Better all get your seditives....

So, I had this great idea to take these two old chairs that were office chairs in Bill's old office years ago and give them a make over. How hard could it be right?

So I took them all apart and took lots of pictures since I don't trust my memory. Then I sanded the wood part and spray painted it a matt black out in the back yard. That was the fun part. Aren't paint sprays fun? And you should see the colors they come in now. I was blown away but I still wanted black.

Bought some fabric and the fun began. Took me forever to cut out the fabric using the old stuff as a pattern. I think it took about 3 or 4 TV shows and I had company at the same time. I need new pins, mine were tiny little things. Actually, I don't think I want to encourage this kind of thing.

Voila! Look how snazzy they are. They went together pretty good. Not perfect but good enough for me and I was so glad I didn't ditch the chairs. They will look so nice in our new house.

And mom, you have ruined me, did you notice that they match?  It's a sickness I know but I just had to do it. All I could hear was your little voice in my head telling me to make sure and match them. So I did.

See, they match pretty good eh mom? I actually still need to screw the seats and backs back on but I need my carpenter for that and his drill, but you get the picture.  So, bye bye sewing machine for the forseeable future. The old thing came through again,( the machine, not me all you wise guys out there).

This week is moving week, pray for sunny weather here, strong backs and calm nerves. Love you all.

AT LAST a Tile Smile

Well, it's all over but the shouting now. And it's a big Hurrah! Wow! Yippee!  The tile work is now complete and it turned out amazing. At least we think so. Our tile guy Jack did and awesome job. It took 2 weeks to do all of it and he was a true crasftsman. These 1st photos are in the hall bath. This is the back wall of the tub area. They are green glass surrounded by white porcelain. And gma, if you double click the pictures you can see them blown up, just in case you didn't know that.

This is the back splash of the sink in the hall bath.

The left side is an inset shelf area. It matches the right in size but the right side is not inset where the shower head is. Bill is installing all the fixtures today.

I love how clean and crisp it looks.

On to the Kitchen. This is marble tile with a line of sugar glass running through it. I think this is our favorite, well actually I would be hard pressed to actually pick a favorite.

Behind the stove and up the wall is all 1" squares of sugar glass. You can see on the right side wall how it companions up with the counter back splash that runs the rest of the way. This is the coolest stuff. It is very high gloss and looks like a million bucks.

Here's another shot of that.

A close up of the back splash in the kitchen.

Ain't it purty?

On to the master bath. This is of course the back splash. We have yet to order the mirror but are working on that now along with the shower door.

A close up shot for you all.

The shower stall is so beautiful. I just love looking at it. This is the view from the toilet so I guess I will get to look at it often. Nothing like a little art work to gaze at while you are doing your business. Yahoo!

This is the floor of the shower. Yummy eh?

A bit of a close up for you. The back wall is also a recessed shelf area like in the hall bath only a different glass tile. So thats our latest. The next photos will hopefully be of us moving in. There are lots of details yet to go, closet stuff, door knobs and a punch out list but you will all just have to travel south to feast on the final product. It has been a long journey but we definitely got our WOW factor and we are loving it. Can't wait to move in.

WARNING....the below picture is for mature audiences!

(Theme from shark movie playing). Yes, it is a sewing machine on my kitchen table. I am actually finally sewing my chairs that I am reupholstering. I will post pictures when they are done. It has been so long since it has seen the light of day that it immediately rebelled and took me over an hour to fix the tension do hicky