Sometimes I feel like a Mule Skinner - sideboard makeover

JOHN SAYS MY POSTS ARE FILLED WITH A LOT OF NONSENSE - WARNING -
THIS ONE IS IN PARTICULAR - SO YOU CAN SKIP DOWN TO THE LAST 2 PHOTOS IF
YOU JUST WANT A MAKEOVER

Music inspires me - ALL music - Jazz - Rock 'n Roll - Rock - Folk - Gospel - Reggae and Country - I love it all - which is why I try desperately to infuse you with lyrics that get stuck in your head all day.
( you're welcome )

I woke up yesterday morning - and belted out Good Mornin' Captain !!!

John says - WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SCREECHING FOR?  as he buries his head under the blankets

Suzan says - I'm yodelling

John says - That's NOT yodeling - who do you think you are Julie Andrews?

Suzan says - Julie Andrews yodelled?

John says - Yeah - when she was escaping the mountains with all those kids

Suzan says - Oh - that's not the type of yodelling I'm doing..................

John says - Well it's horrid - can you stop please?  Because you're NO Julie Andrews!

Suzan says - Well you're no MERLE HAGGARD - as I scream out Hee Hee Ha Ha Hey Hey .....

Suzan says - I feel like an old Mule Skinner - so no I don't think I will stop

John says - What in God's name is a Mule Skinner?

Suzan says - Someone who keeps Mules in line - so it's very appropriate

John grew up on classical hymns - I grew up with Mule Skinner Blues -

And if I can appreciate and love " Were you there when they crucified my Lord "

Well .....................then he should learn to appreciate a little Hee Hee Hee ha ha HEY HEY -

don't you think?

You should see how quickly I can paint a piece of furniture listening to this kind of music blasting.

John says - When you're finished - could you make me a tea please...............

Suzan says - dancing out of the room - Sure - I'll bring the buck buck bucket down - whah whah whah

John says - NOW YOU SOUND LIKE A DUCK

John says - Just one morning - I'd give anything for just ONE NORMAL MORNING...................

John yells - You ARE NOT playing that music outside in the summer !!!!!!!

( I had an Uncle that sang this to absolute perfection -

Bonus points if any of you knew which song I was talking about

And this is what I painted ( mostly to this type of music ) You can hate it but you can't deny it's energy
Man can this song get me going - seriously !  If you're at work DON'T blast this - if you're at home, go for it - this songs needs to be LOUD

Another treasure found on CL -
Solid?  Yes
Functional? Yes
Boring ?  Yes



I decided this needed to be lightened up - too dark and foreboding - it came from a Church and it looks like it's about to give a sermon on Fire and Brimstone - and it smells of incense like you wouldn't believe...............A good dose of shallac can take care of the odor ( or 2 ) and a good painting can take care of the rest :)

I painted it with Annie Sloan's Old White - and added a little detail to the doors -

Then I distressed - using a sander and by hand until it was just the way I wanted it

I painted the handles in place ( pulling an Annie Sloan here )

Then I decided to add a little to the inside!

I did the stripes in different directions for even more of a little surprise

I like the little bit of wood showing in them - because that's the only place any wood is left on her!

Here's one I did a couple of years ago - aren't they fun?

ok - back to the buffet

I painted the interior cupboards with a pale yellow I had on hand ( just latex paint, shhhh, so I'll have to seal it with some polyurethane )

and while that was drying - I attacked the doors

She wants to show you her backside ( something she could NEVER do in Church )

( that's why the lady is a tramp  ♪♫♪♪  )

how many songs can I fit into one post?  ohhh probably just about as much as the nonsense I can fill it with.

Well...................♪ she never picked cotton  like her Mama did - and her Brother did and her Sister did and her Daddy died young  ( working in the coal mine ) ♪

OK - FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO SKIPPED THE NONSENSE - HERE'S THE MAKEOVER -

BEFORE




AFTER

John says - Oh look, there's a line outside
Suzan says - Huh?
Suzan says - Don't tell me - An electric wire's down?
John says - No - A LINE - For your performance

LMHO - really - he keeps me in stitches!

I just put it on full blast as I'm getting ready to sign off - John immediately got up from his desk and left the office - mumbling something about living in a madhouse.............
Soda promptly followed him.
The two of them need to lighten up.

Cha cha cha !

P.S. - I'm giggling here by myself picturing some of your horrified reactions to Mule Skinner Blues -
really - LMHO -
This is the type of thing that keeps me blogging LOL
Have a great day :)

P.S.S. and if you want to see the controversy that painting furniture can stir up - check out my post on Hometalk HERE - whoa there's some angry people out there !

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Wanna play checkers? ( On my Checkerboard floor? )

Morning all !

I thought it was time to show you - even though the baseboards aren't finished and the quarter rounds are just a distant thought - it was time!

I know a few of you have mentioned the sneak peaks you've seen when I've been busy showing you other areas - so last night I got down on my hands and knees and cleaned it
( foot prints of dust from sanding dry wall - glue residue - dog hair - you name it - it was on it - a mere mopping would have never sufficed )

And Voila - here you go

the other side - the sink area

Now I'll let you in on a little something - something

I ordered these tiles from Wayfair - and I'm afraid I can't give them a very good review.

1) They arrived with one box damaged - all the corners had cracks in them - I was going to return them -but in the end we used them for the perimeter of the room where only 1/2 tile was used
( I just didn't want the headache to be honest with you. )

2) Though these were stick on tiles - the glue was in no way, shape or form strong enough to adhere to the plywood underneath.............we had to buy a tub of tile glue and spread it on the floor as we went

3)  What should have been a cinch turned out to be an extremely messy job - with that tar/glue ending up all over the place.

4)  The tiles are very thin - thinner than any I ever seen.

5 ) THIS has happened to one of them ( actually 2 of them - but the first one was in the box like that so we just threw it out )  Now it's on an edge - and no transition piece has been installed yet so there's a lot of rubbing up against it - but still there was one in the box like it so.......................

That white part you see curling up is the top layer of the tile.

As most of you know this was a temporary fix - because of the disaster of the first floor we laid down
I'm not even putting a link to it - it made me that sick lol

I chose stick-ons because the plan was to see if I liked the look or not - God Forbid I would have had ceramic tiles installed and decided I couldn't live with them either - SO for me they'll last as long as they'll last - and I'll have the ceramic laid - because I do in fact LOVE the look -
But if anyone is thinking of doing this - I'd recommend not getting them from Wayfair - ( and I have to tell you I love Wayfair - just not their tiles )

They were exceptionally priced - and in the end you always get what you pay for - always !

In the end - the kitchen floor will have been laid 3 times ....................there's a joke in there that John muttered under his breath -  but this is a family friendly blog so forget it - I'm NOT going there.

And there you have it - my checkerboard floor - and a full review - all in one post lol

For some reason I feel guilty writing it up - but I wouldn't want anyone to buy them because of seeing them here - and not know what they would be getting.

Here's another before ( am I going to show the seller's before photos with every single thing I do in this house?  Yah, probably - it gives me hope lol )

I'm trying to frost out the fact that there's dishes in the sink - and no trim around the new window
( did it work? ) But you can see where we installed wheels on the table ( I'll do a post about that one of these days too, promise )

I still have a lot of finishing touches to do in this room - like paint that back door - I'm not liking it black at all - I'm thinking white - with a big boxwood wreath on it - I'm also looking for pendants for over the island/table - and and and and and.......................

But it looks clean doesn't it?  I'm at the stage of reno's where clean is almost good enough.

Have a good day all!
And if I don't see you this weekend - well, have a great one of those as well :)

Much love,



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