Here I am again. Sam is down for a nap. Well, he is suppose to be anyway. He is in there talking and grunting to himself. I can't believe my baby turns 5 months tomorrow. That will have to be a whole different blog post. :)
First of all I want to say THANK YOU to Sherry over atwww.thriftmyhouse.blogspot.com for giving me a warm welcome into blog land, and a shout out! She really is the sweetest! Thank you everyone for the sweet comments on my last post. You all made my day! And how exciting to have comments!!! Love! Sherry's blog is absolutely gorgeous. Her pictures are beautiful, and so inviting! I want to go live in her house! So if you haven't already, make sure you go check her out!
Where to begin. I feel like there are so many projects going on over here. And they are all taking FOREVER and a day to finish. Mainly, due to a little Mr. that dictates our time. We always joke around we are on Sam O'clock. The main project
About 2 months ago, I got a wild hair and couldn't take it anymore. I showed the hubs a few pins I had found on Pinterest about cementing over existing countertops. We weren't sure it would work, because our sink is attached to the countertop. It's all one big slab of cultured yellow marble. Ick. The more I researched the more I found out it would be fine. We would just have to seal it really well. I thought it would be done in a weekend. HA HA HA! Not. It has taken 2 months so far. Mainly because of that little cutie pie I mentioned above. And his bedroom is near the bathroom, which makes it hard to work when he is down for a nap... Nobody wants to wake up a sleeping baby!
So here is what it looked like when we started:
Yup. Ugly. You can see the sink has cracks in it, and it's just an over all ugly countertop. Who wants yellow swirl? I don't. Hubs sanded it down, and prepped it for it's first coat of Henry Fine Feather cement, which can be found at Home Depot.
Here it is after one coat. It looks like a hot mess!
Scary huh? I was totally freaking out at this point. But I was trying to play it cool, and told the hubs.. It's suppose to look like that.
After a few more coats and lots of sanding in between:
It's finally coming together! Right now we are just touching up some spots. Every time we sand, it starts to show thru to the countertop, so then we put more cement on, and repeat. So it's just a matter of getting it perfect right now. But I can't wait to see it finished! I contemplated stenciling before sealing, but I think I would get tired of it. Plus, I want to paint the cement floor, and stencil on that. So I think that would be too much stenciling.
The other project I took on this weekend, was painting our dark hallway cabinetry.
Ick. We have a long hallway, and all of it is filled with this. I started tackling this project 3 years ago, ( yes you read that right.) And I stopped because it was time consuming lol. I actually hate painting, but love the outcome. But I started to feel overwhelmed because there is is just so many of them. I figured if I just tackle 4 doors at a time, it'll be ok, right? I have the trim, and the top two doors done ( white). I will start the bottom two tomorrow. It's looking better already! Can't wait to share the finished look to these as well! Still debating on what color the knobs should be. Silver, Gold, or ORB. Any opinions?
Ignore the ugly blue carpet you see. The whole house was covered in this when we moved in. This is the part of the house that hasn't had much work done to it. The rest of the flooring needs to be laid, baseboards are off, ect... It's a mess. Hopefully we will get it taken care of soon!
I hope by the next post you will get to see the finished photos! Stay tuned!
And on that note, I need to go make dinner. The kids have voted chocolate chip pancakes and eggs. I'm not one to argue over that. :) I hope you all are having a great week!
xoxo Lisa