Tuesday, 27 September 2016

Our 1970's House Makeover Part 7: The Painted Door & Stair Rail



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Hey ya'll! So, recollect a month agone when I debuted the novel stair rail? Well, I genuinely persuasion I would live able to larn everything painted inward a calendar week or so. And too thus it basically took me a calendar month to larn it all finished. 
It's ridiculous, I know.

I've come upwards to convey that this volition never live a weblog that makes things await quick too easy.
Welcome to the opposite blog. Take off your shoes. Stay awhile. Enjoy the disaster that unfolds inward every post.









So anyways, let's rewind a petty chip too remind y'all what the novel stair track looked similar later it was get-go built.




A few of y'all suggested leaving the railing equally the raw woods too only adding a topcoat, but nosotros built the stair track using woods that wasn't all uniform, knowing that nosotros wanted to pigment it to stand upwards for the trim. Here's a unopen upwards of the railing to exhibit y'all what I mean.




 So, knowing that it had to live painted, I decided that I wanted to pigment the stair track using our novel pigment sprayer, thinking that it would build the icon procedure a full breeze.

Welcome to my worst persuasion ever. 
Also known equally that ane fourth dimension I turned my solid into the laid of Dexter.



Since I had never used a pigment sprayer before, I had no persuasion how much overspray was involved. When I took the sprayer exterior to assay out it for the get-go time, nosotros rapidly realized that I was going to direct keep to comprehend the entire get-go flooring alongside plastic.

So, I used this materials called Tape'n Drape  (affiliate link), which is basically a bunch of plastic sheeting attached to tape. It made things thus much easier, but it even thus took me almost three hours to record everything up.
Only because I tend to plough into a wing stuck on a wing strip whenever record is involved.




So, nosotros played alongside the pigment sprayer for awhile outside, making certain nosotros had a full general agreement of how to purpose the thing. 
And too thus it was fourth dimension to tackle the stair rail.

I applied the get-go coat of primer to the expanse nigh the stairs, too frankly, it wasn't equally slowly equally I persuasion it would be. Jesse witnessed me struggling too offered to help.
 And that's when I handcuffed him to the pigment sprayer.



Luckily, I came upwards alongside a dainty innovation to agree a sail of foam board on the other side of the track spell spraying to halt some of the overspray. This sped things upwards too eventually the entire railing was covered inward a coat of primer too ii coats of semi-gloss paint.
For those of y'all who similar specifics: First I used woods filler on all of the boom holes too and thus sanded them level alongside the wood. Then, I caulked all of the gaps inward the woods alongside DAP. Then, nosotros used Kilz primer too Behr Premium Plus pigment inward Ultra Pure White alongside a semi-gloss finish.
 And I sanded the entire affair alongside 220 grit earlier priming too and thus ane time again later the primer had dried.



So, if I'm beingness honest, Jesse basically only painted the whole thing. I by too large ran around similar a crazy someone checking for overspray evidence. 
And I think the below moving icon best sums upwards my usefulness during this time...
Wearing oversized homo pants too a mask, staring at a flip flop.



Eventually, the stair track seemed to live adequately covered too the task seemed done. It was nighttime at this point, but equally far equally nosotros could tell, everything looked great. 
So, nosotros pulled upwards all of the plastic sheeting too went to sleep.

And here's where the plot thickens.
I woke upwards the adjacent twenty-four hours too it was incredibly evident that nosotros should have applied ane to a greater extent than coat of paint.
I wanted to run away. And never return.

And since there's no means I was going to recreate the taping too draping incident, or enquire Jesse to taste some other fun-filled twenty-four hours alongside a pigment sprayer, I spent a few long evenings alongside a paintbrush too tiny foam roller applying ane terminal coat. 
There were a few moments where I felt a petty Britney-with-umbrella-crazy, but inward the end, fine tuning the terminal coat wasn't the worst affair inward the world.



Eventually the stair track was totally done, it looked great, my sanity somehow survived, too it was fourth dimension to motion on to the door. 

The door was a full disaster later the stain debacle, too definitely needed a novel coat of paint.



I realize how gross that is.

So, I laid upwards my shower mantle dropcloth, wiped downward the door, sanded it a little, too started testing out some dark pigment colors.


