A Quick Kitchen Table Primitive Makeover

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

New Dining Room

Still out there?

how goes it?

we are definitely not living the existence that we thought we would be right now...

but

I do know that after all is said and done

we will be picking ourselves up and dusting ourselves off ...

with all hopes that we will have something resembling what life was like before...

onward. we. go.

New Dining Room!!!

we tend to get technical after the holidays

we take stock of what worked, 

how many ppl we need to probably prep for next season...

and how to make it easier

we do not want these fun times to feel like a chore

so we took our downstairs sitting room with the wood stove

and

turned it into a dining room!!!! 

do you recognize that table?

yep its the old one from the kitchen!

its a bit wobbly 

and a lil too narrow

time to find something else

but a nice first try

how the sitting room used to look like

this was definitely a good first draft

the widows and the sun!

we are now making any excuse to be in there!

here's the 5 legged hand-me-down

how old is it?

from the 1920s? 40s? 50s? 60s?

the jury is out on that...

I do know for a fact that it was my grandmothers kitchen table

but

lets back up a bit to the transformation...

took all the cozy furniture to the snug down the hall

what's a snug... its a den...

Charli is helping.

took the ruggy rug upstairs to the bedroom...

its now part of the meditation corner of the bedroom...

I'll prob blog about that soon...

I'm cleaning out all the clutter etc...

see all the extra rugs now...

still re-distributing them...

hey 

isn't that that rug y'all got from target a while back 

that was supposed to go under the bed...?

yuppers

let me tell you something...

sometimes things come into this house

and it seems really automatic 

what its for or where its going to go...

then sometimes this happens...

there's what feels like procrastination.

its not.

the rug was definitely made for this! 

lol

so don't beat yourself up for hesitating on a project

the best possible outcome is just BREWING...

let it

trust it.

be patient.

and look at how well it goes under the table!!!

lil tip:

this rug was 8 x 10 on sale for like $80 with free shipping from target online

I tend to stalk the sales for rugs

then we couple that with our red card discount

I'm not affiliated with the targs...

just a tip from me to you

;-)

close up

Charli is still helping...

the center leg was missing its castor

and correct me if I'm wrong here

most kitchen tables with castors like this were probably 

used way way back because they didn't usually have a ton of counter space

and needed something they could easily slide over to wherever was useful

and then slid back easily without needing help or scratching the floor...

if so 

this may be great grandmas table...

ooooooooooooooo

of course because I'm a pack rat girl scout 

I had a wee wooden castor in an old tool box 

in the cellar

I've had that thing sooooooo long

I don't even remember where I got it

or found it

or what it came off of...

FATE

pretty sweet

remember

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I'm not really sure why these pics have positioned themselves side by side............................................

but we are just going to let them be... cuz they cute.

this is where I'm sitting now

so frikkin cozy

and I frikkin love cozy!!!

so here we are 

spring

season of rebirth

what are you all doing during this time?

are you guys working from home?

I've got some paint and crowbar type projects coming up

literally 

in just a day...

wwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

we tear it down to build it up!

k kids... just wait... you'll see the next incarnation of this lovely table soon...

hope you all are riding the waves of life well.

roll with the punches.

and don't forget 

I'm proud of you, & you are loved.

AND

keep meditating! 

Paint them Cabs!

Look what we diddddddddddd!!!

Finally!

The Kitchen is really starting to feel like its ours!

K, Here we go, Ive added unedited (exposure wise) pics so you can see the difference between how the reflected light from outside and in improved once the white was ON!

Here's what started this: Painting the brick around our wood stove...

Kilz Max and a teeny lil paint roller...

4hrs and done...

I may paint the grout at some point, but that's the best thing about having a house, you can do what you want, or not, you have time... and what else would you be doing with your time... watching tv...? lol

Huge Impact! Why didnt we do it sooner...

I will post some pics soon on the instagram as the sparkle is coming in to combat the dark season.

Knowing that we would be spending at least a few days with the paint... I set up a painting tray inside a box lined with a trash bag for closing it off during breaks & over night, etc...

Lined the tray with tinfoil for the easy clean up when we are all done... letting the thin film of paint at the end air dry so pulling the foil off scrunching it & tossing it is not a total mess...

I definitely wanted to skip putting any paint down the drain & into our septic system, plus you can stick your brushes inside the baggy during your breaks so that you only need to saturate your brush with paint once, and wash them once.

Do not get me wrong, I did not think our cabinets were ugly...

They were charming & for sure a selling point when we bought the house...

With a few other types of wood going on in the space... design wise, too much muddy browns, & lacked cohesion...  that Kitch needed to git it tigether!

The Kitchen was dark, like a cave, unless you had all of the lights on... all the time... and it made me want to avoid being in there... sad...

So we got crackin! Covering the counter with plastic, cuz you know its going to get busy and messy!

And Yes we left the Cabinets intact to paint... there's no need to screw with screws and lay stuff flat... where...? & hope that they dont get bumped by a pet or even worse... outside where pine needles could land in the paint... F that! ;-)

I Love the primer stage, dries quick, good quality ones have less stink & create a smoother surface!

We splurged on Kilz Max

We had one gallon, spent close to $36 at our local home improvement store, and after putting two coats on... we still have a third of a gallon left...

Dampen yer brushes with warm water before you start & you can stretch that paint! Like a roller give it a spritz or a brush dip in a lil H2O and towel off any excess... do not soak em...

Totally worth it! And just wait till I finish the Grout Paint on the floor!!!!!!!

Betcha canno wait till that oggy bloggy... at this rate, early next year lol... nah... mebee...lol

In total we spent around 15hrs painting... this wine rack did not help... small roller to the rescue!

Looks Gorge tho...

Is that my Kitchen...? Yes, yes it is my Kitchen...

Even when the Big Lights are off, no living in a cave effect!

The windows will be painted as well... just need a few secs to have the mess n clean up...

Ive gone through with my quirky lil selection of knobs... even though we have not chosen the final shade of white that will go on at some point...

Bright and Inviting...

Swoon!

Lovely Moments like this happen now... :-) can not wait to paint everything else...

And the Stairs.... Ideas have been swirling around... (halloween btw...lol)

Thank you Pinterest... I will be loosing sleep over this one! love love love!!!


Meanwhile... Im still getting used to this new Blogging situation...

Where are my pics... how to make my pics who are from one operating system speak to the other operating system with the slow lines of old dsl... wah wah... first world probs... running out of editing time lol, misspellings and no commas lol big whoop! X-D

I will get used to it, and by the time I do... there will be another form of getting this together that I will need to adapt to... blah blah blah...

Until then...

Get yer paint stuff out!

Put a paint brush in yer hand!

Most Importantly!!!!

MAKE SOMETHING!!!

XOXO
~JM

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