A Note From Pudge

Hi, I’m Pudge.

I like to poop in the loft upstairs. My mom and dad put this thing in my way so I can’t go up there and have to hold it all day.

They took the black thing down and put this thing up yesterday.  Don’t I look cute next to it?

I still can’t go up to poop.  Dang.

 

 

 

For those inquiring minds: found this baby gate in my in-laws attic and painted it with leftover paint from our entry bench.  Cost: free!

My sewing table is featured today at

Vanity

One of my projects on my March To-Do List is to work on our half-bath.  It’s a small space so it doesn’t need a ton of work, but I want to add a little character.  I started with the vanity.  There was nothing really wrong with it but the wood was literally the exact same color as the floor and was just blah to me so I decided to give it a little makeover  Here is the before:

And After:

Instead of the cookie cutter vanity, it’s now a fun, unique piece of furniture.  I sanded all the doors and drawers (the top one is not really a drawer-it just pretends to be), primed, and then painted them with a white paint we already had.  It took 2 coats of primer and 3 coats of paint.  After I let that all dry overnight, I sanded some areas and used a staining technique.  You put stain on a rag, and basically do the old wipe on, wipe off method until it’s the color you like.  I love how it sticks to the edges and creases and gives it so much character.  I’m still looking for the perfect hardware to finish it off but it already has a lot more personality.

Total for this project:  $5 for the stain.

I linked this project up to Thrifty Decor Chick and:

Entry Mirror Update

After adding our board and batten treatment to the entry, my mirror just sort of faded to the background.  I had painted it and hung it in the entry before we decided on wall colors for that area and turns out I know what I like because the color I created for the mirror originally (by mixing a few colors) ended up being almost the exact color of our board and batten color.  I figured white would make the most sense in an overhaul because that is clearly our color scheme here-blue/gray and white.  I left the inner decorative edge the blue/gray color to keep the contrast.

Before:

After:

But after painting Tuesday night, I decided I wasn’t really in love with the white either.  It seemed too matchy matchy and not rustic enough.  So I pulled out the old paint from our dining room (next to the entry) and did a couple thin coats of that over top which kept that driftwood look I like (similar to the coat hanger).

Final after:

Such a nice place to great guests.  Who wants to come over?

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