All Around Updates

ARg!  I'm so bad about writing blog posts..  I love blogging, but most days I just don't have the time/energy to sit down and write..  I have stuff running through my head all the time that I want to say.  If I would just be disciplined to sit and write.  It's kind of like getting pedicures for me..I want to get them (need to get them) but I seldom take the time. Weird analogy? Probs.

So I just wanted to share a few things that have been happening around here this month~~

A couple of weeks ago I found this little guy and brought him home for my dining room

I guess you would call it a buffet?  There are shelves behind the doors so it's really not a dresser, it must be a buffet - so anyway, we sooo did not like the paint job on it and right away went to Lowe's and bought all the tools we needed to strip it!

Well, we got more than we bargained for - a full post to come.  We are still working on that thing!

If you follow me on Instagram you may have seen some of the other activities we've had going on - Robbie's guitar class had their Spring Concert, and of course he was awesome.

And we prepared a Passover seder on the first night of Passover..

I don't think it's suppose to be a joyous occasion, but we always have fun with the kids, singing silly songs and each person reciting part of the service.  This year we were missing three of our kids due to travels and being away at college, so that part was a bummer - but that's what happens when you have grown kids!

Today I'm going to get back to working on stripping the buffet.  I also have another small table project that I can actually complete this weekend..  more Rub n' Buff involved!  It is going to be a gorgeous day in Georgia!  What do you have going on this weekend?  Or month?  If you're anything like me things do tend to be month-long projects - have a great one!

Love, Kelli

Pinspired!

Welcome to the first ever fashion-related post from yours truly ~  Normally I just talk about the little projects I do around the house, and once in a while throw in some stuff about my kids - but when I saw this fun post here at Pinterest Told Me To I knew I had to join in the fun!

I mean I love Pinterest just as much as anybody - maybe too much!  I am always finding time to hop over there and scroll through to find outfits, furniture, recipes - obviously the list goes on and on!  But like I have confessed before - I do a LOT of looking and just a little bit of DOING - so when I saw this pin, I knew I could re-create it!

(All Things Katie Marie)

This is a fun, relaxed, weekend-kind of outfit!  I wish I had her awesome selfie picture skills!  Check out her blog - lots of fun outfits!

See, I just couldn't get the pic to look like hers..  When my son saw this he said "Mom, I didn't know there was a place to post pictures of a mom trying to look like a 20-year old.".. Really?  yeah.

Okay so side-by-side.. not too bad, eh??

Yeay for Pinterest!!  What have you been inspired to create?  Did you find it on Pinterest?  I'm going to share more soon and I would love to hear about you!

Love, Kelli

Another Quick Before and After - Let there be Light!

If you have read my blog for a while you probably know that I don't get around to actually doing a lot of what I want to do.  I make big plans, but then take a while to carry them through.  Some might call that procrastination - I just call it lazy being thorough.  Making sure before I start anything..

Back here I worked up a wish list for my dining room.  OMG that was literally a YEAR ago. The only thing that has been accomplished in that room (until now) was the hanging of the gold mirror. Period.

I still haven't painted the room, or found/made the perfect tablecloth, or painted the table, but last weekend I did do one thing.... and if you follow me on Instagram you probably saw a peek!  What I really, really have always wanted is a beautiful brass and crystal chandelier - that costs around $2500!  We all know THAT ain't happenin' for some time..  And then it hit me (like, I-coulda-had-a-V8 kinda hit me) why don't I Rub N' Buff the light fixture?!?  DUH.

This thang - in my humble opinion - had an enormous case of the Uglies.  (Don't let Hubby hear that because he picked it out and he really liked it - oops)  I mean the boring metal and those brownish globes!  It just wasn't jiving in here.  Enter Rub N' Buff in Grecian Gold.

I didn't even clean it very well - I took the globes off, dusted it with a rag real quick, and started rubbing and painting. I'm a little impatient when it comes to getting things going.. I just want to jump right in.

 (i spy someone in the mirror hehe - oops!)

 I couldn't BELIEVE how great it was turning out!  I was in love!  I used a small artist paint brush for most of it, but on the long, flat pieces that swoop up I just used my finger.  Just like when I painted my bench, I used a small amount of deglosser in a little bowl.  I would dip the brush in the deglosser then drag it through the Rub N' Buff that was poking out of the tube.  (And alas, as usual, I didn't photograph that part - I was so excited about how this thing was looking!)  Sammy at Renew Redo has great instructions for using Rub N' Buff here...

Can you get over how it is the same gold as the mirror?  Why had I not done this MONTHS ago?  Why?  Once I was finished all I needed to do was run to Lowe's and grab some new globes~

I am seriously in love with the light now.  If I don't get my fancy brass and crystal chandelier for a while it won't matter because I think this baby is perfect!  Once I put the new globes on you could see the white socket thingy that holds the bulb.  Hubby suggested I go ahead and paint the sockets gold too, so I did..

I love how the Rub N' Buff doesn't cover like stray paint; it has depth.

It took me a few hours to do this - I did not take the fixture down, so I kinda got a little crick in my neck, but it was totally worth it.

So yeay!  I have a "new" chandelier for about $17 (the cost of the 5 globes and part of the tube of Rub N' Buff).  I still have almost the entire tube of Rub N' Buff left that I can use on another project.  Next I will be painting the room gray.  Hubby needs to do a little maintenance on the wainscoting in the room first, then we'll be ready to go.

So tell me what you think about my chande!  Do you like it?  Think it's pretty?  As usual I have been dragging people in to look at it~~

Have a great week people!  And shout out to my youngest, Robbie, on his 14th birthday today!! Love you kid!

Linking up with Thrify Decor Chick!

 

Love, Kelli