Day 343: Easel Makeover

Before

After!

We were driving down the street and saw someone was trashing this perfectly good easel. We couldn't let that happen! Immediately, I thought of turning it into a chalkboard. It's still a functional easel, but now it can serve double duty!

I just cleaned it up, put on a couple coats of chalkboard paint, and voila! There you go.

I can't wait to use it for all kinds of things, welcoming guests, wishing happy holidays, etc. etc. Hurrah for crafting!

PS - If anyone wants the rest of my chalkboard paint, let me know - it's yours :)

Day 342: Lowe's trip

Lowe's trips have gotten less frequent, but we did make a run tonight - on a weeknight, even! Ceiling fans were on sale, and this is what excites us now ;) Ceiling fans. Check out Shannon cruising in style with 'wings' of trim! Nice.

Day 341: Sunroom During

Here's Shannon painting the ceiling of the sunroom this weekend - it's a lot brighter than we thought it would be, but we're adjusting to the shock :) This is the same color we painted the coffee table for the sunroom. Wowie, what a difference natural sunlight makes!

Day 340: Sunroom Before

Here's a before shot of the sunroom with our hodge podge of furniture and cleaned-up windows, but walls and ceiling badly in need of paint! After shots coming soon - still need to paint the trim and doors!!

Day 339: Swatches (again)

We went to Forsyth Fabrics after brunch today since we were in the 'hood, and picked up a few swatches for our seat cushions on the wicker chairs for the sunroom, and the rocking chair that needs to be reupholstered. That place is THE best. We are so in love with the color of our revamped coffee table, we used it as the inspiration as we pulled samples.

Of course, by now we've learned paint chips can't be trusted - everything looks different once you throw it down on the actual painted piece. Here's what we came up with. I'm loving the tones in the middle row, and the busy paisley in the top left. We're feeling the bottom row for the rocking chair, but the right two look a bit dark now. We'll see!

Day 337: Potting Bench Assembled!

It was killing me that my beautiful potting bench was still sitting in the box not assembled so tonight we pulled it out and assembled while catching up on The Voice. It was a pretty quick and easy assembly, though Shannon did have to make a few quick adjustments here and there. Here's a pic of the finished product - doesn't it look great?

And yes, that's my Bobby Cobb official competition penny can on the bottom shelf. I'm pretty proud of that one! ;)

Day 336: Patio Furniture, Repainted

Lookin' good!