I haven't posted in forever, cuz instead of writing about working on my house, I've been ACTUALLY WORKING on my house! I'm in the home stretch as far as renos go. It's been over a year, but that's what happens when you're doing a lot of the work yourself. My fella and I only have Sundays off together, so that's really the only time there can be two of us working on a project, and some of these projects aren't one person jobs. I'll post more about that stuff later, but for now, here are some one-person projects that I've completed this week.
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| BEFORE: My friend J's mom gave me two of these great side tables, saying she figured I could do something with them. So I did. |
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| I took a wire brush to the worst of the rust, then sprayed the table with a Rustoleum anti-rust primer. After that dried, I sprayed it out with my spray gun(!) in Thai Curry by Behr Marquee. Then I handpainted the details all around the top edges. |
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| This wee nook in my kitchen needed a boost. |
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| I slapped up these custom-sized decals from Bleucoin , who I found on Etsy. It took about half an hour and may be my favourite kitchen project ever. |
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| These Sears-catalog chairs belonged to my great-grandmother. I was going to get rid of them since they don't match my new teak table, but my mom said I had to keep 'em. She didn't say anything about painting them, though. |
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I sanded these down, then used the same navy on these chairs (Behr Marquee Bon Nuit) that I used on my dining room walls. I still need to spray lacquer them for a hard n' glossy finish, but I'm waiting for a less humid day. The fabric is an outdoor polyester, which I figured would be easy to clean up. These will be the head chairs of the dining table. The other chairs are Eames-style Eiffel base chairs in white.
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And there ya have it. I think I'll take a break from projects tonight, since the first Anthropologie to grace my fair(ish) town just opened today. I may have to go there after work. Also, I haven't made dinner in two weeks, so I should see if I remember how to work the oven. More to come, my three faithful readers.
xoAA
