and it might get me into trouble! It's like a sickness...no, really it is. I watch these shows full of fantastic projects and creativity and I just cannot turn my brain off. You think I'm kidding, but I'm not. I can't help, but look around my house and think, "hmmmm....I wonder if I could..." Now, don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't love my home because I do...don't ever want to leave it. I'm a creative person and I think this is one of the ways to express it. I love putting my personal stamp on things. I just have to remind myself that I don't have a professional design team and a tent full of tools with a hunky carpenter sitting in my driveway!
So back to the point of this post. I've wanted to change a lot of the wood finishes since we moved in(everything is a natural finish, knotty alder). Way too much money to think about replacing everything, plus it's perfectly good wood. So, I've been working up the guts to make changes. A couple months back, I stripped and re-stained my master cabinets. It was a lot of work, but I was very happy with the results. Ultimately, I'd like to paint my kitchen cabinets. I actually borrowed a paint sprayer from my brother-in-law (thanks Cameron!), but I think I'm going to have to watch the user video 10x more to figure out the thing. So, I'm still working my way up to that project, as the kitchen would be a very, very costly mistake! lol So, tonight, I ran to Home Depot and grabbed some white primer and white gloss paint to do my mantel. I had toyed w/ the idea of staining it like my bathroom (please don't tell me now that would've looked better! lol) but, decided I liked the idea of the white base board trim running seamlessly into the mantel. Plus, I'm thinking white is more traditional (might equal boring to some, but traditional nonetheless!). AND I bought sandpaper...all sorts of sanding tools. What for you might ask? Umm, I want to do my railings. Yes, I know, an insane amount of work, but I'm a expressing my creativity, remember?!
( < stairyway and mantel inspiration)
SO...as of right now, I have a primed mantel and a partially (emphasis on partial) sanded railing. Have a bitten off more than I can chew? Maybe. Who knows maybe it will all turn out just like the pictures I've saved from Better Homes & Garden, or at least that's what I'll tell myself when it's all done! ;)
4 comments:
OMGosh - you're taking on your stairs! Mantel looks amazing! I love that-and I agree, very very classic! But the railings! ;) You let me know when you're done with that b/c I think you're going to need a little girlfriend weekend away ... masseus and all...
Umm...yea, I think I've dug myself into a sufficiently deep hole. The mantel is going fine, but the stairs are going to be every bit as hard as I had feared!
uuuummmmm, yea.......I checked my schedule and I would really love to come help you soon, but I have to rip my toenails out one by one with plyers. :)hhhmmmm......
Oh wow! I can't wait see it all done! You go girl! I loved your home the first time I walked in several years ago! Now with all these changes I need to get back to Utah and visit you!
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