This pumpkin went out and got all "tatted" up for Halloween...!!!!  

 Frumpy, 
is shocked..!!!!!

I'm linking to the party at It's so Very Cheri

&

Under the Table and Dreaming.

Baby Armoire goes Coastal

Since I had acquired a pretty Aqua colored gallon of OOPS Paint... I have been dying to try it out on something.  First I painted this bird house.

I like this color especially with the distressing and the dark wood showing thru.    Purely by accident when I distressed the bird house the yellow color that it had been painted before showed thru in a few spots...  The yellow looked so cute peeking out .. 

I started looking around for something else to paint Aqua/ yellow ... and there it was hiding in the garage..it's been in the garage waiting it's turn for a long time..  a looooonnggg time.. ahahha 

Baby Armoire.

Now I don't know if this is intended to be a babies's armoire.. but it is small... it's  barely 5 feet tall and a little over 2 feet wide. It could hold a small TV or I could put a pole inside and it could indeed hold a babies tiny clothes..and shoes..it very cute and petite.

This was a really easy project... all it needed was a very light sanding and a coat of primer and then on to the fun part .... the yellow topped with the aqua..

The distressing was hard to stop from getting carried away.. distressing is such a good time.

..   and with that Baby Armoire goes Coastal..

isn't this just the perfect Cottage/ Coastal/ Shabby Aqua color? 

 

What if I told you..........

I made a gigantic mirror ?   You'd ask me how big is it ???  .right??   so rather than try to convince you of how big it is I might as well show you...

SEE

The actual mirror is 39" x 79" the surrounding frame is aprox 8 inches all around..  This is from a bathroom remodel... The frame is constructed from 1x6's for the outside frame with 1x4's layered on top surrounded by some decorative molding and premade decorative wood peices from the Home Depot lumber department..  The hutch standing next to it is pretty big but it looks dwarfed by this huge mirror...

Holding this giant concoction together is ALOT of corner brackets, screws and MORE corner brackets..and glue..lots of glue..

The back is covered with a 1/4 " sheet of plywood and painted black to match the frame.

I'm not sure that the dining room is the place for this BUT.. .. it's very heavy and I feel lucky to have gotten it that far.  Can you imagine that in a 4600 sq foot house there is not a perfect place  for it.. ?

Seems hard to believe huh..???  Definitely I am not lugging this up the stairs. 

Now do you believe me..??  

 I made a gigantic mirror. ??

Yes??

Super UGLY Dresser

I'm sure..  well kinda sure,,,,??.. you all remember this dresser from St Vincent De Paul..    Yeah,    it's iffy...   but there's hope.


After a coat of white paint and some pretty blue knobs..  I think this patient is going to pull thru.

Yeah.. !!!!   I knew you could do it.

These are 2.99 at Hobby Lobby..  they have a large selection of unique knobs..  a nice change from the typical hardware store knobs.

Maybe it needs a mirror to go with it.. ??  I'll have to look around and see what I can find in the garage..?

Lonley mirror meets Super Ugly dresser and they become a handsome couple..

and even better yet they found a new home.. and helped to finance the plastic surgery for yet another

Super Ugly dresser.