Weel 33 Project

I'm a little embarrassed that I'm still working on last year's year long resolution, but I'm gonna power through this and own it. I will finish. Si Puedo! In my defense, the last three months have been fairly crazy. I quite my job the same week this happened in my basement. 

Yeah, that is about four inches of water. It was the fourth of July weekend. So, everything was closed and everybody was flooded, pun intended, with calls from distressed homeowners like myself. My ever resourceful mother figure out a pump rental situation and I had four family members over at my house within hours making quick work of it. Then the bulldozer came and I became the proud new owner of a very expensive dirt pile, which covers the new main sewer line that had to be put in under my front porch.  See how much fun I've been having! Needless to say inspiration has not been forthcoming. However,  it was really great to work on my tan this summer!

So this" week's" project was simple, cheep and not very creative. After spending all that time outside looking at my lovely new dirt pile, I noticed my four year old railing needed some sprucing up. Enter a can of spray rustoleum.

Railing spruce-up, Done.


More creativity to come, I promise.

Week 27 Project

I took Cy up to Columbus is visit Robert at OSU this weekend.

I'm actually standing two stairs higher than they are in this pic. How unfair!

I sent Mary a text to let her know we were coming up and see if they could find some time for the Overbeck kids. We booked some Ionno time on Sunday and in her reply message she requested a necklace board like the one I have in my room for Ri!

Before we left to go buy supplies, I noticed that Ri had changed into her shirt  that I made earlier this year! I don't know if she wears it often, but I love that she was rockin' it on Sunday!

This was a super easy project since I had done it before.
Ri picked out the spray paint; pink, of course!
We did make one modification, due to Maria's father. My board used push pins. It works for me, but I'm not in grade school with a five year old brother. The idea of them falling out and being on the floor where the family often walks barefoot, didn't sit well with Jon. I thought about it and while I won't say he was right (if you know Jon, you'd know why), but I will say he wasn't wrong... We used 3M Command hooks. They were a great option now that the come with clear adhesive. We even used them to hang the board and the "GirlsRock" sign. No nail holes! I've used Command products to hang a lot of items in my house, especially now that I have ancient plaster walls. And no, 3M isn't paying for this post, although that would be awesome... 

Maria handed me her necklaces and directed where they should be hung one by one.

So easy, so fun.

Love spending time with the Ionnos!!!

Ri's necklace board, Done!

A Day with the brothers and the Ionnos!

Week 25 Project

A simple "inherited" chair
Fabric already in the stash
Left over spray paint (and a trip to the store for an extra can)

Before and After!

Bedroom Chair Makeover, Done!



Week 23 Project

I often get lost in google image searches. It's bad. I won't even remember what I began searching for and then I'll notice its two hours later. But, I gotta tell ya, I find some pretty cool stuff.
I will not be sharing the inspiration photo for this project. Mine turned out nothing like the photo I saw and I originally thought I'd chuck the whole thing. I hated it compared to the original. However, the thing has been in my living room for over a month now, and its starting to grow on me.


As is becoming usually, I started this project with a trip to Vally Thrift.This odd little lamp came home with me.


 Then I picked up 1500 zip ties, floral wire and two cans of spray paint from the local home improvement warehouse. I can home and tore up the lamp shade and started constructing a "birdcage".

Lots of time spray painting and zip-tieing and this little spot in the living room went from looking like this...


 to this.

Here's a close- up of the shade when its on.

And here's what it looks like when the lamp is off. I had originally put the zip-tie shade on the lamp that was in the corner, but the shinny-newness of it didn't jiv well with the retro-y shade. So I pulled an old lamp table up out of the basement and it works soooo much better.

Zip-tie lamp shade, Done.

Week 16 Project

I haven't felt that any of my projects have been fails.. until now. The idea was good, end results, not so much.

My house came with maybe 10 lawn chairs.
You know the kind white, plastic and stackable.

They still serve a very useful purpose, but they are at the point of no return when it comes to making them look clean.
I tried everything.Bleach. Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. Dawn Detergent. everything.

The spray paint they have for plastics has intrigued me, so I thought I'd give it a try.

 Seemed like an easy fix and I hate throwing useful things out.

My original thought was a goldenrod color, but the only

 color I saw at the store that I liked was a color called "brick red".

Does that look red to you?

My cousin/roommate and I both decided its not.

I'm ok with pink.

What I'm not ok with, is how the chair looks. 

I didn't think through that the paint might hide the "dirt", but highlight the imperfections; the scratches and dents and scraps and wear and tear that happens over 10 odd years.


Paint the lawn chairs chair. Done. Not again.

I now have one pick lawn chair and nine white. Good thing that won't bother me.