A Sneak Peek and Other Ramblings

I was hoping I’d have some pictures of my completed floor cloth for this post but sadly it’s not quite finished.

I just have the poly coats to do now, but I need to go to a specific Sherwin-Williams store in the city to buy the poly I need and that’s closed until Monday.

I do have a couple of pictures I took when I first started it though.

Here’s my sidekick Petey taking a sunbath on it…Smile.

Can I just tell you how time consuming this taping process is??? Especially when your pattern doesn’t come out right and you have to re-tape the entire thing!!!! Notice the two different color tapes? Yup, my inside lines, needed to become my outside lines…I could have screamed…A few choice words were used that’s for sure!

You see how I now have four little triangles in each corner? Well now I do…I only had two before and had to re-tape the whole thing!!! At least I hadn’t cut it to size yet and was able to fix it.

When I first noticed it, I was so mad at myself, now, I’m actually kind of glad I had to re-do it (Now that it’s done that is) since I used a better tape (Frog Tape) the second time…One that does not allow any bleeding of the paint underneath…Another lesson learned the hard way after painting the border!

This has been quite the experience…I also ended up with an entire back full of muscle spasms from working on the living room floor! I had to go see my Dr. for muscle relaxers that I’m now taking every night for the next month just to undo what I have done to myself!

Again, my own worst enemy!

I’ve also got this other project to complete…I picked up this lamp shade last weekend…It was 50% off due to the broken wire…see it sticking out of the top? It isn’t a big deal at all, a little hot glue and it will be as good as new…I paid $12.50 for it.

Then I needed a lamp base for it…So while at Goodwill, what do my little eyes spy??? This base for $2.99.

I just need to paint it black and I then will have the cutest prim lamp for about $15. I’m so frugal…and proud of it!

Now, like I don’t have enough painting projects going on, Esther decided I needed another one.

This is Esther…Named after the swimmer Esther Williams because as a baby she would somehow always end up running through the water bowl.

I took this picture at this angle so you could see something specific…Notice the foamy, slimy spit just under her bottom lip?

Now Esther, shall we say…”Is as sharp as a marble.”

And this is our cat Periwinkle…”Wink” for short. (Not the best picture of her, but this was the only one I have of her on my computer.)

Can you guess how she got her name??? Those eyes! She is a Siamese/Tiger mix. A beautiful cat…but mean!! She even looks evil.

Now Wink spends time in our basement during the day because the dogs want to “play” with her and she hates the dogs so they need to be separated at all times. Actually, Wink hates everybody…This is the most anti-social cat imaginable. You can pet her a few times then she will attack you! My parents took care of her years ago when we took a trip to Disney World and they still talk about the time she attacked my Dad and drew blood when he tried to pet her. How dare he!

So, back to my story…This is my cellar door…or it was.

 

When we return home from going somewhere, Esther immediately goes to the cellar door and begins licking it…To kiss the kitty I guess. Not just a few times…but over and over and over! Hence the sludge below her lip.

And this is my cellar door now. Ta Da!

Do you see that line across the bottom of the door? About the height of a Yorkie named Esther?  That’s not spit…it’s from her spit…She has actually warped the cellar door from licking it so much.

 

Then…this happens when she is done.

She falls asleep sitting up! So now I have to sand and paint the door again. Really Esther?

I’ve also been doing some drooling….on line that is.

Have you ever seen the movie The Proposal with Sandra Bullock? If so, have any of you spotted this headboard in her bedroom in this film? You have to double click on it to get a good view but I absolutely fell in love with this headboard. A wingback headboard! It doesn’t look difficult to make either so I’m thinking of making one for my daughter’s bed…Love it!

Then I spotted this pencil post bed canopy. It’s simply perfect. It almost looks like just a wool blanket just draped over the top. Am I right? Or wrong? Anyone know?

I’m also thinking of making these curtains…

 

For this odd window in my bedroom.

Three of them side by side. Just wondering if it just might cover up too much of the window and appear dark. Maybe not if I use a light colored fabric though.

What do you think? Anyone have any other curtain ideas that might work? The difficulty is the center window…I can’t use festoon drawbacks as there is nothing separating the windows at all…I also thought maybe shutters but then you are talking framing in each window which would be a lot of work.

So I’m thinking these might work.

And then there is this clock…This is a must have!

I LOVE THIS CLOCK!

And I love this dry sink…Love the size of it and those spade strap hinges! I could live in here…:)

And I’ll take this Porringer table please…Boy are these expensive…But can it be made fairly easily? Hmmm.

 

Oh how I wish I had put pine floors in like these instead of the Oak we have. I just want to do a Tom Cruise slide on these floors…Not necessarily in my socks and underwear and a men's dress shirt, but that would work too.

Smooth as a baby’s butt.

Well that’s it for this post…I have complained and whined enough I think!

Just want to leave you with one more picture tonight…

This adorable picture was sent to me in an email and it has to be the most adorable puppy I have ever seen in my life.

Hope it makes you smile today too.

Too stinking adorable…Squeeze!

I mean really!!!!!!!!!!!

Have a great day and a better tomorrow.

Sincerely,

Debra