I eventually settled on Sherwin Williams Urbane Bronze, a actually corking subdued dark that goes actually good alongside only almost anything.
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And too thus I also replaced the quondam hinges, door knob, deadbolt, too door sweep alongside upgraded satin nickel ones.
That lonely made a large difference.



And here's the finished product.

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In instance you're wondering, the walls are Benjamin Moore Simply White too the trim back is Behr Ultra Pure White. And yes, I real much desire to supersede the 1970's sliding drinking glass door alongside some double doors that don't require floppy vertical blinds. Baby steps. :)

Now all that's left inward the entryway is to install trim back around the floors too stairs, discovery a rug, too re-assemble the nook. But for now, I'm only thus happy alongside this petty space.
I've questioned myself a lot during this renovation, thus it's a dainty feeling to only dearest something correct from the start.

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Plus, all it takes is a tiny petty glance at this earlier moving icon to recollect only how far this petty expanse has come.
We've painted the walls, painted the door, replaced the floors, replaced the stairs, built a novel stair rail, upgraded the calorie-free fixture too door hardware, replaced the switch plate, too converted the cupboard into a nook.
And soon, at that topographic point volition live build novel trim.
I swear.


 And I direct keep ane to a greater extent than earlier moving icon that's totally embarrassing, but kinda hilarious. And it reminds me that I'm going to neglect a lot earlier I always succeed. And that's how it's supposed to be.


This is a moving icon of the entryway nook from almost 4 years agone when I get-go decided to convey off the cupboard doors. I recollect thinking it was brilliant, too I recollect Jesse mentioning that it would build a dainty puppet theatre.



So, anyways, to those of y'all who write me too tell that y'all don't know where to start....the answer is somewhere. Start somewhere, build mistakes, proceed going, too you'll live surprised at how much y'all tin displace do!

And that's all for today, ya'll!


I'll live dorsum soon to portion whichever ane of my ongoing projects I complete upwards next! :) 'Til then!
P.S. The other posts inward the House Makeover serial tin displace live flora here:



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Wednesday, 21 September 2016

How To Paint Furniture alongside Chalk Paint (and how to live a DIY disaster).

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Hey ya'll. So recollect the $50 Craigslist dresser I establish finally month for my TV stand upwards project? And recollect how I said I was going to stain it? 
Well, my inaugural of all effort at staining a dresser was a total fail. I spent 2 weeks on this thing, stripping it, staining it, hating it, paradigm it 3 unlike colors, in addition to ultimately saving the twenty-four lx minutes stream alongside some novel chalk paint.
Welcome to the latest episode of disaster blog.







So, I've sentiment of a 1000000 ways to tell this story, most of which involve me leaving out 99% of it, but ultimately I've decided simply to tell you lot everything.
I'm sticking my toe inward the vulnerability pool. Don't allow me sink.
I forgot my floaties dorsum at the hotel.


Let's rewind to the beginning. I've been working on assembling our living room, in addition to finding the right sized dresser for the TV has been the hardest part. I'm ordinarily express inward the budget department, thus I've e'er had to attempt in addition to create the best of what I already own.

When nosotros inaugural of all moved in, nosotros had a rattling former TV in addition to an antique dresser (that volition eventually halt upwards inward the entryway nook). It was the hottest of messes, in addition to oddly enough, I even thus expect dorsum upon that fourth dimension stream every bit a swell one.
Youth.


Then, Kevin was introduced. It was the worst thrift shop dresser ever, in addition to no affair how hard I tried...it simply didn't work.


So, during the 3 calendar month stream that I was living at Panera in addition to the floors were existence installed, I spent a lot of fourth dimension searching thrift stores in addition to Craigslist for something better.
And I eventually establish precisely what I needed on Craigslist for $50. 
Here's the original Craigslist picture.
I definitely sent Jesse to selection it up. :)



I was alone interested inward the shape in addition to dimensions, in addition to was willing to expect yesteryear the orangish forest color. 
So, Jesse hauled it dwelling in addition to I laid it upwards inward that piffling extra room dorsum inward the bedroom. Because although it makes null sense, I emptied out that room in addition to receive got been using it every bit my projection room lately. 


