One Thing Leads To Another....

So a few weeks ago I got an early birthday/Christmas present.

I LOVE it!
It fits just right in my entryway.

As I kept looking at it, something wasn't right. My railings weren't quite dark enough now.
I was so excited, that I immediately started staining them a walnut color. It was looking really good until I took the tape off & it didn't do it's job...brown stain all over the white rails! Thank goodness this product called "lift off" removed it, but I had to do EVERY rail with a q-tip to get it all off!! I finally finished that & something still wasn't right!

Then as I looked around the room all of my wood furniture seemed too light now.
I was afraid I would ruin it, so I waited a few days. Then I was looking through a Pottery Barn magazine & I was inspired! Steve got me a tarp & the energy came back & I finished three more pieces of furniture, the doorbell cover & a lamp!


Table...now matches the railing.

Hutch...now matches the table & railing!

End table & lamp

Thank goodness I didn't ruin them! I really like how it looks now.
I think the paint fumes are starting to get to me though because I think I'm going to do bathroom & kitchen cabinets next...wish me luck on those ones!!
My house is going to look different all because of ONE piece of new furniture!

And earlier today I was cleaning the kitchen and Tyler says, "Mom you need to take a picture of Me & Mick!" I looked over at them sitting on the chair thinking it would be a cute picture, but kept cleaning. He said it a few more times, so I went to get my camera....Here is my cute Tyler-man & Mickey.


Pretty soon he'll be saying, "Mom, take a picture for the blog!"LOL