tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86143007753912580412024-03-13T07:16:10.766-07:00The Chicken CoopFood, projects, rants...Silvinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17407956922927293700noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614300775391258041.post-24305461626147119892015-07-10T13:56:00.001-07:002015-07-10T13:56:16.141-07:00I'm a slacker...sometimes.Well it has been way to long since I posted that's for sure. But don't you dare think I have not been busy. <div>School and work have been a little overwhelming and I'm close to being burned out. Include 4 kids 24/7 and yeah you got your perfect chaotic mix. Don't </div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">forget the 3 dogs as well and my mother. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">So this summer my amazing ex in laws took the kids again for a couple of weeks and I decided to finish their rooms once and for all. I had the ideas of what I wanted to do with them since I bought the house but they had not translated into happening very well over the course of the year. </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Well this summer it finally happened. I dropped my course load to 1 this semester and I had a little time in my hands along with some funds ( finally recovering since the big revamp when I moved in). </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">First I tackled the boys' room. These two had some serious dust and socks hidden everywhere. I ditched the old bedding sets for some nicely colorful ones I got at Burlington ( love that place) for $30 a piece. Not bad for young kids and with sheets included. </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Hit the local DI ( thrift store) for a new bookcase and I found the perfect one for just $15. Killer deal since it was in very nice shape with the exception of one broken shelf. </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">While at Burlington I picked up a couple extra globes to feed my obsession and to go along with the map theme the boys have. </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">New hampers and picture frames at Ross for only $9 each and I was set. </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Check out the results! </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCym1NdUD4nbXupabc8Z3neXtx2RSHf7tMJSM5wHUB1P3Ezam7MbLHTYX0cwCKnSufnt-R_iC0tze7_vV4PLsHY8ZjBTZvCnxIwechn5SK9Me3EC1mH1wCrnokwXJRIZureptucMjb7rA/s640/blogger-image--1179491515.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCym1NdUD4nbXupabc8Z3neXtx2RSHf7tMJSM5wHUB1P3Ezam7MbLHTYX0cwCKnSufnt-R_iC0tze7_vV4PLsHY8ZjBTZvCnxIwechn5SK9Me3EC1mH1wCrnokwXJRIZureptucMjb7rA/s640/blogger-image--1179491515.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The decal that took me and my mom 2 hours to put up. </div><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bwJTbF7TGXoI4vgPnC3HtDsg6hyphenhyphenLeQ8MM_XG0tvoAa4JGLew6b_P8Ru_Dhf37TcK0KbhRJFRi7bgxu2eT4WGvfbT07y9Na1r3rePcYLbIpDG9l8EjYCXYihzD-rp0BpwOO3KEcjBfog/s640/blogger-image-1162644457.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bwJTbF7TGXoI4vgPnC3HtDsg6hyphenhyphenLeQ8MM_XG0tvoAa4JGLew6b_P8Ru_Dhf37TcK0KbhRJFRi7bgxu2eT4WGvfbT07y9Na1r3rePcYLbIpDG9l8EjYCXYihzD-rp0BpwOO3KEcjBfog/s640/blogger-image-1162644457.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Beds and new bedding. Notice cute hamper in the corner. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkWB28phlcEavzZMVX3F7QoaQv7xF4J276KMVNd5uAl323tWuSjiZT3ImfjirZdwS5AfNR3byOB5BEl5UHaJ3XogIX4jrxhhmQ9JITDVQPaKbvwKlxCXm4II-MNDrGAOSXR4CPqxf323Q/s640/blogger-image--640854940.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkWB28phlcEavzZMVX3F7QoaQv7xF4J276KMVNd5uAl323tWuSjiZT3ImfjirZdwS5AfNR3byOB5BEl5UHaJ3XogIX4jrxhhmQ9JITDVQPaKbvwKlxCXm4II-MNDrGAOSXR4CPqxf323Q/s640/blogger-image--640854940.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I need a new dresser. Still searching. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_hjjYx0w-BEQKWW4Q1J07038-Td8FFjXK5xaDk-4Bq_aOqJvD8C9rjiPy9fznI5QcfuvcbJIgdNIqj_PvlCBw34JavGbvzQp5g6J4WCE8rWSdZam9z1xRyrcj6dqXClLFBnOFaMezeBQ/s640/blogger-image-1449897819.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_hjjYx0w-BEQKWW4Q1J07038-Td8FFjXK5xaDk-4Bq_aOqJvD8C9rjiPy9fznI5QcfuvcbJIgdNIqj_PvlCBw34JavGbvzQp5g6J4WCE8rWSdZam9z1xRyrcj6dqXClLFBnOFaMezeBQ/s640/blogger-image-1449897819.jpg"></a></div>The bookcase. Not too shabby huh. </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">They loved it. They have even kept the room cleaner now. </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">For Brenna's room. I picked up some new bedding as well for the same rocking price as the boys'. I had an old and heavy bookcase in my shed that I had planned to paint for her. I dug it up and cleaned and it looked super cute with the old rugged look so I kept it that way. </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Also got some new wall decor stuff and hamper to match. </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Here are the results. </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhcAUrEIGJsbHR7oizyYvOXzOfH56y4GWJoi5Gvw1aXIR6LPmPekPDcWAYfmiG7SQvQt6f0mZicGpUtUHVFjdMahEg3zqHaC4Jcn0mMSaI-rIop4CTVL31DfelwzdJvpdS8H-5hcuprZ4/s640/blogger-image--1425712381.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhcAUrEIGJsbHR7oizyYvOXzOfH56y4GWJoi5Gvw1aXIR6LPmPekPDcWAYfmiG7SQvQt6f0mZicGpUtUHVFjdMahEg3zqHaC4Jcn0mMSaI-rIop4CTVL31DfelwzdJvpdS8H-5hcuprZ4/s640/blogger-image--1425712381.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIJfEHM1NXoxyWuaMu_yAV2zpGmy0pyhNZdL9FIwwLlS9wgSwPH2097sHxDLcdO2toNYzoHZpi-5rsnoNAiQmAugu_vbIMhBHDundhc1InEqJGxveRd0wh54Raxy3yP_sg6wi4ihibFGU/s640/blogger-image--540479400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIJfEHM1NXoxyWuaMu_yAV2zpGmy0pyhNZdL9FIwwLlS9wgSwPH2097sHxDLcdO2toNYzoHZpi-5rsnoNAiQmAugu_vbIMhBHDundhc1InEqJGxveRd0wh54Raxy3yP_sg6wi4ihibFGU/s640/blogger-image--540479400.jpg"></a></div><br></div>New curtains as well. </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zE9Q8xOFdWgrg62c2tyizm4_QY5Ijtevxl5i6wpg2ss8TxjocGdZbqezqZf0GyrQzHbRRvJkO6K7nUeEaLwMIsJ1G9EvlUV_Ot2n9xk9wQdD7GR5XOnGZzoXPahhRCO0ksRI9NJPugo/s640/blogger-image-1771396462.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zE9Q8xOFdWgrg62c2tyizm4_QY5Ijtevxl5i6wpg2ss8TxjocGdZbqezqZf0GyrQzHbRRvJkO6K7nUeEaLwMIsJ1G9EvlUV_Ot2n9xk9wQdD7GR5XOnGZzoXPahhRCO0ksRI9NJPugo/s640/blogger-image-1771396462.jpg"></a></div>Cute wall stuff from Hobby Lobby. </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-VlQ9B_5r2624SAQ1n_UrNrJfCu7WhjyZKbAp_TJGecEZDc4oFZVpRiTJ6aB2vdKX3XubacIrFqi6bV6dVm3lCZJ7oAld8hl0V_ejQaMHxnlAdSo_O7VzDrNtHoK-0XmV2cJKekxd2I8/s640/blogger-image-1162246576.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-VlQ9B_5r2624SAQ1n_UrNrJfCu7WhjyZKbAp_TJGecEZDc4oFZVpRiTJ6aB2vdKX3XubacIrFqi6bV6dVm3lCZJ7oAld8hl0V_ejQaMHxnlAdSo_O7VzDrNtHoK-0XmV2cJKekxd2I8/s640/blogger-image-1162246576.jpg"></a></div>The old bookcase. Super heavy! </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">I'm proud and I think I might take another long break before any new projects. </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Well until next week when I redo my room that is. </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Cheers! </font></div>Silvinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17407956922927293700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614300775391258041.post-32782705163829830072014-08-25T09:28:00.000-07:002014-08-25T16:55:16.169-07:00Progress...?Well what can I say when you do too much you get burnt out. So yeah I am slacking a bit and slowing down. Besides school started and that is such a nightmare around here.<br />
But with the whole turmoil that education causes in my home, I managed to get another room done! or well ... maybe half of it.<br />
I started working on this guy a while ago with the help of my beautiful daughter and it is finally done. <br />
I can finally display this amazing piece of furniture that I had stashed in my garage for 5 months. I love it!!!<br />
