me he had found two pieces that were worth fixing (not dry rotted) that he was planning to keep, but really had more projects than he needed anyway. He ran inside and came back with a captains chair from a dining table. It was completely gray, but after some Clorox wipes, and Old English, it's back to it's self. And that leather seat is in perfect, beautifully aged, condition.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He also gave me an old drop leaf table, and I pulled three drawers from an old treadle sewing machine cabinet out of his trailer. The table needs a lot of cleaning, and some work, but it will be a cute a cute little farm table when I'm done.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This morning, the guy called back (because I was good enough to give him a card). He had found another chair. He told me it needed an arm repaired and reupholstering, but that I was welcome to come check it out. I did. I took it. It has really nice lines, but it is really REALLY nasty. Like- has mold growing on it nasty.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I assume that I'll have to throw everything but the frame in the garbage. No one wants an old moldy chair, even if it's been dressed back up in new clothes. BUT- when she is all dolled up again, what a knockout she's going to be! I just love that because I stopped and was a little creepy (again) and forward (again), that I saved a great old piece from being crushed and filling up a landfill.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyway, there she, and the table, sit on my front porch until hubs is home and not on call to help me maneuver them into the garage (because Lord knows what's hiding in that cushion, and it is NOT coming in my house until it's totally stripped down!). My neighbors love me, you know?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Did I mention the best part to this whole find? Not only did the guy take my card, keep it, and use it...but he gave me all this great stuff for the absolute best price- free...not that I would have given much for any of it in the condition all the pieces were in in the first place, but it's always nice for someone to just offer something to you. It's also great that he has my contact info, so if he gets into another house that has some goodies in it, he knows who to call.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Moral of the story. Sometimes it feels weird, and creepy, to go up to a complete stranger and ask if they have anything you want on a whim, but it can be totally worth it. If you do this though, just be careful, and don't go into any houses alone, etc. Common sense, girls!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now, what should I cover and paint my new little chair in? Ideas?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(More soon-- promise you'll have the ornament tutorial this week so you can make some fab ornaments BEFORE Christmas!)</div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/297/017A2C66B476103FBD5D60F49B2E3633.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708841347615558975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5909065130085757899.post-36111523984833131252011-11-29T22:24:00.000-08:002011-11-29T22:26:01.083-08:00Update on the "Crummy to cute" houseThe house is finished! The carpet and tile is in, cabinets hung, all appliances (except the stove) hooked up and ready to go!<br />
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For a reminder on the before of this house, head over here: <a href="http://confessionsofadiyaholic.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-have-been-busy-little-bee.html">Nasty, nasty house!</a><br />
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I don't think I've seen a house in that bad of condition before. It was really awful. I can't claim to have helped with anything else other than what you've seen before, but my brother and cousin did a great job finishing it up, and I can't help but show it off for them.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Which sends you to, the restroom (no, I don't want a bathroom right outside of my kitchen either, but this is a rental...let's not be TOO picky!):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The house is available for rent now, and once it starts getting really cold out, and his business dies down for the year, my brother will be redoing the exterior of the house. I think it turned out great. Really great. Completely amazing to have been there and seen (and SMELLED) the before of this house, to see how it is now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Stay tuned. Soon I'm going to give you my take on <a href="http://www.missmustardseed.com/">Miss Mustard Seed's</a> (and Liz's from <a href="http://midwestcottage.blogspot.com/">The Midwest Cottage</a>) famous paper ornaments, and wreaths-- perfect for the Holiday season!</div><br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/297/017A2C66B476103FBD5D60F49B2E3633.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708841347615558975noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5909065130085757899.post-68287441691438068452011-11-22T00:09:00.000-08:002011-12-01T21:33:28.899-08:00Let's talk: Antibes GreenLast week, I finally ended a battle that had been ongoing for far too long. Before I opened my booth, I had picked up a cute little dresser with my brother on our way to a haunted house in St. Louis. It was very plain with just a design nicely painted on one drawer, and had sweet little chunky feet. <br />
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I thought it would be fun to do it in a bright, fun color. I pulled out my brand new can of Antibes green and got to work. <br />
