Weekend Recap: This & That
We had a gloomy sort of weekend so I thought it was the perfect setting for some home projects to get done.
Number one project that needed to be handled was the dining room. My dining room has been in a state of nothingness for quite some time now. It’s the last room in my house to get tackled. We are on our third dining room table and I’m hoping this one sticks!
For the last couple of months I’ve finally known the direction I wanted to go in. But due to other projects this stayed on the back burner, but within the last couple of weeks fabric has been ordered:
The dining room chairs have been painted:
We found and purchased a new rug!
And this weekend we started to wallpaper the dining room!
I had originally painted the room a gray shade, but this needed to be covered up in order to prep for wallpaper.
*Don’t ya love my brass chandelier! Ah it was in the house when we bought it and it drives me nuts that I haven’t replaced it yet.
Now in order to wallpaper properly I needed to paint the room again in a shade similar to the wallpaper only to have it covered it with paper once it was dry. It is best to repaint in case any seams show the slightest bit of wall. It’s easier to fool the eye if the paint is the same shade as the paper.
So Saturday I painted the room a shade that was practically identical to the grass cloth wallpaper I picked it. Then Sunday we got to work in papering the walls. No final pictures yet. A girl’s gotta keep some secrets!
I get to paint from the chair rail down white today and then we are one step further to a finished room.
Another project that got started was some gardening. Even though it was raining outside I knew I could get some things done inside.
Last year we spent hundreds of dollars on flowers for the yard. They were pretty for a couple of weeks and then bam they started to die.
So this year I decided to produce all the blooms myself.
I picked up a couple of Jiffy Greenhouses at Walmart for $5.50 (this is the cheapest I’ve seen them) along with packs of flowers seeds for .20 cents each.
First step was to pour 2 and half liters of warm water onto the pellets:
Then you had to wait a couple of seconds for them to poof up:
Next I took a chop-stick from our junk drawer and used to make a small hole. (There is already a hole to begin with I just wanted it a bit deeper.)
Two-Three seeds are then placed in each pellet:
Last step cover them up and place labels so that you know what’s what. They then have to stay covered in a warm place without direct sunlight.
There are a couple more steps before they can go in the ground outside so I’ll make sure to take pictures when those steps happen, but for the time being I’ve already started my little garden.
Jon has two cases full of veggies already growing! We did the same thing last year and had great success with peppers!
So loves, what did you do this weekend? Anything fun or was it filled with projects or perhaps a little of both?
I finished up a couple more projects that I’ll be sharing this week as well.
Labels: weekend recap
24 Comments:
How did I not know you can get fabric on Amazon ?! Can't wait to see your room finished. Love your choices !
oh goodness another thing i use my amazon card on now! lol.
and um, that RUG!! where isit from?!?!?
Lookin' good, girl! Can't wait to see the 'afters'!!
I've used that suzani print in two or three projects and it is GORGEOUS!! One of my favorites, for sure.
xx
jenny
the rug is fantastic and the green of the chairs is really pretty, it will be amazing!
Looking good! That rug is amazing! Can't wait to see the finished room.
I love the chevron rug! Beautiful!
Happy growing! I need to plant some tomatoes ASAP... = )
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I love that rug and the chairs so cool. Can't wait to see the grass cloth.
What an amazing weekend. You got a TON done!
Can't wait to see your room!!! I was projectless this weekend for the first time in a long time! Oh, except for lining a booshelf with fabric but that doesn't really count!
I am absolutely loving the look you are pulling together...can't wait to see the finished project. Stop by my blog today...I passed the Happy 101 blogger award on to you and some others...love your blog.
Can not wait to see your dining room!!!
i have that fabric too! and am using it on 2 chippendale chairs!! farts we are awesome!!!!!
such a tease you are- We need some grasscloth pics pronto! Sounds like your dinging room is going to be stunning!!
cant wait to see more! the chairs look amazing! Makes me think maybe I should have painted my chairs before sending them off to the reupholster.
I love your chairs. I have some faux bamboo chairs I got on craigslist I want to paint and recover but I can't decide on a color or a pattern. My drapes are throwing me off. I was going to go white, but now your chairs make me crave color!
Love your fabric & the rug. Can't wait to see the end result!
Dining room is looking so awesome! I love the fabric and can't wait to see it all pulled together!
I'm DYING to see the "after" pics - LOVE the color you painted your shield-backs!
I don't know what I'm more excited about - the dining room or the flowers! I do not have a green thumb but i LOVE to keep a vegetable garden. I can't wait to see your blooms! Marija
You got so much accomplished, you're making me look bad! I'm falling in deep love with your rug too.
This weekend I wrapped up my stage management gig for "A Streetcar Named Desire." Big success :) I won't be tackling any projects until next weekend.
Looks like you're one busy girl but dang, you have some talent!! The colors you picked out, the fabrics, the gardening... I'm so jealous!
Great projects! I love the little greenhouses.
Goodness y'all were busy! Love the chairs! I planted herbs and am waiting for them to sprout! I hope it works!! :)
I'm dying to see the finished product.
I've been wanting to use that suzani fabric for a long time.
Im so glad it is finding a pretty home.
Also, for the smell. Try putting lemon wedges in your garbage disposal, or if you don't have a garbage disposal, blend them and then take the lid off and let it sit in the kitchen for a while.
Good luck.
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