Before and After: Orange Chest

I am not doing so well at the taking the Befores.

So imagine a dirty grimy, spider filled old wood chest.

It needed cleaning and sanding and then some more.

most wouldn't see the potential, but just you wait.

The prep work is the worst part.

but it is the most important.

Painting is FUN!

AFTER

Old grimy chest now a treasure chest!

A mistint was used for the paint, so I can't tell you exactly what it was.

After we painted it, we did sand it good and used a  minwax jacobean stain.

We also sprayed the handles with a primer,

then finished them off with Krylon Oil rubbed Bronze spray!
we being me and Jake!

Remodelaholic



Happy Easter!

On March 23rd 2011, I am in the Atlanta airport getting ready to board a plane for a Mediterranean Cruise  There has been so much unrest in the Middle East and our Egypt excursion had already been canceled. My daughter calls and said they are worried for our safety.  A bomb had exploded at a Jerusalem Bus stop.   Yes, we were a little nervous. 



 

While we were in Jerusalem, did we feel safe. .  YES!

My heart was touched when we were at at the wailing wall.  A group of young Jewish boys, had learned their alphabet.  They were having a celebration!

One of them escaped the group and ran to the wall the women and the men are separated where he knew he could find his mom.   He jumped up on the chair and was was yelling for her. He was so excited to show her his certificate. The Moms were all taking pictures of their sons over the wall.  Who does that sound like. . . YOU!

A group of school girls just getting out of school.  They were laughing and singing.

A back pack on this young school boy, working his way through the crowd.

These are the people getting bombed when they get on buses.

Be grateful for your freedom.  We can travel state to state and worship as we please. We can worry about Easter clothes and Easter baskets without the fear of being bombed.





HAPPY EASTER!!!!


Before and After: Rocking chair(s)

So I have s storage unit full of crap treasures!

and I can't buy any more furniture, it won't fit.

So as soon as it stops raining here in Utah,

I am having a yard sale, storage unit sale!

I will keep you posted when it will be.

Until then, I am slowly but surely working on moving it out.

A couple of adorable treasures buried in this mess,

were 3 children's rocking chairs.

With the help of my daughter Erin we finished them just in time for the

Scraps of Simplicity Boutique

BEFORE

or I should say during!

AFTER

They sold like hotcakes!

School House Chairs and a chalk board Table!

I have a thing for school  house chairs.

It most invoke good memories.

I Love them.

So I was thrilled to find not one, but two of them!

So one is yellow

and one is red!

What good are chairs with out a table. . .

And a chalkboard table to boot!

I used rust-oleum chalk board paint

linked to
Whisper Wood Chalk talk party
Type A

Before and After: Chair

This Pagholz chair from Germany has been hanging out at my house for way to long.  I was afraid to paint it, well because it was a Pagholz chair from Germany.  It was never going to get used as it was, so I painted it! 

Before



After



Much better!

Rust-oleum Eden spray paint from Home Depot

mirror mirror on the wall. . .

I Love mirrors!

Especially mirrors that I find at a thrift store for a song.

I can't wait to put a coat of paint on them to dress them up.

like this one, yum yellow

My inspiration came from:

Chappell of Love

She not only painted the frame

she turned it into a chalkboard

Perfectly Imperfect

painted her mirror and put it in the bathroom - LOVE!

Upcylcled Vintage

is selling this aqua  mirror on Etsy

I was already to spray this mirror until. . .

I saw this post on

                                                              One of my favorite blogs

Life in the Fun Lane

It is the exact same mirror!

minus the dust and sticker

no paint

left all natural

It looks so good

So blogger friends what do you think. . .

To paint or not to paint!

Before and After: Desk & chair

Still recovering from Jet Lag, can't keep my eyes open past 8:00 p.m. and wide awake at 4:00 a.m.

not fun. . .

I have been busy getting ready for my favorite Boutique,

Scraps of Simplicity!

It has been a family affair with a couple of my children helping.

never a dull moment with them!

My daughter Erin,

 painted this desk.

she's a sweet heart!

BEFORE

It should have been easy, but we had some bad paint - never happened to me before.   When she would roll the paint on, it had bubbles.  We tried 3 times, before we bought new paint. 


                                                                AFTER

A sweeeet desk needs a sweeeeet chair

BEFORE

AFTER

Perfect together just like peanut butter and jelly!

If you can make it to the Boutique it is at:

The Old School Body Shop

Sat. April 16th

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

1571 S. 1900 W.

West Haven, UT

It's a good one and I would love to see you!

P.S. Have you ever seen a ski rack with bed rails. . .

Pretty ingenious is you ask me!

This is how we got them to the boutique.

Still Laughing!

Just A Girl

Finding Fabulous

Shabby nest

Finger Prints on the Fridge
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