hmmmmpphhhh!

oh moses. you are a professional pouter. whenever we have food he sits and waits patiently by us. the drool just runs out of his mouth. it is the saddest, most pathetic thing that i have ever seen. and when we don't give in.. he does this "hmmmpphhh" and then lays down and pretends to cry. i am serious. he really "hmmmphhhs" like.... A LOT. sean says he takes after me but whatever. i don't do that..pshhh.

p.s. we need a new rug to put under our kitchen table. i have been on the hunt since we got the table. i don't like the black on black. also it accumulates moes hair and there is enough moe hair on there to clothe a small nation of naked people. plus it's too small. anyone know of any places to get square or circle shaped rugs for cheap?

here are a few more pictures of the table. taken the same day..so not really much better than the others but this one shows you a better angle of my favorite part.. the bottom part with the cute shape. in the other pictures it all just looked solid black down to the ground because of the shadows. it is really hard to take pictures of black furniture.




i guess i should have maybe painted the bottom of the drawer... in case people want to lay on the ground like i was while taking this picture and look at the drawer. but other than that i assure you that you can't see it...

i got a tip on facebook about putting polyurethane over the top to prevent chipping. also it makes it easier to wipe clean. i felt like it was missing something over the top, so i am hopefully going to do that sometime this weekend! over all, i still love the piece. it's not perfect. just don't look too closely at it :) but it works for me!

the finished side table.

i actually thought this table was pretty cute to begin with. i might be the only one who though that but oh well. even though all of our other furniture is black or black/dark brown, it didn't really bother me. it kind of matched the cabinets in the kitchen so i don't think it looked too bad. i actually want to stain our cabinets darker someday though. (or paint white *shocker* but that would require painting the entire house white.. too much work and sean would never let me) and sean wanted the table black. also, since i got it for $5 it had some dings and scratches. it definitely needed something to spruce it up.

the first picture is before. then after sanding. then after priming. and then the rest are the finished project. these pictures did not turn out as i had hoped. the lighting was off because it was getting later and moses was running around behind me so i will try to take some better ones tomorrow. i think the table looks pretty good though! it's not perfect. sean helped me with a few coats and him and i have different spraying techniques.. ha. so when we both did our own coats it kinda of had dripping. i don't know who to blame. so i won't. (probably me but let's pretend him) but when i tried to sand it down, my sand paper gave up. and i really didn't want to run to the store. so i just went with it. for $5 i wasn't too worried about it.

total cost of the project? well $5 for the table. and 3 cans of spray paint later? and a coke bottle colored glass knob from the antique mall? about $15. i'll take it! seriously, i tried to find a table like this already finished and they are like ten times the price or more. i still might modge podge the inside with old book paper. we will see! the spray paint ended up sticking to the unsanded inside. i wasn't sure that it would. sweet! i definitely learned a lot from this project. it was the biggest one that i have done so far. it just got me more anxious to get working on other things. i love finding a bargain. i really do. i will definitely do this again!

p.s. the knob is a circle but it kind of looks like a flower or something in the pictures. it's not. still not sure if i am sold on that knob. i like it better not in the pictures but i don't want to just go downstairs and look at it right now just to confirm that. i am too lazy. i might decide to find something different besides that knob. oh well. it will do for now! i will take better pictures later!

sanding saturday.

here are some daily moses pictures for ya. he is quite the little model these days. i think he knows how to work it pretty good. this weekend has been full of softball, soccer, and sanding. i finally got to work on the $5 side table. it is made of particle board. and i have never really painted something this big. so it took longer than i had hoped but luckily my friend sara let me borrower her sander. there was actually sticker on this piece. like as in sticker that looked like wood. it was on the side parts on the front. luckily i had sanded almost everything else before getting to that part because once i tried to sand that stuff it became all sticky and pieces of gooey gunk stuck on the sanding paper. and we only had one sheet so i kind of just gave up. i know i didn't get the inside of it. but the back part is like cardboard anyway. so i decided that i am going to modge podge the inside with some old sheet music or book pages. we will see how it turns out! right now the side table is sitting in the garage with 4 coats of black satin paint on it. it still needs more because this particle board stuff soaks up the paint. even with primer. i think it will work out though. sean helped me get some even coats on. he did it like a pro. way better than i did it. i can't wait to finish this piece. so far it is looking very cute! i will be sure to post the pictures once this project is finished! hope everyone is having a great weekend!

