Its probably my least favorite corner of the house. I have two ginormous
trees next to the house. They provide wonderful shade and keep the house
nice and cool. However, they also have a tenancy to make the interior of the
house kind of dark. When I moved in, I painted the yellow walls this lovely grey and soon
realized a lighter grey would have been a better choice, but I love the
color and am pretty much over the idea of painting any more walls for a
while.The combination of the shaded house, darkish walls and black TV on black TV stand created a bit of a black whole in that corner (I took this pic with all the lights turned on, on one of the sunniest days of the week)
The tuesday before last I made up my mind to do something about this dark issue of mine...
Last Saturday I had a date with my youngest brother, Cy, to go to the Cincinnati Art Meuseum.We had a lot of fun at the art museum in Denver when we went out to visit my sister and so it was time to explore a little closer to home. The art museum was really cool and really cheap (free!) We made a pit stop on the way home at Valley Thrift. I've mentioned Valley Thrift before and this probably won't be the last time you hear about it. Cy is a huge thrift-er and loves finding unique items there and apparently high school-ers are into that kinda thing these days (geez, that makes me sound old) He managed to find a pair of khakis (that I'll turn into shorts for him) a Reds t-shirt, and a cor-dory shirt(that you'll just have to see a picture of some time).
I planned on buying a fabulous pair of jeans without trying them on, like my friend Mindy, but no such luck for this chick. I walked in the door and found something I immediately knew I was taking home. I wasn't sure it would fit in my car and I wasn't sure I wanted to spend $25 at the thrift store on one item. I had them hold it for me in the back and then, then, I saw something that bumped that 1st beauty right outta the running!
This British beauty (seriously, it was manufactured in England) was equiped for 8-tracks, records, AM and FM radio! Now, I've never seen an 8-track so I don't know if that part still works, but the radio works! The sound was actually pretty good. Too bad my TV will be on top and I won't be playing her.
Since I spent sooooo much on the actual radio, I wanted to see if I could do the rest without spending much. I did end up buying an extra can of white spray paint. I didn't have enough on hand and the idea of priming all the detail work by hand sounded like a pain. With a little leftover wall and Yellow Dresser paint, the project was complete! I should have sanded but didn't and I'm hoping since this won't be a piece that is "used" ( setting cups or books or plates on) it won't be too much of a problem for me. The TV is on top and that where it will stay.
Old radio turned into "new" TV stand, Done!
