Before he left, I asked him to pressure wash these. I tried, but the water kept spraying back into my face. Sherry had given me this project.
After they dried, I lined them up to paint later. After I painted them, I lined them up again to dry. Sherry and Mary helped me carry these into the house and Sherry made them do the Domino thing, by accident.
Not all of the rust came off when we power washed, but I didn't care. I even left the vintage labels on.
It took me awhile to get all of this painted. I now have a blue driveway! I guess I didn't realize it was a windy day.
I wish I had taken a before photo when it was all together. I always forget to do that. But here is how it turned out.
I just happened to pick up the legs at a garage sale in Wisconsin when Sherry gave me the rusty drawers project. They were mixed in with some other cool stuff, in a box for $1. So this project was under $5 with the legs and spray paint. The flowers are my birthday flowers that I bought for myself. They cost a $1 more than the rusty drawer project. Speaking of $1, the yellow end tables were a great buy for $1 each that I picked up at a huge sale last year.
I haven't placed the dividers in yet, and probably won't for awhile. They were hard to get out.
Another project that I have been wanting to do for awhile, is paint the stairwell leading to the basement. Twenty five years of Mom and Dad going down and up the steps made the walls a little dirty. Especially around the light switch. The problem would be the high walls and ceiling. I have painted a stairwell before and it was a wobbly experience that I didn't really want to do again. I came up with the idea of painting the lower part of the wall.
The first thing I did was draw pencil lines at the angle I wanted and then added the painters tape. I think this photo is a little crooked, not the taping. That is the steamer on the steps. There was a small strip of wallpaper along the bricks of the foundation and the drywall on the right to hide the large gab between the two.
I had heard that it helps to paint along the painters tape to stop the paint from bleeding through. When I was done with this, I thought the walls were bleeding!
I thought it turned out pretty good. I need Mike to erase the pencil marks that are still showing.
This is what it looks like from the bottom of the steps.
Guess what happens when you buy too much of the same color paint?
I painted the door coming into the house from the garage but, not salmon. I didn't think that was the best color to go along with tools. This green REALLY brightened up the garage. I will have to take a photo of the garage when the cars are out, so everyone can see those before and after photos.
I am a little embarrassed sharing my next project with everyone. Since I have started working, I don't feel much like keeping my clothes and shoes in order. I wanted to have this all fixed before Mike got home.
I hope that never happens again!
As I was organizing my hanging clothes, I thought about the retail store I worked in over 30 years ago. Everything was hung in certain color order on every rack. I did the same to my closet those 30 years ago and still use that same system today, although you can't really tell from this.
White, beige, yellow, brown, green, blue, pink, red, purple, gray, black, prints were last. Short sleeves then long sleeves. I guess I am sharing this because I am amazed at myself for still doing this.
Anyway, I hope to have more projects done in the near future. I cut out a dress weeks ago and it is still sitting here in the kitchen.
And now for some random things.
I found this hanging in a bag on my front door. It was really good. I have asked every neighbor if they brought it to me and the answers have been no. It is a mystery. I didn't even know what I was eating, until Mary told her husband about it and he said it was kohlrabi. It's yummy!
This was the temperature the other day.
It was so hot and humid in my office that my salt rock was melting. They eventually brought in a dehumidifier and that seems to help.
We took care of Julio and Juanita for four days. Julio is around 17, maybe 18 years old. They belong to our friends who used to live next door to us. My mom and dad used to take care of these dogs too. When I took them outside, the neighbors couldn't believe Julio was still around!
This past Saturday, we were able to spend an afternoon with Mike's side of the family. Something we couldn't do when we were in Georgia.
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