Stairway Wall & Other Projects ~

I think I am finally done with my stairway wall for now. I was up and down on the ladder so many times yesterday that when I woke up this morning I had muscles screaming at me that haven't been used like that in a long time! I really wanted to put Wall Words above my mirror, but trying to conserve and not purchase anything right now I decided to use things I already have.

I hung an old empty frame up above the mirror and then draped it with a piece of very old fabric that is so soft! I didn't want to cut it up, so I swoshed it over to the one side. What do you think? I love the photograph in the center that I purchased from Alice over at Painted White some time ago. I want to put it in an old frame too, but until I find one the right size I just have the photo on the wall. I realized after it was all done that I probably should have offset the frame...oh well...*SIGH*

Isn't this chandelier so pretty?? Another project *WAITING* to be finished. I purchased this (with the Rachel Ashwell shades included) at an antique mall for $25 probably two years ago and it has never been put up. I do hope to actually get hubby to install it this summer. I will keep you posted ~

I love this door! I think I am turning into a gyspy!! LOL This is the door to our guest room that has needed stripped for years and this past summer I finally did it. It had layers and layers of white paint on top of blue paint or blue something...so this is the door stripped of the paint with blue *whatever* left behind. I was going to paint it white again , but we had kids coming to visit before I got it done so we hung it up as is and it has really grown on me. I even attached a bit of lace to it with old thumb tacks...am I crazy or is it just my age?

I hope you have a wonderful day today ...blessings!

Making Progress & A little Creation ~

I made these Valentine Hearts a few days ago and they were very easy to make. First I cut out a freehand heart shape (it took me a few tries before I really liked the shape) . Then I cut two hearts out of scrapbook paper and one out of cardboard. I sprayed adhesive on the cardboard heart and glued on the paper. Next I sanded the edges and added a Valentine banner embellished with glass glitter , added ribbon to hang and it was done. Very simple, but very pretty.

*AND*~ I can report that I have made some progress on the stairway. I borrowed my sons "Little Giant" type ladder...one of those ladders that you can bend every which way or have one side shorter than the other etc. It is AMAZING what that thing can do and it worked perfect for me. Loving that ladder ...I think we need one if I am going to do much painting in a stairway. LOL

I guess when it rains it pours...no pun intended, but water got in my den/craft room somehow. I was down on my knees on the carpet to do something (can't remember what...I am getting OLD) and realized my knees were wet! So I have spent quite some time this afternoon carrying things out of that room to find out what is going on. I know we had a lot of melting from snow and ice so who knows. Something else to fix on this old house. :) Hope you are having a wonderful day! Blessings ~

Some Days Just Don't Go as Planned ~

Ever had one of those days...where you know exactly what you want to do and it just doesn't happen? Everything you do seems to go wrong? That was my Saturday. I had every intention of getting my stairway painted and that did not happen.

No glorious picture here...just paint chips. Decisions to make and frustration setting in. When I want something done I plunge in head first and most times it works...not this time.

*FIRST MISTAKE* ~Trying to be the thrifty gal I am , I mixed two gallons of paint that were maybe 3/4 full of their original paint thinking that way I would not have to purchase any more paint. When I started painting it was not the color I wanted at all. Then to make matters worse, I was using hubbys telescoping pole with the roller attached to the top and I kept banging into the wall trying to get it up in the stairway (this is sounding pathetic I know)

*SECOND MISTAKE* ~ I swung the pole out over where I *DID NOT* have drop cloths down, over my new hardwood dining room floor and paint dripped everywhere! At that point, I was ready to give up! So after cleaning all that up that is just what I did...some days are just not worth the effort . I was just sitting on the stairs looking pathetic when hubby found me.

His solution: *Let's go to town and find some paint... *But I am not in the mood to buy paint now ...*oh come on let's go. So off we go where I find myself in a real dilema! Do you know how many colors of white are out there? *OH MY GOODNESS* ... Snow ballet, Moondance, Sentimental, China White, Whispering Wind, Garlic Clove, Queen Anne's Lace, Delicate White, Antique White, Country White, Rice Paper, Princeton White, Berkshire White, Milk Bubbles (I like bubbles maybe this one? ) Windsong, London White, Clean and Crisp, Ice Touch , WHITE (or this one)...and hundreds of other whites! I gave up and came back home without paint in hand so needless to say the stairway is once again on hold! Whatever happened to just plain old *WHITE*...I *WILL* get this conquered eventually ~