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Of course I never took a before pic because I suck at that, but here is the in the meantime pic that I took of Val, while she was priming it.<br />
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Thomasville beauty and extremely heavy, here it is. I now have storage for all my movies and board games!<br />
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And here are pics of the family room before and after. This is the side that is finished, the other side will be the dining room, still working on it.<br />
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And here it is now<br />
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Here are my reupholstered old couches as well. I love doing my own stuff!<br />
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Stay tuned for the living room!<br />
Cheers!<br />
PS: Look at what my ma got me!!! Love my new Broncos key and hat! Thanks ma!<br />
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Silvinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17407956922927293700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614300775391258041.post-3410580212667182692014-08-12T22:16:00.001-07:002014-08-12T22:16:27.790-07:00Kitchen done!I finished my kitchen and I cannot be more ecstatic!!! There is nothing like the rewarding feeling of doing things yourself. I started with a super boring kitchen. Ugly tile, crappy colors.<br />
I re painted cabinets with ASCP in Pure White and waxed 3 times. This was very time consuming because I was moving as well so it took a couple of weeks. Then we painted walls, installed a back splash and laid new floors. The change is so dramatic! Amazing what a bit of paint and minor details can do. I had help with the floors and back splash since it was my first time. I love love love my kitchen!<br />
Here are the pics!!<br />
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CheersSilvinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17407956922927293700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614300775391258041.post-37914579711607858972014-08-06T09:43:00.002-07:002014-08-06T10:58:59.203-07:00Slowly but surelySo I finally finished moving and my house is a complete mess. I have food in my living room, my garage is full of furniture waiting to be moved in and OMG I cannot find certain things for the life of me. That's what happens when a bunch of men help you and drop things where they can. <br />
To top it off we have been having so much rain, my garage flooded because one of the drains is clogged. My AC is not working and I am waiting on my home warranty to come and fix it. Well those are a few of the things I have been dealing with. <br />
On the upside, kitchen is almost done. I will post pics of before and after.<br />
And I am now working, or I should say my daughter is working, on my monster TV console I bought in the spring so I can finally display it. <br />
This baby is as heavy as they come and super ornate so I am thinking it will look awesome once it is done.<br />
Here are some pics of the "process" since I always forget to take before pics.<br />
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It's huge! Valentina is helping me prime while I work. I should be able to finish it this weekend.<br />
And here is a pic of the floors finally done in the kitchen!!! I love them! Thanks to my awesome ex husband and good friend Jorge for helping.<br />
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Hello!!!! You must be wondering where the heck I have been since my last post or repurposing new stuff.<br />
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Well I bought a house at the end of June, and it needed a bit of a facelift. So I have been working super hard on that and on packing my old house so I can move by the end of the month. </div>
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My room before. Popcorn ceilings and nasty khaki paint. </div>
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My room now. Orange peel ceiling and grey paint. </div>
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Brenna's room before. Popcorn ceiling and nasty paint and wall art. Some people should never be allowed to handle paint. </div>
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Brenna's room now! She chose a cute rose color and the popcorn and nasty tree are gone!! </div>
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Living room before.<br />
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Living room now! White washing of the fireplace will take place at a later date. </div>
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These are some of the pics. More to come! If you don't see me around I am working!!! Drop by and bring me a snack! </div>
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Silvinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17407956922927293700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614300775391258041.post-83669829072960491572014-05-31T17:30:00.000-07:002014-05-31T17:30:46.009-07:00Secret projectSo after working on this little project for a few weeks, I can finally reveal the results. This is for a friend who's baby shower is today and we finished it this morning.<br />
I got the cradle for cheap on an online yard sale and we started working on it. Spray painted it off white and my mom made all the bedding. Lighting makes it look white but it is very light pink with striped and polka dot fabric.<br />
Isn't it darling??? Stay tuned for more to come!<br />
Cheers!<br />
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<br />Silvinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17407956922927293700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614300775391258041.post-30180998519042375822014-05-24T18:50:00.001-07:002014-05-24T18:50:45.736-07:00In the works?<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Memorial weekend!!! I wish I can spend it painting away but my children would kill me. So park time and BBQ time it is! I love a 3 day weekend. </span></div><div>I started this beauty back in my old house and it has been sitting in my garage unfinished, so I do not have a before pic. But here is a in the works pic. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLKZXZhyphenhyphen9UQeHn-R2Y2D7KQVyjFd_X8GTvjvaM0BRPioFhIUVNoAhsISW8Y5Wnvpc-3CuHAzaLtbeVdSSSCvO4zX-q1ceAiJfu9R0fxKFRZzB5gs3haUlNwbVCwbzWdA9-lvBWdwfgnvM/s640/blogger-image-1121992896.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLKZXZhyphenhyphen9UQeHn-R2Y2D7KQVyjFd_X8GTvjvaM0BRPioFhIUVNoAhsISW8Y5Wnvpc-3CuHAzaLtbeVdSSSCvO4zX-q1ceAiJfu9R0fxKFRZzB5gs3haUlNwbVCwbzWdA9-lvBWdwfgnvM/s640/blogger-image-1121992896.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And here are the 2 other projects I have started working on. 2 vintage chairs and another little sofa table that I had to reinforce and it has been drying for a few days. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBlLTBGKrFbYriP8KbjxqwnYwtIkjQvyJX4WN3vMl1QzmplDbITShbuFlxY-Mdx3ehr2eLHO1NrjsJlZRCfkIdu0tE4_9k-HIT1OThlOjJ9p-OJV4iGtDrkf210YmzGxV54S2BDJAZ90/s640/blogger-image--214631873.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBlLTBGKrFbYriP8KbjxqwnYwtIkjQvyJX4WN3vMl1QzmplDbITShbuFlxY-Mdx3ehr2eLHO1NrjsJlZRCfkIdu0tE4_9k-HIT1OThlOjJ9p-OJV4iGtDrkf210YmzGxV54S2BDJAZ90/s640/blogger-image--214631873.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYqj9Qx3Pc8teP0Jw_bU6TkFG7kweSNJaFcU1X5BZuzBLtctMs6Oy7AqtV-UsoQDGGLDgFLsdCHVsd_2zxZ48fZdsW37eieHDZvJRcV283I93PDVVEC2-0wWhMpIWjsvEIFvbPTDBXbUE/s640/blogger-image-832529254.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYqj9Qx3Pc8teP0Jw_bU6TkFG7kweSNJaFcU1X5BZuzBLtctMs6Oy7AqtV-UsoQDGGLDgFLsdCHVsd_2zxZ48fZdsW37eieHDZvJRcV283I93PDVVEC2-0wWhMpIWjsvEIFvbPTDBXbUE/s640/blogger-image-832529254.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Aren't they cute!! Stay tunned and Happy Memorial weekend!!</div><div>Cheers </div>Silvinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17407956922927293700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614300775391258041.post-60318994614243191432014-05-17T18:01:00.000-07:002014-05-17T18:32:25.042-07:00Hot off...my table.Wow it has been a super nice day today! almost 80 degrees and not windy for a change.<br />
