I adore what I do for a day job (teach middle school sewing- AMAZING gig! Who knew you could get paid to have fun all day?), but I honestly cannot wait to get home to work on my "babies". Here's my lineup:
- Refinish/recover padding on a chair for the master bedroom
- Refinish Craigslist coffee table (GORG) for the basement
- Make/cover pillows for the bedroom, decorative chair, and living room couches
- Refinish sewing desk and computer desk
- "Frame" bathroom (master and hall) mirrors {read below!}
Score! I am my father's daughter. He has been known to dumpster drive on many occasions. I have no shame- one man's trash is definitely MY treasure.
Now, after all of my deal seeking adventures, I have a waiting room of junky looking furniture that will soon look like a thousand bucks =)
Here is a mass before picture of my "rags":
I mentioned in the list that I want to "Frame" our bathroom mirrors. I was at my parents' house over Christmas and LOVED that way it looked on their mirrors. I wanted to do it then and today I stumbled upon a blog- Show & Tell - that has a tutorial! So exciting. Here is a rundown of the framing process- these are the pictures she used in her tutorial. I "summarized" it through pictures and caption for easy reading:
I LOVE this- even contemplating painting the cabinets and light fixture black during my extended time off (eh, hmm, Spring break and summer)!
Happy Projecting!
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