Until.....

There aren't many 

old photos

of this room

because it

was pretty much

a catch all room

It did have blue/grey

 indoor outdoor carpet

we tore up

under it was this

 lovely green linoleum

so we decided to pull it all up

and redo the wood floor

if it was in good shape

UNTIL......

(why is there always 

an until in old houses)

we noted a square 

pattern in the linoleum

thinking it might be

a trap door

(don't you love our imagination)

as we pulled it up

we noticed soot on the edges

The new boards are 

wider than the old 

boards and instead

 of replacing the whole length

they cut a square area out

We thought redo then 

put a carpet but 

it is in a very odd place

soooooo

back to the drawing board

and at this point we

are thinking abt painting

the floor a dk walnut color

but it won't be until 

the summer 

when we can open it all up

My new "old" cart

I got this cart at GW outlet 

for $2

I wasn't sure what

 I was going to do with it

I just thought it was cute

but not really into the pink

soooooo

I decided to crackle finish it

I thought copper as the base

 until I put it on and didn't like it at all

way too pink

so a used a brown

since I wanted it aged looking

I wasn't overly careful

in painting

I then put the crackle finish

and once it dried applied

Heirloom White

paint

Viola it started

cracking right away

I had a few flubs

 I had to go over 

but in the end 

that made it 

look more aged

I painted the wheels heirloom

crackle 

then 

ochre color

I don't usually 

like crackle finish

but I thought it

 would look better

as an aged piece

I plan to use it 

to display items

when I have 

my craft booth

So Very Creative

Craftomaniac

Make it For Monday

Just Something I Whipped Up Monday

Made by You Mon

I Made the World Cuter

Making Monday Marvelous

Market Yourself Mon

Tip Me Tues

Get Your Craft on Tues

Whatever Goes Wed

What Ever You Want Wed

Look What I Made

Transformation Thurs

Get Your Craft On

DIY

Show and Tell

Look at Me Party

Show and Tell Sat

Met Mon
It's So Creative

Polly Wants a Crafter
Motivated Mon
Tute-in-Tues
Tues Time Out
Time to Shine
Well Made Wed

Whatcha Work-up Wed

I Gotta Create

2nd time around

Bird Cage

I tried to come up
with something
 unique for the name
but couldn't....

I bought this bird cage
abt 2 yrs ago

and bird stand separately

and have gone back and forth
on what color I finally decided ORB
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This seems to be the year

 of catch up on all the projects

I have had sitting around

Free Paint Sample

I got my free Valspar sample today

I was impressed on how nice the pkging is

Valspar

They give away 1000 samples 

every day starting at 10 EST

It came with the paint sample

and a small pan

and rollers

It also includes a $5 off cpn

complimentary palette

I'm not sure when it started

but my understanding is it will last 100 days

Even if you don't have a project 

in mind 

you might want to get a sample

for future use

even if its just for frames

I will be using mine

as the accent color on

the outside of my house

Another Step Closer

I've talked abt the problems

we've had with trying to paint

 the front of the house

here

Before the metal wrap

new sill

primed

We have been fighting time but this 

weekend my hsb 

was able to get the fishscales painted

and the house is getting another step closer to 

being how I envisioned it

so far

  I think we are getting close