Re~painting Is More Fun Than Painting!

Right before Thanksgiving we got into a mode of finishing things around the house. One thing I have been putting off is re-painting our family room. We re did the rest of the house about six months ago. I did not do the family room b/c I knew I would have to move all the furniture and cover the carpet etc...Too much work. But for some reason we went ahead and did it last month. I am happy with how it looks. The room seems bigger and cleaner. And it brightened up too.
Jeff also finally put up the outside porch light and finished the grout in the bathroom.

Another Project!

I saw somthing that looked like this on the internet and decided to copy it for our house. If the pictures look a little crooked, don't say anything b/c I spent a good hour after putting the whole darn thing up trying to make them look less crooked. I am happy with it~without the use of "meds!"

The only thing I might try is putting some red scrapbook paper behind the black letters instead of the wall. I am not sure if I would like this or not and I don't want it to be too dark to see the letters...what do you think?

On To The UFOs!

I like how it looks with the red walls.

Well, I finished this shelf today...It took more hours than I thought were left on it but just a bunch of elbow grease stuff here and there. I am not very satisfied with it. The picture won't show the mistakes, scuff marks etc. But let me assure you there are alot!

It used to be a light colored wood veneer. It was getting a little ratty looking so I thought before I got rid of it and got a new shelf (which we can't afford right now) I would attempt a make-over. I have a book that shows how to do that kind of thing and I followed the instructions and this is how it turned out. The total cost might have been around $30 since I bought a new board for the backing and the trim. I already had the paint and hardware. Plus since we were given this shelf for free a few years ago it was really an inexpensive project. I used a very light gray paint on the inside and white paint on the trim and outside. All the trim is new. It did not have any before. I was happy with the process, but the end result was less than I thought. I really wanted it to look like I bought it this way. I am not sure I will do something like this again.