Tonight I hope to finish, or mostly finish, the other 4 chairs that match that pesky first one. My mind is going crazy with craft ideas to do after that. The problem is, I don't have any craft supplies and no money to buy any. My house is still making me buggy. I absolutely HATE the front and back porch. They look horrible, but I don't have the money for the solid stain that I would need to fix them. I know everything is going to be a slow process, but I really have no patience for the waiting. I want to live in my perfect house right now, not later. Why couldn't Samantha pass on her 'bewitching' powers to me? I really could use them. I promise to give them up when I'm done! It's just this need I have to change things. I constantly want to change things. My house is never done because I want to change it all the time. I can't help it. I would imagine, if I found a perfect way, then maybe I would stop for awhile, but is there a "perfect" way for me? Maybe there isn't. Maybe I am doomed to drive my husband nuts by making him rearrange all the time. I really hope not!
I do know that my next project, after the chairs, will probably be the chalkboard. I have ideas for that and I think they are pretty good ideas, but this is me, which means they probably won't turn out as good as I imagine them in my head. ;-)
Small Wonders
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Seeing the Flaws
Reader, this home improvement stuff is killing me. Tonight I tried to redo a chair. It was JUST A CHAIR. Well, after touching it up with some Olde English, I put new material on the set. I love the material I picked out. I was completely gaga over it in the store. The colors are perfect for my dining room, it's fabulous. But guess what....I hate it on the chair. All of the sudden, adding it to the chair just sucked the life right out of that perfect material. I'm pretty sure that at least a little is the condition of the chair itself. The Olde English did it's duty on many of the scratches but there are many more that it can't touch. Then I did not realize what horrible condition the pads would be in, so the only thing I could think of to use that I had laying around the house was cotton. Well, now it just looks like a lumpy mess. GRRR! So tomorrow I will stop and get the appropriate foam and start again. Now I just need to take care of those pesky scratches.....
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Achieving a goal....almost
Well dear reader, I have finished my first large project. By large I mean, bigger than me and all by myself. I have (almost) finished a small china cabinet. When I first got it, it was not what you would call pretty (see below).
And then there are the after pictures. It's not perfect, after all it IS the biggest thing I have done and I'm still learning. In a few short days it will have new glass shelves in there (they had wood ones, can you imagine?). It will also house my crystal wine glasses which should let off a nice twinkle when I turn on the tap light i installed in the top. I can't wait for that!
I have the hubby standing next to it in this picture for a height reference (he's 6'3")
The first picture is a better indication of it's color. It's not as light as this.
It feels so good to be able to make something look better. Although I will admit, every time I walk by it, I can find flaws that make me cringe. Maybe once the glasses and such are in it, I will feel better about it. Plus it looks a little awkward with our cream colored table, but soon enough we will have a dark wood table in there and that will help tie it together! I am hoping to make my house a little classier and a little nicer. Oddly enough, that requires bringing more stuff in when I really need to get rid of many things. Funny how that works huh? I will keep you posted on my progress as it happens. It's a long, slow process that requires more money and time than I have right now, so I have to rely on freebies and stuff laying around the house. But that's okay. It's worked out in my favor so far (the cabinet was a freebie, I only spent money on the paint and the glass shelves). I have so many ideas brewing through my head, but they all require money (one wouldn't be THAT much but it would be 2 or 3 gallons of paint and that is $50-$60 that I just don't have right now). It'll work itself out though, it always does!
And then there are the after pictures. It's not perfect, after all it IS the biggest thing I have done and I'm still learning. In a few short days it will have new glass shelves in there (they had wood ones, can you imagine?). It will also house my crystal wine glasses which should let off a nice twinkle when I turn on the tap light i installed in the top. I can't wait for that!
I have the hubby standing next to it in this picture for a height reference (he's 6'3")
The first picture is a better indication of it's color. It's not as light as this.
It feels so good to be able to make something look better. Although I will admit, every time I walk by it, I can find flaws that make me cringe. Maybe once the glasses and such are in it, I will feel better about it. Plus it looks a little awkward with our cream colored table, but soon enough we will have a dark wood table in there and that will help tie it together! I am hoping to make my house a little classier and a little nicer. Oddly enough, that requires bringing more stuff in when I really need to get rid of many things. Funny how that works huh? I will keep you posted on my progress as it happens. It's a long, slow process that requires more money and time than I have right now, so I have to rely on freebies and stuff laying around the house. But that's okay. It's worked out in my favor so far (the cabinet was a freebie, I only spent money on the paint and the glass shelves). I have so many ideas brewing through my head, but they all require money (one wouldn't be THAT much but it would be 2 or 3 gallons of paint and that is $50-$60 that I just don't have right now). It'll work itself out though, it always does!
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