It's been awhile Craig....................('s LIST )

What with everything that's going on here - reno's - furniture - eating - sleeping - reno's - furniture - eating - sleeping - I haven't had time to scour Craig's list................

Last night I decided to give it a whirl -
And this morning I'm one tres happy girl
( I'm also a poet - just in case you didn't know it )

On it's way ....................
( I want to fix that wall behind the seller's bench - badly )
It's an antique Church bench - and lo and behold - this may be the only time you'll ever hear this
out of my mouth - it will NOT be painted !!!
Is that the sweetest thing ever?
A pillow - a throw - a basket on the floor in front of it - love love love !!!

This will be picked up tonight - OMG - I can't tell you how much I'm in love with this -
The seller claims it's an antique - looks a little like a reproduction to me - but I love it regardless.
And this may be the 2nd and last time you'll ever hear this out of my mouth - but I don't think this will be painted either - although I'm not quite so certain about this one - I'm kind of picturing it white with a french graphic also -

John says - how much do you think you can get for them refinished
Suzan says - hmmm- not sure - we'll see

Suzan doesn't say she's keeping them - for now at least - and getting rid of the one she has now
which is this one - and is far too big for this living room

I still haven't heard back from this seller - but asked about it - no chairs but they're easy enough to find

beautiful legs

items I wanted to get - but they're just too far away ( or so John says and I'm agreeing with him because I don't really have the room for anything else right now so they'd have to go in storage )

THE COOLEST CHAIR EVER

why why why does the seller have to live so far away?

I literally had to turn off the computer because I was having a bit of an anxiety over the chair to be honest with you................

Ok gotta get this piece finished -

hmmm what else?

oh - if any of you are interested - THE WINDOW IS FINALLY INSTALLED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

John says - what the hell are you taking a picture of the window now for - it's not finished
Suzan says - Listen, my readers don't care, you got it?  Stop sticking your nose in my blog details!!!
John says - it's just ridiculous - the foam is sticking out everywhere - the shims are sticking out - the
Suzan puts her hand up - shhhhh - I'm trying to concentrate on my photography skills
John says - or lack there of....................

ok - he gets no argument from me there - none whatsoever LMHO

but here you go guys - because I know most of you have been having trouble sleeping worrying about my kitchen window

Now tonight you can all fall into the deepest of slumber.....................
( and dream about that hardware )

I don't think I'm going to hang curtains on the window - ( and blinds are very dangerous )

I saw the light on the night that I passed by her window 

I saw the flickering shadows of love on her blind 

She was my woman 

As she deceived me I watched and went out of my mind 

My, my, my, Delilah 

Why, why, why, Delilah 

can you remember belting that song out?
how morbid lol

Have a wonderful day all !

Much love,

Partying over here!
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Hutch Makeover - before and after

Good morning everyone

I just realized I never showed you this piece in it's entirety - I showed you the bottom when that was done and then forgot about it!

So here's the BEFORE - she needed a makeover badly, right?

How do I know she's a she?
She has gorgeous legs
She has curves in all the right places
and she wears the cutest " drawers "

( she always knows her place, she's got style, she's got grace, whoa whoa whoa she's a lady )

And here's the AFTER - completely finished

I don't know why the distressing doesn't show in the above photo - it looks pristine, doesn't it?

But there was, in fact, some sanding involved

A little around her cute legs

a little around her drawers

I'm not sure why people don't like these types of knobs - I adore them - the customer may change them - but I feel they fit this type of furniture so beautifully - love the detailing on them -
These were spray painted a very deep charcoal although they look black in the photos

and just for the tiniest bit of drama - I painted the " ceiling " of this piece in graphite -
I did it for 2 reasons - first of all the pop of graphite is so nice against all that crisp white and a nice
surprise when you look up and secondly the ugly hardware of the lighting fades into the deep color - white makes it stand out like a sore thumb :)
You can't see it unless you're right up next to it

A little more distressing around her curves

And she's ready to go back home...................

All nice and pretty like!
shhh - can you hear her?
she's singing

" nights in white satin .............♫ "

She's a very risque type of hutch as you can tell - but hey - if you got it - you may as well flaunt it !

I used ASCP - Pure White on this one!
Have a great Tuesday everyone :)
Much love,


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