Island Preview

I am an expert procrastinator.  I am the type of person that is late to parties because i am still wrapping gifts, even though i’ve known your birthday was coming for months.  But this time it’s not my fault.  I can’t help that i have had this old table top in my possession for almost two years (yikes) and haven’t done anything to it. 

Okay….so maybe I should have been a little more proactive.  But there is good news on the horizon!  I am finally going to be taking a woodworking class here in Nashville that will give me access to power tools!  I can’t wait to turn this into my new Kitchen Island!!!

With the help of a wood shop I plan on building and attaching legs and a bottom shelf to this table top.  My kitchen NEEDS this island.  The original mint paint color goes perfectly with my house.  The class doesn’t start for a couple of months, so in the meantime I am planning on carefully re-finishing just the top without ruining the awesome dirty mint color on the sides. 

Check back to see the progress and finished island… and to make sure I make it out of the wood shop in one piece! :)

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Mirror Mirror

Several years ago I used to work at a bargain center that was similar to a goodwill situation.  It was a dream come true because I was the first to see the amazing things that people no longer wanted lying around their homes, and got it all, at an extremely discounted price.  One of my favorite pieces that I have acquired is this mirror.

When I bought it 6 years ago I think the color was gold.  Since then it has been painted white, black, and now gray.

Well- it’s time for another color change!  I have to admit that I am pretty fickle when it comes to color choices, and repainting this mirror is a lot easier than re painting my entire living room (which is coming soon).

So this is what the mirror and mantel looked like before:

And this is what it looks like now:

I’m loving the satin Aubergine color so much I spray painted the tray on my coffee table.

Halfway to the weekend folks!

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Matching Lamp...

Well i will be the first one to admit that i am the worst when it comes to technology and seem to always find myself puzzled as to why it is constantly failing me.  After my computer spent the last 24 hours installing updates, i finally can post about the matching map lamp!  I went to upload the before, during, and after photos, and somewhere between the camera and my laptop i lost the whole process of making the lamp.  Needless to say i am super frustrated! 

However i still want to show you where the lamp started and how it ended up.

Here is a teaser of where i had begun to take how to pics.  I used the leftover map piece and Mod Podge to seal the map to the generic, plain, gross, off white lamp shade.  I first painted a coat of Mod Podge on the shade and used bull dog clips to help keep the map in place as i wrapped it around the shade.  Once the map was wrapped all the way around i brushed on another coat of Mod Podge and let it dry.

I moved the Map Lamp to my orange nightstand so it would stand out and not blend in with the desk.

I love that it coordinates with the color scheme of the rest of my bedroom, and the blue i used to paint the base was left over from when i painted my bathroom- which can be seen in THIS POST

If you somehow missed out on the matching Map Desk that goes with the lamp click HERE.

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