How To Fix a Spray Paint Disaster

Today I'm telling the storey of my outset spray pigment disaster.
It all started amongst an innocent piffling thrift shop desk.

Although I'm pretty certain it had it out for me from the start, every bit at that topographic point were several spiders inwards the drawer simply waiting to trap me upwardly inwards a spider web as well as drain my blood. 
That's how far it went inwards my head.

Luckily Jesse is ever willing to de-spider things for me. And thus he offered to assistance me drill the novel holes for the handle.

After my novel holes were drilled, I took the desk exterior inwards the driveway as well as applied a bunch of forest filler to all of the scratches as well as dents. This desk was 1 large giant dent. 

Every white splotch on the to a higher house drawer was a dent or hole. 

That pace lonely took a practiced sixty minutes to complete.

Next, I used this gray primer (affiliate link) to prime number the desk since I had decided to spray pigment it black. 
I truly dear the agency the grayness primer looks past times itself. I should receive got waxed it as well as quit there. 
Seriously though, who knew grayness primer turned out thus pretty. It makes me desire to purpose it on something else. It's simply that perfect shade of gray-blue. 

But, of course of education I didn't halt there, because I was assault having a glossy dark desk.
And that's when my projection turned into a flake of a disaster.

I've spray painted thus many things inwards the past times span of years as well as I've never had this plough over off before. 

I used patently former high gloss dark spray pigment as well as for some argue it looked amazing everywhere except the overstep of the desk. The overstep of the desk was super streaky.

So, I allow it dry out for a few hours as well as thus took it within as well as sanded downward simply the overstep of the desk.

I could receive got sanded it all the agency down, but life is short, thus I simply sanded it smooth.

Then, I primed the overstep of the desk amongst brush on primer, primed it, thus painted it amongst some apartment dark pigment I had on hand. Then position a coat of Polycrylic on top.

It wasn't the ideal province of affairs I had planned, every bit my conception was to accept 10 minutes to spray pigment it as well as endure done. But, sometimes things acquire messed upwardly as well as you lot simply receive got to figure out a agency some it.

I debated non sharing my spray pigment disaster, but I figured that I'm non the exclusively 1 who's had a streaky spray pigment employment as well as that possibly this would assistance person else figure out what to do. I've since figured out that it didn't function because I spray painted a large apartment surface (the overstep of the desk) amongst a depression character dark lacquer spray paint. I've since spray painted this amongst a high character glossy dark spray pigment as well as it turned out perfectly.

So, I've lived as well as learned.

But, all is good inwards the end, every bit it however turned out pretty cool for a piffling thrift shop desk!

That's all for today!
'Til side past times side time!

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Mohawk Flooring Smart Strand Carpet Review

I was of late asked yesteryear Mohawk Flooring to review their novel Smart Strand Carpet. When the carpet arrived inwards the post service this week, I wanted to brand certain I gave it a very thorough testing.

When y'all inquire me to review a rug, THIS gal doesn't mess around.

So.......this happened. Alone. In my room. With a tripod. 

(They said to TEST it. Is that non what they meant?)

I'm yet sort of laughing to myself, thinking 'what if a vecino only happened to hold out spying on me?!'. And if so, that was likely the most ridiculous hr of their year. It took me well-nigh a dozen handstands to hold out able to capture it on photographic tv camera (These brittle bones aren't fourteen anymore!), too I definitely flopped over on my dorsum similar a beached whale at to the lowest degree twice. Not to mention, at 1 quest I really tried a log-roll too a few toe-touches.

That serial of events did non brand the photo-collage cut. 

So, at 1 time that I convey your attention, (because rolling only about on my novel carpet for an hr makes me a carpet expert), allow me say y'all a niggling fleck well-nigh this snazzy novel carpet.

Basically. Mohawk too DuPont convey teamed upwardly to innovate a revolutionary novel carpet called Smart Strand. Smart Strand is the carpet amongst built-in stain too set down resistance that won't article of apparel too launder off. 

