Finished!!

I am sooooo excited! I finally finished. It's my first furniture re-do. I took this old, pukey green dresser, and transformed it into something that I absolutely love.

While I know it has flaws, quite a few actually, I did it. I used spray paint and modge podge and . . . voila!
























How about that color huh? I really liked the furniture but NOT the color. I know, I know, there was a time when this was the in thing, right?
























This is my finished project, (I really did just finish, that's why it's still in the basement) My only regret is that you can't really see the material that I put behind the baskets. But don't worry, I am going to show you, because I love it! (The material is where the modge podge came in.) I wish you could see it better, but hey, this is my first time so be gentle.

Give away!

OK, this is it, my 100th post!

I can't believe it, man, time flies when you are having fun! This year for Labor Day, we decided to take ourselves a little mini-vacation, and of course, I stopped at my favorite store.

While we were there I picked up these little beauties, cute huh? You will have your pick of the one you would like and a gift card from Target.


All you have to do to be entered, is leave a comment about what you did for Labor Day!

That's so easy, even a man can do it!

I'll leave it open until Thursday at 5 p.m. (Don't ask me how I came up with that, I just pulled it out of thin air.)

Been Busy!

We still haven't finished putting stuff up in the bedroom, I have an idea that I want to do, but I know she will resist it.

She doesn't like change.

Weird, huh!

Anyway, I am taking my old hutch that was probably built in the 70's, and I am painting it. I want to put it in BG's room. I will take a picture so you will be able to appreciate it, once I redo it. It can definitely use sprucing up.

I can't decide on what color I want to paint it, should it be white, or maybe black? I don't know.

Help me!

Just a little FYI, I am almost to 100 posts and when I do, I will be having a give away. I already know what I want to do, so make sure you check back because you will like it!

I also really, really, really want to paint my kitchen cabinets, but I don't want to start that until I am completely done with BG's room. Because if I start on the kitchen, I know I will leave hers unfinished for an undetermined amount of time.

This weekend would be a great time to do my project, but we are taking a much needed rest this weekend.

After school started, I have been working more, so I don't have as much time for getting stuff done around the house. And not only do I have projects working at the house, I have framing to do. I am swamped with stuff to do!

I know, poor pitiful me!

Pictures!

This one still has the paint tape on it.
Oooops!

















Just a shot of the wall with the window, still has tape on it.
Man, it's really green isn't it?

I think it will look good/better when we get the furniture and pictures/wall hangings back where they belong. I really think painting the dresser white is a good idea, what do you think?
And yes, I am definitely taking down the window treatment, she says she feels like a 5 year old with it up.
She is so grown up isn't she?

We are also putting some shelves on the wall for her to put her "stuff" on, she has informed me she won't be putting her posters back up.

When it is completely done (hopefully this weekend) I will put some completed pictures up, I realize these just look like a green room.

Done, but no photos yet.

Well, we finished painting. I haven't had time to put the pictures on yet but I will definitely do it tonight. There is no headboard for the bed, but I am working on that, and she has a dresser (the wooden one) that I told her we really, really, really, need to paint because it just doesn't look right in that green room. She also has a light blue desk that I suggested doing something to, but she said that blue goes with green. I'm not sure if it does or not but at this point I have to pick my battles.

Besides, she has enough going on right now, she is starting high school, at a new school. So if she wants to keep the desk blue, then she most certainly can.

Also, we went to Charlotte to meet our blogger friends this weekend, and it was so much fun.

They were all a lot of fun and just as nice as I imagined. It was really nice to meet them, it's great when you meet someone and they are just like you imagined.

Pictures tomorrow, I promise.

Painting!

We started priming.

Waiting for it to dry to roll on the color!

Today is the Day!!

Today, I am heading to Charlotte with my friend Nonny, to meet 24@heart!!!

I can't wait to tell her what grits are! And who doesn't want gravy on their biscuit? Really you should have at least let them bring it out on the side and tried it. You would love it, it isn't like turkey gravy. This is milk gravy!

Mmmmm, mmmm, good!

I am so looking forward to meeting someone from California, so many questions?

Do you run into Arnold Schwarzenegger on the street?

Is everyone there really that tan and skinny?

Never seen a lightning bug? Aaaawwww, that's sweet!
(We say that a lot in the South)
You are missing out there too, what other kind of bugs' butt glows?

Oh well, I am sure once we get together we can solve all the worlds problems. Like why there is no sausage gravy in CA.

Can't wait!