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Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Psalm 127:1

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Before and After.........

Nothing to exciting around here, just a few little projects that I had been wanting to get gone. I have these two really large windows in my kitchen that I just LOVE but they are a bizarre length and so after searching and searching for ones to buy I caved and made some. Seriously though, after sewing with that satan/silk stuff I think I will stick to quilting. :) Anyways, here's the window before and below is the after............................ Ya' you caught me, it's the window on the other side but you get the idea. I had to switch it up because of the lighting. Luckliy Dan doesn't read my blog cause the hole I accidentaly put in the wall is not pretty. At least for now the curtains are covering it up. I am affraid he will notice eventually though. ;)
Then we had these hand me down bar stools that dont get me wrong serve their purpose but are just ugly. Plus the kids have run them into the ground so I got the bright idea to re-do them. You know recycle what we already have and save money.
Here Dan is wondering out loud how it is that every project I start eventually involves him. I told him I didn't want him to get bored on his day off. And besides after a few minutes that power sander hurt my hands! :) Dan was a little puzzled also because when he left for his last shift I was pulling everything together to re do the girls bathroom and when he got off shift I was making over the kitchen. He should know after all these years I get easily distracted. I was walking through on my way to do something in the bathroom and got side tracked. Hopefully though I will have photos of the girls bathroom all done in a couple of weeks.
So nothing to exciting but they got a little face lift and it helped me pull the black into the room like I had wanted. Thanks honey!!
Here my cat is thinking,"cool, new chairs!" Have a great day everybody!

6 comments:

christy p said...

Christy, I LOVE the red curtains. And you have the same color mixer as I do.

I love the black barstools too. I THINK I am going to redo the upstairs bathroom myself, and paint the cabinets. I got the idea from this blog...
http://amymowbray.typepad.com/my_weblog/

If you copy and paste, then scroll down you will see....they are painted BLACK. Love the idea. What do you think?

Jessica said...

Yeah, it turned out so great! Good job! I love the black and the red.

DonnaG said...

I love love love the black bar stools. Very chic. I am into black right now and want to bring it in the house but don't know where. HellllpppP!d

Rhonda said...

Looks great! At least Dan didn't come home to a toilet in the front yard. (ok I just read Donna's post) Everyone has home projects that they are completing and I still haven't finished reupholstering my chairs. I need to get busy.

DonnaG said...

Hey Rhonda, don't make fun of us. Having a toilet in the front yard can be pretty convenient when all of the kids are over playing. That way they don't track dirt into the house to use the potty. I think we might just keep the porcelain shrine out there.

DonnaG said...

you know I am kidding, right?