Grrrrr...

I couldn't find a youtube video of Harry from Home Alone where he grumbles in some sort of unidentified pseudo-cursing language...but, if I could figure out how to type that out phonetically, I would have made that the title of this post instead of the inarticulate "Grrrr..." option ;)

I can't get this computer to like me. I'm using My Love's computer, because I recently dropped my own laptop on my foot...cracking the screen...which now no longer works. Ironically, my screen became illegible a matter of days after I donated our formerly-not-in-use-monitor to Goodwill.

Now, I have at least two posts somewhat written, waiting to be shared with cyberspace, and this computer will not cooperate. It won't even let me save images off facebook to post on here.

I now feel like I should take a moment to recognize and acknowledge that, while temporarily frustrating, these "issues" don't constitute real, substantial problems, and I'm just whining.
I feel like I'm writing something for White Whine, that site My Love chuckles at.
So, seeing as that my problems aren't truly problems, or anything of substance, I think I'm done posting for the evening. I just have so many things to share, but I am not being permitted to do so at this juncture. Perhaps I'll be able to share tomorrow.

Oh, yes, and I've had this song stuck in my head all. night.
This is a bittersweet occurrence. I like the song just fine, but I can't stop singing it, and changing it depending on what I'm doing or thinking at the moment.
(i.e. "A drink, I really need a drink. What should I drink? Gotta find a dri-iink.")

Hopefully see y'all tomorrow with some new shtuff :D
G'night!

Knob RePurpose

And now, for a project I just finished. Remember the pretty faucet knobs I found at Habitat for Humanity ReStore?

I'm in the middle of painting our master bath a beautiful gray called Elephant Skin by Behr.
Our color scheme is gray, black, and white. I have random black and white pictures of various bathroom sinks, tubs, and whatnot...thus the inspiration for the knob hunt.
(I'll post pictures of the bathroom soon!)

Well, after careful consideration, I realized I couldn't justify spending the kind of money I figured it would cost to replace our sink faucets/hardware in our bathroom. Not to mention it wasn't top priority in the scheme of home improvements.

So, there I was, with four awesome faucet knobs, and no faucet to attach them to. What to do, what to do?

Well, I also happened to have a gift card to Michael's. That left many possibilities.
I opted for this wooden...um...sign? Something. I don't know what it's officially called. Obviously, I'd already removed the wrapping by the time I took this picture:



I spray painted it with RustOleum black lacquer, and let it dry.

Then, I took my four knobs, and Gorilla Glue, and set to work trying to space the knobs equal distance apart.

This was the hard part - waiting for it to dry and adhere to the surface. I am not a patient person.

Once it had dried and I could tell the knobs were secure, I got white craft paint and added a few white dots at different points to make a border.

Voila!

I'm going to hang it with 3M strips on our bathroom wall, and it's going to be the prettiest, most unique, most perfect towel rack ever! :D

What do you think?


Coming soon, other than the house update pictures, I just finished a quick revamp on an old dresser. I can't wait to see what you think! It's a little "louder" than I normally do things, but what's life without a little color? :)

Hello? Hello? Helloooo?

I'm back.

Goodness, it has been a long time.

I've done a lot...and yet, somehow, not enough.

This is me, on one of my more productive days:

Remember the mirror I got? Well, I finally finished it, and love it, but as I was putting the mirror back into the frame, it split - so I have to get a new mirror for it. Also, I think it's too big to put in the bathroom I had intended. So, I'm uncertain as to what I'm going to do with my improved mirror :/
Here are some progress pictures to tide you over until I figure out what I'm going to do with the final product!

Before I painted it brown:

After I painted it brown, before I glazed it:

I've been super busy on the house...taking on too many things at once, as is my unfortunate tendency. As soon as I get around to it, I'm hoping to do a series of before and after home-improvement blog posts.

For now, here are some pictures of my laundry room. Before, it was just standard builder-grade paint.

Here are the befores and afters. The color I chose is Opal Silk by Behr. It makes laundry a little more appealing...a little...it's a great color, but miracles and new personalities it does not make:

Messy, messy shelves. I need to look at this closer later to try to figure out how to reassemble them properly. I have them back up, but some of them aren't fitting where I thought they should.

After I took the shelves down to paint

Ta-da!!!



I forgot to take a before picture, but this used to be just one of the plain globes...I swapped it out, and I love the new one! I don't know what to call the shape, but it's the best!

More to come later!