Monday, December 27, 2010

Busy Day

The presents have been opened, family has left and another wonderful Christmas has passed. OK, well I have to admit it wasn't the perfect Christmas...we all came down with the stomach flu and spent Christmas day in bed. But the rest of the week was wonderful and we will always remember the Christmas we had peanut butter & jelly for dinner!

Now today is a busy day putting the house back together, cooking the 16lb turkey that was still sitting in my fridge and getting back to work on projects. I went to ACE this morning to get started picking out colors for my daughters room. (A pic as a reminder...)




I am having a little trouble because the current wall color and carpet color put off a yellow hue in the room (you can even see it in the pic) and I am trying to avoid this from happening again. I already have a plan for the walls (my little secret) but before I get started I have to find just the right non-yellow creamy color so that you don't look like a fake tan gone wrong when you enter the room! Any colors out there you love?


Last night I also got started on another project, the kitchen table. I want a black pedestal table for our kitchen eating area. I think it will be just the right transition from the kitchen to the family room. But I just didn't want to spend the money on a new one, which pretty much means PROJECT! So I ventured out into the Craig's List world and made my very first Craig's List purchase, a gently used oak pedestal table for $150...such a steal!




If you have ever been nervous to buy something on Craig's List don't be. I was, but this was so easy! I knew what I wanted so I set up a search. I went back to it quickly each morning until just the right thing popped up. I emailed the seller, went and looked at the table, did a little haggling and brought it home a few days later. Easy as that, really!

The plan is to sand it, prime it and paint it black. Now this is all new to me but I have been reading up and I am confident I can take this on. My goal is to have it done by my daughters first birthday party, which only gives me two weeks! So I better get to work!


PS - I will share all the "how to" details of this project so you can do it at home.