Chalkboard Quote Of The Week

"The Secret to Creativity is Knowing to Hide Your Sources."
-Albert Einstein

Chalkboard Quote Of The Week

"Not All Who Wander Are Lost"

- J. R. R. Tolkien

Chalkboard Quote Of The Week

"To Invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk."
-Thomas A. Edison

Chalkboard Quote Of The Week

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness"

I'm Done (For The Moment Anyway)!

Finally! The kitchen project is finished!

Before:

(Sorry, she loves the camera. Seems like every time I take a picture she is there)

After:

(We are having a bit of cloudy weather, which made it difficult to take a clear picture)

I hung 4 of my most favorite mugs on the shelf and displayed a few vintage finds in addition to the Rachel Ray Hipster Bowls I got for Christmas. I thought they blended well. I already rearranged the shelf 3 times, so this arrangement may only be temporary! The little white bucket hanging on the left side of the shelf is for the chalk and eraser. Chalkboard paint is amazing!

Now I just need to put a fresh coat of paint on the walls to make the kitchen complete, but that will come later...much later.

Cheers!

Sanding Walls And New Books, Oh And Happy Friday!

At this very moment, I cannot feel my arms. Hand sanding is hard work! If I sanded like this all the time I would have biceps like a pro-wrestler. I only had to sand a small space but it was more work than I thought it would be. Whew, at least I am done, with the sanding anyway.

With my new found old age and all, I am pretty lame these days, I came straight home from work this lovely Friday evening and started sanding the wall. Ha! How exciting! But for the record, while sanding I rocked out to a little Michael Franti, K'naan and G. Love and sipped on a Cuba libre . :-) So, does that still make me semi cool?

Tomorrow, I am going to put the chalkboard paint on the wall and then after that dries I will put the frame around it. Stay tuned for pictures later on. I don't want to post any pictures until my Ikea shipment comes in which will be on Tuesday so, I figure I will be completely finished around Wednesday or Thursday of next week. I can't wait!

During my kitchen project breaks, I have been a little Amazon.com happy. I ordered a few books and 2 of them arrived this week.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Spray Paint Is The Bomb!

I am so silly and forgot to take a before picture. Right when I pushed my finger down and started to spray, I thought, "duh". But anyhoo, I sort of have a before picture from a previous blog entry so at least that will give you a very small idea of what the little wicker table looked like before:

And after! Have I mentioned that I love spray paint?

It turned out to be the perfect color of red. It definitely perks up the kitchen.


As for the kitchen, my project is to paint a chalkboard on the wall. Now, follow me here for a minute. I am sure you are thinking that is a very strange idea. But, I am not entirely crazy, I have seen the concept in Cottage Living and it looks really cute. You will soon see! Unfortunately, I was waylaid today when I realized that I can't put chalkboard paint on a textured wall because then when you try to write on it, it will look bumpy. So, I am going to have to sand paper the wall. Ugh. I did, however, get the frame for the chalkboard painted with the same red spray paint that I used for the table. I think I just may have this project completed by the end of this week! Stay tuned!

Cheers!