By George, we did it!

Our Apartment is kinda weird shaped, and the kitchen is pretty darn small. And when we moved in we actually had a table, but it had been moved so many times in it's long life that it finally died.... we even tried to resurrect it, but it ended up looking like a Frankenstein table. And not in a good way. So we dropped it off at the DI then ran like the wind, like everyone else does with broken furniture, and went searching for a new table.

We then quickly found out how much people want for tables. And it's a lot. And they are all huge. And normally broken. So i decided after 10 minutes surfing on the internet I was going to build my own table and nothing was going to stop me. And to tell you the truth it wasn't that hard, and it was kinda fun. 

Matt was not on board at first, actually he laughed when i first mentioned it then said "ohh you're serious?" I somehow convinced him it was a good idea and 39$ later ( minus the legs.... those were a pretty penny, But they are gorgeous) we have my new favorite table.

It just needs one more coat of Polyurethane and it's done! And i now need to stalk the DI for some new chairs cause my old one just don't fit anymore, but besides that I'm pretty proud of my new table and it was so much cheaper then if i had tried to buy one. And it's the exact size i wanted it to be. Totally worth it.

Chalkboard Paint is awesome

I think I've been having too much fun painting things because this is what i did on Wednesday on my day off. I picked up this side table from the DI on Tuesday night and was so excited i literally drove across the street and picked up chalkboard paint right after i left DI. Yes Chalkboard paint. i have always wanted to paint something with chalkboard paint so i took this as my first chance ( since my apartment will not let me paint walls... yes i know. It's very sad)

So we started. We took off the legs and started sanding. The brass pieces on the feet were the trickiest part. i tried every remedy i could find online but nothing would clean them up. Then Matt had a genius idea. So we took all four pieces to the auto shop on campus and he used the wire wheel to clean them up! Cheating. Maybe. But are they shiny now? YES!

So after two coats of Chalkboard paint it's done. I still have to prime it with chalk, and i have no idea why i would want to write on a coffee table. but who cares. I love it.

p.s. here's a shout out to my awesome $2.50 lamp from a garage sale. yes.

Ombre Dresser

We needed a new dresser. It was a fact. And it might be because i have a fair amount of clothes. That take up pretty much the whole closet. Yeah i know, my fault, but that still does not mean i'm giving up my clothes. So we went on the hunt for dressers. In Portland it would have been no problem, find a garage sale, pick up a dresser. done.

But i live in a college town. where everyone needs a dresser. everyone. And man did they go fast. Either they were falling to pieces or gone after only being posted for 5 minutes. Well that or 300$ because they were "Shabby Chic" which might just be my least favorite phrase, possibly, in the entire world.

So i conjured up a plan. Drive to Ikea, eat some meatballs, and buy two dressers that i could paint exactly how i wanted, and knew were not going to fall apart for at least three years, maybe two, You never know they were the cheap ones.

Now i realized very fast that the nice thing about painting things from ikea is that they are already dissembled and ready to be painted. it's kind of awesome, i'm not gonna lie.And the paint was pretty cheap too. I just found a paint sample i liked and got all five colors on the card in sample sizes.

So after many hours and an entire season of Revenge. Ta-Da. Two ombre dressers. painted blue because that was the only way i could get my husband to approve multicolored drawers.