Face Lift Before & After Hall tree and entry way!

I am always painting for some one else,

and

decided our own home needs a face lift!

If you remember this

post

about my bathroom vanity.  Well this is the entry way you walk into and through to get to the bathroom.

Not bad before, but not great!

The Entry way Hall Tree belongs to my daughter Erin and is on loan until she wants it back.
We kinda trade furniture like that!
At one time it was a creamy white, then I painted it black, now blue.
I love blue right now and would have every room blue if I could.

 The paint color is Valspar Sparkling lake.  When I finished painting it, it looked perfect. . .
for a nursery!  Unfortunately, this is an entry way not a nursery.  So I got the sand paper out and got to work.
The black came through and now it is perfect for an entryway.

I did not prime this piece, I just gave it a really good two coats, and then sanded it and finished up with a minwax satin poly to give it durability! 

I kept the original hooks

I hope your noticing the wall. . .  It got a face lift too! 

I put a new coat of Valspar semi-gloss Ultra white and the bead board and trim.  Sounds easy, but there is
a lot of trim and 4 doors!  I also had a lot of holes to fill, sand and prime!

The color I used was Glidden Satin Autumn Haze.  

Before I decided on that color, I bought a lot of samples and did this to my wall.  Funny thing, summer
Haze isn't in this picture.  I did find the perfect gray for an extra bedroom I will be working on though!
That alone will save a week worth of trips to the paint store to buy yet another sample of paint!

I wanted to show you this picture of the mirrors.  I did not tape them off - I know,you can't  believe I dare do this.  After the paint was good and dry around the mirrors, I used Windex.  It came off with a little bit of elbow grease!    while I was painting the wall, and would drip or the brush would hit the trim - I used Windex to wipe it off! 

Now it is all done, the decorating starts! Oh know there are too many fun things out there.  I have so much
crap stuff, that I would not have to buy a thing.  But where is the fun in that. . . I am loving the colors of orange, green and yellow with blue right now.

I do live on a farm, a hobby farm.  I keep trying to change my style, but I still like wire and wicker baskets.

Maybe a bright orange chalkboard

 Or a ruffled pillow

                                                                  Before the new Paint.

Yup, we have a drinking fountain in our entry way!  Wonderful, functional, hard to decorate around!

Well, I am off to TJ Max,  Erin called last night and said there was a picture that would look cute in my entry way.   She was going to hide it for me!  Ha ha - hope I can find it!

Linked to
Fingerprints on the Fridge
Finding Fabulous
Miss Mustard Seed
Just a Girl
Primitive and Proper
My Uncommon Slice of suburbia

Paisley Passions

Cup cake Liner pom pom

I  work with Young Women.

Beautiful

Beautiful

Young Women!

and their leaders

they sometimes don't know they are beautiful, because the world would have them think different!

So we are working on an activity,

that helps them see ALL girls are a princess!

Really we are QUEENS

and don't let any one tell you your not!

Well Lucky me, decorations are involved!

Yahoo!

It gives me the chance to try some fun new things,

Like this from Kara's Party Ideas!

Cupcake liner pom pom tutorial

Here is my version of this great idea!

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Supplies needed are cupcake liners, Styrofoam ball, pins & hot glue.

You use two cupcake liners when you pin and glue them to the Styrofoam ball.

After your done covering the ball, you open the inside cupcake liner out to make it look full!

All I can say is

EASY

CUTE

FUN!

P.S. check out Kara's giveaway here

Carnival Circus party pack!

Unbelievable!

Mirror Mirror on the wall!

Another mirror from Lowes that won't break the bank and is ADORABLE! 

check it out here:
Lowes

Tasty Tuesday! Rhodes Orange Knot rolls

Orange Knots

12 Rhodes Texas size rolls, thawed but still cold

1 orange rind, grated

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 c. melted butter

Mix grated orange rind with sugar. roll each piece of dough into a 9" rope and tie in a loose knot. Roll knot in melted butter then sugar/orange rind mixture.
Place on greased cookie sheet, cover and let raise until double. Bake at 350
degrees for 15-20 minutes. Frost with citrus glaze below:

Citrus Glaze

1 cup powdered sugar
1 Tablespoon melted butter
3 Tablespoons orange juice
left over sugar/orange rind mixture

beat until smooth.

check it the video on how to make Orange Knot rolls here:

Orange Knot rolls

Laura Hunt, a good friend and an amazing cook has shared this with us! ummm good!

Spray Paint Heaven! Before & After frames

Remember these brass frames - found at the Salvation Army for 95 cents each!

                                                                     Before

                                                                                                     After

What do you think of me now!

The weather has been like spring!

Perfect for spray painting,

not to cold,

not to hot!

Much more spray paint happening today!

monkey business

Lot's of Monkey business been going on here!

and not a lot of furniture painting

I have been shopping, eating,

eating

eating

and being a Grandma.

The best

part of life!

Speaking of Monkey Business, look at this monkey. . .

Absolutely adorable. My mother-in-law is 81 and very very talented. She has the energy of an energizer bunny!  She is not rocking in a rocking chair just yet.  She has a craft booth at the Quilted Bear - can you beat that!  She uses a saw to make wood crafts, and she sews aprons, she knits, crochets and cooks!

LOVE IT!

Her latest project, so stinking cute and hilarious!

The monkey who has been keeping me busy! Every where we went, people loved his new hat!

He did help me organize my ribbon,

sorta!

check out all the fun creative things here:

These Creative Juices

Knobs & Thrifty Finds!

Lowe's has some great deals on knobs right now!

The sales girl  ~ who was so cute~

said that every Spring they clean house!

Everyday

the

deals

are

different!

Worth checking out!

Here are a few I picked up!  The long middle one was 25 cents. The others were 40 cents to 75 cents!

Is there rehab for knob collecting. . .  Home Goods has some knobs to die for too!
I am going to have to paint for 100 years to use all the knobs I have bought!

I was babysitting my adorable Grandson Cash while his Mom was getting her hair cut.  He was asleep so I drove around for an hour.  When he woke up, I ventured into the Salvation Army.  Their frames and mirrors were 30% off there already cheap prices. A couple of brass frames ~ can't wait to spray paint!

An old heavy mirror with some great detail!  Another spray paint project!  Waiting for the warm weather!

Cash spit carrots on me while I was carrying around the store - I forgot what it was like to have a baby!  All you Mothers rock - how do you get anything done. . . .