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Thursday, April 12, 2012

Screen Door, I'll Take Mine Black

There are a few things I truly get enjoyment and comfort from. One is a darn good cup of coffee.

Another...having something with heartfelt meaning...something that sparks a happy memory, that makes you think of times past and loved ones.

Now, you'll have to excuse the fact this is a bit of a repost. But I love this screen/closet door as much or more now than I did when I introduced it to you. A very sweet lady, living on the farm my Mother worked at when I was very young, kindly gave me this door instead of tossing it to the trash.

You can read the original post HERE.

Are you back yet?

Take a look at the before photos of this door. Ouch. It certainly had seen it's better day and I knew this was not a job for the faint at heart.

So......I put on my big girl ~~undies~~ gloves and got to work. Lots of elbow grease went into this project, but oh so worth it!

Long story short. My garbage closet went from this...

To this!

If you're intersted in the whole story, and the tutorial on these panels...

CLICK HERE.

Now I couldn't leave the other pantry door out of the post. It doesn't have the history the other door does, but has evolving character with a large chalkboard panel. I used some "web"spiration for the design, after having a bout of chalkboard drawer's block. Notice though...I got lazy and distracted by the time I got to the bottom lines! haha

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Friday, April 6, 2012

Fun Wall Art

Do you remember this scene from a wall in my house I shared with you in December?

Well, I figured it was "time" for a change....blahhahahlahala!

Have a blessed Easter!

Sunday, April 1, 2012

This dresser went from sassy to classy.

Like? Then read on.

Take a look at this before. Really?!

My junk-minded, keen eyed sister spotted this one...she knew it had potential!

Like...do you FORGET which drawer your socks are in?

Stickers...gone. Drawer labels...gone. Sand, scrub, repair.

Then look CLOSELY, to see an exciting facelift treatment...see it?

Oh, there it is!!

Stencil and joint compound. Yeppers.

Then a good coat of primer, paint, and a glaze treatment to accent the fanci-schmancy-stuff.

Then add some home store clearance handles. Yum.

(please disregard the "missing" handles on the bottom drawer...I "borrowed" two for a JunkFest project last summer)

There's just something about a good distressing, isn't there?

Oh, and the lamp in the corner is my necklace rack. She's waiting for her turn for a facelift too.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Cracked, chipped and wrinkled...now that's MY curtain style!

Confession.

I've had a long time love affair with ironstone pitchers.

I've been given a few as gifts. And the rest I collected from auctions and garage sales. And I must say, I don't recall spending over $20 on any of them.

Most were around the $5-10 mark...because I prefer crazing, cracks and chips. Yup that's me.

I gathered them up the other day. And when I stood back to snap a few pictures of them, I realized how bare the windows look. I'm really not a fan of curtains so hadn't gone about putting any up.

Brainstorm. Lightbulb. Whatever you want to call it!

Measured the windows...exactly 36 inches. Hmmm.

Dare I say lightbulb number 2?

I had two chunky yardsticks that very same length. Who'd a thunk it?!

Problem. The bottoms of some of the pitchers are, well, less than desireable to look at.

That's better.

I just hung them at random lengths with burlap ribbon. Yum.

Now, as long as we're talking about curtains. Well, heck, I was on a roll...why mess with that!

So I decided to try that old trick, "make the windows look bigger by hanging the curtains to the side".

I used canvas painter's dropcloth. I've watched this in web-world and just love the look!

I used a 4' x 15' piece and simply cut it in half. I washed, dried, and pressed the raw edged over for the curtain clips. And since the other three sides were factory finished, no sewing involved. YAY.

There are a few wrinkles. But I have wrinkles too and my friends still like me.

And turns out there was a seam at the midpoint of one panel. Character, right?

They also didn't end up being either window length or floor length, but that will do for now, because I think there may soon be some changes to this wall anyway.