Let me say y'all what else I loved well-nigh this carpet:
It was totally gorgeous, plush, too worked effortlessly inwards nearly every room inwards our house!
 It was a really pretty neutral green. 

I loved it inwards the living room! 

and I loved it inwards the bedroom, too! What's a daughter to do?!

It's really a tough choice. I'm thinking of keeping it inwards the chamber for at 1 time because of how soft too plush it is. There's only something well-nigh walking only about on it barefoot that makes me happy. 

That's all for today, folks!

Please note:  Handstands were performed on a unopen course of didactics yesteryear a handstand-professional. Don't hold out an amoeba too attempt to recreate this on your ain expanse rug. I volition non hold out held responsible for your bruised booties.

And of course, a large give thank y'all you to Mohawk for providing me amongst this rug. All opinions inwards this post are my own, every bit always! :)

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The Painted Dining Room Table Debacle

I receive got a piddling story for y'all today. It's a story that began inwards Feb presently subsequently I began this blog. It's a story of our dining room table, together with a piddling flake more.

It's a story close making the best of what y'all have, fifty-fifty when what y'all receive got is a really crappy table.


Let's start at the beginning. When nosotros initiative of all bought our solid 2 years ago, nosotros had a really small-scale budget to supply it. The budget was thence small-scale that subsequently purchasing 2 couches, the budget turned nonexistent.

We had never had a dining room earlier (having previously rented a teeny condo), together with although our novel ane was close the size of a small-scale sandbox, I yet wanted to decorate it. I turned to Craigslist to larn a dining room table. I constitute an entire fix for $600. It looked similar this:

I loved it at first, but I chop-chop grew to loathe it.

Some people receive got genuinely pinned this motion-picture present when I used it inwards previous posts, but every fourth dimension it's pinned, I cringe. I assure y'all that the motion-picture present does it WAY to a greater extent than jurist than it deserves. It was genuinely ugly inwards person. 

 The veneer began to tegument off of the top, it scratched easily, it was HUGE, together with having to brand our guests inch unopen to this gigantic tabular array exactly didn't work.

So, subsequently close a twelvemonth of giving it muddy looks every day, I resold it on Craigslist. 

I've constitute that when y'all purchase materials secondhand, y'all never experience guilty or bad when y'all realize the purchase was a mistake. You exactly resell it together with movement on.

My conception at this betoken was to honour a smaller circular tabular array somewhere locally together with thence honour chairs I loved online.

That conception didn't operate out thence well.

I constitute this for $30.  This is the motion-picture present that was on Craigslist. That is NOT my garage. 

My garage is much grosser. 

From the motion-picture present it looks all glossy together with inwards corking condition. I knew I would live on ikon it anyways, thence for $30, it passed the test.

Well, when Jesse brought it home, I close fainted. It was the most banged up, beaten upward slice of woods I had e'er seen. But, again, since it was $30, I figured I'd give it a go.

Here's the tabular array top subsequently I spent HOURS patching it:

My initiative of all conception was to stain it amongst a gray woods stain, but the veneer was thence damaged I had to pigment it instead. So, I painted it a beige-gray. I left it this agency for four months.

Be form to me....I never planned on showing y'all these pics, fearing that my table-adventure was a flop.

During these four months of my beige table, nosotros never had chairs. It was but a fourth dimension where nosotros had other priorities than assembling our dining room. 
The cats were the exclusively ones who seemed to similar it. They perched on it all 24-hour interval together with looked out the drinking glass doors.


So, since thence I've decided exactly to sell it. It's exactly non the correct table. But, earlier I sell it, I needed to figure out what color would expect amend inwards this space: a rustic, raw woods tabular array or a dark table. I'm yet thence torn, equally both would likely operate well. So, I decided to pigment the $30 tabular array dark thence that I could stare at it for awhile together with recall how a dark tabular array looks inwards our house.