I went garage saling this morning and I scored a few nice things. My garage cannot handle anymore treasures I think.<br />
This week I finally finished 2 tables after a very rainy couple of weeks. Still working on the chair and started 2 more side tables, yes I have way too many of those.<br />
My daughter stole one of the little tables I finished today and the other one is for sale.<br />
Here are the results and I am now sitting down enjoying some spinach and feta pizza. Yes we have a weird pizza taste around here.<br />
Looking forward to finishing more projects as the nicer days roll around.<br />
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Here they are! Valentina really likes the "white washed" look so she kept the gray/turquoise one as you can see. I didn't even get to take a picture before she put all her stuff on it.</div>
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<br />Silvinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17407956922927293700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614300775391258041.post-24598858800036157292014-05-05T09:17:00.000-07:002014-05-17T18:01:35.938-07:00Spring is finally here!Yes yes yes! the horrible winter and all the rain has finally passed and I am so ready for this season of painting and redoing stuff.<br />
I have taken the summer off school ( yes I will miss those credits I am giving up now, next semester) but I am planning on moving, if I can find a home to buy. School and moving do not mix.<br />
I have started some new projects after a long hiatus of nothing done, due to lack of space and school, work kids, problems...you know the everyday stuff.<br />
I must say I miss repurposing and I have to empty my garage one way or another so these later projects will be all for sale since I don't think I can fit anymore furniture in my house. And the money will come in handy for tuition in the fall.<br />
I just refinished this little table, one of my friends gave it to me like 5 years ago and it has been sitting around for that long, yes 5 years, I think my mom's hoarder genes are starting to manifest ack!<br />
I used a can of oops paint for this one and it was a beautiful sky blue which I topped with black glaze, I love it and it matches my floral chair so well that I will have a hard time letting this one go, but oh well. It is for sale now.<br />
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Between school and work I have hardly had any time to post anything.<br />
Well first of all Happy New year! We had a great time over the holidays with friends and family.<br />
So about a year ago I decided to reupholster my living room set and well I finally did it!!!<br />
Yes it took me a whole year but 2013 was a hard year for me, I started school, I moved, I got divorced and I changed jobs twice. In between all that, I did finish reuphosltering my couches though. The last one I did in one day and I got it finished before Christmas.<br />
If you are new to this post, well I started with my loveseat last March with a 55 yard roll of fabric I scored from my mom's workplace. I have had this set of couches for 10 years and I was tired of the print, of course I did not want to pay for a new set so after trying my hand at reupholstering some wing back chairs and other small things I figured I could do this.<br />
I did my first one in about a month between school and work, then I finished my chair in between the move and finally I had to wait for winter break to tackle my big couch.<br />
I am so proud of the result and I feel even better because I did it myself!<br />
Here is the before and after pic of the big couch.<br />
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I wanted a solid color for the big couches so I could play with pillows, which I ordered from Ebay for about $5 each, they have not arrived yet.<br />
Here I am tearing the couch apart.<br />
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And voila!!! here is the whole set all finished!! Doesn't it look great? I love it, my small pillow covers are coming and they are all beige with pictures of crowns and tufted chairs. I love them! Will post pics when they arrive. School is starting Monday so it might be a while before I post my next project.<br />
Cheers!Silvinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17407956922927293700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614300775391258041.post-228745946822203562013-10-23T20:01:00.001-07:002013-10-23T20:02:54.659-07:00Winter is coming......And that means I can no longer camp out in my garage and paint, like I do when I have a minute!<br />
Bummer! reupholstering time is coming and boy do I need to get my couch done. But I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.<br />
Right now I wanted to share my latest creation. My mom has had this old hutch for a very long time, and after my divorce I am kind of short on furniture so I decided to give it a face lift.<br />
Now, since we have had a cold fall so far I brought it inside and decided to use the amazing Annie Sloan Chalk Paint that it's the best out there for fast drying and no smell.<br />
I had about 1/4 of a can left of the graphite I used for my table and chairs and I decided to use it.<br />
I gave it 2 coats and it was enough for the whole thing except the inside of the cabinet.<br />
So since I have a black and red sort of theme in my kitchen I thought I'll just paint the back of the shelves and the inside of the cabinet red.<br />
Well the back board had a crack and the paint would not cover it well. I tried using wood putty to smoth it out but you could still see the bump. So I decided to use contact paper in a pretty red print to cover it.<br />
Well who would have thought that they not make red chevron contact paper?? lol. I looked everywhere and no luck. So while I was at Hobby Lobby shopping I picked up a yard of red chevron upholstery fabric and thought, what the hell, I'll use this!!<br />
And I did! I removed tha back board and I used E3000 glue to paste the fabric onto the board. After that I painted 2 coats of polycrylic on the fabric and once it dried it stayed nice and stiff against the board!! Woot! That way it does not get dirty and it stays put.<br />
I distressed and waxed and spray painted the hardware in red and here is the final result! I love it!!<br />
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Cheers!Silvinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17407956922927293700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614300775391258041.post-67333991693183045522013-09-16T19:55:00.001-07:002013-09-16T20:01:36.956-07:00My desk is done!!!Yay!!!! I finally did it! I bought this desk almost a year ago and it say in my garage and then moved to my new garage and oh boy I needed it.<br />
I started it before I had school and I did not have enough time to finish it, so it took a while . Between classes and work I would do a little each day.<br />
I painted it a light beige and I didn't like it, so I mixed in some black and came up with this gray I loved. Then I decided to do the white accents and the chevron chair, which was a pain. Whoever said chevron striped were easy!!?!?!<br />
But anyways here it is!!! <br />
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I had a moment of panic while I was doing it when I realized I had picked up oil based primer, but after researching a while I found out it's ok to use any paint on it so phew!! that was a close one. <br />
After the 2 coats of paint I gave 2 coats of polycrilic to the surface of the desk and the chair.<br />
For the white details I used a concealer brush I had laying around somewhere. The chevron stripes were a pain to trace but I found a good tutorial on google and I followed it.<br />
