Well helloooooo friends!

I hope you are having a great week so far.  

I'm still in those January blues.  Which better get outta here quick like... tomorrow is February!  What the WHAT?!?!  

*Sigh*  

Here is this weeks list: Kinda short... it was a stretch this time.


Caeleigh spent the weekend again.  She got this dress-up outfit with the money she earned working with me.  Awwwwww!!




Here she is reading to her Uncle Drew.  She's such an amazing reader and speller.   She's not even in school yet!  It astounds me!

Howdy friends!  

I'm really excited to show you my little project this weekend.  

I love Ballard Designs.  I love every. single. thing. in their catalogs.  The prices?  Yeah, not so much!  Their Spring catalog came in the mail recently and I got the idea for this next project from their pages.  The price difference is staggering... I mean, staggering. 

Hey ya'll!  Having a good hump day?  

I've told you about our cancer baby, Nikita (Kita Bug, Bobo, Kita Bo Bita, Hannah Montana... she actually responds most to Hannah Montana, go figure.) and how she won over the heart of her Dad from day 1.  

Kita is a miracle.  A living, breathing, meowing, purring, running, chasing, playing, biting miracle.   Her love of her Daddy is legendary.  We have a power struggle, Kita and I, when it comes to her Daddy.  When Kita is being held and loved on by her Daddy, she looks at me giving me the dirtiest looks.  Almost saying "Na na, na, na na!!" and I cuss her out.  Little snotty girl.  

Even though she is completely Daddy's Girl, I adore her as well.  Sure, the past few years we kinda have a love/hate relationship... but I have cried oceans of tears, lost months of sleep, used up weeks of sick and vacation time and paid a fortune (literally) for this sweet soul.  It's truly a miracle that she is with us 2 1/2 years after being diagnosed with cancer.  She is happy, healthy and thriving.  She is so brave and strong... not to mention a fighter.  When I look at her... my heart skips a beat and I choke up.  All that we have been through... has been SO worth it. 

I wanted to share with you these spectacular images Drew caught of our girl, basking in the Sunday afternoon sun.  

Howdy friends!  Having a good week?  I hope so!  

I've been struggling to focus this week... anyone else?

Here is my list of happy for the past week: 

Happy Sunday nutty people! 

What a crazy weekend here.  Friday was my Birthday, and I painted.  Woke up Saturday to POURING rain.  Yes, it's January and it was pouring rain.  So, what does that mean??  Basement flooding... yet again.  So, Drew and I were out in the freezing rain trying to keep it from getting any worse.  To top it all off, it was too dark to get any decent pics of my project.  

But, just like they say in "Annie"... The sun will come out tomorrow!  And it did.  Beautiful (cold) sunshiny day today. 

I've been looking online for a cute, cheap desk to refinish for a blogging station in the master bedroom.  I've been tweaking out my neck, laying in bed with the laptop while I blog.  Not a happy thing.  Anyway, I really havent found anything I like that isn't far too expensive.  Then I realized I have the table that was replaced by the refinished farm table just taking up space.  

I wasn't thrilled that the table was black.  The bed frame is black, the TV stand is black... I wanted something different and something I could make look 'old'.  I was afraid to paint this one because I knew it would be hard to get a good finish.  But, I saw a table online that used this technique and I LOVED it!  I knew it would be perfect for this table/desk.  

Here is how the table started out: (Sorry, bad night time pics)

 


I have so many leftover paints hanging around from previous projects, I gathered them up and started painting the different pieces different colors:



Yep, I painted this table in my living room.  With only old catalogs under the legs.  I'm that good.  :-) The best part about a paint technique like this, is it doesn't matter how perfect it is.  The more imperfect, the better I say!

I then coated her with 2 coats of the kitchen cabinet paint.  Which, although it's a gorgeous cross between white and cream... turns out to be a VERY durable paint.  And quite hard to sand nicely!  We live, and we learn.  

Saturday I spent about 2 hours with my electric sander (220 grit paper) sanding her.  Yes, I did this in the living room.  It was pouring rain, the table weighs a ton and I'm the one who has to clean up all the dust.  So, don't judge me.  :-) 

We did take her apart to move her upstairs.  And here is how she looks today: 




Aw, I LOVE it!!  

The swag light is from Ikea.  The light itself was $3.99 and the shade matches our bedding (which was also from Ikea) and was $15.  



The chair, was free.  We found it next to the dumpster at our last residence.  HELLO!?!  It's exactly like the $600 chairs sold at Pottery Barn!  It's in mint condition as well.  The cute little green throw was a steal at Ikea (LOVE Ikea!!) for $2.49.  Everything else you see, we already had on hand.  

Now, I need your help.  I have OCD issues with power cords showing... what do I do with these???



I'm a freak.  OMG this bothers me SO much!  Do I run the cords behind the drywall?  Buy cord covers and paint them to match.  HELP!!!


My favorite part of the table/desk are the legs.  I LOVE the peacock blue paint showing through:




And the yellow details on the skirt: 




I'm really going to enjoy blogging from this lovely little spot.  














 Hopefully you are all having a good weekend!  At least your basement didn't flood... I hope!!  :-) 

Linking to:

Faded Charm 

House of Hepworths
Common Ground 
Stuff and Nonsense 

French Country Cottage 

The Shabby Nest 
Addicted 2 Decorating
Miss Mustard Seed

Happy hump day friends!

Yes, it's that time again!  Time for this weeks happiness list.  

This one is pretty short and sweet:

Happy Monday everyone!  Yeah, who am I kidding? I've got the snowy Monday blues.  I hope it's nicer where you are!

Sharing this darling cheap & easy project.  Whoa... that sounds bad, doesn't it?!?  Well, it was cheap & easy.  Just ask Drew.  




My sweet hubby can take all the credit for this one.  I found the idea on