Be Inspired: Bring Spring Indoors

One of my very favorite things about Springtime is the free flowers.  Like most people, I love to have fresh flowers hanging around the house on a regular basis.  But it can be expensive.  So now I can just go outside with my scissors, and with a quick snip snip I have a beautiful bouquet.

Thankfully we didn't have much of a winter this year.  It's no secret that I hate it.  Sorry Winter, but you and I just don't get along and you know it.

 

I hope you are feeling the Spring weather where you live. If not don't worry, it will be there soon!

Kitchen progress photos coming soon...

Chalk Paint Buffet

Here is the one of the pieces of furniture I will be selling at The Little Red Barn sale

It could be used as a buffet, TV console or I thought it would look cute as a linen cabinet.

It has 2 glass shelves inside.

I made my own chalk paint by combining water with no sand grout.  I did not measure it but just added water until I got the right consistency I wanted.  Then I added equal amount of paint.  It turned out well, and sanded really well.

Primitive and Proper
My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
Miss Mustard Seed

A few items...

I've been quite the busy little bee over here.  Getting ready for The Little Red Bard Sale has been so much fun.  And we are also about 75% done with the cabinets, woo hoooooo!

 Today I have a few completed items that will be at the Barn Sale.

I saw these great sweater pillows in a catalog somewhere and came up with my own version.
Larger pillows $25 smaller shirt pillows $18

A couple burlap cork boards

Large blue/green frame $45

$35

There are also many pieces of furniture that I will share with you as I complete each one.

I hope I see some of you fellow Georgians at The Little Red Barn Sale!

Please leave a comment if you plan to go.

DIY Anonymous

There should be a support group for people who DIY home renovations.  

Specifically for those who have ever refinished their kitchen cabinets.   Furthermore, this group of people should receive a medal.  Those of you who have done this know exactly what I'm talking about.  If I never paint another cabinet for the rest of my life I will die a happy woman.
 I've never explained to you that I have 45 cabinets in my kitchen.  Yes, you read that right 45!  Go in your kitchen and count, I'm sure I have more.  Add in all of the drawers and that makes 54.  Do you see now why I need a support group?  Plus we are doing a few extra things to some of the cabinets like adding glass to 7 of them.  I'm also spray painting the hinges and buying new hardware.  

Oh yeah, and we have a 2 year old and a 6 month old.

Good times.....good times....

We will forever remember,"..that time we painted the cabinets...good lord, I hope we never have to do that again."

However I wanted to give you a sneak peek at how it's coming along.

 Still have a bit more to do, hopefully I can reveal it sometime this year....
Happy Monday!

Kitchen Progress

I told myself I could do it. 

 "It won't be as hard as they say it is"  I said to myself.  I'd read the other tutorials about cabinet painting and I knew deep inside that this would be one of the most tedious and labor intensive projects I've done.  But it's like having children, no one can really tell you how hard it is until you do it.

Thankfully my sister came to help over the weekend, and completed an area I had been dreading.  The taping and painting of the large bay window. Hopefully today I can get some sanding done on the lower cabinets.

I'm not a neat freak by any means, but living in this chaos is starting to get to me.

My life today

Project cabinet is finally underway

 Amidst all the other things I have going on in my life right now, I've decided it would be a good idea to paint the kitchen cabinets.

It's about time!

The Little Red Barn Sale

Some of you may have noticed the picture of the little red barn in my side bar.  I didn't want to say anything until it was official, but I've been invited to participate with some great ladies in the bi-annual
 Little Red Barn Sale in Norcross, Ga April 28-29th.  I'm so excited to work hard the next couple of months and bring together some great pieces of furniture.   I also have some new ideas swimming around in my head that I want to create and sell to the public.

If you live in Georgia please mark your calendars and come out to see us in April.  I would love to meet some of you!  There will be many talented artists contributing to the sale, I'm sure there will be something for everyone.  

The Barn Sale will be held in the yard of  473 N Peachtree St. Norcross, GA 30071,

located in Historic downtown Norcross. It's a quaint little town with lots of great restaurants, shopping, and beautiful homes.

 

 Fall 2011

Be sure to  "Like" The Little Red Barn Facebook page to keep up with items that will be for sale.

I hope to see you there!

Please leave a comment if you have questions or are interested in visiting.