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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Blah

Dana March 29, 2012 1 Comments

Guys, this has been a really weird week. It's been great, really, really great, and I've been really happy, but I've had no motivation. None. My kitchen is a wreck and I haven't gone to yoga at all this week (which is crazy because I just bought twenty classes). That being said, I have no recipes to offer. What to do, what to do...

That's a good start. Allow me to think out loud for a moment about some things I want to do, am planning on accomplishing. Last week I shared that sweet Mike can no longer have gluten, and I have asked him to make me a list of things he's most disappointed about not being able to have. That list consists of cake, doughnuts, fried chicken, pizza, and pancakes/waffles. Yes, my husband misses all the bad food, lol, but I can't blame him. :-) These are the things I am making a priority to perfect in a GF way. I feel confident about all but the doughnuts.

Here's the thing, I don't really like doughnuts. They don't wow me and so I've never had any desire to make them. For the hubs, though, I'm willing to take it on. I might have to start with some simpler versions like churros or zeppole...not sure if I'm using that last one correctly. Wish me luck!

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Finishing Ideas...

Heather March 28, 2012 0 Comments

So yesterday I shared my vanity.

Today I'm sharing some finishing ideas that I like for it.

So the first idea is this wonderful mirror mosaic table. I don't remember where I saw this table, but if any of you do, could you please let me know! I really love the mirror!

I love the maps on these drawers, but I don't know that this would fit into my bedroom decor. Still love this look though!

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Miss Mustard seed has a gorgeous French dresser in White and Walnut stain.

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I actually originally planned on doing this treatment to the vanity, but I'm not sure now.

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So there are some of the ideas I have for the vanity. Tomorrow I plan on sanding down the vanity, and hopefully it goes ok.

Heather

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Working on my vanity

Heather March 27, 2012 0 Comments

So if you guys follow the Straight Stitches Facebook page the you'll know that I started working on a vanity to replace the one that had been in our master bedroom. I gave the desk that I had been using as a vanity to Devlin so that he could have a computer desk in his room.

The vanity that I'm working on was in my grandparents' shed and was somewhat exposed to the elements. Luckily, the piece was veneered and it seems that the only real damage was to the veneer.

So out comes a cruddy iron ($6.50 at Walmart, baby!) and lots of water for the steamy action that commenced.

Removing the veneer with the iron was a fairly painless process, but it also didn't hurt that it was already humid outside because of the thunderstorms that were passing through the area.

I had the iron set to wool or linen with steam and it probably only required about 60 seconds of steam on a section to loosen the glue. Then came my trusty putty knife. I actually ended up leaving the iron on a section while working on a different section and then moving the iron to yet another section and the working on the section that the iron had just been resting on. I don't know of that's the correct way but it's the way that I did it and it worked for me.

So after removing all of the veneer, I stopped. I'm still stopped. Why? Because I don't know how to finish off this thing. I have pinned a few ideas which I'll share later, but the main problem is that idk renown if the top is going to be stainable. I don't even know that I want to stain it. I may just paint it and then distress it. Or I could tile it, but the problem with that is the cost associated with that. I would love to finish it all in mirrors but unless I win the lottery tonight there's no way I can justify that expense. So the poor thing sits.

Tomorrow I should at least take a sanding block to her to see exactly what I'm working with. Oh, I also found some errant notes from either my mom's or aunt's time in school. Apparently page 366 was homework. :)