Sunday, January 19, 2014

Top viewed posts 2013

G'day all :)

Seems everyone is doing a post on this - which made me curious - so last night I checked my stats for last year - and here you have it - the 10 top viewed!

No. 10 

This headboard transformation - ( it's fun to go back and look at past makeover's btw - try it!!! ) 

BEFORE


AFTER


No. 9

My Farm Table ( which is what I have in the current kitchen also ) 

CLOSED


OPEN


No. 8

June's  ( aka April ) dining room buffet
HERE

BEFORE


AFTER



No. 7
My John Denver Pallet Art ( which we used at Lindsay and Tony's wedding and which now hangs in their bedroom ) I think I have to make another one for myself !


No. 6 
My bedroom update  ( the last house !!! ) 


No. 5
My Vintage window " with a view "


No. 4
I WANNA live there Wednesday # 53 - tiny farmhouse ( I'm starting that series again this week :)


No. 3
I WANNA live there Wednesday # 49 ( still probably my favorite ) 


No. 2
This was the most viewed in 2012 - and was still going strong in 2013 - Country Sunshine !!!
HERE

BEFORE


AFTER


And the No. 1 most viewed post of 2013 ( shocked me more than I can tell you )
was the home we sold ( I feel a little sad looking at the photos again - a quick jolt right to the heart )
For all that it had wrong with it - it was the one home that owned my soul - literally.
HERE



Oh and my BEFORE AND AFTERS were viewed just under 26,000 times -
With JOHN SAYS - SUZAN SAYS coming in under that -

People prefer my transformations more than my conversations LOL

Well that was a self indulgent boring post I must say...............

Have a wonderful Monday everyone
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Saturday, January 18, 2014

Me, Myself and a little black paint..................

paint, windows,black



la la lalala la la
da dum di dum di
boom chucka lucka
a tisket a tasket
na na na na na na - hey hey
Shirley Shirley bo birley bonana fana to firley

What you guys doing today?

I'm painting in the kitchen - you know those little touches .....................

And I have the C.D. player blasting - and I'm humming and I'm singing

John says - Can you keep it down, a little, do you think?
Suzan says - Why does it bother you if I sing a little?
Suzan says - If I'm singing I'm happy -
Suzan says - Would you rather I be witching ?
Suzan says - Why do I have to be quiet anyway, what are you doing?
John says - Trying to read the paper

Suzan SCREAMS - Reading the freaking paper?  There's a house with a million things to do in it!
Suzan sings as loud as she can " I READ THE NEWS TODAY, OH BOY - ABOUT A LUCKY MAN WHO MADE THE GRADE..................... " ♪

Who lounges around reading the paper when you've just bought a major fixer upper?



I love this little old window - ( there's a matching one in the bathroom - that's been covered up by tile - have no idea why - but it'll be exposed when the bathroom gets renovated - and the reason I KNOW there's a window there is because there's 2 of these on the outside of the building )
If it doesn't work in the bathroom, I'm going to have it transferred to a perfect little spot in the kitchen.

It's become a little redundant since we updated the kitchen - the configuration doesn't allow it to open more than a few inches - but still I wanted to keep it right where it was ( the new window will be the one that gets opened up to allow those gentle winter breezes to form pretty icicles on my dishes...............:)


The glass is old - very old - and wavy and dimpled and I just love the little bit of original character it
brings into the room - hoping it'll look ok with the custom French Chateau window we've ordered ( which will be black as well ) because they're on the same wall - I think I'll have to plant a lilac tree or bush outside this wall - just ignore me - that was an internal thought as I was typing away.

I also painted out the wood trim that acts as ledge against the marble tiles and then " sealed " the marble ( including the floor thresholds I used as a back splash ). Fingers are crossed that it holds up for at least a year :)

marble, tiles, countertop

Here's how that view looked when we bought it by the way


Next I painted the back door - still singing - until John rudely put the T.V on super loud..............
I silently painted.  ( well singing on the inside - but that doesn't count really )


The only reason I have the window covered ( and it's temporary ) is because the mud room off of
it is in a terrible state - I used these panels I found once at the Dollar Store - 2 in a pack
( I did a post on them a long long time ago - when the earth was green )


They come in different patterns of which I have all ( OCD anyone? nah - not me ) haven't a clue which box they're in so used what I could easily find :)
They attach by little rings in those holes you see along the perimeter - you simply hook them up to the size you need.
I put them on a little rod  - and hung them on the outside of the door


and voila - a little privacy and no hardware to look at - for under 5.00



Doo ♪  - Doo - Doo ♪ ♪
Lookin' out my back door......................

( it's too cold out - otherwise there'd be happy people dancin' on my lawn, don't you know )




EVERY girl should have a little black dress - AND a little black window :)

Much love,
Moi

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