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Two coats later, I had what I referred to as Frankenstein (it was Halloween...seriously, that long ago). That thing was GREEN. Lime green. Blinding. I'd read a lot about how dark wax can really tone it down, so I distressed it and went over it with clear, and then a pretty heavy coat of dark wax. I had envisioned it coming out like the example piece on Annie Sloan's website.<br />
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It didn't. The dark wax started dragging (which you must know is impossible to fix once it's happened...touch ups fix that area but make the surrounding ones darker, so it's still noticeable, and just looks dirty). I painted over the areas that dragged with green, again...and tried, again. It didn't work, again. So I mixed some Paris grey with a little green because I REALLY wanted this darn dresser to be green, but not GREEN. I painted it, and hated it too. Augh.<br />
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At this point, I was ready to throw the thing in the ally. Ever have one of those? I was so mad at it, and the amount of this expensive paint and wax I had wasted on it! I decided it must not want to be any shade of green, so I pulled out my old white, slapped two coats on, and distressed it. <br />
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And then the green wasn't so bad, because where I distressed, this little bit of green peeked through like a happy surprise on a plain canvas.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, I thought I'd give Antibes green another shot...on a smaller piece. You know, maybe I had just been doing something really wrong? I picked up a little half moon table that had been painted hunter green with flowers all over it's top as the candidate. I stripped and stained the top, and painted the bottom and did the same clear and dark wax as on the dresser. My thinking was that with a smaller area, the green wouldn't be so overwhelming.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well, it still is. It turned out okay, but it's still pretty in-your-face intense, and not really my cup of tea, but I could see it sitting on someone's front porch nestled between two chairs. I think I would like it if it were more apple colored than lime. If I had more colors, I'm sure I could mix it to get it where I like, but I don't honestly think I'll order Antibes again. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What are your thoughts on the color? Have you used it on a piece and hated it? Loved it? My google search turned out pretty limited examples of pieces painted with it, so if you've done something in Antibes I want to see it!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<a href="http://www.missmustardseed.com/">Miss Mustard Seed's Furniture Feature Friday</a></div>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708841347615558975noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5909065130085757899.post-66098891105166367492011-11-08T21:19:00.000-08:002011-11-10T19:41:14.619-08:00My booth<div style="text-align: left;">Wow, ladies. You've really been making my week. Almost 40 new followers, and 40 some comments for my <a href="http://confessionsofadiyaholic.blogspot.com/2011/10/fat-bottomed-girls-slipper-chair-redo.html">Fat Bottomed Girl</a>. You really know how to make a girl smile.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">That being said, I have to apologize for such a huge lull in posts. This last week I moved into my little booth at Lisa's II Antique Mall. I have also been busy working on new pieces, hosting a baby shower, making cupcakes, cakes, and cake pops.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Quickly, before I get into the meat and potatoes of the post, I'll show you the quick before and after of the bedroom outfit you'll see below.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yay, huh? I like it. It's a 1/2 and 1/2 mixture of old white and Paris grey, clear, and dark wax all over. I left the imperfections, and love how they grabbed the dark wax. The dresser was missing a knob on the top, so I replaced them all with clear glass ones. I'm sharing the dresser at Miss Mustard Seed's party...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">OKAY- now the real point of this post... My booth. #17. Kind of perfect that I was randomly assigned that number, since I was born on the 17th.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm on a corner in the upper level. I'd prefer to be on the lower level, but since I must be on the upper one, my spot is great for two reasons. First, I'm literally diagonal from the elevator, which is a big help since I have furniture. Second, it's right at the top of the stairs, so it gets a good amount of attention.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now, the downfall. I think you can see the major one. I don't have a wall. I have a half wall, which means that my booth looks cluttered because you can see all the other booths that are (in my opinion) a bit over crowded and sometimes unfocused. The divider that I share with the booth on my right is an eyesore and needs to be covered. I have a tiny section of outdated looking peg board, and still don't have any hooks to hang anything on them. The two frames hanging there are only there b/c they have wires that I could loop around the back of the hooks sticking through from the other side. I can't hang anything from the ceiling.