Sunday, May 13, 2012

Side Table

sometimes you find things when you aren't looking...the day i found this piece i was taking my daughter to her friends house...when i pulled up in the driveway, this baby was sitting beside the trash can...to the friend, this was just an old junky table...to me it was my new treasure...


the day i got the table...i put it in my suv...finally it comes in handy...


did some sanding...cleaned off the handle..this piece is solid cherry....nice piece...

i decided to paint inside of the drawer..i NEVER do this...sometimes i line with paper but never paint..i just liked the crisp white look

spray painting in the house since the weather stinks here in georgia....this is not recommended...since it was such a small piece i did it in this box...it will leave over spray if you are doing a lot of painting...
after...inside does not make for great photos...i didn't enjoy doing the zebra...stenciling is not my thing...my daughter loves it and thats all that matters...i had several places that bled through but it kinda blends in
after...the little carved flower hardly shows...now i wish i would have done something different with it...
beside...before and after...
a bit of iphone effect...




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Happy Mothers Day To Me

 i normally wouldnt post a picture like this of myself..i think its hideous but i just woke up...my girls surprised me with this new puppy...what a great mothers day present...they bought it with their money! i just wanted to share how great they are! i love my girls so much...



here is my new baby...she is a brindle boxer...as some of you may know, i lost my boxer last september to an accident...she got hit by a car and i was devastated...i'm trying really hard to get past it...things are getting much easier now...time does heal wounds...
thank you baleigh and hannah marie for doing this for me...that was very thoughtful of you guys...

CREATING LOVE AND JOY
Ashley
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Red Sofa Table (Friday, October 21, 2011)

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Friday, October 21, 2011

 my husband and i are complete opposites...which is good i guess because i always heard that opposites attract...when we met, i had a living room full of rooms to go furniture....you know, the kind that comes in a package...you buy a sofa, chairs, end tables, and sofa table...no payments due for 2 years..LOL...i bought the furniture not really thinking about the future or if my taste might change...the sofa is navy blue, the chairs are khaki, and the tables are light wood....or were light wood...about 2 days before our wedding, he decided that he couldn't live with the light wood...i had enough knowledge to know that the wood needed to be sanded...we used pieces of sandpaper by hand...not quite enough sanding to get the glossy finish off...we slapped some dark cherry stain on and 3 years later its finally scratching off....now that i'm a little smarter, i know that the process was all wrong...

one day i will learn to make sure i have my camera ready...i get too excited!! see the light wood? thats the original color...very, light oak...the dark is the cherry stain...i never liked it....sometimes you do things for the person you love...if you look really close, in the background is my "new" sewing machine!!! so excited about it...be on the look out for that post...

here is the back...some kilz on top

here is the RED...that's pretty bright huh? my girls were kinda unsure of the color...i thought jeff would hate it...he loves it!!


 here is the finished table...i used a dark stain to glaze it with...let that dry a bit and then put a coat of wax on it...i left the handles the same color...i thought they looked ok...this table will be used on my gallery wall...i'm trying a new look in my living room...i'll be mixing and matching our GA stuff with some of our personal things...should have that done in the next few days....

here is the table with the georgia print above it..i really don't care for georgia stuff, but since he likes it then i guess i can live with it...this wouldn't be my first choice of decorating but he deserves a room with his stuff, right?

 CREATING LOVE AND JOY

Ashley

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19 comments:


