Project Number Two

I was going to label this post "Final Project"  But who am I kidding??? I can already think of other things I 'need' to paint for the big move.  But they will have to wait until we're in the new house.  It's only 3 days now and I'm excited.

So here's the latest in the milk paint saga...

Curio Cabinet BEFORE.  It is beautiful, but I wanted it to reflect my cottage sensibilities.

I decided not to paint the inside.  It has lots of mirrors, and glass shelving so that I thought the wood finish might make my glassware show off more.  I'll know for sure if I'm right after I get it filled.  (most of my 'stuff' is milk glass.

A BIG OLE MESS!

I haven't posted anything in such a long time but it used to be fun.  Maybe I'll get in 'the mood' again and once again, think it's fun.  Anyway, we are moving after 26 years being rooted in this house, neighborhood and little town.  The thing I am dreading most is the town we are leaving.  I will make friends in the next house, and a house is a house, but the town... that's something else.

I thought I would be a good girl and not buy a new dining set.  The table is in great shape, but the chairs were dated.  I bought new chairs on Overstock (still in boxes) I'll post them when they are put together -2 weeks tops! yeah right.

So here are pictures of the remake on the table.  I am pretty happy with the results but not ecstatic.

Original table.  I think everyone in the world has had a version of this claw foot table with pressed back chairs at one time or another.

First coat of Milk Paint

2nd coat - isn't it pretty?  Such a smooth finish.

Well, this is the table with the glaze on it.  This picture really doesn't show just how ugly it came out.  I wish I had never heard of glaze.  Anyway, it was just too brown looking.

A closeup of the pedestal with the brown glaze.

I took about 45 minutes and sanded the whole thing down.  I like it much better.  I may purchase some wax to rub on it and give it a pretty sheen - since my sanding pretty much eliminated it.  A word to the wise=if you use the milk paint and glaze combo, just be sparse on the glaze if you want it more white than brown.

Organization Bliss

My old cutting table finally gave up the ghost.  It literally was standing on it's last leg!  The bolts I had used to hold it all together just finally gave out.  It really took a long time for me to find what I wanted.  Joann's was really of no use, because they just carry the same kind of thing I had just taken to the dump.  So I got to thinking about Sauder furniture.  You have to put their furniture together, but may be they would build something for me for a cost.  We went to their store in Ogden and found a kitchen cart.  It was a pretty, soft green, but I really wanted white.  The only other color was gray, and that wasn't going to work, so I bought the green--and I'm so glad I did.  It actually looks great in the sewing room -green and all...

This is the back but it's the side that you see when you walk in the room. Lots of storage and it's on rollers.

I LOVE this feature, it is supposed to be for kitchen tools, but I use it to store my rulers.

This is the pretty side, but it's the side with drawers -perfect for rotary cutters, scissors, etc.  I haven't found a use for the big door area yet but I think it might be a good place for large bulky items, like batting.

Anyway, I'm really glad we bought this and the price was good, it was under $300.00 -a bit more cuz we had them put it together.

Farmington Quilt Show

What a beautiful day! Quilts, friends and beautiful surroundings.

A group of Farmington women held a quilt show in the park and gave the entrance proceeds to charity that will provide single women a chance at a college education.  Here are a few of the 200 quilts that were on display...

Chickens! By Pat Fuller (a new friend found today)

This is a Quilt Soup Pattern -Love the applique and colors the quilter picked-by Mary Silver

Another one by Mary Silver

I just LOVE this!-Really makes a statement-by Sherri Gowans

Quilted by a neighbor-Lisa White

#1. Wonky Fall  I absolutely love this series and am trying to find the patterns on the net.

#2 Wonky America

#3 Wonky Fall 

I like the colors in this one - but don't think I would like to attempt all these little squares!

This belongs to my neighbor, long arm quilter and friend-Laurel Bain.  There are no set-in seams.

This is Laurel Bain's.  She got it back east and is Civil War era.  I can't believe the quilting on this.  It's so small you do a double take thinking it's by machine!

Made by my friend, Becky Toone

Another one by Becky

We heard this one was recently valued at $14,000.

Does this one look familiar Marta?

I liked this one for the back..

Back of the previous one.  Makes you think about those panels you don't know what to do with.

A BEFORE AND AFTER PROJECT

Sometimes I just live with things I have come to hate.  Like our entry hallway off our garage.  This is the door we use to get into the house 99% of the time, and it was way overdue for a paint job.  The walls were stenciled (can we say 90's?) and badly scuffed from years of neglect.  Anyway, I had finally had enough.

BEFORE-you can't see them but those stenciled patterns are under that white paint

Pretty yellow paint.

I had the hardest time getting the baseboards off-I needed to because I planned on putting up beadboard.  The tiler had just tiled and grouted up to the baseboards so I had to chisel a line through the grout to get them loose.  Oh man, this was really hard!!  I couldn't get enough leverage in one part.  It was loose, but wouldn't come off...

AN IDEA!!-This shovel should give me the leverage I need-right?

WELL...Maybe not so much.  Oh boy, WHAT HAVE I DONE?  Good thing I have paneling sitting in the garage -right?

ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL

It looks so cherry and clean now.  Hooks for coats and basket for gloves and hats.  I may want to buy a small cushion so we don't scratch the bench.