Wednesdays Revisited

Okay, technically it's not Wednesday, and technically I didn't do these projects on a Wednesday, but better late than never.

This isn't a project. Just a really cool lamp that Pawranee picked up for me at her cousin's yard sale a little while ago . It sits on a circa 1940's desk in desperate need of fixing up (you can't see the bad parts in the pic) that belonged to my grandma. The desk is currently in the Music Salon/Library (oooh, so fancy!). Okay, okay, it's in the room that the piano, and organ, and violin, and clarinet, and 2 guitars are in (that sounds like a music salon doesn't it?). It's also full of a bunch of other crap that I don't know what to do with. Someday it'll be fancy, as the name implies. I hope.

This one I'm really proud of myself for. We've been in this house for almost three years and in all that time the curtains in the living/dining room have been unfinished. I still had the fabric that I used as swags in our other house but had thought I'd find something better. So I made the burgundy panels and left the top bare, hoping to someday be wowed by something. That never happened. So last week when Mrs. Trythall and I were at "Joann's" I decided that I didn't like anything better and was unlikely to find fabric that wowed me. So I dug out my old swag, cut it and sewed it to fit this window and Voila! I have the same exact window treatment that I'd had before. At least it's done now and I can focus on what to do in the family room. Curtis keeps going on about how ugly and boring the windows are right now.

Here is a really cool message board that was originally intended for Family Home Evening assignments. It measures 16x20 (I think). I bought the frame for $14(!!!!) at the "HomeGoods" store in Avondale. We removed the glass and used the wood inside. First we painted it with magnetic paint (pricey!) and I'm disappointed to say that it's not really very magnetic. The packaging says it is, but when you read the label inside it says that it only holds very strong magnets when coupled with very lightweight messages. I should have found real metal and cut it to fit. Next we painted it with chalkboard paint ($$$). It works but it is messy!!! Forgot how dirty I got when playing with the chalk and blackboard at school. I love the look of it though. So I'm mostly pleased with it.

Let's see, where were we? Oh, yeah. Our coffee table is completed and I thought I got an "after" picture of it but I guess I didn't. Maybe next week. I feel energized and accomplished and I hope to get more things done this week.

It feels good to be back.