Weekend projects.

Ever try to relax?

I do try. 

Went to the cottage, my workshop is closed up there...but I had a couple of "small" things and some paint......hmmmm what to do? 

Just do them? 

yup

Brought them into the cottage, got out some old newspaper, placed it on the floor and after a bit of sanding...came up with these

 Very cute coat rack!

 Yes I know, I forgot the before pics, but aren't these after pics cute?

Love it now! 

 I almost got a before pic ;)

 Awesome little library table

 I love these tables. Of course I'm a lover of books. And these are great for keeping your books handy.

 These details get me every time!

 Then I found this candy dish.

 It's all hand carved, and the details are amazing!

 I seriously considered painting this, but I just couldn't do it. It's even signed by the artist.

Would you have painted it? 

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Back online.

After a week+ of no internet I'm BACK!!

We have come to realize just how much we rely on our internet and it really does make me wonder how we ever did without it. 

But we are back online and I can't be happier. I hate working off my phone! 

Just sharing a couple of little projects I finished over this week. 

I have a couple amazing ones coming. 

Now to haul out that camera of mine to make sure I take lots of before pics. 

 This cute bedside table was done for the daughter of a friend of mine.

 I removed wood handles that totally did nothing for this unit and replaced those with cute pink glass knobs.

 For some reason I didn't take pics of the inside of the drawers which are now pink. :)

 Then this ubber cute table with storage. This one is being saved for my niece. She lives out west but will be coming for a visit next year. I'm so excited to see her and her growing family and so happy she will finally be taking home one of my pieces :)

 Then finished this awesome dresser turned couch table/entertainment unit.

 I removed the top three drawers and replaced them with a shelf that can hold baskets or DVD player and game consoles.

I also added feet to raise it up and give it just a bit more class. 

Now for a relaxing evening...well after a little antique mirror that is calling my name. 

Now crossing my fingers we never lose internet again...for those of you who have had to go without, I now can say I know your pain. 

Have a great Friday!

Wardrobe Reveal!

It's just about Halloween! 

When the kids were little I used to decorate and make costumes and take pictures, leave a bowl outside on a chair and hoped the "honour" system worked (it did!) and take the kids out from house to house. 

Now I seldom decorate since I never know if I'm going to be here at home or at the cottage. 

This year I'm home. 

I love seeing all the costumes and hearing what the kids say. 

One year I wore my jammies and a kid didn't say trick or treat he just looked at me and asked rather loudly "are you wearing your pjs?" His father was soooooooo embarrassed! LOL I just laughed and said, why yes I am :) 

I hope I hear some cute things tomorrow as well. 

At some point in the evening, before or after the kids come by, I'm going to be saying goodbye to the wardrobe I finished. 

It came to me in many many pieces. 

You can read the whole post HERE

Well after doing a lot of figuring out what goes where, taking parts off that didn't fit the design of the client and cleaning, stripping, gluing, screwing (in a good way) 

We were able to finally start putting it back together. 

 My husband was sooooooooo in love with this piece wanted to have a hand in putting it back together again.

 I took every bit of all that detail off, stripped it, sanded it and put it all back.

 These pics are after priming it.

My hubby claims to be tall, but even he has to use a stool to reach ;) 

In the end all that hard work was so worth it! 

 Isn't it perfect for a little girl?

 All those details just pop!

 Stars for special dreams

 This was big enough that we were able to put in two clothing bars :)

 And of course pink is amazing!!

Since this is such a wonderful white I waxed it with a clear wax to preserve the finish. I wish you could touch this...it's just sooooooooo smooth! 

Can't wait for them to see it in person. 

Till then I will just sit back and enjoy it while I can :) 

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A diamond in the rough.

What a busy busy Monday. 

I was blessed enough today to have my husband by my side. :) 

I seriously can't wait till he "retires" so we can spend every day together! 

I know all day every day might scare some, but not us. We can work in the same space without bugging each other. We can take short trips "to town" or just relax...ok the relax thing is something I'm working on, but we can do it together. 

He's really getting into this whole furniture things and loves helping me out. Today was no different. He has been working on getting a couple of doors together and I hope to share it all before the end of the week. 

While he was working on that, I managed to knock off two projects. One I'll share today and the other I will share on another day. 

I came across a library table similar to this

I apparently don't have a "before" picture. I get so mad at myself for no before pics sometimes. 

I stripped it down. Stained the top painted the bottom and then let it sit. 

It just didn't seem right. 

so it sat

and sat

and sat. 

 Finally a light bulb went off in my head and I knew that it needed more. 

Something to set this apart from the crowd. 

I looked at all my old pictures and came across this. 

It's a Harlequin dresser I did. You can read about it HERE

I liked the shape of the design, but wanted to kick it out of the park. 

And I came up with this. 

 I did the design. Actually I was a little ticked off that the taping off took more time than the painting. Reminded me of thanksgiving. SOOOO much work for something that is eaten in no time..lol

 But like Thanksgiving, it was so worth the effort!

 All of this is totally original.

 But paint doesn't hurt it even a little bit, along with a bit of glazing.

 A bit of distressing and more stain and it's all ready to go!

Now to finish that wardrobe! :) 

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Wardrobe (part 1)

Brrrrrr

It's getting cold out there and I'm not happy about that. 

But I'm really happy to have my daughter home for a week. She is in her final semester at college and this is her reading week. 

I haven't gotten to spend as much time with her as I had hoped. Apparently she has "friends" who want to see her as well. 

This is what I get for dedicating my life to raising kids...they seem to think it's ok to grow up and move on with "their" life! 

LOL 

Seriously I love her, and am blessed with all my kids. 

Life goes in cycles doesn't it? 

Each stage in life has a time and a purpose. 

A while back I blogged about how I came to redo a Hoosier. Read it HERE 

As part of this deal, I had an antique wardrobe come into my possession. The couple were/are in the process of clearing out her grandmothers old farm house. They are redoing the whole thing and will be living there themselves. I love when a home continues in a family! 

When we were going through the house the husband said something about an old wardrobe in pieces. My heart started beating just a bit faster. The wife said to her husband "oh no Stan, she wouldn't want THAT old thing" 

I didn't want to push, but I did say I would love to see it. 

LOVE!!

I wish I had taken a picture of it in an old dirt floor garage where it had been living for who knows how many years. Covered in dust and in pieces.

 These pics were taken AFTER we had already started the repair on it.

 But obviously before I had a chance to clean it out (I left the mouse nest behind before I loaded it up in my truck)

 I love that it is antique, love the shape and size and love that it's going to be useable again :)

 See all the bits and pieces? Drool over the fancy front!

But what a pile of work. I took that front and all that detail came off, stripped, sanded it (by hand) and replaced. 

Ohhhh I can't wait to finish it. 

Still a ways to go, but oh my it's going to be pretty! 

Better finish my coffee and get back at it. 

Have a great Thurs. 

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