diy weekend + packing...

after a brief trip to home depot for some paint, i am in the process of re-doing some of the pieces that will end up in my new sewing room in a couple of weeks! my sewing table got painted a couple of years ago back in my old apartment, and at the time i loved the color -- but it wasn't going to fit at all into my color scheme, so a couple coats of Glidden's "Sea Fare" #17G 60/218 in satin finish, and its like new!!


also for the sewing room, i had got super cheap from ebay.. some frames for a handful of 8x10 prints i'd gotten from an etsy shop. i didn't like the color of the frames but i loved the style, so they got a new look too! (i'm actually going to spray them with an ultra gloss clear spraypaint after they are dry, to make them extra shiny.)


here is some of the art that will end up in the room, those 8x10s are the ones that will get framed:

i will be sure to get more photos in a couple of weeks once we start moving and i can get the new room all setup! it will be a fun process, i'll be shopping for a new desk chair and possibly a second desk, and some other things for the room at ikea. and i will be making my own curtains and some pillows as well. my mother also has an old lamp and mirror that may get a re-do for the room, too!

but for now, spring is here!

bureau.

after realizing that the knobs on this bureau are not able to be removed (they were painted over and thus stuck, from long long ago), i gave myself the go ahead to just paint over them again. its a bummer, because i had wanted to get some cool glass knobs to replace them; but life goes on. two drawers have just gotten a first coat of paint as of today, so there's still a ways to go on this project. this picture was taken just after a third coat of paint was put on the bureau itself, so it looks a little uneven. this color has been tough to do, but i think in the end its going to be awesome. i love it! [ps. the color is actually a bit darker/richer then the photo shows. it was in the sunlight!]

projects in the making!

this is the time of year where i start to panic about items in time for the holidays! but, i think i have a good grasp on what i can accomplish in the next month and a half or so....
here's a sneak peek of a couple of things i'm working on:



i'm also ready to start working on our bed quilt!


i finished covering our wall canvases for above our bed this afternoon. the color is such a deep rich chocolate brown that it was hard to get an accurate photo!


AND, i got paint to paint my tiny vintage bureau, an awesome purpley-wine color. again, hard to get an accurate color of the photo, but i will get better pictures once its all painted!

frecent project.

so, for the past couple of weeks i've been working on sanding, priming, painting and putting new knobs on our tv cabinet. right now the tv is ontop of it without any drawers or doors, but hey at least i finished the painting part! it was an older piece of furniture that i got back when i was still in highschool over ten years ago, it came from a neighbors' yardsale so who knows how long they had it.... its a great piece, just needed a little updating.

here's what it looked like last week (and it looks the same now, the tv is just ontop of it and its in its rightful home by the window..)


here's a peek at what it looked like before..


once i get the drawers and doors painted i can put on the new white & silver knobs that we got, and all will be well. i'll make sure to get a final product picture once i'm done!