Painting Woes

I received a couple of requests to see some of the buttons that I drunkenly won on ebay. I don't have pictures of all of them yet, but here's a picture of a diaper/wipes wallet that has 3 of the 1000+ buttons. It is a little hard to see, but I stacked 3 buttons, including a big mother of pearl one:

Chris and I spent Sunday painting the dining room. In our old house, we didn't spend too much time preparing before we painted. This time, we diligently taped all of the trim and chair rail. It still looks like crap. The paint seeped through the tape in a lot of places. Brown paint on white trim actually does look like crap. Luckily, you can't tell from these pictures:

The colors we used are Sunwashed Blue (also known as aqua) and Mayfield Common (aka brown) by Ralph Lauren at Home Depot.

In the lower right corner of the above picture, you can see part of our victrola cabinet. That was the first piece of furniture that we ever bought at an auction. Before it went up for bid, I looked at it quickly and thought that it would be a great place to store our stereo (the victrola had been removed years ago and replaced with shelves).  I ended up being the highest bidder at $70.  When we went to carry it out of the auction, we realized that it didn't have a back! So dumb. I learned my lesson with that one.

I bought the 2 cake plates at a moving sale on Saturday morning for $5 each:

Comments

[beki]

Love your diaper/wipes holder! I also stack buttons, such a great way to use them up and adds a unique look.
Your dining room looks great! I don't do all the prep work before I paint, too much work. I'm a lazy painter. Like you, when I've taken the time to tape it all up my results aren't all that great. Not worth the effort in my book.

[Farmerswife]

The dining room looks nice!

[Heather]

I love the aqua color! It matches your eyes. Love, sis

[Cherry Menlove]

I just found your blog and already I like it. The fact that you ebay while tipsy is fabulous and I love the way you have done your dining room. I'm a big fan of decorating you see.

Cherry xx
England

[Leigh Ann]

The dining room is fab. I think I have the same curtains in my living room. Great minds think alike.:)

Cheers! LA

[jenny holiday]

Hi there!!
Just wanted to thank you so very very much for stopping by my tiny corner of blogland! your sweet sweet words are much appreciated!! So happy to now have your fab blog to visit! :)

I adore this new wall color you have!! So up my alley! Really sweet!

And what a score!! Loving your cake domes!! : )

I look forward to visiting often!!

Happy Creating! Happy Blogging!
xoxo Jenny

[heather]

My father is a painter (retired), it's all he has ever done. He makes it look effortless. He has helped a lot with the re-do of our 1899 bungalow and I learned tons watching him. One thing to share with you, he NEVER tapes. He explained that you are better off learning (with a GOOD brush) to paint up to the edges, as paint always-always-always seeps under tape. I didn't think I could learn to paint so carefully, and man I am slow at it, but he was right. So much neater looking. Good luck with future painting, there is always more! Love your blog too!