So, this is where the story gets kinda odd. My original innovation was to strip the dresser in addition to usage a combination of walnut stain in addition to white launder to create a Restoration Hardware look.
I did tons of research, in addition to was simply surely that I could line it off. 

I succeeded inward stripping the dresser.....and thus totally failed alongside the staining. I didn't realize until AFTER I stripped it that the tops in addition to sides of the dresser were some sort of pressed forest veneer, in addition to no affair how hard I tried (even using several unlike products), the pressed forest simply wouldn't absorb the stain correctly. 


Although the staining procedure was a total flop, the stripping procedure was a success. And since I larn thus many questions almost stripping furniture, I sentiment it powerfulness live helpful to include a piffling chip almost my inaugural of all experience. 


First of all, I chose to usage Citristrip stripping gel in addition to mineral spirits because they barely odor in addition to you lot tin john usage them safely indoors (even though you'll even thus wishing to opened upwards a window). The alone other supplies I needed was a plastic drib stuff (to pick out handgrip of all of the gunk that I scraped off), a plastic scraping tool, some scouring pads, some prophylactic gloves (made for stripping furniture) in addition to some mineral spirits.


I took all of the drawers out of the dresser, poured some Citristrip inward a metallic bucket (that you lot tin john larn for $2 at Home Depot) in addition to simply used a paintbrush to apply the gel to the surface of the drawers in addition to the frame of the dresser.


I allow the gel sit down for almost thirty minutes, in addition to in 1 lawsuit I saw it bubble up, I started scraping off the balance alongside my plastic scraper. I was totally amazed at how easily it came off. 
It was weirdly cathartic to scrape off layers of gunk.
It easily removed all of the polyurethane and fifty-fifty most of the stain that was heavily applied to this 50 twelvemonth former dresser.

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Because this dresser had a bunch of grooves in addition to hard areas, I thus used a scouring pad (and an former toothbrush) to take the relaxation of the residue.

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After that, I wiped the entire dresser downward alongside mineral spirits (to take whatever of the leftover chemicals) in addition to thus lightly sanded the entire thing alongside 320 grit sandpaper.
And that's when I added forest conditioner in addition to thus tried to stain simply the top, but when it wouldn't take, I simply speedily stripped it dorsum down.  And thus I realized that it wasn't a total loss, every bit raw forest surfaces are ideal for paint. Cup one-half full, ya'll.



So, anyways, every bit I was wandering around the pigment subdivision at Home Depot trying to selection a color for the dresser,  I came across some novel chalk paint. I've painted tons of slice of furniture alongside chalk pigment (including my favorite dresser), but I've e'er made my ain alongside plaster of paris (recipe establish here inward tip #6).  
Mostly, because I'm actually inexpensive in addition to simply can't convince myself to pay $50 for the famous sort (although I take heed it's fantastic, thus delight don't riot.)

So, when I came across this stuff at Home Depot, I was curious plenty to attempt it out. 
And, man child did I ever.

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And this is the purpose of the story where my heed tells me to dry out heave alongside embarrassment, but my pump says, 'Onward, girl.'

So, I spent 3 hours paradigm the dresser black. It seemed similar a actually swell sentiment at the time. But, it definitely was not.
It ended upwards looking similar a large chalkboard, in addition to I simply wasn't feeling it for the living room.



So, then, I tried to pigment the dresser using the tan color. 
And I moved my workspace out into the actual living room thus that I could receive got a meliorate sentiment of what it would expect similar inward there.

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In all honesty, I sentiment the dresser looked okay inward this color, but at that topographic point were surely times of the twenty-four lx minutes stream when it looked similar a large regal blob against the living room wall.
 I also tried spray paradigm the original hardware alongside petroleum rubbed bronze similar I used here, in addition to it simply made it expect kinda bulky in addition to outdated. 
And every bit you lot tin john likely imagine, at this point, I wanted nix to a greater extent than than to throw a dresser bonfire party. And invite all the people.
But I marched on.

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Finally, I decided to attempt 1 to a greater extent than time. For the win.
 Now, I know paradigm a slice of slice of furniture white isn't precisely groundbreaking territory, but I looked through a bunch of inspiration pictures in addition to establish quite a few white dressers that left me feeling hopeful.

