a mouse in the house!

It's official... i'm in LOVE!

Check out my brand new B&D MOUSE!  It is the MOST amazing sander in the whole wide world (keep in mind that prior to this little guy I sanded by hand... so my opinion may not be that official:))

Regardless-- I LOVE him!

Stay tuned to see what me and my mouse worked on ALL Sunday evening!

Carolyn 

switcheroo

I read a post the other day that said a successful blogger is short, sweet and to the point.  The tell tale signs that you are creating a blog that people won't read is excessive writing and not enough pictures.. so since I aim to please I am giving you a post full of pictures:)


After listening to some advice from my friends, I decided to change up my living room/dining room entrance.


Here are some before pics...

The view looking at the inside of my front door (Q snuck in the pic!)

A closer look at the living room

A closer look at the dining room

No a bad set up but it was a little odd to have a wine rack in the living room when the dining room is right next door so here is what I did...

 

Moved the wine rack to the dining room and added a bench in the living room.  

The perfect spot to tie your shoes as you are walking out the door:) I'm thinking about 

adding some hooks since the mirror looks like it is a mile away from the bench..thoughts?

A closer look at the new living room.  The bench is black velvet from Target!  

I got it on clearance for $17 about 3 months ago and have used it as a vanity bench. LOVE a good find!

The dining room.  Why are my pictures so yellow?  My table runner 

is not lime green... the colors are a little off..  

A closer look at the wine rack (which oddly enough holds no wine right now :))

There you go!  A switcheroo that was 100% free.  Only thing I need to worry about now is what I am going to sit on when I get ready in the morning:) 


Carolyn

fancy-ish living room chairs

What do you get with a lot of searching, $15, some sweat, and maybe a few tears?


These bad boys! 

        

These chairs were REALLY gross when I found them at my Goodwill.. they were brown with nasty navy blue and maroon fabric on them- tons of caked on dirt and grime and oddly enough a lot of gum on the bottom of them-- waiting room chairs maybe? 


I got each of them for $2.50!  Five bucks took home both chairs... I know, thrifty right?  I will admit when the husband saw them for the first time, he thought I was a little nuts but it seemed like all of my blog friends (technically they don't know who I am but I stalk their blogs religiously so they are my friends) were doing it-  so I had to give it a try.  I scrubbed, cleaned, pulled off fabric, sanded, used a primer/paint spray-paint, then re-covered the cushion, back, and finished it all up with some black velvet trim.  They look pretty amazing from this photo but to be honest they are nowhere near perfect.  They bunch in the back and "gluing" trim to cover staples from the staple gun is hardly the right thing to do.  Luckily my friends and family don't look to close:)  


OH! The white table next to them?  $20.00 on Craigslist... another ugly duckling made beautiful with some cleaning and some white spray-paint!  I am trying to get up the nerve to make a slipcover for my ottoman and BIG chair.  It's a bit out of my league so I may stick with painting and gluing trim. 


Carolyn