My Wagner spray painter!

This past year for Christmas I asked for a paint sprayer.

And I actually got it.

This is the kind I got.  It's a Wagner as you can see.  And it certainly isn't what you might consider top of the line, but I have never used anything like it before so I thought it best to start small.

This was a find off of Facebook that I got for $35.


I know, I couldn't believe it either!


Anyway, I decided the weather was finally nice enough for me to use my sprayer.  I took off all of my hardware and removed the drawers, and got ready for working.


My color of choice was Cosmopolitan.  It's in the blue family.


And here she is all prettied up.

I am loving the color.


So, how was the sprayer?  


I thought it did well, I had to practice a few times but after I got the hang of it I thought it had a nice smooth flow.  


As you can see there was quite a bit of over spray.  Seemed a little wasteful but I learned to live with it.


When the paint starts getting low, it will mess up the spray pattern and I had to reload my paint cup twice so that was a bummer.
But it does come with the hose so you can do continuous spray, which I may try next time.


All in all, I liked it.  


I did two coats, and I have to say it was definitely a huge time saver, I would still be painting this thing if I had hand painted it.


So I will give it a Thumbs up!

Basement Options

For the past 10 years we have been trying to  finish our basement.  Right now we have it looking functional but not really "nice".  Mr. Wonderful keeps telling me that we have to get the floor done before we can do anything else.

Now, I don't know if this is true, or just a ploy so that he doesn't have to get started on anything right now.  I know, it's unheard of that someone would come up with a reason not to do anything around the house isn't it?

So let's just say he's telling the truth, and I have to do something to my floors first.

Right now, they are just plain old concrete floors.  Nothing fancy about it.  I have seen Acid stained concrete floors that I LOVE!   They look amazing to me, and they look pretty easy to maintain.

I also love tile floors, I don't know how much it would cost to stain the concrete that is there so I don't really know how feasible it is.  There is also the option of Epoxy paints.  But if I could I would pick the concrete stain.

What do you think?

New Project!

I have decided to re-do my bathroom.  I saw exactly what I wanted to do to it here.  This weekend, I am hoping to get started on it.  

I have high hopes for what it could be.  Let's keep our fingers crossed.

This weekend I will post the before pictures.

I hate to make excuses but you will see that again, it is sponged. I know, I know.   But when we built our house we painted everything white to save money.  It just seemed like a good idea at the time OK, but now that I see all the things we can do ourselves, I am looking forward to tackling it ourselves. 

I am really excited about this one!!!


Pictures to come.

It's Finally Finished!!!!

It has felt like it took FOREVER to finish this monster of a re-do, but I am finally finished.







Here are just a few before pictures to remind you of it's beauty. The doors were a real turn off for me, they just screamed 70's!!!


This was just a picture during, after I took everything out and ripped the doors off. (Which I did by myself people, Mr. Wonderful decided he would rather be fishing.)

After a lot of sanding, fighting with the Mr. about how long it was taking him to get the doors done, then when he finally finished, I painted, then let it dry, then painted again, and letting it dry some more. I finally got it finished, and put together.





There are a few things that I am going to tweak, like the middle door, on the 70's model, that door didn't even open, but when I had my husband make these doors I wanted it to open, and it does, but I didn't really like the way he did the handles. (I told him they should all be going the same way, but he said I was too late.) So I think I am just going to take the middle handle off, fill in the holes and paint over it.

Also, the shelves are glass, that's why they are a little hard to see. But overall, I really like it. My mother in law was over last night, and she even liked it. (That's where it came from, so I have to say I was a little nervous about it.)

Next, I just have to organize it. And no, I won't be putting the dolls back in it, they are in the attic, in a plastic bin. (My mother in law did ask about the dolls.) Hee, Hee!!!!!


I linked up to Transformation Thursday at Shabby Chic Cottage and Poppies at Play Creative Cats and Primitive and Proper!

A small project.

While I am waiting for the paint to dry on my bigger project, I decided to tackle a smaller one to actually look like I was getting something done.

Take some fabric. (See above)


An old frame.
(See below)

And behold, a very cute memory/bulletin board.

I used some spray adhesive and attached the material to
a piece of foam core the size of my frame.
Then I just put a backing on the frame and Voila!!

PS. Pay no attention to the bad sheet rock job in the back.

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.