Wordless Wednesday

Everett: 9 months

A tale of two night stands- (Design Fail!)

Beware!- Avert your eyes if you cannot stand the sight of lazy blogging and failed projects! OH THE HORROR!!!! 

My mom gave me these night stands recently, I wonder why? Yikes, they were in some desperate need of some t.l.c. or a little L.M.V. {*little miss vintage ;) } So I got to work sanding, priming, and painting. I wanted my little night stands to have an antiqued look to them. And let's face it, I wanted any excuse to try out some of my new crackle glaze I had purchased at Lowe's.  

{After 2 paint colors}

I painted the night stands 3 times and with 3 different colors. First, by using some left over paint from my dresser project. Then I bought silver glaze, crackle finish, Valspar white paint, and bun feet at Lowe's. The left over blue paint from my dresser and the silver glaze looked great on my little night stands, I kept them like that for a little while, but I really wanted to try out my crackle glaze. I had a vision people, and it included a crackle finish!

 I must admit it was my first time working with the stuff. But it seemed easy enough, paint on the clear crackle, let dry, then paint on your desired paint color, instant crackled finish, violà! It didn't work out as easy as that. The crackle glaze looked funny and pooled in awkward places. Needless to say I'm very unhappy with my results!

                                                                          Before:

After:

 

 Am I thrilled with the outcome, NO! {Terrible After shot, I know but that's the best I can do for now}. 

Are they a bit more tolerable than the hideous evergreen color they were before? Of course! But am I satisfied in there current state of being? NOOOOO!!!! Hopefully soon I can post 'A tale of two nightstands' and not have it be a colossal design FAIL!

Happy Halloween!

I hope you all had a fun and safe Halloween! I know we sure did. Baby E was a little tired, but seemed to enjoy spending time with his cousin B, and the rest of the gang.

Fall Mantel/Fireplace Hearth

Here is the extent of my fall decor around the house. For some reason I thought I always had a ton of stuff tucked away in storage. But as it turns out, I really don't. Hmmm, guess that means I need to go on a little shopping trip. ;) especially now that one of my favorite stores Craft Warehouse's fall/Halloween decorations are 70% off!    

Wordless Wednesday

Everett and Harper. Everett: 10 months

Sunday Stroll

My weekly finds of wonderful decorating inspirations and ideas. Enjoy!


 This Week:  Danish/Mid-Century Modern


*Although I don't always gravitate towards modern design for my home. I like a few mid century  pieces that are timeless and that would marry well with my vintage inspired decor.

mimisview.blogspot.com

vintagegoodness.blogspot.com

Ikea.com

outalittlebit.net

thisnext.com

mid-century-modern.net

iainclaridge.co.uk

inhabitots.com

centsationalgirl.com

simonontheside.blogspot.com

archinspire.com

Here comes Harper! (Part 2)

Continued...

After we determined my sister in-law to be okay and her car safely resting in a parking space by the dealership. She and I were off to the hospital. It took us about thirty five minutes to get to the hospital, and we arrived around 10:30 a.m. Then began the waiting game. Little did we know that it would be a LONG, LONG, LONG time before baby Harper would grace us with her presence. The whole family and I waited in the aptly named waiting room. We waited all day, getting updates from my sister in-law's sister, periodically. As the evening came to a close, many of us had jobs, kids, and dogs to get home to. That morning there were 10 people waiting for Harper's arrival, by nightfall 5 remained. As it grew closer to midnight my sister in-law's sister came and informed us that she had to go home because her Crohn's disease was acting up and needed sleep, as well. My poor sister in- law had been stuck at 9cm dilated for over six hours. She finally got an epidural and was able to sleep, hours prior to midnight. They tried everything rolling my sis back and forth in a sheet to get the baby to drop lower in the birth canal. Having her sit on a ball, changing positions, anything to help her dilate that last cm. But nothing worked! I barely slept, if at all even though I had work in the morning because I was waiting for my brother in-law to come get me when she was ready to push. Finally at 3:10 a.m. he texted me letting me know she was getting close. I jumped up and headed to the room.  I was so nervous and excited all at the same time.  That I was about to witness such an amazing event. As soon as I got into the room, he  handed me his phone and told me to record the birth when it was time. After 3 hours of pushing it was finally time, Harper Morgan made her debut into the world at 6:17 a.m. It was such an amazing, amazing moment one I will never forget!!!

Harper Morgan born October 21st 2010 at 6:17 a.m. weighing 8 lbs. 15 ozs. Perfect in every way!