Our House Projects

Oh guys, I'm so excited to share something from the house ahhh! So we are making a lot of progress over there and today was day 16 of the house renovation-woot woot! Here is the progress we have made so far on the upstairs bathroom....

Before

Progress as of 6/24/15

Before

Before

Progress as of 6/24/15

Progress as of 6/24/15

Here is what we did:

• Cleaned the walls/doors/ceilings with vinegar, baking soda & hot water to clean off the dust & cigarette smoke
• Removed the baseboard heater
• Removed all hardware
• Filled all holes, dents & where the baseboard heater was removed with mud & sanded all walls
• Primed all walls, ceilings & cabinet
• Painted the ceiling (Sherwin Williams Greek Villa)
• Painted the walls (Sherwin Williams Repose Gray)
• Painted the trim (Sherwin Williams Greek Villa)
• Painted the cabinet (Sherwin Williams Porpoise)

I have new handles for the cabinet that I'm super excited about & plans for the mirror which you can't see in these pictures haha. Can't wait to get some hardware back in & decorate this room. I had to add my sweet succulents for now ;)

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Hey, you asked!

I use baking soda & vinegar together. Takes the grime & stains off!

Now you are wondering how yours looks...

It's a white fridge!?!

Basic Refrigerator Cleaner Recipe:

Joe is the man. He will get the grass to grow and he owned a landscape company in Nashville, TN. Soooo he will totally do some amazing landscaping! :D

The windows are pretty darn dirty

Mopping the walls...weird sounding but works really well to get them scrubbed! :)

This one side of the cabinet....just the side

THIS. Wowzers ya'll. Hello smoke & grease.

Today we were supposed to close on our new house, but like most closings...it got moved to sometime before May 8th. So we shall see...
In the meantime, I worked on this DIY project for a event at my church to show while talking about DIY Furniture.

So, I got this set for free! Yay! It did not have seats and it wasn't pretty but I took it cause it had glass and the 3 chairs and I love the backs of the chairs. Plus it didn't need any other repairs besides figuring out the seat dilemma and a little color haha!









I wanted to document what I did for you. So I took a few pictures along the way...

First step was sanding down everything to get this peeling paint off and give a smooth surface to apply the spray paint.

After sanding and using a cloth to wipe dust off, we spray painted! This spray paint is amazing. It's by Rust-Oleum "Hammered" Dark Bronze

The plywood I got was a extra piece sitting in my Moms garage and had some staples in it that needed to be removed. This was taken after we cut the plywood down to size.

Sanding the plywood down for a smooth finish and to remove imperfections from the wood.

After sanding the plywood.

Ahhh getting excited!!!

Since these chairs are going to be outdoors and the seats are plywood we had to apply a water sealer. We chose Thompsons Water Sealer. A couple coats do the trick, but you do have to keep these out of rain for the first 24 hours afterwards.

Marking the places on the board where we will attach to the seat using screws. Thankfully the seats already had the metal hole for the seat to attach easily with just a couple screws. No need to buy extra hardware and figure out how to attach the seat to the metal frame!

Now to remember how it looked BEFORE the love.

Ahhh I just LOVE how this set turned out. A little industrial feel with the wood seats and it won't show dirt with the bronze color paint! I may have sewn a couple throw pillows for added comfort and to add color for summer ;)

I am so excited to take this over to our new house and put it to good use! For now, it sits and waits to go in my garage :)
Have you taken on a patio furniture project? I would love to see pictures of your project!!

-Laura