Thursday, July 12, 2012

Thanks Kathleen and A Reminder

I'm so honored that Kathleen @ "Melange" blog has given me the Versatile Blogger Award!



I guess I am pretty versatile as I love to do so many things besides furniture; including, scrapbooking, crafts, sewing, counted cross stitch, crochet, and knitting. By the way my daughter is expecting her third, which will be a boy, and I am busy knitting.  I will share a few of my projects with you if I can ever finish one. lol

I am so honored that Kathleen thought of me and now I have to spread the love to fifteen more bloggers. It will be hard to choose there are so many wonderful ladies out there but I will do my best.

Here are the rules for giving out this reward:
  1. Thank the blogger who nominated you.
  2. Include a link to their blog.
  3. Include the award image on your post
  4. Share 7 random things about yourself
  5. Include a link to your nominees blog
  6. Contact your nominees and let them know

Here are my nominees:


Now let's see 7 things about me. Hmmm...

  1. I have grown step-children that have children, that have children.  So I'm a great-grandmother at a young age.
  2. I play the flute and have played in church and at private group meetings.
  3. I'm terrified of snakes and think the only good snake is a dead one. Sorry all you reptile lovers.
  4. One of things on my bucket list is to travel to Wales and view all their castles.
  5. I have taken oil and water color paint classes. 
  6. I love working on my family tree and have been doing so for about 8 years now.
  7. And, this is most embarrassing one, I have a door knob fetish. I can't pass up a pretty antique door knob which believe it or not are hard to find around here especially the glass ones that I like the most. :-)

Before I close out this post I want to remind you of my 1 year blog o versary giveaway.  Its a wonderful giveaway including all the items you see in the picture below.  To enter go here.



Have a wonderful weekend.


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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Bed to Bench And A Giveaway

I’m so excited to be celebrating one year of blogging! I never thought I would have enough to share for a whole year so I have surprised myself and hope I have inspired you.

I appreciate each and everyone one of my followers. I’m so honored that you like what I do and as a reward I have put together a giveaway for you.




This giveaway includes: a mirror painted “Duck Egg Blue” and turned into a chalkboard; a pair of vintage style curtain tie-backs; a set of four shabby, pink, outlet plates; French script, burlap ribbon; six drawer pulls from Hobby Lobby; and a lovely, green, ribbon scarf that I knit myself.

Here are some close ups of each item.



















There are four ways to enter each one gives you a chance to win:
  • Become a follower of my blog either with GFC, LF, or Networked blogs and leave a comment. If you are already a follower just leave a comment.
  • “Like” me on Facebook and come back and leave a comment.
  • Share my giveaway on your blog and come back and leave a comment.
  • Follow me on Pinterest and leave a comment.


I will chose a winner using random.org on Friday, July 20, 2012. Good luck.

Now I want to share how I transformed an old bed head and foot board into a garden/porch bench. 

Here is the after:



First, I told my helper what I wanted to do and how to go about getting started. (By the way my helper on this project was my son-in-law, Jeremy, who also did all the carpentry work in my kitchen renovation.)

We took the footboard and measured in 14” on each side and cut the ends off. We then attached the end pieces at a 90 degree angle on the front of the head board. This was a full size bed so the foot board had to be cut. A smaller bed may not need to be cut down.


I chose fourteen inches because this is the usual depth of a chair.Once the foot board ends were screwed into each side we added 2 x 4’s across the width for the seat.


As you can see here we cut two pieces of 2 x 4 and screwed them into the inside of each end two inches lower than the top so the seat would be flush with the ends of the bench. Did that make sense? The picture should help you understand.

I then filled in all the screw holes and rough spots with wood filler. Once that was good and dry I sanded the whole piece down and cleaned it. After that I painted it top and bottom with primer and then two coats of an outdoor, semi-gloss, white paint.


I painted the whole bench so that it would be suitable to use outside.

After it was dry (a couple of days later) I stenciled the floral vine design on the center panels and painted the tops of the post a pretty green. I just loved how it turned out and if I had a porch I would probably have kept it. lol


I’m looking for a pretty bed to make another one, but not having much luck. Not all head and foot boards will look as good as this one does and I’m kind of picky. 



I hope you have enjoyed this makeover and are all fired up to make your own porch bench. I have to get back to preparing for my 4th of July party. I’ll share pictures and a couple of projects I did for my party later in the week.


Have a wonderful holiday. 
Be safe.

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Friday, June 15, 2012

Changes

Hello blogger friends! Today I wanted to talk about Changes.  A little different for me as I usually stick to business and just share my furniture and home improvement projects.

I've already shared how I will be changing the way I share on my blog by refinishing several pieces of furniture and then blogging about them later as I rest between jobs.  

By the way here is a cute little side table I recently finished and carried to the shop.


Isn't it cute?! (Sorry couldn't help myself! lol)

It is hard for me to share my personal life as I feel most people are busy with their own and don't want to be bothered, and...it's personal!

Anyway, I have severe osteoarthritis and fibromylgia and problems with discs in my lower back. So I am trying to learn to pace myself. I just cannot possibly give up my passion in furniture and buying and selling antiques!

I am also starting on an anti-inflammatory diet as put forth by Dr. Weil.  Anyone else doing this kind of diet? I would love to hear how you are doing and what you like to eat, etc... I'm trying to take control of my health before it totally takes control of my life.

Okay. Enough complaining! I hope you'll stick with me as I go through this process. Thanks for listening (or is it reading) lol.

Here is a close-up of that little table.  



I know I'm hopeless. :-}

Here's the before:



Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha! I totally got that make over in this post about improving your health. lol

I would love to hear any advice you might have in this area of health or if you are going through the same process.

Until next time have a great weekend.

Update


Thanks friends for your well wishes & prayers I appreciate it so much.  


I'm sorry I didn't give more details on the little table.  The center was one of those faux marble pieces.  I just popped it out and using Mod Podge decoupaged a toile wrapping paper I picked up in Canton, TX at First Monday Trade Days to the top. (I love that paper and you'll be seeing more of it I'm sure) I let that totally dry and applied the rose image on top.  Then I sealed all of it with two more coats of Mod Podge.


The table I painted with a mixture of two-thirds "Old White" and one-third "Pure White" Annie Sloan chalk paint.  I then add some water to "Paris Gray," just enough to make it a little thinner so it would spread easily.  I washed this into all the details of the table to give them a little more depth and wiped off the excess.


After that I just sealed the table with two coats of clear, soft wax. It was so much fun to re-finish. I love cute little tables.


I'm joining the following parties:


Friday
Furniture Feature Friday

Tuesday
Nifty Thrifty Tuesday
Twiced On Tuesday

Wednesday
Wow Us Wednesday
POWW #93
Be Inspired
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