MET MONDAY! The Cavernous Front Door Revealed...

Okay ~ a couple of weeks ago I decided to paint my front door black. I have had the paint for months, however, the weather did not cooperate..it rained ALOT! So on th first sunny day I ventured outside to paint said red door black. And so I did....but then for some reason, I continued on.....paintbrush in hand.....and painted the sidelights black also! Below are the results of said creative endeavor.......

Another shot...maybe it will look better in this one...

Nope! I lived with it for a couploe of weeks and the verdict is...

I HATE IT!!! It looks like a cave, a dark, dreary cave :(

So, Saturday was another sunny day and I went back out in to the dreariness of it with my can of WHITE paint! (Did I mention that the sidelights WERE white to begin with?) And 4 coats of white paint later (yeah, 4 coats, black is the dickens to cover) I had this!!

Ahhhh, much better! Light, bright, happy again!

See those two shrubs on either side of the porch there?

They are coming out! They are just in the way and don't

add anything! Not sure what I will put there instead, but

whatever it is, it will be lower! Any suggestions?

You see, I don't trust myself anymore!!!

When I was at work Friday, one of my co-workers came in and reported there was an estate sale a couple of streets over!!! We did what any able bodied person would do......we went to the "bank"!

This is what I got at the "Bank" for $3.oo

Minus the cushion and black paint.

It was dingy white ~ so of course,
out came the black spray paint and

a cushion from Tuesday Morning.

Then on to the dining room that has also been the

bain of my existence! I started with the burlap

tablecloth and velvet overlay ~ then I covered

the seats with the velvet ~ painstakingly GLUED

scrapbook paper on the slats on the back of the

chairs (now this was TEDIOUS) and guess what??

HATED IT!!

Too dark, too, too, too everything~ SO...........
on a visit to Goodwill, I found 4 yards of this

Waverly fabric and a coordinting fabric for $5!

And did this>>>>>>>>>

REcovered the seats with the Norfolk Rose and

the slats with the coordinating fabric....that was

ALSO tedious! I had to take off each slat and

literally ulphoster it using spray adhesive!

I did one chair a night ~ it was all I could take!

I glue all over my hands and EVERYTHING

stuck to me! But guess what????

LOVE IT!!

These are the plates I found today at TJ MAXX

for $3.99 each

This was another chair in the dining room that

I also covered. I am telling you, I am worn slap out!!

I have fussed and cussed these chairs, the spray adhesive,

my staple gun and most of all MYSELF!!

Not to mention those FLIPPIN SLIDELIGHTS!!

So there you have it! My MISTAKES and MISSTEPS for the last few weeks! I just took a nosedive! But alas, I did recover (literally) and I am now moving forward. I still have a blank wall in the DR that I am in search of filler for....Lord knows I'm gonna think TWICE before I buy something to put there!

Check out all the other great and wonderful Met Monday posts at Susans Between Naps on the Porch whom I will go and garner much information and inspiration from!!

Have a great week!

Lou Cinda :)