project love...

2012 started  with a bang.

It's  a new year 

and 

 a new project.

The Christmas hoopla was over

and

I 

was

ready.

Ready for a project.

Did I tell you about my Christmas gift from my Mr.?

I asked for  project time.

Have I told you?

I am a project girl.

I am happiest 

when I am smack dab in the middle 

of a project...

planning, painting, and doing.

When I have a paintbrush in my hand I have a smile on my face.

Do a project with me and you will have my undying love.

My current project?

My pantry.

I'm not sure this was  necessarily 

the most important project 

to tackle

but  

the winds of inspiration are not always logical.

And we must follow the inspiration.

We have spent the week

tearing out, re-installing

and paint, paint, painting.

this is what my pantry looked like most of the time

 the L-configuration was not working for me...

I'm too short so I couldn't reach anything in the corner

the paint was crackled and not in a good way

more overflow

do you wonder what is under that countertop?

that will be  phase 2

phase one is the main wall

 STEP 1: we MY MR. tore out the base cabinets/shelves

which led to this

this has been my kitchen for the week
at  about day 3
 I start to wonder 
"what have I done"
and
" I think I have issues"

STEP 2: this dresser was in the barn

I found it thrifting with a damaged top

I LOVE the drawers

 We My Mr. removed the base and the top 

made a new base 

and 

installed it.

Now, it looks like a built-in

STEP 3:  wood countertop

(a scrap piece that was in the  barn, too)

STEP 4: sand off years of globbed-on old paint, 
put  beadboard in the back of the shelves, 
build new shelves for the base

STEP 5: paint

this is my first time using this new paint

it's a hybrid oil

it's water base and it's oil base

don't ask me how that works

it was easy to apply like water-base...

we will see if it has the durability of oil

STEP 6:hardware

the part I imagined and could NOT wait for

STEP 7: put it all back together

I am in the battle of  beauty vs. function 

Iwant it all to be cute

I know this battle well.

For now, I will let the countertop be cute and functional

and what happens behind closed doors...

well, stays  behind closed doors.

cost of project
dresser: $24
countertop: free
paint- $28
hardware-$40
baseboard moulding-$6.00
total:$98.00


all of this for under $100.00!

plus glass canisters from Wal-Mart

*****

tip:  this was the right size jar for balance 

but 

that is  a lot of rice

I put in an empty tupperware in the jar first 

and then poured in rice around it

ok...I lied...I couldn't help it...

I still (partially) decorated the inside of the shelves

I still have a lots of details to finish.

I need to complete phase 2

to see if everything will have a place.

I still have some purtify-ing to do.

But I am  pleased as punch with the results so far.

Merry Christmas to me.

on to phase 2...

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