appreciated.
mis- -stood.
cut.
pressure.
the weather.
fed.
mined.
wear.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Saturday, April 2, 2011
New Fun Times
Well, I am a sucker for Craigslist. I might have a teeny tiny addiction. For cheapo things. Not in quality. Just in moolah.
Sooo, I've been wanting an entertainment center with enclosures (drawers or doors) for a few months. You see, Walker likes to get his perfectly little pudgy hands on all things electrically-inclined and/or utterly destroyable.
I looked for dressers for months. Probably two months. And I wanted some fun detail on it somehow, so I could glaze it, like I saw on Vintage Revivals. Voila. Meet Yucky Pink Dresser. (No offense, sweet mother of two darling daughters who made it!)
And, here is a silhouette.
This little sheila had a flimsy particle board top, although I did appreciate the curves. Sad.
Anyway, my inspiration was here:
Well, kind of, I guess. I wanted a black dresser with a stained wooden and slightly bulky top.
Then, one of my re-do heroes, Perfectly Imperfect, had a tutorial on how to dry brush.
Sigh. I really had a genius idea. I went to Home Depot and asked for simple black paint. I like Behr, just because it is what I used on another dresser, and I knew what to expect with it.
Michael helped me spray it with a... wait for it... sprayer. So, now the dresser was black.
I wish I had a boring black dresser photo to insert.
The only problem was the top. Once again, my handsome fireman saved the day. He took some old 2 x 6's and fashioned a new plankish top.
Then, miracle of miracles, my plan worked on the first try!
I mixed up some pale turquoise paint and dry brushed it on over the black! It might actually be a whitewashing technique. Basically, you dip the paint brush in paint and then remove most of it with a rag. Then, you lightly brush on the mostly gone paint.
Ready for this?
I took a chance at receiving some Harris Disapproval from M when I desecrated the simple wood with *gasp* paint. The top just looked too new and clashed with the body of my beauty.
M liked it and I LOVED it!
I hope you like it as much as I do! Yay for Craigslist! Yay for crafty Utahns! Yay for less literal button-pushing by a one year old!
PS I had the fab antiqued handles. M's toolbox got ripped off, and the handles were in it. Too bad. So, now I am savoring the search for the perfect bunch!
Sooo, I've been wanting an entertainment center with enclosures (drawers or doors) for a few months. You see, Walker likes to get his perfectly little pudgy hands on all things electrically-inclined and/or utterly destroyable.
I looked for dressers for months. Probably two months. And I wanted some fun detail on it somehow, so I could glaze it, like I saw on Vintage Revivals. Voila. Meet Yucky Pink Dresser. (No offense, sweet mother of two darling daughters who made it!)
Anyway, my inspiration was here:
Then, one of my re-do heroes, Perfectly Imperfect, had a tutorial on how to dry brush.
Sigh. I really had a genius idea. I went to Home Depot and asked for simple black paint. I like Behr, just because it is what I used on another dresser, and I knew what to expect with it.
Michael helped me spray it with a... wait for it... sprayer. So, now the dresser was black.
I wish I had a boring black dresser photo to insert.
The only problem was the top. Once again, my handsome fireman saved the day. He took some old 2 x 6's and fashioned a new plankish top.
Then, miracle of miracles, my plan worked on the first try!
I mixed up some pale turquoise paint and dry brushed it on over the black! It might actually be a whitewashing technique. Basically, you dip the paint brush in paint and then remove most of it with a rag. Then, you lightly brush on the mostly gone paint.
Ready for this?
I took a chance at receiving some Harris Disapproval from M when I desecrated the simple wood with *gasp* paint. The top just looked too new and clashed with the body of my beauty.
M liked it and I LOVED it!
I hope you like it as much as I do! Yay for Craigslist! Yay for crafty Utahns! Yay for less literal button-pushing by a one year old!
PS I had the fab antiqued handles. M's toolbox got ripped off, and the handles were in it. Too bad. So, now I am savoring the search for the perfect bunch!
Saturday, January 1, 2011
2011
Well, 2010 is gone. But, certainly not forgotten!
We rang in the new year as a family, and with the company of our friend, Bryanna Benson.
We actually banged pots and pans together.
I'm not much on New Year's Resolutions. Probably because I'm practically perfect in every way. Jokes.
No, but seriously, I prefer tentative goals. We are going to go on more dates, and I am going to get my hair cut regularly!
Walker is planning on having honey for the first time in 2011, and Michael is going to become a 29 year old man and also trust my ever-correct instincts more.
I just made this up.
I'm excited for the new year, though. I'm more excited for a lot of things, now that Mikey and I have Sev to show the world to. He is such an angel. Heavenly Father has blessed us so much with just 7lbs 12 oz. of pure happiness.
Babies, as you know, don't search for happiness. They take it with them where they go.
That is a new goal of mine. In fact, I spontaneously resolve to take happiness with me, instead of pursuing it.
I am so excited for Valentine's Day, too! Like Kirsten Cohen, I think it may become my favorite holiday.
I already have Michael's gifts all planned out! I'm so happy to have a big, handsome lover valentine, and a smallish monster-pants little boy for a mini valentine.
Yay.
Love you guys!
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