Tad and I are working on projects tonight! He is working on making this table, I’m working on assembling a bamboo shelf for the kitchen and also making some art for the wall above the kitchen sink.
We’ll post all about our adventures later, but until then, enjoy some “fixes” from thereifixedit.com.
What projects are you working on currently?
I found a beautiful piece of driftwood (actually more like a weathered fence board) that was just begging me to paint something on it! I knew I wanted to put it somewhere in our beach bathroom, but I couldn’t come up with anything creative to paint on it. (“Life is a beach” didn’t seem quite what I was looking for.) Tad suggested I paint “every grain of sand” on it, from the song by the same title. Now, every time we look at the sign, we are reminded of these lyrics:
Then onward in my journey
I have come to understand
That every hair is numbered
like every grain of sand
…
I am hanging in the balance
of a perfect finished plan
Like every sparrow falling,
like every grain of sand.
{Bob Dylan / Derek Webb}
As an added bonus, this project was essentially free, since I used found wood and acrylic paint and a brush I already had.
I might leave the sign where it is, but I am also contemplating hanging it above one of the doors. We’ll see!
For more pictures from this bathroom, click here.
My mom helped me paint the walls of the nursery when my family was down, and you can see the great new color in the photo above! I have not painted the trim yet, but it is going to be crisp white.
This afternoon I made a light switch cover following Make It and Love It’s tutorial here. I love how it turned out! Now I just need a pretty new (white, not ecru) light switch to go with the snazzy cover! (I think they are pretty cheap at Wal-mart.)
My next nursery projects will be to paint the inside of the closet (same as the walls) and paint the trim and door. Once that is finished, the fun stuff can begin!
Want to see how our nursery is progressing? Check out our previous posts on the fabric birds, cloth cube, and bunting banner that I made.
