A Little Painting Project

So right before Christmas I decided I had to paint the microwave stand with my kitchen cabinet paint since I have so much extra leftover. You know I'm terrible at taking before pictures and I failed to again. Luckily, the hutch is the same thing on the bottom (minus the new knob and the color swatch, more on that later).

I really like how warm it looks now and I love the simple black knobs. The hardest part is letting this paint dry in between coats, but it comes out smooth and almost professional looking.

Sweater

I made my husband this sweater. It's only my second sweater and I hate making them, but this one came out pretty good.

New Shelf

I loved this shelf so I got it and then had to reconfigure my dining room wall to set it up, but it's worth it. It looks great over my faux fireplace and I can't wait to decorate it for each season.

Faux Fireplace

I saw this faux fireplace in a magazine and I loved it. I ripped out the page and figured we could make it later, but then it was on sale and had free shipping so I just ordered it.

Kitchen Window Sill

As I was looking for kitchen cabinet inspiration, I found someone's kitchen that had the window sill decorated for Christmas and I loved it so much I got some stuff to do mine. I also got the stuff for Fall.

Kitchen Cabinets

I've thought about painting my kitchen cabinets for a couple of years, but I always chickened out because I didn't want it to look too DIY. I'm glad I waited because Benjamin Moore just came out with Advance paint in matte finish and it was exactly what I wanted. No brush lines or roller marks. Aside from a few blemishes it looks almost professional. I love them! I'm super bad at taking before pictures, so those have wallpaper in them still, but you're just looking at the cabinets anyway.

Slippers

Just made my first pair of slippers. My Mom used to make these for us when we were little and I loved them. They were easy to make with all my experience now, haha. They are a great use up for some scrap yarn.

Another Blanket

I finished my first crocheted blanket for the bed. I love the colors and it was fun and easy to do.

More Things...

I bought this new chair a few weeks ago for the living room. It's more comfortable than the chair we had there and it fits in with the style better. I moved that one into the master bedroom.

I painted the bottom of the TV stand black to blend in with the TV cover we made. I will get some wood knobs for the bottom to tie it in even more. Hubby might make some raised panel doors for it later which will make it look more primitive too.

It's Been A While...

The main reason it's been so long, is that I've been working on this blanket. It was fairly easy to do, but the different stitches involved made it go so slow. The pattern doesn't show up great in pictures, but it's the fanciest thing I've knitted so far.

I also took a couple of weeks to make this cross stitch. I will rotate it in the hallway with my other seasonal cross stitches. I have a small block colonial house to put on the shelf under it.

I got a new quilt for our bed in the new light brown room. The other one was a comforter with a flannel duvet cover and it was way too hot. This gives us the option of using one of the many blankets I've been making.

Room Update

I redid the small third bedroom. I used the same creamy light brown that we did my Mom's bedroom in last year. I loved it so much I found a room to use it in. Mostly, I used decorations from other rooms to update it. I had to remove the border that was in there. I like that it makes the room look a little bigger.

Projects

I always seem to get projects in clusters. I've wanted a coat closet for years, but I only have a tiny utility closet on the whole first floor and I need a place to store the vacuum and tools. My Mom suggested just getting a cabinet for that stuff. It was a little easier said than done, but I finally found a cabinet that would accommodate the tall handles of the mops and such. I will be painting the door and front an off white so it's not as bright and it was fairly cheap so if I ever find something better it's no big loss. Of course I had to rearrange the computer room and wall decor to fit it in there so that created more projects. I still have to touch up the wall paint.

This is my new coat closet. It's the best picture I can get because I can't back up enough since it's in a hallway. It's working perfectly and I'm happy with it.

This is our old computer armoire that was an oak veneer before. I love this creamy off white color (it's what I will paint the utility cabinet door with). I added the bead board to the doors to give it a little more of a country look.