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For some reason the different lighting affects the color in the picture but it is gray.<br />
Here it is in my room all set up!!!<br />
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Cheers!Silvinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17407956922927293700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614300775391258041.post-80616147713977484612013-08-20T18:10:00.002-07:002013-08-20T18:10:40.965-07:00I'm on a rollSooo I seem to be motivated after my move. I have finished another PhD (Project half done).<br />
This one I started right before I moved so it arrived to my new house half way done and it has been looking at me all along so last night I stayed up til midnight and I finished it.<br />
I love it! Here is the old ugly print.<br />
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This set I bought 9 years ago when I was pregnant with my second child. I love it and it is the most comfortable living room set I have ever had, it is also in great shape, so instead of spending $1000+ on a new set I decided to reupholster them myself. Yes it has been a bit of an adventure considering I started in January lol, but slowly but surely I have finished 2, sort of. <br />
Keep in mind between moving, divorcing and school it has been a bit crazy here.<br />
So for this chair I got the fabric at Home Fabrics, I think I payed $5.99 a yard and I bought 6 yards to have a bit extra for pillows. This chair was a bit difficult because of the upholstered legs, but I figured it out by taking pics as I was taking it apart.<br />
Here is the final result, I am pretty happy with it, there are a few wrinkles here and there, but it's ok since it is for me. My wign back chair turned out much better since it was an easier shape to do and no upholstered legs.<br />
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Here is a picture of my loveseat, which I started long ago and I finished a couple of months ago but never posted it for some reason. I still need to do all the pillows so only one pillos was made to try out the pattern and the rest are still with the old fabric on...oh well I will get to them lol.<br />
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And here is my upcoming project , this is my desk I got like a year ago lol and it's time to finish it because I need it!!! Hopefully I can do it before I start school on Monday .<br />
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Of course I had a couple of project going on while we moved, yeah call me crazy but I needed a few new items ready for the new house. <br />
First of all I had a dresser that my neighbor Jeanne had given me a few months back. My oldest daughter claimed it and I started painting it a while ago but I stopped and then I decided to finish it before we moved, nice idea! So I had painted the dresser part but I still needed to paint the mirror. She also wanted like a "washed look" with yellow and the hardware in a pastel color. <br />
I went with Annie Sloan of course since it's fast. I did 2 coats of Old White on the whole thing and then I tried to "wash with Annie Sloan Arles but was coming out too dark so I mixed the Arles with some glaze and "washed away" . It turned out super cute!!!! She picked Krylon's Ocean Breeze for the hardware and we were set!! Look at how cute it looks!!<br />
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Here is the before, of course with all the craziness I forgot to take before pics so here it is half way done. <br />
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And here is the final result.<br />
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My other project was a dining set I picked up for $50, it has a half wood, half stone table and 4 matching chairs. I loved it , it is super heavy and very well built. So I started painting it before I moved and just finished waxing it today!! <br />
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Here are the chairs before.<br />
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And here they are after!!! I used Annie Sloan's Graphite for this project and gave it 2 coats of wax. I love it!! I really like the look of the stone with the chalky black.</div>
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First of all I made the invitations, I usually do this since I like something unique and I am all about DIY. For this particular invitation I used my cricut and I cut some cards, I used a rectangular one and it had the open flap already done. I wanted to do a suitcase so I cut little "handles" and I pasted them onto one side of the "suitcase". On one side of the invitation I made a frame out of travel themed paper and I added a photo of the kids on the other side the flap "suitcase" opened and you found the info. I grabbed a travel image and used it as background and printed my info there. So the invitation had a few layers, I also decided to do board passes, I used the same papers and I printed the name of each child on them so they had to bring them to the party in order to board the plane for the adventure. Here are the pics.<br />
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As the kids arrived I gave them explorer hats, plastic binoculars, water cans and passports, all bought at oriental trading. Once they gave me their boarding passes, we "boarded" the plane. I was the pilot and we were ready for an adventure around the world.<br />
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We stopped in a few countries. We had China, France, Italy, Australia and Mexico. I enlisted the help of my teen daughter and her friends, my mom and the kids' dad. At each country we had to collect a trinket and they got their passports stamped. I used the stickers that came with the passports as stamps and for the countries I didn't have stickersfor, I bought a stamp online.<br />
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After our trip we were so hungry!!! We even brought the italian chef with us and she made us pizza!</div>
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After we collected all the trinkets, we traded them for the big prize, which was a world decorated pinata, I just got a smiley face pinata at Zurchers and then I decorated it myself. We had a blast!</div>
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The costumes I had before hand , and I tried to use the countries I had stuff for, or were easy to shop for.I also had the girls read some fun facts about each country so we learned a bit while we "traveled".</div>
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So that's all folks!! I hope you enjoyed and if you have any questions shoot me a message on my facebook page.</div>
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I am a DIYer, so I start early. Although since this year I'm moving I had to cut some corners.<br />
I started by ordering my invitations on Etsy, these were super cute and by far the best price I found, they were $28 for 15 printed and personalized invitations. Everyone else I checked were between $12 and $18 for just the digital file, so yeah no thanks. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/brightsideprints?ref=seller_info" target="_blank">Brightside Prints</a> won my pennies. Here they are.<br />
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Next I had to come up with my booths, I decided on 9 different ones, I did a Photo Booth, took apart an old picture I had and painted the frame and decorated it, put out props and other fun things, I hang it on one of the trees in my yard and I used fishing line so it was invisible. The kids loved it.<br />
Then for the Snacks station I decided to do easy food since I was going to be busy outside with the rest of the stuff, so I did strawberry lemonade, corndogs, popcorn, nachos (chips and velveeta) and some potato salad and broccoli salad for the grownups. I also got individual baggies of chips.<br />
