September's 30 Days of Projects~Day 6, 2011

I am so far behind:( A death in my not-so-immediate family has really hit me hard.

Day 6


A Bentwood Rocker that I curbside picked. I really doubted that I could make this thing look better.

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A couple coats of spray paint. I covered the back and seat with a plastic tablecloth. I think it turned out relatively well.

:)
Clorissa

September's 30 Days of Projects~Day 5, 2011

Day 5

Ooops, forgot to add this project yesterday.

This table was free...curbside pick-up. Brass and rattan? Scrubbed it down, gave it two coats of spray paint. Cleaned the glass top.

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:)
Clorissa

September's 30 Days of Projects~Day 4, 2011

Day 4

We replaced our outdoor backporch light fixture. I almost tossed it in the garbage, almost.

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Here she is all cleaned up. Quick coat of paint. White, of course. I need to buy a piece of glass panel to finish it up. I am going to use it as a votive candle holder!


:)
Clorissa

September's 30 Days of Projects~Day 3, 2011

Day 3


Yard Sale find, $3.00.

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I sanded the top, gave it a coat of white spray paint and decoupaged the floral design on the seat. I gave it two coats of Modge Podge. The wrinkles kind of bugged me at first, but they have grown on me. :)

Oh, and that is Bella. Sweet kitty is very curious and has to be where the action is!

Clorissa

September's 30 Days of Projects~Day 2, 2011

Day 2 of the 30 Days of Projects

This piece was bought for $3.00 at a yard sale in July.
I used some Top Brite to clean it up...

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Beautiful!


:)
Clorissa

September's 30 Days of Projects~Day 1, 2011

I am issuing myself a challenge....to post 30 days of projects. I will include some projects that have been completed in the last two months. So here it goes...

Before...a gold wall planter. I've had this thing for several years. I finally broke out the spray paint and gave it a coat or two.


Meets After..I love all the detail that the paint brings up. It looks really pretty with some white blooming Begonia . (I could be wrong...Begonia just doesn't sound right.)

:) Clorissa

July 2011~After 7 Years...

After living in this home that we bought 7 years ago, I am finally getting my kitchen remodeled.
I use the word "remodeled" loosley. What we are doing is repairing the ceiling and foundation in the kitchen. When we were shown the house in February of 04', the roof/ceiling had a big hole. There were stalactites of ice hanging from the ceiling! Most of the ceiling tiles were on the floor. Huge mess. I wish I had before pictures, sadly I don't. We lived with a blue tarp stapled to the ceiling for all these years. I couldn't wait to pull it down.....

Our first sheet of drywall is up....

Done with the drywall...I'm thinking of putting beadboard up next...The room now feels so much brighter, cleaner, and new.


Our foundation was repaired last week. We learned that it had dropped 2 inches on the west side. Just walking in the kitchen now, the floor feels so much stronger.

Next project: taking out the stove, cabinets and possibly sink to put down linoleum.


Happy 3rd anniversary little blog.