Today Friends, we visit with the toilings
That Were
The Projects That Were Started Last Week!
Like a lot of us, we have a room that is an odd size with
maybe...
Just maybe...
Too many doors and walkways, etc...
And we struggle with its practicality and use,
&
Ability to have the size of furniture that we would prefer to have in it...
So,
With a Semi-Functioning Adult Brain at the ready,
I Remembered that we had some old Ladder Back Chairs in the Basement!
Pictured Above is the Pintrest Inspiration that set all of this in motion!
And this inspo is the one that solidified it!
Going into the 'Ber Months with a gothic heart, how could I not,
AND I MEAN N O T!
I had never considered painting the rushed seats before...
Our chairs were originally purchased in the wild of the Olde Hadley Flea Market,
Which sadly is no more... moment of silence for those times of old...
I'm not crying, you are.
Okay,
We are all crying!
The song playing in the background as I write this is "Fix You" by Coldplay...
Oof...
Anyway,
The rushed seats of our chairs were not in the best condition,
and they had been the subject of many scratchings of kitties...
so,
LET THE PAINT BE THE GLUE!!!
In our finest hour of the Fine For Now Mentality!!!
I started
with the chair
that I thought
was the one in
the worst condition...
Turns out that the Pink one there...
All along the back
Most of the strands were completely broken!
oh noooooo...
*Here's my tip*
Get yourself a plastic putty knife
so
That when you are plastering these types of things down
you can save your fingers by not touching the hot hot lava glue!
I knew this well enough, and it made the project of smoothing and securing
so much easier!
I kept onward!
Despite the issues with the rushing
and the Paint!
I said to Paint, "Why do you not like your topcoat? I stir you the way you like,
and still you reject your lovely top...?"
These small cans of paint were bought not long ago...
I just might change brands for all of my Satin Black needs...
But still
I kept onward!
This is just dressing it up
in the fine way
I wished!
kk we will keep going!
OH, this too, k thnx Pinterest!
I see you...
The Windsor chairs we have
will need a Satin Black treatment too I see...
More for me to keep my mind off things, sure, sure.
The finish of the Benches we have
Is to dictate the next step!!!
Finally taking their moment in the spotlight,
because when we ordered them in white, they came in the darker finish with black legs...
Sometime you get what you need....
Now turning the top of the plain pine table from Ikea to match it...
You know the one, its a tiny table with the under $80 pricetag...
If we ever get around to demolishing that old pony wall in the kitchen,
maybe we will buy a second table to tack on when more (any) people come
for the dinners or the suppers.... IDK,
ANYWAY,
I have never. Ever. Applied a stain to raw wood before...
Looks rustic,
I think it fits the brief.
Just don't look close...
I did not mean to say that... ;-)
Hey lookit all of the shoes...
any org tips,
anyone... anyone...
Future me prob... LOL
Meanwhile
Back at the Pintrest...
Should our Guest Room Look Like THIS...???
Oh Goodnesses and Graces there's Inspo spinning all around me now.
Furniture Edit Coming....
To put in the Basement or to Curb Alert...
That is the Question.
Yes
Yes
Yes!!!!
Cooking up Historical-Adjacent Color Pallets!
Making a list of Behr Paints to get testers made....
Story Time!
My old Apartment was a Block away from an old Mom n Pop Paint Shop,
I used to go in and browse all of the tester pots at the front displays...
$3 bucks a pop, I would fill my arms with all sorts of hues...
I still have a couple left in the basement...
Doubt they're still good, but, if I were to be desperate enough...
I could probably add some water and stir them back into being...
oh yeah,
We came to the end of our over the stove microwave days,
and...
Finally installed that hood vent that we bought on sale
way back when we first moved here in '16.
A good old patchy patch job was required for the duct passage, so I got out the wee
bucket of spackle & got stuck in.
Letting that project finally come to an end,
I guess, really sent me into full steam ahead with the thoughts of a
"Primitive Styling" for the table and chairs...
I really want to try and give us a Faux Fireback
type of Backsplash
for the wall between
the stove
and "new" hood vent, etc...
we shall see...
And that's how it got done.
Really trying to get some fun projects done & dusted.
I've been finding it really helpful since we lost the fur loves last year.
I'm really not bouncing back as fast as I thought I would, so I am finding myself taking time to concentrate on the big projects that aren't involving social media. And they are exciting new things, things that are a hope for fullfilment on a very large scale. So, with getting into the grove on those fronts, more writing and music, and videos will be made. And of course I have this new fever for the Primitive decor to drive me into fun - which is so needed for this point of the journey.
Luck to all, for we are searching now more than ever.
x~JM