My Weekend...Project!

WHAT A WEEKEND, WHAT A WEEKEND!

But this weekend was a WHAT A WEEKEND on an entirely different level...

Remember that super great deal of a China Cabinet I snagged off of Craigslist for my birthday?! Well... this weekend was time to paint that MONSTER of a piece! I don't know if I am stupid or naive to think that it wouldn't be too hard or take THAT long, but the more I think about it the happier I am that I WAS completely stupid and/or naive to the fact that it was, in reality VERY hard and it did take a SUPER long time, or else I would have NEVER done it! :)

And now that I have done it, I can honestly say I'm glad... and I'm proud... and I'm sore!! So sore... actually! Saturday night required a nice cocktail of Advil, tequila and Mentholatum just so I could get comfortable enough to sleep, BUT almost overnight my hand grew "official painter muscles" and I was ready to hit it again on Sunday!

Here's how the weekend went down...

Saturday started like this... on the driveway in the nice, cool breeze...

After some sanding, cleaning, hardware removal I started to paint...I used a paint that is primer and paint in ONE... SO GLAD!! I can't imainge how long it would have taken me otherwise! Worth the money!!

Notice the sun had TOTALLY encroached on my work space by the end of my first coat...It was HOT!


After the first coat was done, I HAD to move it inside and spent the remainder and Saturday and Sunday in the garage, with my trusty fan, Pandora on my iPhone and a HUGE cup of water by my side at ALL times!

Saturday I spent 8 hours painting... and Sunday I spent 7 hours! That's 15 HOURS!! And to think that I thought I would get it done in just TWO nap times... HA. HA. HA. I told you I was stupid and/or naive!!

Then last night in the wee hours of the night... or 8pm... Justin and I finally put the doors and drawers on and in and it was DONE! Victory!!

Here is a shot from Sunday... seeing the light at the end of the tunnel... barely... but still seeing it!



After the top coat dried we brought it in to give it a look...

And here is the finished product... complete with working LIGHT! :)

It was a BEAST of a project, but I am really happy with my result. Not bad for $250. $150 for the furniture and $100 worth of paint and supplies... can't beat that!! :)

Now I'm painting my kitchen table and chairs to match... so far I'm only partially done with one chair... it's going to be a week-long project for sure! It was SO great this weekend to take advantage of Justin and work ALL day, both days on the furniture! He was MOM-on-call this weekend and did a great job... I DO think he was VERY ready to get back to work today though... that Mom business is tough!! :) Thanks Justin for all of your help!! You are one good MOM and DAD! :)

This week we are gearing up for Caden's surgery (tubes in his ears) on Friday! BUT first Caden turns 20 months!! More to come on that soon...