I wanted to use tickets so instead of giving tickets at the entrance I made it Chuck e cheeses style, they played, earned tickets and then exchanged them for prizes, so for my prize station I gathered a bunch of glass jars and filled them with all kinds of stuff, suckers, little sticky hands, necklaces, rings for 1 or 2 tickets and then I had bigger items like jump ropes, squirt guns, glasses and other stuff for 4 or 5 tickets, I labeled the jars with the amount of tickets and decorated them with red bows. All stuff I got at the dollar store and some twirly popsicles I got a oriental trading. For the signs I downloaded a Circus font and printed my own.<br />
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Then I had a balloon twisting station which my oldest daughter took care of, if you are new to balloon twisting buy good quality ones like Qualatex at Amazon, the ones at Walmart are bad and they pop easily when you twist. They also have a nice pump.<br />
I also had a Potato Sack Race station, I got the sacks at oriental trading for $8 ( pack of 6). <br />
Then I also had a balloon dart station, I put numbers inside the balloons to determine the amount of tickets the kids won when they popped them. Do not hang the balloons until about an hour before, because they pop!!!! We had interesting weather and it got a bit windy and half of my balloons popped , not cool, so I inflated them and kept them in a plastic container until it was time, then my helper put them up as they went on.<br />
I also had a Duck Pond ran by my 10 year old son, I put a number under the ducks and you picked one and got the amount of tickets written under the duck, this was mostly for the little kids. Helpful tip, BUY WEIGHED DUCKS!! I got the regular kind and they do not float upright so I had to glue pennies under them, I used E6000 glue for this, but it was an extra step I did not expect. The weighed ducks are $5.99 for a box of 12 at oriental trading, shoulda, coulda, woulda ...<br />
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Then I had a Ring Toss, I used some old Coca Cola bottles and painted them red, and had some pool rings that came in handy, I painted the box red and white and that was easy.<br />
For the Bean Bag Toss I had a board already cut from an old game so I just decorated it red and white and got the bean bags at Oriental Trading for like $5.<br />
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I even had a Wii Carnival Games station for the little kids.<br />
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Then it was cake time! I have learned my lesson that kids do not like fancy and expensive cakes, so I always get my cakes at Walmart, here at my local one they have an awesome cake girl and she does whatever you like if you take a pic or something, I took the invitation and she did it that way, it turned out cute!!! I always just get white cake and ice cream and that does it for the kids.</div>
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And here I am with The Help!! I got striped fabric at Hobby Lobby with a 40% off coupon and made some little aprons for the tickets, the bows I got at Zurchers ( party store) for $1.30 each. I asked my helpers to wear a white tshirt and voila we had The Help, I had to grab a couple helpers last minute who were out of uniform but oh well, it was fun!!<br />
The weather was rainy and some of my pics are blown because the sun would poke out and I had to constantly meter my camera!!! But we had tons of fun!!!! <br />
I hope you enjoyed the party with us!!!<br />
Cheers!!!!Silvinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17407956922927293700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614300775391258041.post-84962286416160486142013-06-25T18:58:00.002-07:002013-06-25T19:02:45.937-07:00Feeling like supermom on a weekday 2 ( Indian style)Soooo it has been a long while. Projects are still going here, I just haven't had time to post. <br />
Today though, was the day. And here I am.<br />
I got home from work and I was craving some naan or indian bread. I follow a cool videoblog on youtube called Majulaskitchen and she makes awesome food.<br />
So as I was mixing a batch of naan I thought, why not make some rice and a dish to go with it?<br />
So Manjula has a very yummy yellow rice recipe, so I made that and then I googled a few recipes on one of my favorite Indian dishes, Saag Aloo, which basically means spinach and potatoes.<br />
I always have spinach in my fridge and of course potatoes, I skipped the chilies on these recipes because my body type does not do well with spicy foods.<br />
So here are a few pics and the links to Manjula's videos which are awesome. <br />
Naan <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vow-kxTPatc" target="_blank">Naan recipe by Manjula</a><br />
Fried yellow rice <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMp89KEC0TE" target="_blank">Fried Yello Rice by Manjula</a><br />
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And for the Saag Aloo I used<br />
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3 tbsp sunflower oil<br />
1 onion chopped <br />
1 garlic clove chopped<br />
1 tbsp grated ginger<br />
1 tsp cumin seeds <br />
1 tsp mustard seeds<br />
1 tsp turmeric<br />
Salt to taste <br />
2 lbs fresh spinach chopped or baby spinach<br />
4 potatoes cubed and previously boiled for 5 minutes.<br />
2 tbsp cream or plain yogurt<br />
Some people use chilies and lemon but I skipped both.<br />
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Fry the onions, garlic and ginger until onions look clear, add spices and cook until fragrant, add a bit of water if spices stick to the pan. Add spinach gradually letting it wilt to add more, cover and cook for 10 minutes, add potatoes and simmer for 10 more minutes. Add cream stir and serve with rice.<br />
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Valentina rolling out the naan, she was trying to make funny faces but I made her laugh.<br />
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That's all folks!! <br />
Cheers and happy summer.Silvinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17407956922927293700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614300775391258041.post-19562617231562303062013-05-14T17:15:00.002-07:002013-05-26T11:13:38.350-07:00After a few stumbles, here it is!! The crackle desk!So it was a busy weekend here and I finished 2 projects!! Woot! go me!!<br />
Between work and these crazy last weeks of school things get out of hand here sometimes.<br />
I was able to finish my boys' desk and my other dresser matching the one I did last, remember? <br />
And yes I do have before pictures this time!!!<br />
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So first onto my dresser number 2, here are pics of the before. These dressers were in pretty good shape when I got them. I did use my stapler to secure the drawer bottoms though. <br />
As you can see I had already taken off the hardware when I realized I needed before pics!!! <br />
But I got them.<br />
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So same treatment as the other one, 2 coats of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, one coat of Annie Sloan Clear Wax, and touched up with Gilder's Paste in German Silver. Voila . Dresser number 2 done!<br />
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I love these dressers!!! I looked for so long for the perfect matching ones and my patience paid off. <br />
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Now onto the desk.<br />
Since I did not use Annie Sloan paint on this one it did take a bit longer. This was kind of a trial and error project for me lol. It took me weeks, due to weather, wrong paint, crappy looking map and so on.<br />
So I will let you in on a few tips, so hopefully you do not struggle as I did.<br />
First of all I did prime this bad boy, I gave it 2 coats of Killz primer, and let it dry for a couple days.<br />
