A Little DIY Fun

Many of you who know me {for real} know that my mind and my hands never rest.  I have a need to create constantly whether its crafting, photographing or DIY-ing.

Usually I paint canvases or make clipboards or redo things in my home.  Well, I hit the jackpot.  After my mother died and my dad remarried, there was an overabundance of stuff.  Furniture, crystal, china, silver, not to mention all the antique furniture my parents had.

It was time for my dad & his wife to move closer to town and downgrade the size of their home.  What does this mean?  It means that I unpacked 13 boxes of crystal, silver and china in my kitchen along with gaining about a gazillion pieces of furniture {and mirrors} of various sizes. 

I got to work.  And I used my handy dandy chalk paint.  And I'm in love.  And I'm using really bad grammar.

I first took some of the silver platters and made chalkboards out of them.  Hubby drilled a few holes and I strung some jute through them, and Bam!  All done!

This week I chose a mirror to work on.  This mirror...I know I looked into about 15 times a day growing up.  It's one of the pieces that I just had to keep.

I love love the green.  Hubby walked in and said, "well, it's green"! Hahaha!  He'll get used to it.  I think next week I'll work on the antique buffet...stay tuned for that one, I have the matching table and china cabinet too!  So for now I'm in DIY heaven.....ahhhhhhh.