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A fantastic song just got a little more fantastic

Seated

We upgraded our dining room chairs tonight courtesy of Kijiji.

Old and New:

Prettier AND WAY more comfortable.

A Work Horse Not A Show Pony

I'm in the process of giving a couple of bamboo chairs a face lift. Want to see a before photo? I thought you might...

The chairs came from my Aunt who moved out West who got them from my sister who got them from a yard sale maybe? When I pulled off the seat from one of the chairs I saw something that I would like to think is a good omen:

If you knew me as a child you'd know that I used to write my name on everything. And yes, furniture is included in everything. So strange. It even looks like my six-year-old scrawling. There was also a sticker on one of the chairs. It said, "Do Not Move To New Building". Poor chairs. They got left at the old building.

I usually have a project or two on the go, and at least 100 plans and dreams and schemes in my head, waiting in the wings. And lately David has been complaining a lot about it and I don't understand why. I can see complaining about someone who is really lazy. Even lazy people think poorly of lazy people. But I'm working. Working really hard. And when is that a bad thing ever? Anyway. Speaking of working hard, the mudroom makeover is coming slowly but surely. Last night I got a coat of paint on the floor and tonight I did the finish coat. Looks much better than it did. After all that sweaty hard work, what better way to relax than with a blended iced coffee drink with caramel and whipped cream?

Why yes, I have been using my Copco Eco-First Sierra Tumbler. Thanks for asking.

Mudroom

Our little house in our rough little neighbourhood came with a rough little mudroom. The whole house is in pretty great shape, except of course the mudroom. A couple "before" pictures to show you what I mean:

Pretty mangey right? Anyway, I'm happy to report that a quick coat of paint made quite a difference but there are still quite a few things I want to accomplish in there in the next couple weeks. With any luck I'll be able to post some "after" photos soon. One of the projects that I had in mind for in there was to take some photos of flowers in our yard, frame them and put them up on the wall to brighten it up a bit and I thought it would be a nice way to remember the things that grow outside in the middle of winter when they are six feet under snow. I snapped a few the other day and am happy with the results. I had originally intended to pick a few favourites and frame and display them separately but when I put them into collage form, I really liked how they looked. So much so that I'll likely do something similar for the wall. I was eating Smartfood at the time so maybe that was it...

Speaking of taking pictures, I found a blog called Under the Sycamore written by a photographer. She has amazing photographs. Looking through her blog makes me want to a) take better photos and b) have said photos published into coffee table books (for my own coffee table). I shouldn't admit these things, should I?

Time to vent...

Everywhere I want to buy or build a piece of furniture in our house there is a floor vent. SUPER annoying. Speaking of furniture, I promise to post pictures of my finished headboard soon. The email/comment requests for this has been overwhelming so I'm sorry it is taking so long! Haha.

Making things pretty...

Home improvements. I have more ideas than I have time, money or energy. Nevertheless, things are slowly but surely coming together. I am planning on trying to finish getting the bedroom set up in the next couple weeks. I've built a new headboard (and I'm kind of in love with it!) and am just waiting for the weather to cooperate so I can put another coat of clear coat on it and pull the room together. I'm already dreaming and scheming about revamping my office space and I'm dreaming big. Working from home in our last place sometimes felt a little like living in a dungeon and now that I have a nice bright corner to call home, I plan on making it somewhere I want to spend time. Speaking of which, now that I've grown accustomed to having my own office space at home, I don't think I'll ever want to go back to not having one, even after I'm back out in the real world where bathrobes and down-filled booties are not considered appropriate work attire. Now I just need to start planning. Wouldn't something like this be nice?

Okay, so maybe this is a little too nice for someone who makes a habit out of eating chips and popcorn and cookies at her desk but I'm sure I'll find a happy medium. :)