Next I went to Lowe's and the person who sold me the crackle glaze told me I needed to use flat paint first and then satin. Well I have never liked Lowe's for some reason, I always go to Home Depot and it turned out this person was dead wrong!!! UGHHGHG<br />
After I bough a quart of flat off white paint and painted my desk, I happened to read the instructions on the glaze container, well it turns out you need to use sating paint before the glaze and then flat so the paint will crack nicely. If you don't,it does not crack!!! OMG I was so mad!! <br />
I had even picked up a gallon of oops paint at Home Depot and I planned on using that color.<br />
So now I could not use it because it was satin paint and I needed flat. Luckily I had also gotten a quart of satin off white just to have it and I used it for the first coat ( if you can count, my desk has now 4 coats of stuff on lol)<br />
So off I go to Lowe's and I forget my sample at home, so I end up getting a color that was too blue, I was pretty fed up by now. <br />
So I go and exchange it, and they tell me they do not exchange paint ( what????) but will do me a favor this time, blahhh, so yeah I got the flat paint and I was finally able to finish this desk!!! Geez!<br />
I proceeded to paint the desk with the glaze, someone at Home Depot had told me to lay it on thick if I wanted it to work, since so many people complained the cracks were not that big, I got a bit discouraged by that but I just went with the advice and used like half the container of glaze on the desk.<br />
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I let it dry for a few days ( weather, work, kids you know). Finally I was ready to paint!! I had tried the glaze on a small piece of wood and it seemed to work well. <br />
I started with a nice big Purdy brush ( use a brush for the glaze and top coat) and I went at it. Let me tell you the paint dries very fast on top of the glaze, so if you try it, just lay it on thick ( not to drip but you get what I mean) and do not go over the painted area with the brush or the cracks get smaller, so in other words do not overstrech the paint. Be generous. <br />
I was amazed at the crackle effect, as soon as the paint started drying ( like 10 seconds) it started cracking, it was awesome!!! And the cracks turned out awesome, even better than I expected.<br />
You only need one coat on top of the glaze so this step was quick.<br />
After this I let the desk dry for another few days. Now the hard part, the map.<br />
I had purchased a map on Amazon that was a bit too dark for my taste but hey , I was going to use it.<br />
Well for all of us Mod Podge amateurs here is a word of advice, do not attempt to Mod Podge a huge piece of anything without watching at least a few videos on you tube lol.<br />
I pasted the map and looked horrible!!!!! OMG I was so upset, we tried rolling pins, even puncturing the bubbles with pins lol, but it looked hideous. So I ripped out, yes I ripped the map out , washed the surface and went online and ordered a new map at the National Geographic website ( nicer map).<br />
So of course my desk took yet another week to be done. My kids were whining and moping, MOOOOOOOM when is the desk going to be ready????<br />
Finally the map got here and after watching some videos I learned the map needed to be sealed with acrylic sealer for a better result. Well I got the Mod Podge acrylic sealer at Hobby Lobby and I sprayed the map like 5 times, just to make sure.<br />
Finally I Mod Podged it, and it looked much better than the first one. A few wrinkles here and there but, hey, I was happy.<br />
So the desk was finally done!! I gave it 2 coats of polycrylic on the entire desk to protect the crackle from fading and I gave the top 5 coats to make sure the map doesn't rip or come apart and for a smoother finish.<br />
It stayed beautifully and I love it !!!!!! This cost me blood, sweat and tears but I am in love with, not even mention my boys, they are super excited.<br />
So here it is!!! Before and after.<br />
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I am so glad these guys are done!!! Busy week!!! <br />
Hopefully next week I will have finished something else....like my couch!!! <br />
Cheers!Silvinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17407956922927293700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614300775391258041.post-62467149376626584542013-04-27T18:31:00.000-07:002013-05-13T18:19:42.048-07:00Yes, Spring is here!!! OMG I have been waiting for nice weather for soooooooooooo long. Today was 70 degrees here and yes you guessed it, I spent all day out in my garage painting and finishing stuff.<br />
So here is my most recent makeover, I got 2 dressers a while ago on KSL for $20, yes 2 matching awesome dressers.<br />
I was not sure what was I going to do with them so I had them sitting there for a while. <br />
Finally I took the plunge and I splurged on Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, yes!!! And I LOVE it.<br />
Yes the stuff is pricey but I was set on a nice look for my dressers, I got a quart of Old White for $38, a can of Clear Wax for $35 and a nice and expensive boar hair brush for $29, ouch!! But it was worth it!<br />
Can we say fast and awesome looking finish??? This paint is amazing, first, no priming , you just slap it on any surface and it sticks. Then it dries in like 2 hours, so I was able to finish my dresser in one day, yep. Also one can goes a long way , I was able to give my dresser 2 coats, which covered nicely, with a small mason jar full of paint.<br />
I was so eager to start my project with this paint, that I forgot to take before pics!!! ughhh!!!! But no worries, I will take pics of the sister dresser so you can see what this one looked like before.<br />
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Here it is, after I painted it with 2 coats of Old White, I waxed it with Annie Sloan clear wax and buffed it ( I got some muscles now!!). After that I wanted a tiny bit of gold accents on the distressed parts, so I used Gilder's Paste on German Silver . I love it.<br />
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There is the little gilder's paste can , you just wipe on with your finger to give it a nice aged and golden affect. I also sprayed the hardware with Rustoleoum's Hammered Gold, to match the paste.<br />
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I'm in love, and I will start the other one tomorrow.<br />
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I also got a chance to work on my boys' desk, I painted it and did the crakle effect and it turned out awesome!!! <br />
Here is a little sneak peek. After this I will try and mod podge the map on top. Wish me luck!!!<br />
Cheers!!!<br />
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P.S: My oldest daughter went to Prom today!<br />
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Weather has been completely horrible and uncooperative and well since I work swings I spend my only day off cleaning like a mad ...maid.<br />
I was on Facebook today and I saw this 25 random things post from years ago. I thought it needed an update, so here are 25 random things, facts, about me. Enjoy! <br />
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1- People tell me I look mean and unfriendly sometimes, but that has helped me keep certain people at bay and the ones who made through the wall, are usually the ones worth keeping.<br />
2- I always loved school, life and certain circumstances didn't allow me to continue, but I just registered for Fall semester at WSU and I am as giddy as a High School girl.<br />
3- I have discovered I am quite creative, I never cared to develop that side of myself, but I am loving it.<br />
4- As a young person I never knew how much I would love being a mom.<br />
5- I identify with dark characters ( Snape, Loki etc), I think the ones whith a "dark" facade are often the ones who love the strongest, they just don't know how to show it.<br />
6- I have an irrational fear of frogs.<br />
