Projects, projects, projects.....

Can't stand watching basketball but can't stand to miss it.  Our Mo. State University Bears are playing for the conference title and are losing by just a couple of points.  I had to turn it off or have a nervous breakdown.

Thought I'd show some of my projects I've been working on.  I was bummed because the door on my little chimney cupboard didn't turn out the way I wanted it too .  I've resanded but will have to wait to paint until it warms up a little.  Such a waste of time.

 

Did get Linda's chair done.  The chair ended up being more of a re-upholstery job then a slipcover.  Too many things to go around so just got out the old staple gun & went to town.

These are two of my lampshades.  The first is a chenille and I had several of these little while milkglass lamps.  They're perfect together.  The second is a work-in-progress.  Thought the red ticking would go with lots of things.  I'm thinking I'll make one for myself to go on the backporch.  I love a lamp on the porch.



I purchased this painted canvas with wonderful tags on it.  It's really a work of art with wonderful little treasures attached.

Better get back to work.  Spring Open House is this coming weekend and I still have a million things to do. 

Have a great week!

Accomplishments are many......

The last couple of days have been beautiful and I've managed to get lots accomplished.  Jeff, sister Linda's significant other (I call him my brother-in-law) has been painting, patching holes and various other things trying to help me get the house ready to put on the market.  He's one of those that can do anything so I now can light a lamp in my hallway.

I was so excited this morning.  Had to run to my neighborhood True Value (one of my favorite places) to pick up "stuff" for Jeff to work with.  They were having a sale (20% off everything you could put in one of their re-usable bags) plus I had received a $10 coupon in the mail.  When I went to check out, they owed me $.17.  Felt like doing the "happy dance" on the sidewalk.  Love that place!

Also, the men came to do the work on my front yard.  They took old railroad timbers out and brought all this rock, dirt and mulch and this is how it turned out.  And they did it in one day.  If you live in my area and need landscaping done, I'd really recommend this crew.  They had trimmed all my trees in the fall and I was so pleased with the job they did.

Hopefully, all my plants made it.  I have a gorgeous, huge hosta in this bed that I brought from my Aunt Lillian's house in Grandview, Mo.  She just died at the age of 99.  You can only say "be careful" so many times before you start annoying people.  Anyway, I love the way it turned out.

Hopefully, we'll get everything finished tomorrow.  By the way, I forgot to tell you that Jeff fixed the screen on my porch where the squirrels had eaten through.  Hope they've figured out that there's no food on my porch and they'll quit trying to get in.  They're so destructive.

I've really struggled with my header.  My pictures won't fit like I want them to.  If anyone can suggest a tutorial that might help me, I would appreciate it.  Ideally, what I'd like to do is put 3 pictures across the top but just don't know how to do it.  I'd appreciate any help.

It's been a busy week.....

I've been able to accomplish so much this week.  It's been too cold to want to get out so I've stuck pretty close to home.  Except for yesterday when Judy and I ran to the shop and picked up my new chest for the hallway.  I love it.  What do you think?

Putting this piece in and taking out the hutch that had ironstone in it took some of the busy-ness (is that a word) out of the hallway.  This is how the hutch looked.  By the way, I'm going to be selling this piece at Leola's.

I moved things around in the living room, too.  Once I get started moving things, there's no stopping me.  I've had this cabinet on the wall for years and I'm thinkin' this will go to Leola's too.  It will have to come down because it wasn't removed before we painted it the last time so before the house goes on the market, I'll have to get it down.

My paperwhites are still blooming so cut these few to put in an ironstone pitcher.

Here's the new bedroom hallway color.  It really warmed it up and looks so good with the wood floors.  I love reading Miss Mustard Seed and in her blog a few days ago she talked about her True Value store and how she loves it and their paint.  Well, I feel the same about mine.  They're so nice and helpful and it's right up the street.  I've lately used Behr paint but decided to try True Value's paint and I loved it.  They keep everything on file so if I forget what I've used before, they can find it for me.  I love my True Value Store.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.  It's warmed up considerable today so the snow is melting.  Stay warm!!!

If you hadn't noticed, I haven't blogged for a week. I've had kind of a sore throat, sinus, all around crappy feeling kind of a thing (not the technical name). I'm going to try hard to ignore it and see if it will go away.

I'm also trying to make a decision on my house. My sister-in-law, Susan & brother-in-law, Mike, came this weekend. Mike power washed the house & got it ready to be painted. Below are the colors I'm using. The darker green/brown color will be the house. The lighter beige will be trim around windows. The red will be the door and I was thinking the shutters but now I'm not so sure. Maybe I could even paint them red & sand them a little then stain to age. Anyone have any ideas?

I love all of these shutters. Mike is going to make them for me so they'll look like real shutters. Here's another idea -- just stained.

Can't wait to get the house painted but I'm just not sure what I want. Any help will be appreciated.