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So, I decided to become for it.
 I painted it 1 to a greater extent than time...white. And thus I waxed it, added some modern hardware, in addition to finally....REJOICE.
Insert tears in addition to delirious laughter.

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So, simply actually quickly, here's what I ultimately ended upwards using.

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I used 1 piffling offend of the white Americana Chalk Paint named 'Everlasting'. (*Update: You tin john also honor it online at Home Depot here.) The best purpose almost this stuff is that you lot don't receive got to prime number or strip the slice of furniture or fifty-fifty sand it. You tin john pigment over anything in addition to it volition adhere similar glue. Obviously, I took a actually weird road that involved stripping a dresser in addition to paradigm it several times. But, allow me repeat: All you lot receive got to practise alongside this stuff is pigment it instantly on whatever slice of furniture, fifty-fifty if it has a glossy topcoat. 
Isn't that fantastic? 
You tin john also pigment over a slice that's already been painted, in addition to it even thus works. 
I know. I tested that theory thrice.

And for the finish, I chose to usage the Creme Wax. All you lot practise is rub it on alongside a lint-free cloth, allow it dry, thus buff it to the desired shine. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 wax complete is genuinely 1 of my favorites, in addition to it looks thus professional person in addition to smooth. I actually liked the Americana wax, in addition to I'll definitely usage it again. Also, 1 piffling $9 offend of wax went actually far. I used less than 1/3 of it on the entire dresser. And I was able to pigment the entire dresser alongside 1 offend of paint.


For the hardware, I decided to mirror our kitchen cabinet hardware, in addition to it totally kinda tied everything together inward the master copy living area.

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And also, since the dresser was actually former in addition to basically infused alongside the odor of 1960's cigarettes, I vacuumed out the drawers, in addition to thus painted the interiors in addition to exteriors of each drawers alongside some Kilz primer (to trap the smoke smell) in addition to thus I used our leftover wall pigment to coat the drawers. (You may recollect when I did this a span years agone alongside green paint.) It ended upwards existence kinda cute....white on the exterior alongside a piffling popular of grayish off white on the inside.
 In summary, at nowadays the dresser feels create new, in addition to I would similar to erase the yesteryear 2 weeks from my brain.

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And although the jumbotron is even thus dorsum inward the bedchamber (where we've been living), I ventured out into the living room for the inaugural of all fourth dimension since February, laid upwards the tiny TV, in addition to door pigment to create some dark in addition to white fine art that I framed over the sink. It's basically a scribble, but it seemed to work, thus yay.



And that, ya'll, is finally all.
I'll live dorsum inward a calendar week or 2 alongside the dining room reveal.
'Til then!
P.S. Thank you lot for making it all the means through some other long in addition to awkward post. 
10 points for existence a soulsister.



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Thursday, 15 September 2016

Our 1970's House Makeover Part 8: The Living Room Updates

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Hey ya'll. 
I'm drawing a blank.
So, I'm going to fill upwards up this niggling infinite side past times side to the tiny moving paradigm alongside non-important words therefore that nosotros tin speedily larn to the meat of the post in addition to verbalize similar normal people.

Because sometimes I receive got a 1000000 things to tell you, but my encephalon jams upwards when faced alongside an introductory paragraph.

New rule: Virginia is occasionally excused from introductory paragraphs in addition to tin instead simply quote Lionel Richie lyrics or receive got a moving paradigm of her hand. I'll salve those options for later.








Let's motion on to the meat. 
So, I disappeared for a week. Sometimes I simply demand to receive got a niggling intermission in addition to larn on vacation, which is precisely what I did lastly week. For the past times 10 years Jesse has taken me on a niggling opor-garai for my birthday (which is on June 13th, therefore nosotros celebrated a niggling slow this year), in addition to each twelvemonth nosotros essay to larn somewhere new. This twelvemonth nosotros ended upwards inward Hilton Head, South Carolina, which speedily became ane of my favorite places. 
And I had therefore much fun that I got totally lost inward the minute in addition to came domicile alongside unopen to ane blurry opor-garai picture. 
Note to self: I think I enjoyed myself agency to a greater extent than because of said photo-negligence.
Awkward truth.




