Around the House

So we've been trying to get some random unfinished things done..and I have to say, we've done pretty well :).  I feel like we have a never-ending list of things that need painted, but we are slowly able to check things off the list.  I don't mind painting, but I hate cleaning the brushes.  I know its silly, but its true.  And, I am so relieved that all of the kitchen cabinets are done.  After the kitchen cabinets were finished, I felt like I could enjoy the painting more again.

Anyway, on to the pictures!  First up, the baby's room!  A while back I realized that if I ever stop liking turquoise, we are going to have several rooms that will need re-done.  We had considered doing the baby's room in a really light shade of Tiffany Blue but I didn't want anything else with turquoise in it.  Sooo, we decided on a really different color - light blue with no shade of green in it.  Here are some pictures during our painting:

 

Here is the finished room with the quilt so you can see the color combo of the room!  We like it so much!!  I'll tell you more about the quilt later but isn't it so cute?!?! The paint color is Innocence by Benjamin Moore: 

Next, the dresser.  We found this dresser at a flea market for about $55 and we're planning on using it as a changing table as well as a dresser in the baby's room.  You can see the nasty knobs that looked like they were from the '70's:

We painted most of the dresser Simply White by Benjamin Moore and then painted the top and some new wooden knobs Woodland something by Valspar (we were able to get a free paint sample from Lowe's - more than enough paint to do the top and the knobs):

I'm a little unsure of the yellow color because it turned out slightly more baby-ish than I was expecting.  However, I think we like it :).

Moving on from the baby's room...  We found this rocking chair at a garage sale this summer for $3.  The lady we bought it from told me it used to belong to nuns.  Interesting huh:

Part of me wants to paint the wood a bright mustard yellow or white or turquoise but for now we've decided to leave it wood - I don't want to regret painting every piece of wood.  We decided on a turquoise chevron print that coordinates with our walls on the main floor.  Right now the chair stays in Clay's office but we pull it in for extra seating in our family room when needed:

We added a new cushion on top of the original one as it was pretty springy to sit in and then covered it with a thin layer of white fabric followed by the duckcloth.  We had to buy tacks and a tackhammer so overall I would say our total cost is around $20.  If (when!) we do this again, we won't have the cost of the hammer or tacks.  Even though we did a very unprofessional job at reuphostering, I still like the chair so much more!  I won't be embarassed to pull it out for extra seating anymore!

Finally, the coffeetable.  Sadly, we had some friends recently move from Syracuse to Chicago.  Although we miss them and would enjoy their company here in Syracuse, we did benefit by being the proud new owners of their coffee table!  Here is the before picture when the table was black:

We quickly painted the table a new color - yes you guessed it - turquoise.  I used leftover kitchen paint; this was rather thrifty of me except that wall paint is an eggshell finish and furniture should really be a glossier finish than that.  This is especially true when your husband likes to put his dirty feet up on the table and leave foot smudges.  Oh well.  Eventually we may go over it with some sort of polyurethane:

Whew!  That was a lot of paint we just went through!  Not to mention we are slowly painting all new doors for our upstairs.  We'll show you those some other time.  I'll leave you with this picture.  Clay is so clever sometimes - I didn't let him park here but he insisted we take a picture:

Check back soon!! :)