I'm turning into a trash whore. It's atrocious.
I swore I would never do it, dumpster dive that is. I lived by the adage, one mans trash is another mans trash.
But guess what?
It isn't. Nope, not at at.
I was coming home from the girls school the other day, isn't that always when it happens to me, when this huge trash pile caught my eye. I found a perfect headboard just staring right at me.
Lily nearly had a cow. Mum, what if one of my teachers drives by!!!!
Well they didn't. And after a lot of wrangling I got it in my car and now it looks like this. I forgot to take a before photo. Duh.
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Excuse the makes in the wall, we had to fill where her letters used to be and we haven't retouched the paint yet. |
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Hah, not bad huh? |
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Her Marie Curie Daffodil from her Uncle Jon a few years ago. SHe has always always kept it close to her and now it stays on her bed. |
Moving on to the windows. They are painted. But they are so so heavy. I really do not know how on earth to hang these bad boys on the wall. I am thinking of hanging a shelf and putting them on the shelf. I need to get some photos taken to fill the frames.
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Nearly finished |
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Why yes, I do have a thing for black. |
My other big project this weekend was the bannister. I hate the one in this house. HATE IT. It's metal and ugly. I decided ages ago to change it for a really nice traditional wooden one and it isn't hard to do. But now that I have to sell this house in 5 years I am refusing to do a lot of work but wanted to do something. I decided to paint this one since nothing that I own is wood coloured. Can you guess what colour I painted it?
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Ugly ugly ugly. |
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Those screws are really painted in there and were murder to get out. But it is amazing what you can find on You Tube |
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Ewww, |
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All better. Everything looks better in black |
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I still have to paint the metal part even though I rally want to replace with wood, I won't. BUt I will paint it bright white not cream. |
It was a crazy busy weekend. The girls had a tonne of homework so it worked out well. I was able to work on the house and they did school work. Next week we have swim meets.
Absolutely love that headboard. I have a project(in my head)that I need a bed for....both the the headboard & the foot. Spotted one the other day but Popster wouldn't stop! Wish I lived closer to you....we could dumpster dive together:)
ReplyDeleteThe headboard is fabulous! As does the stairway....but still have no clue about the windows. Can't wait to see what it ends up looking like!
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