So, anyways, nosotros simply got dorsum on Sunday, in addition to I've spent the lastly few days trying to photograph the living room.
 And basically, all attempts were futile...and there's a truthful cat inward every unmarried picture.
So, my apologies for the feline intrusion. I tried to take them from their natural habitat, but at that topographic point are nonetheless no doors anywhere inward the house, in addition to my attempts proved impossible.

So, this is the progress study on the living room. It's nonetheless non finished, but this is the most functionable it's been since February, therefore I figured I would portion the progress alongside you.
Estimated completion is nonetheless laid for May 2032.

I'll start past times reminding you lot where nosotros began.
This is the living room when nosotros foremost moved in, consummate alongside dark woods trim, wall to wall carpet, in addition to those põrnikas catcher lights that receive got taunted me since twenty-four hr catamenia one.


And of course, a living room post wouldn't live consummate without paying tribute to this picture.


The living room therefore went through virtually 10 other questionable transitions, all coming to an terminate when nosotros ripped upwards the carpet dorsum inward February.


That kicked off a 5 calendar month torture-fest that ended upwards instruction me several valuable life lessons, similar how to successfully loiter at Panera when your employment solid looks similar this:


As you lot know, my days at Panera eventually came to an end. The floors were finally installed (after some major hiccups back inward April), in addition to eventually nosotros started moving some article of furniture dorsum in. I sold most of our materials at the outset of the renovation inward an sweat to start anew, therefore basically all nosotros had to motion dorsum inward was our 2 sofas.
My promise is to eventually supervene upon those large ol' fellas alongside something a niggling less tan microfiber, in addition to perhaps something a niggling smaller (to allow for dissimilar room configurations) but for now, I'm simply grateful to receive got anything inward at that topographic point at all. I didn't ain a couch until I was virtually 26, therefore whatever couch is a fabulous couch if you lot inquire me. :)


Next on my living room to-do listing was replacing the lite fixtures. That ended upwards being kinda tricky because at that topographic point are a total of 5 lite fixtures inward this ane large space. There are 2 inward the living room, ane inward the entryway, ane inward the dining room, in addition to ane inward the kitchen (which I shared lastly week).

Since they tin all live seen at the same time, I didn't desire to exercise 5 of the same fixture, but I did desire to create some sort of cohesiveness amid all of them. I ended upwards finding a corking fixture at Lowe's for a decent price, in addition to brought domicile 3 of them...2 for the living room in addition to 1 for the dining room. 
And I must non receive got been the exclusively ane who liked them, equally I had to larn to several dissimilar Lowes to discovery all three.


And therefore Jesse did what I can't prefer non to do...he climbed a giant ladder in addition to hung the lights. 
I receive got my limits: that 2nd ladder rung.


So, simply to remind you, here's what this infinite looked similar when nosotros foremost moved in: wall to wall carpet, orangish wood, in addition to assorted boob lights.


And hither is what this infinite looks similar today alongside novel floors, a novel stair rail, newly painted walls in addition to trim, in addition to updated lite fixtures.

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It seriously makes me blob upwards a niggling bit. I simply can't believe it's finally all coming together. There's nonetheless therefore much piece of work left to live done, similar finishing the trim, replacing the doors, replacing windows, gutting the entire lower level, in addition to doing a niggling piece of work on the bathrooms, but I'm allowing myself a niggling downward fourth dimension this summertime to simply relax in addition to taste a few truthful cat cuddles.


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Commence feline invasion.

So, after the lights were installed, I moved on to finding a rug. I had my catch absolutely assault getting a moroccan shag rug, because I dearest them, in addition to after a lot of searching locally in addition to online, I finally ordered this one from Rugs USA (on sale for 50% off at the fourth dimension when I ordered it). 

And within 24 hours of ordering that rug, something crazy happened: Rugs USA contacted me to offering us a carpet for our living room. 

So, naturally, I asked them virtually the ane I had simply ordered, hoping that perhaps I could provide it in addition to receive got them shipping me a bigger size (since my niggling budget had maxed out somewhere nigh the tiny version). Well, it ended upwards that they were currently out of stock inward the bigger size that I was hoping for. 
So, instead, they offered to shipping me my dream rug, the existent wool version, which has ended upwards beingness the softest affair on the planet.

