Recently, I have taken some time away from blogging and my computer in general, but summer is here and I have so many exciting projects that I want to talk about, I felt compeled to start it up again. First of all, I'm back in my wonderful home town, Seattle. My mom just moved so I'm staying at my Dad's house. But the last time I decorated my room there I was about 13 and very into Blue. So over the past couple weeks my dad, Chris and I have been repainting, reflooring, and and all around fixing up my new space. Its not quite done yet. unfortunately I forgot to take before pictures, but here are some taken during the very rough first stages. there was A LOT of prep-work, patching, and "cocking" before we could even paint...
BEFORE....
AFTER....
The other weekend I rearranged our living room. I'm still not done, but i'm close. I basically moved the futon couch to the other side of the room. I still need to mount our old French map. We found it in a dumpster at Smith college, its beautiful and aged, its one of my favorite finds. my craft corner is a mess! I NEED to do some serious spring cleaning. Since we are leaving in May (going back home to Seattle! we going to road trip back through the south and up the California coast... but i digress) I need to start selling things and giving junk away to the good ol' salvation army. I'll be listing the furniture I don't care about on craig's list, like the mattress. but there are a few things I want to hold on to. like my favorite bizarre love seat that some day I will have reupholster. I can't believe I'll be leaving this place so soon. I'll be going back to the good old Barnard in the fall.... oh the time dose fly.
My nook is finally complete! I have wanted a little space to make things ever sense we moved in. As I type I am cozy at my little desk surrounded by my craft stuff. I just repainted the desk white and spray painted the handle silver. I also put my small ironing board on a table pedestal I found on the sidewalk. It's all quite cute if i do say so myself.
I think I've gone a little green crazy. I found this chair by the side of the road and thought it would make a good upholstery project. plus be a good chair for my craft nook. So i unscrewed the cushions and using a staple gun and some fabric from joAnn's I reupholstered the seat and the backrest. then I spray painted the frame silver, which turned out to be very metalic. then put it all back together and I realized I have make another green chair.
So I finally did it. the color is a Nickelodeon-slime-green. I cleaned up the melt frame with WD-40 and steel wool* awesome at cleaning up rust. Its a little green.. but I can dig it
well I did my best. considering its a shitty/old/gross/poorly maintained bathroom. I re-painted the chipping white walls and a portion of the bathtub. I pull in a new towel rack that can actually accommodate a towel! new medicine cabinet. I don't even what to show you the old rusted one. I felt like I needed a tetanus shot every time I brushed my teeth. I got new shower curtains, hooks, a bath mat, and the storage containers from target for under $30 total. the pipes under the sink are still exposed and the toilet seat is off white, which kills me! but its livable. Check it out BEFORE!
all weekend I've been working on my bathroom. Its not done yet but i thought I'd post some before shots. Since i'm not allowed to paint it i thought I'd embrace the light blue and follow in the foot steps of Nicole for Making it Lovely! my all time favorite blog.
Well I tried some random/cheap spray paint on my chair but of course it didn't adhere to the plastic.... it basically just dripped off. but while i was at the hardware store i saw a spray paint line dedicated to plastic surfaces. so i'll have to go back and try it again. I've been in florida over the weekend plus the fact that i've been really lazy so hopefully i'll get the project done by next week.
I found these two chairs by the side of the road and I am all
about free stuff. The plastic was discolored by mildew and white paint had some how been splatted on both chairs. There was also some rust on the metal frame, but nothing some 4o9 and steel wool can't fix.
At first I tried to remove the stains and paint from the plastic parts of the chair. I used soap and water, paint thinner, and this very toxic product called Goo-Gone. None got the job done. So instead of investing my cash in more toxic solvents I've decided to just spray paint the plastic. I tried to unscrew the backrest and the seat to make painting easier, but because of the structure of the chair it was impossible. So i just used painters masking tape and over zealously taped the metal frame so that no metal was exposed.
I think I'll pick a mustard/yellowish/greenish color....
to be continued
