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Monday, January 28, 2013

The Occasional Chair

For one whole week we set off  North to enjoy some r&r. I find it hard to resist the chance to have a real fire and a good cup of hot chocolate.

Before I left I finished this chair.


Sad little thing isn't it.

M'lynn thought it might look nice in blue and I was itching to use my milk paint again.
So we picked the colour " Laurentien" by Homestead House.
At first it didn't look very blue, it looked more gray, but we waited it out and this was the result.


It's now a cute chair, that can sit in the corner to be used when needed.

I've also been itching to use this fabric. It has all new padding, which gave it a little more umpf then it had before.

  
I like the way the rustic chair, meets up with the classy damask, making it a great chair for any occasion. ;)

Monday, January 14, 2013

For the love of Junk.

We have junk day in our town. That's when everyone can put out as much junk from your basements, attics, garages, you name it, it can go out. What makes it fun is watching how many people drive around, bike around, walk around looking for salvageable junk, including me.

This was one thing I found.


 This mirror is actually off a dresser, which may be long gone or the dresser made it and the mirror didn't, but what I did know, it was all mine now. It was all duct taped together and the wood was split in a few places, but it had character. And if it didn't turn out the way I thought it would, it was after all, just junk.

                      So after some cleaning, gluing, clamping and painting this is it today.


Here was the fun part. I got to see where it was going, and got to take a picture of it in its new home.  It's hanging in The Music Box in Ms Aimee brand new studio which opens TODAY!!  Her whole studio looks fabulous and I'm super happy I could be a little part of her transformation of what is now a beautiful space.:)

Thursday, January 10, 2013

The Tale of Willy Black

Willy Black was an immigrant to Canada, back in the late 1800's. He came with a dream of one day having his own little business. But first he had to make his way by keeping the books for a little store in a little prairie town. When he had enough saved, he hung out his sign.

Annnnd....... I just made all that up. What really happened was, I was watching Salvage Hunters and Drew had bypassed a sign, but I thought it was kind of a neat. I jotted down what it said and quick sketch of how the lettering looked.

In my version I made up the name Willy Black, and kept the lettering the same simple design, from the show.



First I stained the wood a dark colour, then used a crackle medium and painted it white. The trim was painted black, then green. The word "bookkeeping" is black, and is outlined in gold. I gave the whole thing a light sanding and sealed it with my homemade beeswax polish. Originally the sign was meant to go in my upstairs hallway but for some reason I was drawn to use green. Maybe its because waiting in the wings to be rewired and hung in my kitchen are these.


We found them on our anniversary trip back in September, and I can't wait to see them hung. But I guess right now I'm going to continue to gather things for the kitchen. So far I've been lucky enough to find some pretty cool things, which I can hardly wait to show you.:)

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Jenga Anyone?

This was Ashley's gift to Isaac, a giant Jenga set.


Now, its supposed to be played outdoors, but who can wait for the snow to melt.






Ashley made it using simple old 2x4 cut to a length of 10 1/2 inches or some number in metric.
She sanded and painted the ends and made a cute little die. You just have to be careful when it falls, or at least thats the moms concern.

Dad-e-o got a beautiful and I mean beautiful Kubb set from Darryl. It was made from cherry wood I believe, and right now is one of those things you just want to look at, its so pretty.

I love winter, but right now I can't wait till spring to get out and play these games outside.:)

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

So you know....

So you know how the rule in my house for Christmas is that gifts must be hand made. No store bought exchanges, which at first was kind of tricky for some, but did not seem a problem this year at all. So over the next couple of posts I'll show you some of the things that were made.

First up, Roger's gift and how it came to be.

For years Roger has been wanting to build new steps for the basement, so with time on his hands, one day he and Isaac tackled just that.


But he when he tore out the old treads he was thinking they seemed pretty heavy and wanted to know what they would look like cleaned up.


                                        I'm not an expert on woods, but I do know this is a hard wood of some type.

Now this was the hard part for me because I wanted to jump in and take over a few times on his Christmas present. But I'd give my hand a slap and ask him what he wanted to do or thought. And this is what he came up with.


   A much needed night stand, with old treads as a new top that turned out to be some beautiful wood.



I think he did just fine with his design.

Happy New Year!!:)