Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Another coffee table makeover

Hello !  ( is it me you're looking for ? )

Ok before I type up this post - I have to tell you this -

I had this piece of hair ( bangs? ) that kept getting in my eyes all day - and I kept blowing it out of the way - finally I tried to clip it all back - but this hair kept falling into my eye - it was just a strand - just one single piece of hair - but it wasn't growing out of the top of my head.
IT WAS GROWING OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF MY FOREHEAD - WTH???????????
It's happening - I'm becoming a witch - just waiting for a wart to sprout out on my nose..............

Here we go -
which wicked witch made a coffee table switch



This table is huge - think dining room table with short legs ...............seating for 8 easily

Perfect spot for a cauldron actually ( but alas it's not mine )


After cleaning it with TPS - this lady took 3 coats of paint



after 3 coats and finito !


a little sanding here


and there


 LOVE the " pitting " that was already on the table top


It now looks like the paint has worn off after many many decades of cleaning - updated but keeping the look of an older piece ( which it is NOT by the way  - this is clearly a reproduction piece )


Annie Sloan chalk paint - old white - 3 coats
Annie Sloan clear wax


And not only is it hard to get rid of things that I do - it's now getting hard to give things back things that don't even belong to me !!!!!!!!
It's far too big for this place and yet ...................
I want it LOL

Have a good day my pretties -
I've got some serious plucking to do



Much love

p.s.

If I have to become a witch - I want to be her


not the one below ( sorry - most of you won't know this particular witch - but she's the premier of my province AND I don't like her OR her politics - which are so divisive that she has neighbors hating neighbors - family members arguing with family members - communities distancing themselves with communities.
People screaming at people on the streets to PARLE FRANCAIS - people screaming back - THIS IS CANADA - I'LL SPEAK ENGLISH IF I WANT - awful - really just an awful time in this province's history and very very heartbreaking to be a witness to it all.  Civic unrest is in the air.  People that once switched back and forth from either language now stubbornly refuse to speak the other.  It's like a modern day West Side Story - except without the choreography.
I know you have your problems in the States - but really - I'd take yours any day of the week over what's happening here right now.  We have an election in a couple of weeks - and though she's trying to make this a secular state ( no religious symbols allowed to be worn by government employees AND hoping employers will ban it in the private sectors too ) I can guarantee you there will be a LOT OF PRAYING going on for the next week or so - one big fat hell of a lot - that she's voted out of power.
She's the head of a Separatist party - hell bent on removing Quebec from Canada.
If people can't speak French it's their problem.
If people can't speak English it's their problem.
If people want to wear a cross - or a scarf - or a kippah it shouldn't be any of the governments
business.
Other then the garb that covers the complete body and face - for safety purposes - I could care less what people wear or believe.
It's a different world now - something a lot of people have a very difficult time with - but until we learn to embrace the new way - we are hell bent to live one miserable existance.
I don't see such a difference in a government that MAKES people wear religious symbols - and a government that MAKES them take it off.
You can't - you simply cannot - leglislate RESPECT - you have to earn it Madame -
Ask Putin .........................


I may or may not be arrested for calling her a witch in English instead of French - so this next sentence is for her

MADAME MAROIS - VOUS ETES UNE SORCIERE  (by law - all French words have to be larger than English words - think I'm joking?  )

I'm counting on all of you guys bailing me out - if and when I'm arrested for this  ( think I'm joking? )

In the meantime - I'm working on a musical - entitled, what else?
QUEBEC - THE MUSICAL..............
I wonder if these guys are still available?



And if I have any Separatists that follow me - and who may be offended by this - well you can simply
SEPARATE from my blog - no referendum required to do so.

Please keep in mind this is not about French People - or English People - this is about a government and the percentage of people who voted them in.  The French and English - for the most part - get along incredibly well - there are many many French people in my world whom I love dearly -
The Government?
Not so much
xoxo

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

I WANNA live there Wednesday # 73 Manhattan

WELCOME TO I WANNA LIVE THERE WEDNESDAY -
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A SERIES ON REAL ESTATE FOR SALE - MOSTLY IN MY HOME TOWN OF MONTREAL - WITH LOTS OF VISITS HERE AND THERE TO SEE WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE - SOMETIMES IN N.Y. OR NEW ORLEANS - OR PARIS - OR............ANYWHERE ACTUALLY!
I CONCENTRATE ( FOR THE MOST PART ) ON HERITAGE HOMES - HISTORICAL BUILDINGS WITH DETAILED ARCHITECTURE.
SINCE THIS IS A SERIES ON THE HOUSE ITSELF - AND NOT THE WAY PEOPLE FURNISH THEM - KINDLY KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN LEAVING COMMENTS -I WOULD NOT WANT A HOME OWNER TO COME ACROSS THEIR HOME ON MY BLOG AND READ UNKIND THINGS ABOUT IT ( I WAS ONCE CONTACTED WITH THANKS FOR SHOWCASING SOMEONE'S HOME - SO IT'S POSSIBLE )  IF YOU'RE INTO HOMES WITH A HISTORY THIS IS A SERIES YOU JUST MAY ENJOY - THANKS SO MUCH FOR VISITING THEM WITH ME
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Good morning everyone !!!

Some folks like to get away
,
Take a holiday from the neighborhood.


Hop a flight to Miami Beach or to Hollywood.


But I'm takin' a Greyhound on the Hudson River line.

I'm in a New York state of mind.


And I figured if we were going to visit Manhattan - we may as well do it in a huge way - all or nothing - 

Soooooooo - the first one up is listed at 

8,250,000
5 floors
5 beds
5.5 baths
4500 sq. feet
Realtors LEIGHTON CANDLER & JENNIFER GARABEDIAN REARDON

( Well we're heading on up - to the East Side - to a deluxe apartment in the sky )










Now you all know I'm not a big wood lover - but OMG - I love every single thing about this mostly wood kitchen - isn't this spectacular?  the wood with the greenery from that amazing window?  




LOVING that nook area off the bedroom - what a perfect place to curl up and contemplate the next movie I'll pick to star in..................




Ok - so now that I know people live like this I completely give up on my bathroom reno - 

I'd have to convert half of the main floor to achieve this look - but living rooms are soooo overrated, don't you think?

Give me this kitchen and this bathroom and I'd very happily sleep in the mudroom










Ok - time to hop in a cab - we're heading out to the Upper West side now...............

7,995,000
Co-op
3 beds
4 baths
2 staff rooms - 1 staff bath
Realtor: BRIAN RICE & DOUGLAS ALBERT












LOVE the built in




Sweet dreams are made of this ( who am I to disagree? ) 









Should we visit one more?
We're in the neighborhood anyway - we might as well don't you think?
C'mon - lets go................ya know you waaant to 

Listing price 7,399,000
5 floors
6 beds
4 baths
6,280 sq feet
Realtor:  KAREN KELLY & STEPHEN LARKIN

















AND THE ICING ON THE TOP OF THIS CAKE???

The ROOF DECK



Ok - I have to tear myself away from this now - I have some serious work waiting for me here at the


My daughter posted this on my facebook page - besides being one of my all time favorite comedies - I actually get to live it - how special is that?
Life imitating art and all !

Have a wonderful Wednesday everyone -

Much love

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