7- I am a nerd. I have read over 1000 books and watched over 3000 movies so far.<br />
8- I am very impatient, and I often make mistakes because I have to find a faster and better way...live and learn.<br />
9- As a child, I always knew I would live in a foreign country and speak a different language.<br />
10- I am an overthinker, but I find that doing tedious tasks, like sanding furniture, keeps my thoughts at bay.<br />
11- I am a research addict, I can spend hours on the computer looking for info about something. I love information!!<br />
12- I believe God always throws you a bone in dark times, you just have to know how to smell it out and hold on to it.<br />
13- I love being alone, I mean I like friends, but I enjoy loneliness to a strange degree lol.<br />
14- I love music, I want to learn how to play piano.<br />
15- I am a great arguer.<br />
16- I am brutally honest and no, I can't control it.<br />
17- I have 8 crowns, no, not on my head...in my mouth.<br />
18- Someday, I will go to India.<br />
19- Life has taught me that food is not one of life's little pleasures...it has many consecuences lol.<br />
20- I was born in Argentina.<br />
21- I am ambidextrous.<br />
22- I love to dance, I miss those awesome church dances in Miami!!<br />
23- I really could care less what people think of me, I am who I am and if you don't like it well, keep walking!<br />
24- I can't take compliments. ( yes I already had therapy for this lol, but I still can't)<br />
25- I am glad this old note thing got restarted, I like to know more about people.<br />
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Cheers!Silvinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17407956922927293700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614300775391258041.post-18499400443233715202013-04-02T07:58:00.000-07:002013-04-19T08:55:50.214-07:00Rain, rain go away...What a horrible day!!! I swear Spring Break is always like this, it either snows or rains.<br />
Luckily, Sunday was a beautiful day, we were able to do our egg hunt and Dallin won. The kids had fun and we even went to the park with the dogs.<br />
If you look closely you can see the eggs have religious sayings, my mom who has little idea of what things mean or say in English , got these eggs at Walmart, when my teen was helping me hide them, she was like " Mom, these eggs say team Jesus, and they have crosses, who would make Team Jesus' eggs??" LOL we had a good laugh. The important thing is that they were filled with candy, and that is all my kids care about.<br />
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Yesterday, the day started gray and rainy, nothing compared to our beautiful Sunday.<br />
It was my day off since they were doing inventory at work, but of course it had to be yucky.<br />
I was hoping I could get my first coat of flat paint on my boys' desk, but Mother Nature is being mean to me again ...<br />
So I worked on my abandoned couch, yes the one I started like a month ago! I do not know why this project is taking me so long but it is done, now my mom needs to help me sew the pillows. Pics to come!<br />
So I was confined to my kitchen looking out my window to a gray sky, and I thought what can I do ? I needed a chore system and I started looking .<br />
I found many ideas but they all required a few items I did not have, so I stuck with the one I thought was easiest. I found this particular project at a blog I follow, you can check it out here <a href="http://www.whateverdeedeewants.com/2011/07/terrific-tuesdays-chore-jar.html" target="_blank">Chore Jar</a> .<br />
My kids have always wanted to have paid chores, and I thought, hey why not, I have never been very good at keeping up with allowances so this would make me have a good paying schedule and hopefully a cleaner house.<br />
The original chore jar was color coded ( which I did not do and I am regreting) and it was not a paid chore system. So what I did was come up with the chores and values and I printed my own, the blog I got it from has all the sheets with the color papers and blank ones to print your own chores. So helpful!<br />
After printing all the chores strips, put a movie on and start cutting, yes if you want to have LOTR or Harry Potter marathon this is the right project for it!<br />
What you will need:<br />
Popsicle sticks ( the wide ones) <br />
Mod Podge<br />
Paper and Scissors<br />
Printer <br />
Big glass jar or a can<br />
Number of tin cans or glass jars for kids names ( I got the tin buckets at Walmart for $1 each)<br />
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I even added bad behavior sticks with -$.25 and Memorize an Article of Faith for $.50 . You can totally customize this to what you want. Keep the prices low or you will brake the bank at the end of the week, especially if you have lots of kids!<br />
Most of my everyday chores were $.25 or $.50, then I did some weekly ones for $1.00 to $2.00 and the odd ones like yard work, wash the car or clean the blinds for $5. Again you can come up with your own and fill these up however works best for your house and kids.<br />
The original poster had the chores printed if you like to use them but they did not have money value so I just used the blank strips.<br />
Once you are done cutting, just glue the papers to the sticks with Mod Podge and put a coat on top for the nice smooth finish and to give them some protection. And voila! It took quite some time but it was easy. I need to make some more of the " make bed" and "set the table" ones and a few other daily chores since I have 4 kids. So make sure you have plenty.<br />
Here is it!<br />
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I must say my boys are totally into it, they are both very motivated by money so they tackled some of the most expensive ones and now I have a clean car, a very organized media cabinet and very clean walls!! Woot! My girls, well they are another story lol, Brenna is my rebel child and she does things when she wants to, and the ones she must. So she still gets paid but just for the stuff she deems necessary. Val does things but since she is much older I told her to not abuse the system and give her siblings a chance, she has been a good sport so far. Now they collect sticks throughout the week and pay day is on Saturday. They all gather up the sticks and add up how much they made.<br />
It has worked very well so far. I'll let you know when they get bored with it.<br />
Have a great week and lets hope this weather gets better! ugh!<br />
Cheers!Silvinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17407956922927293700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614300775391258041.post-91041209600062775662013-03-30T19:26:00.000-07:002013-03-30T19:30:52.026-07:00And ...Mother Nature decided to behave.Sooooo it has been a while!! These last few weeks have been busy! Glad spring break is here and I do not work Monday!<br />
Today was a beautiful day, and I took full advantage of it by working on my backed up projects. I was finally able to get done with one desk and started the other one.<br />
Utah weather has been so erratic lately, I had to wait several days between coats of paint to avoid cracking, since today we got up in the 60s, I was able to do it .<br />
Here is the little desk I have been working on for Brenna's room. I got it for $5 a few months ago along with another one I will work on next week.<br />
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This one was pretty beat up , had no handles and needed some sanding, I gave it 2 coats of primer and then I used 4 cans of Krylon Watermelon spray paint, finally after a week of waiting I was able to glaze it today and I found some cute handles at Home Depot for $1.79 each. I also gave it 2 coats of Polycrylic on the top for protection. It is a nice heavy desk and I think it turned out super cute! Brenna is so excited to add it to her bedroom, she has been waiting patiently.<br />
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So happy to be done with this! Now while this one was drying I started sanding and priming my second desk which was also $5 and I will redo it for my boys' room. <br />
