After Dark

While im busy working on projects i thought ide post a little romantic "eye candy" from my favorite room in the house.........I fall in love again and again and again with this room.........so many romantic moments are shared here.

 a few of my origional oils.............

Most everything in this room was done by me and my romantic better half. From the painting of the stripes on the walls, the painted furniture, and the hanging of the artwork, all done for the sake of 2 people hopelessly in love with each other........





Also joining "The House in the Roses" for Show off ur Cottage Monday, and Carrie at Dittle Dattle for Amaze me Monday. U can find their buttons in my sidebar.

dropcloth virgin

This post is simply out of pure excitement. Im soon to do my first dropcloth slipcovers........Ive picked up my "ballardlist" coventry storage benches. I love them, all except the fabric of course. Ive wanted banquet seating in the dining room for some time now, its just a really good solution for any small dining room. Most of u know my dining room to look like this.....

Please ignore the mess in the corner........

Some changes are about ready to take place though. Im just sorry i couldnt get some of these things done before the blog party.....I work outside the home, which can leave very little time for projects to get finished. Anyway just wanted to show u the benches..........

To those of u who may be wondering, we will be re-moving the mantel on the back wall and re-locating it to another space so that the bench can hug the wall as it should. So there ya have it ,our solution to better seating in a small dining space, however as murphy's law would have it,  all solutions generally create new dilemas, LOL..

Now the drapes are too long, go figure.................Here's to drop cloths, be back soon with more pics.

Blog Party

Joining Debbie and all the other bloggers on the block for a paint party. Ive prepared a post just for this party. I thought ide share a few befores and afters of some of my most fun paint projects....It truely is fun watching such a transformation for so little money......I love spraying things.........mostly pink, lol.

I found these metal cherubs @Salvation Army for $1 each. I knew instantly they'd become part of the bedroom chandy......

Tables and chairs..........My favorite..

Even the coffee table...........

However , the most important thing to remember when painting......

is Knowing when NOT to...............

ADD gone wild.....

Before u read this post , i must warn u all that my ADD is outta control lately. Ive been thinking about the back porch an awful lot since spring and time just keeps slippin , slippin, into the future, LOL( I warned u about the ADD), dont cha love that song? Anyway........we are working on the porch, hopefully soon ile be able to post some "after" pics, and a big porch "reveal".......But first let me show u some excerpts from my lil trip to Ballard Designs yesterday...I found some banquette seating on Craigs lil list, so decided to take a look..........

My CL find however is a lil bit longer, which is a good thing, and the price is a whole lot smaller, less than half. Im tickled about this find and will post soon when i get them home..........While i was there, i was simply mezmorized for at least 10 full minutes by this art work, all the while thinking..........."I can make that"...........Im sure the sales lady thought i was a nut..........

Of course with a more "Romantic" spin on it.........Ule have to stay tuned for that one later..........ON to the porch........First we are adding on some to the deck and doing some much needed repairs..

Then we can begin the painting, which i will be doing all myself....
Ive purchased a few sheer linen panels($4 each, thrift store find), so ile be hanging those around the porch area, also making some lanterns from old flower vases(copycat from another blog found while in a clicking frenze, lol)....

It really is quite a large space.

Should anyone have any suggestions as to the best way to hang these around the porch, im all ears................................................
And last , but not least, my 12ft. long rescued from the trash, bench. I havent decided yet wheather to paint it or just seal it..............Guess ule just have to wait and see, LOL. Happy Fathers Day everyone!

The possibilities are endless...................