 And that's when I basically fainted.
I'll allow Tootie in addition to Cheese to reenact it for you. 

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How I larn anything done about here, I don't know.

So, anyways, I ended upwards alongside 2 rugs. The smaller ane that I purchased (which I decided to boot the bucket on in addition to exercise inward the office), in addition to the giant ane that they sent me (which equally you lot tin see, ended upwards getting lots of dearest inward living room). 

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And I'm pretty certain Cheese called dibs, because she's rolling about on it, having the fourth dimension of her life 24/7, in addition to wretched Tootie sits on the sofa similar a rolypoly. 

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So, anyways, that's the carpet story. Plain in addition to simple.
Tootie says non to experience likewise bad for her. She sneaks inward some naps when Cheese gets distracted past times her ball.

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So, here's what the living room looks similar from the opposite angle, looking into the dining room in addition to kitchen. Jesse has been working on trimming out the walls nosotros knocked down, which you lot tin encounter a niggling chip of inward this picture. Turns out, trimming out a wall is kinda tricky, therefore nosotros are moving turtle-speed on the trim down work. 

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I've brought inward a few pillows from my pillow hoarding closet. I don't dearest them, but I don't loathe them. 
So, for now, eh, they'll do.
I also decided to travel out the stone wall lone for now. 
I nonetheless don't dearest it, but I loathe it less, so....eh.

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I added a niggling abstract paradigm to the mantel.

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And therefore added a large woven handbasket side past times side to the stacked logs. It's currently housing the heap of magazines my mom brought me on her lastly 'Here are the magazines I've been hoarding for you.' visit.
I actually await frontwards to those visits.
 I took roughly xl magazines out of that handbasket for that photo. 


I also decided to hang that reclaimed mirror that I got for $20 over the couch. Ever since nosotros spackled virtually 400 wall holes in addition to spent a week painting, I've been avoiding the walls.
 It's a approbation in addition to a curse.
Blessing: Feeling actually peaceful similar some weird minimalist.
Curse: Fighting intense urge to create xl slice gallery walls. Developing twitch.

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So, for now, I'm simply hanging a few large things in addition to stepping away from the hammer.



Anyways, I also replaced our onetime thrift store TV stand upwards alongside a novel thrift store TV stand upwards that I scored for $50. 

If you lot missed the lastly DIY disaster post, here's what it looked similar earlier I painted it.


And here's what it looks similar at ane time after some pigment in addition to updated hardware.
Pardon the tiny TV. We moved the large ane that's commonly out hither dorsum to the chamber during the renovation in addition to I receive got yet to haul it dorsum out here. You mightiness recollect the Dirty Dancing photograph flora at the terminate of this post that variety of explains it. 


I fifty-fifty painted the insides of the drawers to larn inward experience similar novel (or at to the lowest degree non olfactory belongings similar thrift store).


I nonetheless demand to discovery a few terminate tables and/or a java table, but a daughter tin exclusively exercise therefore much at once, therefore for at ane time I'll simply appreciate having a house to sit down in addition to relax other than our bedroom.

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And I desperately desire to tell you lot that Tootie appreciates it too, 
but I fright I've hitting my truthful cat quota.

As for the residuum of the master copy area, nosotros hung the chandelier inward the dining room in addition to had to swag it over because it was virtually a pes off-center. And at ane time my search begins for dining room tables. I'm to a greater extent than excited virtually this constituent of the procedure than almost whatever other, equally I've been without a dining room tabular array for almost 2 years. 

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Before nosotros knocked downward the wall, our dining room was therefore tiny in addition to non fifty-fifty the smallest circular tabular array jibe well. So, at ane time that the wall is gone betwixt the dining room in addition to kitchen, I receive got therefore much to a greater extent than infinite for a dining room.
There's a whole long story virtually the dining room tabular array situation, in addition to it's a funny one, but I'll salve that for some other post, perhaps when I discovery the table. Or some chairs.

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Anyways, that's pretty much all for today, ya'll. Thanks for caring virtually what goes on inward my niggling world. I'll live dorsum presently when I receive got something else interesting to share.
In the meantime, I'll likely live on the couch similar a squealer inward a blanket 
and Cheese volition live acting un-lady-like on the rug.



 'Til side past times side time!
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