Megan said...
I like the red too, such a statement! The dark stain looks great over it!
October 21, 2011 7:30 AM
Shannon at madiganmade said...
What a fun, bold statement! I'm partial to red myself. Great job!
October 21, 2011 8:37 PM
Kahli said...
I love the red it's so bold! Will make a statement in the house. Great job!
October 22, 2011 9:35 AM
Ann Porteous said...
Love the RED!!
October 22, 2011 1:59 PM
Kristen said...
I love the red! It's so fun! Kristen http://mycoveredbridge.blogspot.com
October 22, 2011 7:18 PM
Katie said...
I love it in red!! And I adore those little handles! They look perfect with the new look!
October 23, 2011 1:49 PM
Debbiedoo's blogging and blabbing said...
Oh I love it! Looks fabulous with the picture above too. Thanks for sharing with my newbie party.
October 23, 2011 8:53 PM
Patti said...
My favorite color!! The table looks fabulous!
October 23, 2011 9:25 PM
ReFresh ReStyle said...
The red looks great! My son graduated from UGA last year and he would love it! I live in GA too! visit me at @refreshrestyle.com Debbie
October 23, 2011 9:43 PM
Elaine said...
Very chic! You did a fabulous job!
October 24, 2011 12:20 AM
Shenita @ Embellishments by SLR said...
Ashley, what a great transformation!! LOVE the red!! I am a newbie and your newest follower. I hope you will follow me, too! Many blessings to you!
October 24, 2011 12:51 AM
Jenny @ Simcoe Street said...
It looks beautiful! Great job! Jenny www.simcoestreet.blogspot.com
October 24, 2011 4:33 AM
WhyCuzICan said...
Ooh, I like the red! What a statement piece! Visiting from DebbieDoos Linky party, Smiles, Suzanne in NW Illinois
October 24, 2011 12:21 PM
Susan said...
Oh I would so love to have this table in our home! It is beautiful!
October 24, 2011 7:24 PM
The 2 Seasons said...
I like how the red turned out. I really like the UGA picture and lamp. I am a 2002 grad from UGA. So goooooo dawgs!!!
October 24, 2011 8:18 PM
patti west said...
This table turned out fabulous! Love the red w/dark glaze and the original hardware looks great!
October 25, 2011 6:25 AM
Cassie @ Primitive & Proper said...
i love thered! it's awesome- warm and rustic and makes me want apple pie!
October 25, 2011 9:24 PM
Courtney said...
Red adds a real punch, love it!! And the print too! It's nice you're having a change up at home, makes you feel refreshed doesn't it?!!
October 26, 2011 2:29 AM
Jamie said...
Love the red, and love the Georgia print. Just discovered your blog and I love it. I'm a new follower. Hope you stop by and check out my blog. I also have a link party every Monday. Would love for you to stop by and link up. Jamie http://diyhshp.blogspot.com/
November 5, 2011 11:58 AM


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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Plant Updo

Its been raining here in georgia...which is good for plants but not so good for me...it means i can't do anything outside...i'm babysitting today so i don't have much time for craftiness but i did want to share this very small project...

last summer i went on a spray paint binge and sprayed almost all of my pots...i know it looks hideous now, but really you should have seen it before...very bad..i probably would have thrown this plant out by now but it was from my grandmothers funeral...she died around 1994 and this plant is still hanging on...
i was thinking there had to be something i could do to improve it a little...so i added some sisal roping...not the most glamorous thing...much better though...
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Ashley
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Sunday, May 6, 2012

Broken Chair...Headed For Trash

anybody have a teenager? how about a teenager that has a party while you are out of town? or one that has a party and breaks a chair? i'm sure i'm not the only one...kids do stupid things all the time...and i really liked this chair..
 
here is the chair that i dug out of the storage building...around here we tend to pile all of our junk in the building til we get ready to throw it out...i knew that it could be fixed...i just kept putting it off...do other people do that?

i used wood screws and wood glue to get it put back together...i always forget to take pictures in the right order...i just get too excited...i've been using these bed risers to do my painting on...they work perfect
the foot rest...it wasn't broken
here it is all finished...i painted it the same color as i painted my outdoor end table...if you would like to read about it click here...
trying really hard to get my porch spruced up..we still don't have the cover off of our pool yet...just so much i want to do and not enough time
another before and after...i'm in love once again :)
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Saturday, May 5, 2012

Half Barrel Pond

a few years ago i purchased a whiskey barrel to put a fish pond in...we had just put a cover on our patio and i wanted to hear water while i sat outside...it didn't work so well...from where the pond was it didn't get enough sun...i moved it last year in the middle of summer but never filled it back up...all of my fish and plants had died so i just gave up...

just a standard 1/2 whiskey barrel...you can use these without a liner but i purchased one because i have bad luck and i figured it would leak...i think the barrels are around $30 at home depot...
just a shot of how it looks before
another shot...had a bunch of leaves and trash in bottom...aqua gravel left from the plants that died...found a lizard in the bottom but he got sucked up by the vacuum...LOL




i have more plans for it...i will make another post when i do some more things to it...just couldn't wait to share...i had a visitor from a blog today called ADD housewife...what  a good name! even though i have never been diagnosed with it, sometimes i think i have it...maybe thats why i have so many things going...

CREATING LOVE AND JOY
Ashley
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Friday, May 4, 2012

Bleach Tshirt

recently while i was visiting the dollar tree, i picked up a couple of tshirts...i have been wanting to try something crafty with bleach...hannah marie is into tie dye shirts so i knew that she would be happy with what ever i came up with...the first thought i had was to do some type of stencil with maybe her name...i came across this post at I Love To Create and decided to give it a try...if i ruined it, the shirt was only $1...

i started out with just a plain tshirt...for some reason the neck was so small...probably why it was at dollar tree in the first place...i just cut it out around the seam...
i took some painters tape and applied it to the shirt in the design i wanted...i didn't want to spend alot of time on it just because i had a fear of it not working...the shirt that is posted on the I Love To Create blog had a bit more detailing...i then took a spray bottle with bleach in it and sprayed the whole shirt...i didn't dilute it any
the shirt...happiness...the end ....

CREATING LOVE AND JOY
Ashley
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