I am going to try a crackle tecnique on this one so stay tunned!<br />
Cheers!<br />
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Silvinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17407956922927293700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614300775391258041.post-88069163386355318212013-03-16T14:13:00.000-07:002013-03-16T14:27:00.096-07:00So much to do, so little time.So for all of you who did not know, I got a job. My projects scream to me everytime I walk in the garage, but I carry on hoping I have some time to finish them soon.<br />
My latest one, is an old desk I picked up for $5 at some Presbiterian Church. I primed it and gave it 2 coats of paint last week, and it is now waiting for its third coat and glazing.<br />
This particular project is for my daughter Brenna's room.<br />
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Hopefully I can be done with it by next week. <br />
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I finally received my tack strip on the mail for my couch so I hope to get to it before it gets spiderwebs all over it! I am going to have to just do it one day, since I do not have lots of time now.<br />
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Then last week was my birthday, yay!. And my mom got me a Ninja processor! I was so stoked! I have wanted one of these forever.<br />
So now I am on a dip kick, today I made 2 for lunch, cilantro hummus and avocado dip. We devoured them. I love my Ninja!<br />
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Here is the Hummus recipe<br />
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2 cups garbanzo beans or cans<br />
1 tbs tahini or almond butter<br />
2 or 3 small sweet peppers , red or yellow<br />
1/2 cup cilantro leaves washed<br />
3/4 cups lemon or lime juice ( I like mine pretty lemony you can do less if you like)<br />
2 tbsp olive oil<br />
Salt and garlic powder to taste <br />
Most hummus recipes use raw garlic, I do not eat raw garlic so I use powdered, you can substitute if you like.<br />
Throw all this in yourt Ninja, if you have one, or any other food processor and enjoy!! <br />
I love this! <br />
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For the avocado dip I did<br />
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4 avocados<br />
3 tbs sour cream<br />
1/2 cup lemon or lime juice<br />
salt<br />
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Here is my delicious lunch for today! Did I already say I love my Ninja! <br />
Cheers!<br />
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<br />Silvinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17407956922927293700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614300775391258041.post-65090353505832023642013-03-06T15:34:00.001-08:002013-03-06T15:51:43.586-08:00Don't you dare think I've been slacking!Aha! yes you probably thought I gave up and that I am a slacker, but nope I have been busy.<br />
Yes, yes my couch is still undone, I still need to finish the cushions but I have been taking advantage of this, oh so warm weather we've had!<br />
Last week it was so nice and warm I decided to take up a small project I had laying around for a while.<br />
My mom picked up this bad boy at D.I. for $3, she brought it home and said to me " I don't know what to do with it but hey it was 3 bucks". I was in love with it, but since I am not a big mail saver ( hello online everything) I put it on my pile of furniture to be done in the garage.<br />
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Well for those of you who have 4 or more children in school, you know how hard it is to keep track of everyone's homework, OMG the mess of loose papers and "Where is my math paper??" or " I can't find a pencil!!".<br />
So I remembered my little piece of furniture and thought "Hey, that could totally make a cool homework station"<br />
So I dusted it off and primed it about a week ago when it was still too cold to paint, so I did it on my kitchen counter. <br />
The weather did not cooperate the following days so I waited and let the primer dry pretty well. <br />
Besides I was going to spray paint it so I could not do it in the kitchen this time.<br />
Next I went to Walmart and got a can of Cherry Red by Krylon, which was $3.14, best spray paint ever . I followed this girl's advice at <a href="http://www.allthingsthrifty.com/" target="_blank">All Things Thrifty</a> about what spray paint to use and this brand is one of the best.<br />
Now red, is thin and it takes several coats to make it look nice and even, so I gave it 4 coats which was all the can yielded.<br />
After letting it dry for 24 hours after each coat, I decided to glaze it.<br />
I used Valspar clear mixing glaze and mixed it with black paint, about 5 parts glaze to one part paint.<br />
Then you just paint on the glaze and wipe off with a wet cloth until you get the desired amount of "old" you want. I gave it about 4 coats of glaze and really focused on the crannies.<br />
Then I ordered a decal from a decal site since I have yet to invest on a silhouette cameo.<br />
After the glaze was dry I put the decal on and voila! My homework station was done! <br />
Didn't it turn out super cute!?? I chose red since I have an addiction to chef figurines and they usually have red paint on so this color matched my kitchen. I love it!<br />
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I have started another project since the weather has permitted, so stay tunned!<br />
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Now for a more culinary project I have going on.<br />
This one has to do with my diet and cooking. <br />
I always wondered why everything ( food) in America is something "free".<br />
Like, "oh fat makes us fat , let's make our food fat free!" Oh wait but they do not tell people most food without it's fat cannot be digested by the body, so oops we are sabotaging our health.<br />
One other that bothers me so, is gluten free. Ok I understand some people are allergic, but there is a solution, first eliminate the gluten of course but instead of going gluten free, try and make bread or any other foods the right way, that is without using yeast, baking powder or baking soda, which are accelerators. <br />
The reason why most people are allergic to gluten is because the gluten does not get broken down properly when we use an accelerator such as yeast. Hence the gluten is hard on our bodies. This is the same as eating beans witout soaking them, they make us extremely gassy.<br />
Here is a good article about this <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/035413_breads_gluten_intolerance_recipes.html" target="_blank">Properly prepare bread to avoid gluten intolerance.</a><br />
So I decided to make my own starter, mostly known as sourdough starter.<br />
I bought a few books on Sourdough about a month ago and started researching this subject.<br />
After a while I grinded some fresh wheat and let it sit out for about 2 weeks and then I started my experiment. I named her Louise. Yes I do have a weird habit of naming my things with old lady names.<br />
I started Louise, with 1/4 cup whole wheat flour, 1/4 cup or white flour and 1/2 cup pineapple juice.<br />
The second day you do nothing, the 3rd day you dump out half of the mixture and add the same as the first day. Do the same on the 4th day and from the 5th to the 14th day you dump half the stuff and add the same amount of flour but switch the juice to filtered water.<br />
Dumping out half of the mixture should encourage good bacteria on the new mix and it starts to "roar" lol.<br />
Now check her out, this is day 6 and she is looking "healthy" I am so excited to try some pancakes when she is ready to go!<br />
And my kids are stoked to try our new "experiment" on a loaf of bread.<br />
More to come!!!<br />
Cheers!<br />
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