So, I spent a few evenings sitting on the flooring of my sleeping room ikon the tabular array black. You likely mean value I'm crazy, (and I suppose I am) but I similar to pigment article of furniture correct hither piece I lookout adult man TV. This pic was taken piece it was drying...there were close four to a greater extent than dropcloths set downwardly piece I was genuinely painting.

I genuinely debated on whether or non I fifty-fifty wanted to percentage this project, because my dining room is yet SO unfinished. 

I brought inwards the work desk chair for the pictures, exactly thence that it didn't expect thence empty. Here's the 'finished' table.

So, that's my dining room situation. I exactly idea I would percentage because I'm certain a few of y'all tin relate. :)

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How To Shop at a Thrift Store for Christmas Decor

When it comes to Christmas together with vacation decor, thrift stores are actually cracking places to discovery actually cool materials for a fraction of the cost you lot would pay for retail vacation decor.

And nosotros all know I honey to salve some dollars.

So, today I regard I would present you lot merely how much cool materials you lot tin discovery at the thrift shop for your vacation decorating. I'll present you lot what to hold back for together with how you lot tin contain it into your electrical flow decor. Enjoy!

When it comes to thrift stores together with holidays, you lot actually tin discovery some cracking stuff. You cause got to pass some fourth dimension searching, but it's totally worth the extra assay when you lot discovery cracking materials for pennies on the dollar. 

For example, on my terminal thrift shop trip, I constitute this pre-lit giant tree for $40. We didn't cause got a tree yet, together with then this was a amount score.

After looking at store-bought mistaken trees all morning time together with discovering that I would cause got to accept out some other mortgage on my work solid to larn one, this $40 tree was a pretty cool find.

Case inward point:
Hobby Lobby tree = $600. My tree (that looks almost the same) = $40.

For a savings of $550, I'll create snowfall together with flock my ain tree. 

Who's amongst me?

 I was also able to discovery tons of awesome ornaments merely create to move re-purposed.
Well, I'll admit, they didn't hold back likewise awesome when I constitute them, but you lot cause got to run into beyond what's there.

For example, you lot may run into brassy golden 1980's ornaments. But I saw something totally different....keep reading.

From that footling store, I snagged ii boxes of golden ornaments for $2 together with a handbag of pinecones for $1. 

And from that brassy mess, I created these:

and these:

You tin run into the amount tutorial for all of those ornaments here.

I also used a bunch of thrift shop ornaments to brand my ornament wreath (full tutorial tin move found here). All of those large argent ornaments were in i lawsuit brassy thrift shop ornaments that I covered amongst argent rub & buff.

While I was at the thrift store, I also constitute a bunch of dissimilar things that I used to decorate my tree with, similar these napkin rings.

They ended upward looking cracking inward the tree, tied amongst merely a uncomplicated slice of ribbon.

 I also constitute a spool of white ribbon for 99 cents. fifty yards of wide, satin white ribbon for less than a dollar. I totally did a footling trip the calorie-free fantastic on that one. 

There are close a 1000000 things I tin exercise amongst white ribbon this vacation season, together with amongst fifty yards, I tin exercise all million.

I ended upward using tons of it to wrap to a greater extent than or less my tree together with to brand a bow for a tree topper.

 I also scored 2 argent platters for $1 each together with used them during a party. Can you lot approximate which ones I got?

Nearby was also an aisle amongst tons of white ceramics together with porcelain dishes. That would move a cracking agency to stock upward on cheap mugs together with such if you lot are hosting vacation dinners together with parties.

The real terminal affair I constitute together with brought dwelling work solid was a footling argent beaded ornament for 99 cents. 

I absolutely honey it. It's decease my favorite ornament this Christmas, together with it adds a footling chip of bling to my tree!

You tin run into to a greater extent than of our Christmas tree here.

Thanks together with then much for stopping by! I promise you lot enjoyed my thrift shop decor tips! Just remember, it doesn't cause got to move expensive to move beautiful!

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