p.s. yes i am aware that a lot of grass is dead. moses has a bladder like me and can't seem to just pee in the same spot. oh well. sean has plans to fix this :)

an outfit. another lamp. and sean.

i am not a fashionable person.. but one day i wore this outfit to work and my sister maddie and friend lee insisted that a picture be taken of it and that i post it on the blog. they said i looked like i was going to go horseback riding or something. but that it was cute. haha. i normally wear practically the same thing everyday, so maybe they were just excited that it was something different? anyway, i gave in. here you go maddie and lee! enough about that. this will be the last time you see an outfit post from me. i love outfit posts from other people, don't get me wrong. just not my outfits. my boots are pretty cute though eh?



so here is another DI find.

this lamp was $2. i actually really liked it before painting it, but like donuts to a fat kid i just could not resist the power of spray paint.



i moved the other lamp i painted over to the side table by our couch because the lampshade that i got for it was a little bit too big for the space.





now i just need to find a taller and better side table. i honestly look EVERY SINGLE day for one. still haven't found the one. i am going to put my hunt for one on hold for a little bit because we are leaving for our cruise on saturday and i need to start getting ready for that!

i just wanted to say thank you everyone for your prayers and sweet comments for sean! he is still very sore, but doing great! should be back to his old self in no time. and for those what were wondering, we don't really know what is wrong with him. he was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis 7 years ago (he was terribly, terribly sick, had to get called to a new mission), but now they believe there might be something else going on because his liver counts on his blood work for the past 7 years have always been higher than normal. that is why they decided to do a liver biopsy. it might not be anything, but the doctor said he wouldn't be doing his job if he didn't make sure. sean was feeling pretty good before all this came about so they don't seem too incredibly concerned about it. they just would rather be safe than sorry! :) we will find out the results on March 8th.

p.s. the bridal fair was a great success. i only managed to knock down 3/4 of all the frames displayed on the table while devin and katie were speaking with potential clients. way to go chloe! what can i say? it was like a domino effect, and the more i tried to stop them from falling? the more that fell. oops!

p.s.s. i am watching my girl 2 right now while sean is sleeping and moses is passed out under our bed. anyone remember that movie? kinzy? i know you do... ;) remember how she gets her ears pierced without permission and it's like she might as well have gotten knocked up or joined a gang or something? gosh i love this movie.

and again.

once again, another house/decor post. i sure have kept myself busy lately trying to make things that i find at the local thrift store D.I. look better. every item that i buy there is between .75 cents and $3. i have a feeling that sean might not appreciate me coming home with all this "junk" but when i walk out of there only spending $8 versus target where i would be spending over $100? well i guess he can't really complain. although i did get the placemats at target. if i could marry target and make little target babies i would. but since i can't right now i will just marry D.I.

i have started to stop at D.I. several days a week. then i usually hit up the antique mall on saturdays. i find new things every single time that i go. even if it has only been one day. i love it. seriously, it is a cheap, fun hobby and for someone like me who usually just sits on the couch when i get home from work? it has been good. what i really need to focus on though is some furniture that i can re-finish (because i actually need that kind of stuff) instead of all these little decorative things. oh well. it has become an addiction and i probably should stop, but there are worse addictions right? i even find myself checking out craigslist and KSL everyday to try and find cheap or free furniture that people don't want. so if you know of anything.... ha just kidding. sorta. anyway, here is what i have been up to lately.













those are the before and afters and then below i just took some pictures of how i used it all and what our dining area is looking like right now. i liked it before but i changed it up a little so i could add this "new" stuff...

{placemats from Target. LOVE THEM}

i hung up some post cards that my mom gave me for my birthday last year. sean doesn't want to add any curtains because he thinks that it will block out all the light.. which if you really want to know my opinion about that you can email me and i will let you know. but that is another story for another day. so anyway we met in the middle with these postcards that i just clipped on a piece of hemp. then i hung up some plates that i already had.



got all those babies at D.I. for $1 each. i painted the A for "Ashby". anyway, here it is all said and done! now i just need to find a lamp shade for that lamp! oh and that lamp was only $3 and it works! wahoo!



anyway, i hope that everyone is having a lovely week! thanks for stopping by our blog and always leaving such sweet comments. i don't say that enough, but i love you all. i am sorry that i have been a terrible commenter for like the past year! i need to be better at that.