Color Options

So the other day my landlord calls up and says he just bought a new property.  He wanted me to go over and take a look at it to help him pick out some colors for the outside of the house.  It's that hardiplank siding I believe, and it is kind of a drab, yucky gray right now.  It's a cute house, small, nestled in the trees, with a large front porch and a front door with lots of windows. 

So I went to Lowes and picked out some colors for him - I gave him 2 options.  I hope he picks one so that I can see my choices in real life! 

The colors I picked were a creamy yellow for the house, with a lighter yellow on the window trim and a pretty royal blue color for the front door.

The second option was a kind of sea green color, with a lighter version for the window trim.  And a dark cranberry for the front door. 

For the porch, I recommended that he power wash the whole thing - living in the woods causes all that mildewy stuff to grow on things.  And then I think he should stain and seal the porch.  It looked pretty  new and in good shape.

What colors would you have picked out?  I like the green/cranberry color best.  I hope he goes with that one.  :)

Has It Been 14 Years Already?

Good Monday Morning!
Yesterday the husband and I had our 14 year anniversary.  What did we do you ask?  We stayed home with the kids and watched movies.  :)  We both worked ALL weekend and we had planned to go and do something Sunday night, but we were so tired, all I wanted to do was put my jammies on and watch a movie.  So that's what we did.  We are going to go to one of my favorite places for breakfast though (cracker barrel) this morning before we have to go to work later on.

Anyway, I still have several projects in the works, and I hate that I don't have the time right now to get to them.  I work at a camp and retreat center, http://allasoranch.com/ and we are hitting our very busy period right now, gearing up for summer staff training and summer camp all summer long.  So it may be awhile before I actually get a finished project posted.  But I hope you will still keep checking in.  I am going to try and post on a regular basis still.

UPDATE on my kitchen chairs.  So I think I am going to start them over.  I like the red, and I am going to keep them red, but the paint I used on them is really not very good paint.  So I am going to find some valspar spray paint in a pretty red - sand them all down and start over.  So I promise - my finished table and chairs are coming - soon...

If you're new to my blog, take a look at past projects.  You can check out my kitchen table here, and a dresser that I just re-finished here - which is one of my favorites.  So much in fact, that I am going to do the dressers in our master bedroom the same way.  Our bedroom has been in need of a makeover for about 14 years, so the dressers will be a nice touch.  Just one more thing to add to my growing list.  :)

So stick around for a minute, and follow along!

Anyway, I need to get ready for breakfast.  Happy Monday Everyone!

The Big 100

Yay for me!  I hit 100 blog views in one day!  I know some of you are thinking, what's the big deal I have that many hits in the first 10 minutes of publishing a new post. Well, it's big news for me.  I started blogging back in January I think, and I would just post here and there and whenever.  But I am trying to be more consistent and post about things that I love and enjoy.  So to hit 100 views in one day made me smile.  

Now if I could just get up to 30 followers I'd be so happy.  Maybe I should do a giveaway once I hit 50 followers.  hmmm I'll think on that one for a bit.

Have a great night everyone!

And I would just love it if ya'll would follow me.  :)

Dresser Reveal

Ok, here it is... I am loving the way this turned out.  It is a completely different dresser!  I sanded and cleaned the whole thing.  Then I applied a dark walnut stain to the top only.  I love a dark top with a contrasting lighter bottom.  Looks so sleek and elegant to me.  Anyway, then I painted the dresser and drawers a light grey - 3 coats.  After it was dry I sanded just the drawers to distress them a little.  Then I applied a light coat of the dark walnut stain to the whole thing in small sections so I could brush and wipe, brush and wipe.  And of course, new drawer knobs.

So here are the before pics again, and afters below them.  It is for sale, so if you are local to east texas or in the vicinity and need a new dresser feel free to email me.

Whoever the new owner is of this piece needs to own a smoking jacket.  It just seems like a piece that a person who wears a smoking jacket would own.  :)

Cleaned and Sanded

Now for the afters...

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Dresser Re-Do

So we've had this dresser for a very long time.  It was mine when I was a kid, and it somehow ended back up with me now that I'm a grown-up.  It's been in a guest room, in our kid's play room, and now it sits in a lonely corner of my garage.  We just don't have the space for it anymore, so I've decided to give it a makeover and sell  it.  I mean, who doesn't want a solid wood 3 drawer dresser, right?

Anyway, here are a few before pics for ya to enjoy.  I'm so excited about how it's turning out!  It looks so good!  I can't wait to share the after pics.

Anyway, happy wednesday.  Check back in a few days, I should have her finished.

This was after I cleaned and sanded the whole thing.  Palm sanders rock.

The drawers after they'd been sanded.