My Inspiration for the Week:
I hope I am an encourager....I try to be. One of my resolves this year is to focus on the best of the situation and not the worst....easy?...no, my nature is to react to what's negative and usually do that emotionally....I am learning when I change my perspective to find the best in all things I see the good in life most of the time outweighs the bad and the situation is not the end all, it is only a snapshot of the unfolding of the big picture.
I have always had a love/hate relationship with my dining room table.....I love the way it matched the French doors and the French door cabinet....but hated the way the chairs sunk a bit when you sit down; and it used to have 6 chairs; I gave 2 away and had the glass cut down and still was not happy with it.....
Then a lovely neighbor of Kristen's had an Estate Sale and she had this incredible vintage French Country table (with leaves that pulled out from the ends) great details and pedestal base....(love)
And these vintage Windsor-esque chairs that went with the original set....it belonged to her husbands Grandmother....I had to bring it home!
With our weather being in the high 80's it was a great project for this week....Steve helped me with the sanding and I painted the bottom side first. I wanted to go with a dry brush technique....put the wood was so old it just didn't perform the way I wanted to....so I decided on full paint and partial distress....
The chairs were the most time consuming......they soaked up the paint and the rungs were difficult to paint without runs or streaks.....it was one of those projects that when you started painting the chair you had to stay with the whole chair, front and back....I had forgotten that chairs were so challenging.....
It took every single drop of paint I bought and I finished it in less than 2 days....the paint almost dried after I brushed it because it has been so hot and dry.
I really love the way it looks in the dining room and works with the Beach Cottage feel of the Dining Room/Living Room Combo.
This room is all white and light and Beach/French Country.....
The family room is all warm fall colors and Mission Style Furniture....you would never know this is the same house.....certainly reflects my polar opposite moods.
I was lucky enough to have the boys on Wednesday afternoon! We played outside, played games and then did some Valentine crafts for Mommy.....
Painting and cutting and gluing....
Every heart needs a happy face!
Valentine Hugs for Mommy!
On Valentines Day I went to a little meeting at Kristen's....loved how her house looked for the day....so festive!
My Valentine gave me these beautiful white roses....I love white roses on my green granite countertop....
And the boys came for the night....I had these warm fuzzy valentine horses out for them with M&M's attached....
Brody loved his.....
My little Dylan is growing up and not so into having his picture taken with a stuffed animal ;)
And my little nature boy is fascinated by the humming birds in the fountain in the mornings....he quietly gets up close and personal.....they checked each other out for quite awhile...
I was craving some Thrifting and Inspiration....was able to get out to a few fun places....
It was a great week for my vintage block collection....my apple basket is almost full of them...is this for me and the boys?.....don't answer that please!
And a major score....this vintage sleepy eye Valentine Candy Box doll in mint condition!....what a buy....I could easily sell it for 5x what I paid for it....well maybe in a few years....
It was a fun love week!
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