Painting Headboard (July project)

Here's the headboard my dad made for me.  Painted white, then used glaze and gray paint mix 2:1

Needing to start on my quilt project soon so this all matches.

Bathroom Storage Cabinet

DAY 1

Beginning of a bathroom storage unit (above the toilet)..still needs a bit more work, and doors.

DAY 2

Made some gains with dad tonight on this, we made the doors.  I think now all that's left is getting hinges, handles and magnets...then of course painting this masterpiece.

DAY 3

So I know I said I wasn't going to end up working on the bathroom storage....but I did.  Spent last night putting the primer and paint on, today I've been working on glazing with white.

*Note to self: do not think you can use older bottles of glaze without feeling like you are working with 5 year old chewing gum.

Also, I did pick up the door magnets and knobs...but the hinges apparently are still in question.  I visited Lowe's twice yesterday and still came out with the wrong kind.

DAY 4

Had to put reinforcements on the storage unit, then paint them.

It's funny how an idea looks on paper then translates to real life...I never would have expected it to turn out this way.

Now I'm not sure if I truly had all that much stuff to put in there in the first place.

Love how it turned out and happy it's done!

Bird House #1 Mother-son time

So my son, Benton wanted to create a little masterpiece too!  So we made our first birdhouse together out of pallets.

 Note to self: pallets are extremely difficult to take apart and not break

Corner Shelves & DIY Nightstands

DAY 1

My dad gave me a brief rundown on how to use some of the tools in his shop.  So while he was at work I got to play in the garage.  I started off small with a couple of corner shelves.

Then I began to get braver.  A friend of mine had a wooden backdrop she used for her photography shoots that she wasn't using anymore so I got up the courage to attempt to build myself a couple of nighstands

Not too bad for a days work...

DAY 2

So I'm trying to go with a sort of beach theme for my bedroom.

 First step was putting on primer

 Benton was helping paint

 Took gray paint (Valspar) with a satin top coat mixed, painted over top then wiped off.

 Step by step process

Dresser Restoration

I was storing my son's dresser and it ended up getting cement on it, so after sanding I tried a new paint technique using a stencil I made (tried to make it like the design on his bedding).  The whole dresser is painted in a flat paint and the designs on the doors are in the exact same color of paint only in a gloss finish, followed by everything being painted with a satin finish.

This was done in May

Refinishing Tables

This was a project I started back in April.  I had a couple of tables (coffee table and a end table) that were in pretty rough shape because of past roommates.  I decided to try to restore them with ideas I saw on Pinterest.  Lots of battles along the way but here is what I came out with.

So I really, really, really thought this table should be an olive green.  After discovering it looked like baby poop I finally gave up on the idea.

Sanding took a long time because of the details on the table (went a lot faster thanks to Dad and Maria), but I finally got to the fun part of painting.  My sweet boy helped with the painting process too!

The top of the table was stained with Minwax wood finish (walnut).  Once that dried I put a coat of semi-gloss finish on top.

I had read on Pinterest glaze was the thing to do!  Man is that stuff tough to work with, but it turned out beautiful.  Once you mix the glaze you add a paint color of your choice...I choose a dark brown from Valspar.  I mixed a 2:1 ratio (glaze/paint).

And after that I was pretty much hooked and been doing projects since.