Happy 1st Birthday
to Our House
We officially closed on our
house on June 11, 2013. Our first year in our home has gone by quickly with no
major damage. We did have one small bleach cleaner incident on our dark wood
floors, but we fully recovered. What better way to celebrate your home’s first
birthday than with a cookie cake? New life lesson learned: cast iron skillets
rust and ruin in the dishwasher.
The first couple of months
after moving in we bought so many things for our home. Lately, I feel like I
have neglected our house and haven’t bought anything new. So in the last week,
we’ve redone Chad’s middle school desk and a dining room chair from my great-aunt’s,
purchased a new door hanger, and a new sign for the kitchen.
Our new sign hanging in our kitchen
and now for a close up
I’ve never recovered a dining
room chair, but my mom has done all of hers and said it is super easy. My
great-aunt’s chair was at least 50 years old so we replaced the fabric and the
actual seat cushion. We used Amy Howard’s chalk paint to paint the desk and
chair an off white color. I am pleased with our results! My paint speed isn’t
the best. I painted the chair in the same time Chad painted the entire desk.
the BEFORE
and the AFTER
While we were at my
great-aunt’s picking up a dining room chair, we also grabbed an old rocking
chair. We will only be polishing the chair. We have no way of knowing how old
the chair is, but if my great-aunt was alive today she would be 101. The chair
could have belonged to her mom and easily be over 100 years old. It is now in
the guest bedroom where our desk used to be and our desk is now in our master
bedroom.
Moving furniture around and buying or redoing old pieces is exciting to me and I can’t wait to see what changes will be made in the next year.
Moving furniture around and buying or redoing old pieces is exciting to me and I can’t wait to see what changes will be made in the next year.
