Laundry Room Re-Do - Before and After

I've painted, cleaned and it's DONE

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Our little condo has a closet for the Laundry Room and I just didn't like it, plus I couldn't reach the shelf without being on my tip toes !

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 I moved everything out of our little kitchen dining area,

 we don't use it. Than went to Lowe's Want to see a grown man shiver in his work boots ?

Walk into Lowe's with a yellow legal pad, tape measure and pictures from pinterest ! ! ! Yes, it was a metal tape measure not cloth, I've learned, they will laugh out loud at you, I know I did it....once.

 

My drying time was less with the cabinets in the air conditioning, in the garage and in Florida, it would have taken quite a bit longer for them to dry. 

 This is 3 coats of the Valspar Latex Enamel Paint

Trick ONE, I get the better brushes HERE, NOT the cheap ones from Lowe's.

White NYLON Brushes.

They wash great and no hairs come out like the other ones !

 

Trick TWO is a BROWN paper sack, paper is the finest sand paper. BUT, it must be a BROWN sack. The only one I had in the house was from a little quilt shop in McKinney, TX, Stitched with Love, their site.  Cut the sack open and I like to fold it in and use just as sand paper, it makes the paint and wood soft ! 

 

This is the "BEFORE" of the closet

Everything out ! CLEANED and Taped walls

How often do you move your washer and dryer?

I'm going to have to do it more often...it's been 5 years for me. And, from the looks of it, too LONG !

LOVE the Blue 

First Cabinet up ! 

This is the "AFTER" I love it. Besides time this was not that expensive of a project, cabinets and paint about 150 dollars, 

I like !  

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Our little condo kitchen

Paint I used from Lowe's

Paint Color tag Crystal Aqua

Condo Back Door 

I'm have so many idea's yet to do ! 

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Making my Sewing Room MINE !

I have to say, "I don't LIKE my sewing room"
and I've been complaining about it for....well, the entire time we've been here
Just saying......
The After


The BEFORE

So, before our spring trip, I took the old computer desk and painted it. 

Sanding it down a bit and used Pink and Black to make it pop ! 

Then let it set and get good and dry ! ! 

 I just finished the fun part ! 

Draw out my lines

Used acrylic paint, stencil and let the fun begin ! 

Load the paint and remove most on a paper towel

Use an up and down motion to add the paint, less is more, as more can always be added. 

It is a very simple stencil which I moved around and made mine.

Let stencil dry for a few days and then MANY 

coats of clear satin on top ! 

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From the Curb Find, to my Dining Room

Driving home a few weeks ago and being garbage day, look what I found on the curb! I've been looking for a table for under our breakfast bar to use as a serving table. I knew the moment I saw it, it would work. 

There was/is a huge mark, I think something hot was set on it and a paint spots.

With a bit of finger nail polish remover,

the paint came off. 

But, I didn't want to refinished it completely, it had a fold out top table.

So, I decided to pop off the hinges and just turn the table top over

the inside was perfect, not a mark ! 

Then LOTS of cleaning and re-nailing the metal feet on.

IT'S a WOW 

A real WOW

From Curb to My Dining Room

 I've had the metal work up for MONTH's and DIDN'T have to move any of it.
PERFECT FIND ! 

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Pillow Quilt Pattern for YOU !

I have the pillows hand quilted.

I don't like taking a sewing machine to my quilt group so I'm getting a lot of quilting time and LOVING it. !

Getting started on project 

Machine pieced and I hand quilted. 

Centers are cut 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"

Triangles are cut 1 7/8" x 1 7/8"

made into triangles - (How to HERE)

Finished block is 9" x 9" 

Machine pieced and I hand quilted

Squares are cut 1 1/2" x 1 1/2"

Center is cut 2 1/2" x 2 1/2"

Cut strips cut 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"

Cut side border cut 1 1/2" wide

Finished size 10" x 10"

Use the same backing as the foot stool - HERE

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Paint, Stencil and No Wallpaper

I've been working on our Master Bathroom, I've always wanted wallpaper, but after pricing it and figuring out the cost of having it hung, I had to come up with a new idea. So, off to Pinterest - (here's my boards link)

I found a wonderful stencil (their site) ordered it and it arrived in just a few days.  The room had been white, on white, so a bit of color to warm it up.

The after ! ! 

The white on white before

A soft steel gray, 

I didn't measure out the placement of each stencil, just by eye, placed and painted, I purchase the medium and small stencil, used acrylic white paint. 

I didn't over think the painting with these, they are not perfect, and that's just the way I wanted them. I wanted it to be like floating lace on the wall. 

You can see from the first photo, adding pictures and things the stencil become very neutral 

The sink corner before

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And After ! 

I painted the gray in one day and the next day did the stencils, as the acrylic painted dried the stencil edges just seemed to match into the base gray color.

It's a keeper and the money I saved is crazy ! 

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