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm really excited to have this space though, and I'm going to make it a cute and functional. This weekend is the Holiday open house, and I really want to have more up in the way of dividers, and be able to tote down a few more larger pieces before then. I'm planning to hang a drop cloth curtain along my divider wall, hang some burlap to cover the outdated peg board, put some doors in the open corner to section it off....but I really can't think of what to do on my half wall to hide the booth behind it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">A couple weeks ago I went to an estate sale and found lots of goodies, met a great new friend (Hi Dana!), and left feeling certain that Hubs would yet again be ready to kill me. The woman who had lived in this house was certainly a collector of great things, and I was really excited to take a few of them home. This little chair was the last piece I found. It was in the garage, covered with a blanket, and I almost missed her. I'm so glad I lifted that blanket to take a peek.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Did you just gasp, and murmur a "Yuck" about my cute little find? Well, that's okay, you're not alone. She was certainly feeling pretty down in the dumps when I found her, but I knew she could be beautiful again with a little make-up, and some new clothes, so I got to work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Okay, now she's starting to make me think of Julia Roberts in <i>Pretty Woman</i>. Worn, off the street, used and abused, but now modernized with a little attention...and some red.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I chose the color combination and fabric based totally off the awesome redo at <a href="http://twothirtyfivedesigns.blogspot.com/2011/05/some-little-lovlies.html">Two Thirty Five Designs</a>. I've loved her chairs ever since seeing them featured on <a href="http://www.missmustardseed.blogspot.com/">Miss Mustard Seed's</a> Furniture Feature Friday back in May.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I saved all the old fabric to use as templates, and numbered them as I removed them. Then, when the time came to put them back on, I just did it in reverse order. Because this is such a busy week for me, I didn't take pictures all the way through, so we'll skip right to her debut.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here she is...my "fat bottomed girl"...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My little slipper chair that makes me bust out in, "I like big butts and I cannot lie!"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I still have to scotch guard her, and do some very tiny touch up's on her legs, but she's going to look great next to the little French end table, and lamp I've been working on for my booth.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Sharing with these lovely ladies:<br />
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<a href="http://adiamondinthestuff.blogspot.com/">A Diamond in the Stuff</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theshabbycreekcottage.com/2011/10/day-27-scrabble-ornaments.html">The Shabby Creek Cottage</a><br />
<a href="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/2011/10/wow-us-wednesdays-37.html">Savvy Southern Style</a><br />
<a href="http://designdazzle.blogspot.com/">Design Dazzle</a><br />
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<a href="http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/2011/10/nifty-thrifty-tuesday-no86a-big.html">Coastal Charm</a></div>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708841347615558975noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5909065130085757899.post-73043754211604695112011-10-20T18:45:00.000-07:002011-10-20T21:23:54.508-07:00Heavily distressed dresserThis week, I've been planning, painting, and prepping like crazy. I have another week and some change in days before I move into my booth at Lisa's II.<br />
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I've been working on a chair, a bench, two dressers, a bed, a mirror, a lamp, and an end table this week. Busy, busy. Today I'm going to show you a dresser. Unfortunately, since my battery was dead while I was working on this, I don't have any great progress or a really great before picture. <br />
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Remember my post about all the <a href="http://confessionsofadiyaholic.blogspot.com/2011/09/one-stop-shop-furniture-finds.html">furniture</a> I picked up at one spot? Well, this little dresser was the one that started it all.<br />
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There she is, upside down in all her dirty, cute glory. <br />
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Dirty? Did I mean to put that there? Umm, yes. It's amazing what you can't see, until you clean. I went through half a roll of paper towels cleaning her off. I used a scrub brush and a mixture of water with a few drops of dish soap to scrub all the gunk and grime off that had built up over the years.<br />
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As I cleaned the little dresser off, I started to see a lot of imperfections. I had glue down veneer, repair/replace the drawer slides, pull old contact paper out of drawers...the list goes on. The most disappointing bit is that I had to fill a big chipped out spot on the dresser top, which meant that I couldn't just stain the top like I had originally planned. It would have to be painted.<br />
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Recently, I saw a desk that <a href="http://littlemisspennywenny.blogspot.com/2011/09/heavily-distressed-desk.html">Little Miss Penney Wenny</a> finished, which led me to the <a href="http://missmustardseed.blogspot.com/2011/04/dresser-before-after.html">beautiful dresser</a> by the talented Miss Mustard Seed, Marian Parsons. Both really inspired me to paint this little dresser the way I did. I love that Marian allows imperfections show through, and lets an old dresser be just that. Old. Imperfect. Wonderful.<br />
