Friday, December 17, 2010
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Bake-a-Thon Sneak #2
It's hard when all you want to do is anything but study.
So instead I thought I'd sneak another bake-a-thon photo! Unfortunately one person is missing from this shot.
So instead I thought I'd sneak another bake-a-thon photo! Unfortunately one person is missing from this shot.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Excitement Explosion!
This morning my hubs and I trotted over to the Habitat for Humanity ReStore. We'd never been to the store before, and we were curious to see what type of things they have.
Guess what?
They have DOORS! Lots and lots of doors (in addition to a lot of other very nice and reasonably priced things. 75% of the stock is from donations)!
They had FIVE "Five Panel Ladder Doors" like the one in the DIY Dining Room Table project that I was oogling. These tables were about 80x30.
But it was actually a different door that caught our eye - this door was a little wider (75x35) and there would be no need for a glass top to cover the paneling.. because.. there is no paneling! It's just solid wood through and through.
It's a very heavy door. I have no idea what type of space this door was used to enclose, but I can't imagine having to swing it open every day. Our guess is castle door, and we're sticking to it.
Right now it has a nice distressed look about it. Parts of the wood are chipped and peeling, so it needs to be cleaned off and have the more jagged parts sanded down. I don't know yet if I want to clean it, sand the jagged parts and lacquer it to maintain the distressed look OR clean it, sand the whole thing down and stain it a nice sophisticated mahogany or cherry stain.
What do you think?
I'm also thinking about metal legs from Ikea so that it's not just wood galore.
It's going to be a big table and a big job. I think if it turns out too big for the next place we live I could sell it and make a little bit of profit.
Either way, I'm extraordinarily excited. Hello, winter break project!
Let me know if you have ideas!
Guess what?
They have DOORS! Lots and lots of doors (in addition to a lot of other very nice and reasonably priced things. 75% of the stock is from donations)!
They had FIVE "Five Panel Ladder Doors" like the one in the DIY Dining Room Table project that I was oogling. These tables were about 80x30.
But it was actually a different door that caught our eye - this door was a little wider (75x35) and there would be no need for a glass top to cover the paneling.. because.. there is no paneling! It's just solid wood through and through.
It's a very heavy door. I have no idea what type of space this door was used to enclose, but I can't imagine having to swing it open every day. Our guess is castle door, and we're sticking to it.
Right now it has a nice distressed look about it. Parts of the wood are chipped and peeling, so it needs to be cleaned off and have the more jagged parts sanded down. I don't know yet if I want to clean it, sand the jagged parts and lacquer it to maintain the distressed look OR clean it, sand the whole thing down and stain it a nice sophisticated mahogany or cherry stain.
What do you think?
I'm also thinking about metal legs from Ikea so that it's not just wood galore.
It's going to be a big table and a big job. I think if it turns out too big for the next place we live I could sell it and make a little bit of profit.
Either way, I'm extraordinarily excited. Hello, winter break project!
Let me know if you have ideas!
Friday, December 10, 2010
My husband thinks I'm crazy... am I?
I'm in the middle of my exam period, and I'm also going through another home furnishing/style renovation craze. I use the term renovation loosely because all I'm really doing is oogling photos of stylish apartments online that I will never have.
Among the things I'm oogling:
Design Sponge's DIY Dining Table
Using a found door (a five panel ladder door), a large piece of glass from an auto repair stoor, table legs from Ikea and neat decorative paper that can be swapped out, this person created a unique, relatively inexpensive table with plenty of room. She claims the glass was about $75, the door $50 and the legs $20. After exams, I am on a mission to find this door. I have no idea where to start and I'm sure I won't find anything cheap in Charlottesville. I guess I haven't learned my lesson yet that DIY projects actually don't save me any money.
Etsy Pillows, pillows and more pillows
I had success with the pillows I made a few months ago, and it was a lot of fun. But I learned a few things - linen is a very wrinkly fabric that sucks up all the dog hair in the room. It's also a bit itchy, not like an inviting soft plush pillow. I'd try again but the sewing machine was borrowed, and I have no idea how to make interesting designs yet anyway.
Silly animal things
I saw this listed as a new item on a blog for a Charlottesville store that I think is fantastic - O'Suzannah. They have adorable, quirky things and great gifts. I showed my husband these teacups when he got home from a business trip, thinking they would make a cute Christmas gift for a friend... he laughed and laughed and then laughed some more. I told him how I saw the teacups on the blog, then found them on Amazon, then went to the store to compare prices. He thought this extraordinary effort for strange little animals inside a teacup was the most hilarious thing he'd ever heard. "That would be annoying almost immediately," said husband. At least I made someone laugh? I guess I'll skip the teacups as a gift idea...
Among the things I'm oogling:
Design Sponge's DIY Dining Table
Using a found door (a five panel ladder door), a large piece of glass from an auto repair stoor, table legs from Ikea and neat decorative paper that can be swapped out, this person created a unique, relatively inexpensive table with plenty of room. She claims the glass was about $75, the door $50 and the legs $20. After exams, I am on a mission to find this door. I have no idea where to start and I'm sure I won't find anything cheap in Charlottesville. I guess I haven't learned my lesson yet that DIY projects actually don't save me any money.
Etsy Pillows, pillows and more pillows
I had success with the pillows I made a few months ago, and it was a lot of fun. But I learned a few things - linen is a very wrinkly fabric that sucks up all the dog hair in the room. It's also a bit itchy, not like an inviting soft plush pillow. I'd try again but the sewing machine was borrowed, and I have no idea how to make interesting designs yet anyway.
Silly animal things
I saw this listed as a new item on a blog for a Charlottesville store that I think is fantastic - O'Suzannah. They have adorable, quirky things and great gifts. I showed my husband these teacups when he got home from a business trip, thinking they would make a cute Christmas gift for a friend... he laughed and laughed and then laughed some more. I told him how I saw the teacups on the blog, then found them on Amazon, then went to the store to compare prices. He thought this extraordinary effort for strange little animals inside a teacup was the most hilarious thing he'd ever heard. "That would be annoying almost immediately," said husband. At least I made someone laugh? I guess I'll skip the teacups as a gift idea...
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