Little Red Rocker

"Little red Corvette
Baby you're much too fast
Little red Corvette
You need a love that's gonna last" Prince Little Red Corvette

After

 

 

This is a cute little rocker that we have had since Tyler was a bitty. Tyler was never really a baby, he was too big for that. We spent many nights in this rocker finding peace and sleep. So the decision was that it needed a rockin' finish and new owner to fall in love with it.

 



Step one: Degrease and sand.
Step two: Spray Primer on white.
Step three: Bright red enamel applied with a foam brush. This is the key to good solid finish without brush marks. High Gloss Enamel is a finicky paint, you can use flotrol but sometimes that can take the gloss down. So thin coats and lots of patience is what we used here.

So a few coats of red enamel later this is the finished product. with a little pillow I sewed to give it a little punch.

waterfall

"Don't go chasin' waterfalls

Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to

I know that you're gonna have it your way or nothing at all

But I think you're moving too fast." Waterfalls by TLC.

Cleaning out a space can be a pretty rewarding endeavor for everyone involved. A dear friend of mine decided it was time to find her two car garage. Or at least find one car space in the two car garage. So she asked me to help her clean it out. We found a few treasure this is the story of the waterfall dresser.

The before picture. Look @ those knobs.

 

2 scorch marks. I don't judge, but those candles were really Haaaaht! Just another reason to use protection. Get a coaster man!

 

Step One: Strip! Citrastrip is your friend. 

Hydrogen peroxide on a towel on the scorched area. Leave it on until you get the color you want. Also keep the stain to a minimum.

Then condition your wood always condition your wood! If there is one rule of staining wood conditioner is it.

 
 

First coat of poly is always do or die moment. 

 

Now back to those knobs...

Top: existing

Middle: cleaned

Bottom; rub n buff
 

The "plastic" on the knobs were in perfect condition which is rare. However the metal has seen too many winters in the garage and they were seriously rusted. Enters miracle product, Rub n Buff by AMACO. This stuff is amazing forget spray paining your hardware. This will actually last so much longer and feel better to touch. 

The final reveal:

 

 

I love adding little details like wallpaper as a drawer liner. It just unifies all the drawers and adds that little special touch only the owner knows.

Kitchen Pantry is for growing boys

Our new pantry has become the heart of our home. I have a teenage boy that lives and dies by the pantry. So the worst thing I have heard is there is nothing in the pantry. I then go open the door and immediately understand why. Teenage boys have a depth of field in their vision that extends only so far and their patience to move objects is an undocumented phenomenon. 

It was not exactly shall we say move in ready when we started.

What we couldn't figure out was whether we could fit a full half of an elephant on that top shelf. Then we unstuck the the bottom shelf. Voila!

One last step label everything.

So that it can be identified. Once my son confused pancake mix for powdered sugar. It wasn't pretty.

Hideous Things

“Hideous things, I think it’s important to have a few really hideous things, otherwise it looks like too much ghastly good taste.”  Sir John Richardson

Sometimes we perceive things in our life we see as hideous but yet they are sincerely undervalued simply because it has been used past its perceived deadline. So with this thought I have embarked on a bit of an adventure. My dear friend and sister in law showed me this fact. We would go thrifting and tag sale shopping about a year ago today. It was in the little treasures we found that afternoon that we giggled about and just found simple joy. It was almost a year after this first adventure that she left us unexpectedly. Less than a week after standing in a thrift shop after countless hours of crying. I was reminded of that joy. It was like lightning. I decided to start a small business flipping furniture. So like that Nancy House you are with me and bringing that little bit of joy into my life again.  I love you and miss you daily.

So life's Little Gray Areas has a new meaning. It's a business name.