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I let this dresser be just that. I covered the entire dresser in a really thin wash of Louis Blue. Then I hand painted the details and covered the top again with Old White. <br />
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I heavily distressed the entire dresser, then went over it with a clear wax, and a dark wax on the details, imperfections, and exposed wood.<br />
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So, what do you think? Love it, or hate it? If you love it, tell me! If you hate it, well, be nice.<br />
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<a href="http://www.domestically-speaking.com/">Domestically Speaking</a>Kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708841347615558975noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5909065130085757899.post-6559210872170229352011-10-18T01:15:00.000-07:002011-10-20T19:36:44.171-07:00Chalk paint chalkboardToday I finally received a package I had been waiting on for an entire week. What was in the package, you ask? <br />
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While we were on vacation we went to a festival. I carried around my camera bag, and had my little monkey on my hip. Once home, I went searching for my spare battery and found the pocket with my cleaners and chargers open. My spare battery AND charger were gone.<br />
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Terrible. Just terrible.<br />
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So my package today was my replacement battery and charger! Finally! I can take more pictures to share with you!<br />
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Anyhow, back to the topic...the chalk paint chalkboard. <br />
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Last month, at the same spot I picked up <a href="http://confessionsofadiyaholic.blogspot.com/2011/09/one-mans-trash.html">the Eastlake Victorian chairs</a>, I happened on an old mirror. The frame was adorable, but the mirror itself was cracked...and had <i>really pretty</i> hearts and and green swirls along the bottom of it.<br />
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I remembered that I had seen a mirror about the size I would need for this at Habitat for Humanity that had been marked down really low. I went right out and bought it and got to work on the chalkboard. I took the broken mirror out of the frame, and put it together on top of the new mirror and traced it.<br />
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Then I went to cutting it. Which, by the way, is not easy. Not if you're not really familiar with what you're doing (like me!). So, I bought my scoring tool, dipped it into lamp oil, and scored along my traced lines. Hint-- Glass is scored via sound. Practice and listen to for the "nail on chalkboard" sound. If the line didn't break easily with pressure, I used the back of the tool that's ball shaped and tapped gently on the back of the mirror along the scored line. That helped the glass break along the lines more easily, though they weren't always the cleanest breaks.<br />
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I fit it back into the frame to make sure it fit, and made minor adjustments to ensure it's fit.<br />
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Then I took it out, and went to painting it. I made my own chalkboard paint using 2 T of unsanded grout to 1 cup of paint. You can use this recipe to make chalkboard paint in any color, but I wanted the standard black chalkboard, so I used black paint.<br />
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I decided to paint the back of the mirror since it was already a darker color...and that way if I really wanted the mirror back, it's as easy as turning it over. <br />
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I rolled the chalkboard paint on with a foam roller, and sanded gently between each of three coats. Then, I took a piece of chalk and rubbed it gently all over the chalk board using the long side to season the chalkboard. This is a must step! If you don't do this, you'll "burn" your first marks into your chalkboard, and they'll always be there as ghost marks even if you wash the chalkboard.<br />
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While the mirror was out of the frame, I painted it with my new Annie Sloan chalk paint (!) in Paris gray. I liked the way the mirror looked when I picked it up, but the bottom of it wasn't painted, and that wouldn't work out for someone if they wanted to hang it on a wall.<br />
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Can I just say, I love this paint? I don't know if I'll on use another paint on furniture ever again. It goes on so smoothly, dries fast, and distresses like a dream. I distressed it, went over it with the clear wax, and then with the dark. After the wax dried (about 24 hours), I buffed it and it has a really nice sheen to it.<br />
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I the chalkboard back into the frame, added cardboard behind it to give it a snug fit, and tacked the backing back on, and voila! Chalkboard in a pretty frame! <br />
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The note on the chalkboard is something I've had on my mind a lot this last week. I finally found a spot where I can sell my furniture, and I'll be moving in November 1st! I'm excited, but nervous about the "what if's." I know I'll never know until I try, so I'm going all in for it! I definitely have a busy couple of weeks ahead of me as I get everything cleaned and ready to go to the shop!<br />
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Until next time...<br />
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