GLAZING FURNITURE AND CINDER BLOCK DECORATING

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AFTER

BEFORE

I have these two tables that I bought for next to nothing at TJ Max a long LONG time ago!  They were great for me as-is back in the day, but now, I'm not really featuring a whole lot of black or red in my home.

If you have been reading, you will know that I have been working so hard to lighten and brighten my home and rid this space of soooo muuuuch brown.  I DO love brown, but my house has way too much of it!  It is coming along, but the biggest obstacle is my brown couch.  I love gray and white and have been struggling to add these colors to my living room because of this ginormous brown couch.

Alright...so back to the table.  I figured I would prime it then paint it gray. Once I did this, it was too gray  and looked SO BAD next to my couch so I used my favorite product, "BLACK COFFEE" MARTHA STEWART METALLIC GLAZE! (Love this stuff)

I glazed over the table with a cheapo depo 2 inch craft brush.  I glazed it going in one direction trying to create an almost "70's" laquer wood grain look.  You know the kind that looks striped but its not, its actually wood.

BUT It still needed MORE! 

DON'T YOU JUST HATE WHEN YOUR "ETA" (Estimated Time of Arrival) OF A PROJECT JUST KEEPS GETTING POSTPONED BECAUSE YOU JUST ARE NOT SATISFIED! 

That really gets me perturbed!

Tick Tock Tick Tock!

So in efforts to stop staring at this striped concoction of sorts, I mixed Burnt Umber Acrylic Paint with some of the glaze and painted only the legs of the table...and there ya have it.

It's some crazy creation that I don't really have a word for.

But it still doesn't look right!

So, I'm on the hunt for a spot in the house to land this annoyingly fabulous table before I am found with spray paint in hand!

Ding! Ding! Ding!...

(What's with me and all the noises today?)  

My Son's room would be great! His room has like a "Mod-70's-Street -Like Vibe"

 (I don't really know...just a bunch of boyish looking design stuff)

I grabbed some cinder blocks from outside to give it more of a rugged look... 

 ...and it houses a few trophies and headphones and stuff!

(Sorry for the blurry pic! Still waiting on my "good" camera to be fixed!)

He likes it!!

 I'm off to a field trip with  my lil girl!

Peace out!

A REALLY GOOD FRIDAY: DIY PEWTER MIRROR RE-DO & GOOD FRIDAY HIGHLIGHTS

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All I can say is what a GOOOOOD FRIDAY it was!

HIGHLIGHT #1:

Began the day with sending off my lil man to spend the day tubing with the "Fam".

(You will never meet a little boy that is more "BOY")

HIGHLIGHT #2:

...and then it was just me and my lil "mini-me" :)  I  love having days with my little girl!

HIGHLIGHT #3:

Makeover time!

Taking the mirror off the bathroom wall for some much needed up-dating!

Here's the after...

AHHHH! It needed to be brightened up, BIG TIME!

(details to follow)

and before...

Before wasn't bad..just more brown...blah!

HIGHLIGHT #4

Enjoying the day with the Family!

Crawfish, Crawfish, Crawfish!

It's a southern thing! I'd like to say it's "poor man's lobster" 

(Although it is NOT cheap by any means)

HIGHLIGHT #5;

A much needed Date Night! We watched "Hunger Games"  That was so very needed!! I loved spending time with my man and two other great friends (Evin and my crafter in crime, Sarah). Double dates are GRRRReat!

AND

HIGHLIGHT #6:

WE SOLD OUR CAR...FINALLY! HALLELUYERRR!

Five minutes before leaving on our date someone drives up and Bam! It was sold!

I TOLD YOU IT WAS A REALLY GOOD FRIDAY!

:)

OK, so details on the mirror are:

Super Easy!

Supplies:

1: I used "Shimmering Silver" acrylic paint and put two coats on the mirror. Love using that when I can because it dries so fast.  I didn't want to spray paint, because I wanted it to have a silver leaf kinda look and this was a close match.

2: To get the pewter look I used a 2 inch craft brush and I I glazed over the silver with "Black Coffee" Martha Stewart Metallic Glaze! Gosh, I love this stuff! It takes a while to dry so be patient :)

And that's about it!

It is not a "shindig" of a project but it freshened up the bathroom and really 

looks like POO-ter!

I mean, PEW-TER!

(A LITTLE BATHROOM HUMOR)

HEE HEE

:)

I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!

I love free AND easy makeovers, family, friends and crafts!

What a good Friday it was!

How good was your Friday?

Like my mirror makeover??

LOVE,

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YELLOW MAKES ME SMILE:PAINTED AND GLAZED CHAIR

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Greetings! I am really loving this season of American Idol and The Voice! Geez...What an amazing opportunity and what AMAZING voices!  I'm a singer but......

OH MY LAWD! 

That is some "SANGERS"! 

(Like my southern slang?)

Onward to some DIY Glazing!

If you have been following, you will note that I have been

seriously DIVORCING brown in my home!  

Well maybe not a divorce, just a separation for now.

This began a while back when I painted and glazed my dining chairs.

There are soooo many awesome tutorials on the web on glazing and I guess this will just be one more to add to the list of resources.  I have glazed using many different types of products, but recently, I used this Martha Stewart metallic glaze and loved it by far above the other products!  

I used "Black Coffee"

I love that subtle sheen on the furniture.

I'm just a blingy kinda girl!

It's SUPER easy to glaze furniture...at least it is to me:)

1-Lightly sand off glossy surface 

(if you feel you must. Priming will really eliminate the gloss in most cases.)

2-Prime 

(for these chairs I brushed on the primer but I have been using the Kiltz spray lately 

and love it waaaaaaay better!)

3-Paint One REALLY good coat or two nice coats of your color of choice. 

I love yellow

:)

4-Using a foam brush, brush on the glaze and wipe off with a clean rag til getting desired coverage. 

That's all folks!

Easy Breezy! I ended up actually going over the glaze with a little more yellow paint to make the glazing a little more subtle.  

SEE!

That's the beauty of it! You cannot mess this up!

Happy Glazing!

Blogging while munching on "Chex Mix Muddy Buddies"...WOW...YUM!

Love,

NELLY