Our weekend and another project

I hope everyone had an Awesome Easter.  We did!  We started hiding eggs on Thursday night.  I have a 4 year old and he thinks hunting for eggs is so FUN. (but wondered why there wasn’t candy in all of them)  I tried to explain to him there would be candy when the Easter Bunny dropped some off. 
The kiddos before we went to church!

Me, Carson and Harley dog (Harley is not a good picture taker)


I had took off on Friday so I was able to get a lot of stuff done.  I finally finished my entryway table that I bought in MARCH!  Hey I'm a busy girl.
This is what the dresser looked like when I bought it.  Old, brown, broken and lonely.

I had a hard time deciding on Red or Turquoise.  Both would look great because the wall it is going on is STILL white and big. (hopefully that will be another project to get done in the future)  I went with RED.  I didn’t prime this dresser.  I just sanded it a little, took the handles off, filled the knob holes and repaired a couple drawers.   I used our new spray gun and some red paint from Home Depot(not sure the color).

I decided to do glaze on this piece too.  I love the way the glaze looks when finished and it covers up some of the imperfections on my hubbys paint job.  (I found a few drips)  But not going to complain because he was helping me.

I really wanted to use the original knobs on the bottom 3 drawers but one of them was broken.  So it wouldn’t work out the way I wanted it to.   We ended up drilling out the holes that I patched up. haha  I wanted to put 2 on each side instead of one.  I found some clear knobs at hobby lobby that had been antiqued, and they were half off and had 16 in stock.  So it was an easy choice for me.

Here it is finished!  I'm in Love again.

I will be putting some decorations on it and adding more to the wall behind it soon, but wanted to take a picture of it since I just finished it last night.  I love my cute rug from Hobby Lobby. (half off too)  I just love Hobby Lobby.  Don’t you?



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Birthday Bash

So Tuesday was my Birthday and I have the most wonderful friends and family!  It was a GREAT day! My coworkers bought me lunch from Pei Wei…yummo! and our secretary Linda made me an awesome homemade cheesecake. My sweet hunnee surprised me last Wednesday with a suite at the Mavericks game!

We had an amazing time! We rarely get time without the kids.

Then over the weekend my parents came in town and we all went to dinner and my stud got me this!

It’s a Twist of Dazzle cake! I love it!! Thanks to EVERYBODY who made my day soooo wonderful! And of course my wonderful friend, coworker and business partner is the BOMB!!!

Garage Sales

For the last few years we get a group together and hit up this BIG neighborhood garage sale.  Sometimes we find good stuff and sometimes we find nada.  This year I would say we did pretty good.  I was not looking for anything in particular, but the other girls were looking for some furniture.  As soon as we started ,we discovered the Big purchase for the day.  Kristin found her the perfect dresser for only $75 bucks.  It was in excellent condition, and solid wood. 

I can’t wait to see what Kristin does to this dresser for her entry way.  My friend Amber found her an entry way table too for only $10 dollars and she sent me a picture of it tonight and she is doing a great job on her first makeover. 

The next steal of the day was this roll of Burlap for only $5.00.  Yeah you heard me right 5.  The lady probably thought I was crazy.  But hey burlap is in right now and I want to make something out of it. (even though I can't sew)  I will come up with something and I promise to share with my friends.

Here are a few of my other purchases.   A set of candle holders and gold planter that I thought would be really cute painted, and used in my kitchen.

 

I also got this cute picture frame for $10.00 and it still had the original price tag on it. Who knows it might get a little spray paint too.

Now this lady knows how to garage sale. ha-ha  I just had to get a picture of this.

 

Hope everyone has a fabulous Wednesday.  We made it half way to the weekend, (ohh and I am off Friday)  YAY.

Quick re-do for the bathroom and someones Birthday

I want to Wish Kristin a Happy Birthday!!  She is a wonderful friend, co-worker, and business partner.  I couldnt survive without you at work. I hope you have a great one and I can't wait to order Pei Wei.  (who evers b-day it is, gets to choose what we eat)  YUMMO

I decided on Tuesday that this cabinet needed a re-do.  It was white and I had glazed it a few years back, but every time I look at it I think of smeared poop.  Gross I know!  I sanded as much of the glaze off that I could, took out the glass and the knobs.

I decided to use Eden spray paint.  It’s a Home Depot color and I'm in Love with it.  I sprayed a couple coats on it.

After it was good and dry, I put the drawer and glass back in.  I found these black knobs that I had not used before and lucky enough I had 3 of them.

I think it turned out so cute!  And it only took me a couple hours to complete.

On another note, we went garage saling this weekend and found some good junk stuff.  More about that tomorrow.

linking up at Addicted 2 Decorating!

Today Im linking up my before and after dresser at Addicted 2 Decorating.

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