patio makeover

We finished our patio makeover this weekend and we just love it!  It's so much better than it was before.  We had to clean up the ugly dirt part quite a bit, but laying the actual gravel wasn't too hard (other than the bags being ridiculously heavy).  The makeover costed about $100, which was covered by our landlord- woo hoo!  We can't wait to spend lots of time out there.

table renovation: COMPLETED

I don't know if I've ever felt THIS relieved about a project before.  We finished our table renovation. finally.  This thing was a beast, I'm telling you.  We chose to spray paint the chairs and table base.  Spray painting one chair was easy, but multiply that 6 + priming first + the table and you get 1 tired momma!

Then came the staining.  Oh my, the staining. We tried it once and ruined it.  Like, seriously.  It looked awful!  So, we sanded it down and started over and luckily got it right the second time!  After all was said and done, we LOVE the results!  It's a fresh, updated table and it matches our style so much better.   I'm just so glad it's over. :-) 

Here are some before and after pictures!

Before.  Ugly and green

And after. Beautiful and not green!

desk makeover

I finished my desk makeover a couple of weeks ago but am just now getting around to posting the before and after photos!  I absolutely love how the desk turned out.  I gave the desk a brand new back panel, painted it a beautiful french blue, and added black hardware.  All the changes really gave it a brand new appearance.  As of now we're using the desk as a buffet of sorts in our dining area.  So, here are the pictures:

I can't wait for my next project: dining table makeover!  FINALLY!

Blog facelift and other life events

I decided to give the blog a little facelift today.  I'm liking it but might still change the title... just a warning.  We have a lot of "new" going on lately, you know, with having a baby and figuring out to take care of him 24/7 and all.  We are LOVING being Elijah's parents and think he is just the coolest little dude.  He's starting to smile more often and it's so fun to see his little personality start to come out.  He's hilarious, a trait I like to think he gets from both his parents.

Another "new" thing is that we're moving!  Yes, you read that right.  We have a 5 week old and have made the brilliant decision to move to a new house.  We love the new place and are only feeling slightly overwhelmed with the idea of packing.  It'll be a really good move for us and is only 5 minutes from our current house, so isn't a huge move distance wise.

If moving and caring for an infant wasn't enough, I've decided to take on 2 DIY projects.  I'm finally going to refinish our dining room table.  I talked about doing it here but that never happened.  Oops.  I'm also going to refinish and paint an old desk and use it as a buffet in our new dining area.  Pretty excited about both projects and am planning to go buy the supplies once little man wakes up.

I'll leave you with some Elijah pictures because, let's face it, he's really cute!

Table Renovation

Since I suddenly have all this free time on my hands I have decided to take on a couple of renovation projects to fill my time! I bought an old window frame from an antique store that I want to use as the headboard for our guest room. I plan on sanding it down and painting it white.

The first project I want to tackle is a table renovation. We bought this adorable table with 6 matching chairs for $75 off of craigslist. The table is a farmhouse style table with green legs. Yes, green. Here's a picture:


My plan for the table is to refinish the top and paint the legs and chairs (except for the seat). I can't decide what color to paint the legs. My original idea was the paint them white, like a classic farmhouse table would look. Here is an example:


I recently saw a picture online though of a table with blue legs and I LOVED it. Our kitchen has lots of antique blue and I think it would be really neat to carry that into the table. Here is a picture of that idea:


Okay, so what is your opinion? Blue, white, or some other third color? I'd love to hear your ideas on the subject! HAPPY ALMOST WEEKEND!