Tutu Desk -- Tulle Desk -- Made!!

This Black and Spiro desk is the one that started it all. I love this desk, and Lauren if you are reading this I would love to make one for you. ;)

Anyway, love this desk.

I have been using this old wicker 2 door cabinet in a room that sees little use except for printing, and exercising. It is ugly. It has been around for 15+ years, and was originally brown, painted white a few years ago. It has held, TV's and everything. When it held TV's I had a thick piece of glass cut for it that I have left on. It is a little rickety but it serves it's purpose. You can see from the back that I cut a place for cords.

But now it is a desk.....

Ok, so it is really ugly.

Having been inspired by Black and Spiro it is now a white tutu desk. I love it. This is the view as I walk by this room and it makes me smile.

How can you not smile. The red bag on the floor is for computers, but I use it as a cord keeper, it keeps the clutter down.

I kept the glass and left the wicker top. I like it that way, and can put pics under if I want.

I left the back side open, because I need to open the doors, and I use it as storage.

An old chair I put padding and stapled fabric to.

The other side of the room is for exercising.

Yep, more exercising and storage. Old houses, small closets.

No pic tutorial. I just took some broadcloth from the fabric store and cut/hemmed to size. Then double the amount of tulle, and cut the tulle into 6" strips. Then bunch and hot glue every 4" with 1" of hot glue. Then, honestly, staple gunned it to the top, where the staples would be hidden. Super easy.

If you could sew, you could sew it and it would probably be faster than hot gluing. But, I don't sew.

I have to say it again. I love it.

Herter's Duck Decoys - Ebay

Ok, so I didn't get any painting done. And, I haven't blogged in a bit. Been crazy busy, doing what, who knows, just busy. So getting back on task.

Anyway, found these Herter's Duck Decoys and could resist. Just photographed them, and I am going to get them up on Ebay. I can't wait. It get's better, right now auction style listings are free, I have to yell that FREE!!

So jump on over and take a peek.

Painting, ooh, maybe this weekend. Not sure.

Painting Exterior Doors -- Black Doors

I am absolutely loving black doors. I love them all year long.
So, that begs the question do I paint my doors?
Oh, and yes, I currently should be painting my bookshelves.

Years ago, and I mean years, they were a blue/black, and the dog that did the scratching has since passed. Anyway, the house is old, and the doors don't match, and they kind of aren't 100% square, so, it begs the question....Do I paint them black? Or...Do I paint them to match the house? Hmmmmm.

So embarassing, really needs painting. This is the door that is more out of square than the others.

See how it looks and is uneven. I have tried everything, it is just the way it is going to be on a house built in 1947.

Suggestions? Comments?

Weekend Projects -- Bookcases -- Bookshelves

At least 9 months ago we painted this room white white. I say, white white, because it is a true bright white. I love it. But, as you can see we didn't do the bookcase. The bookcase is a taupe with a tan interior. The tan matches the steps you see on the floor. The curtains are for movie watching so the surround doesn't go thru the large openings and bounce off the walls. Now that I am looking at these pictures I see clutter. You know that commercial where the dog hides the bone and they sing trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble,.....well I am singing, clutter, clutter, clutter, clutter. However, taking the shelves out are so not an option. Who knows what might be hiding behind that wall. But it would look great. So this weekend I am thinking about tackling the shelves. By that I mean paint and de clutter. Wish me luck.

Hmmmmmm.....

I was thinking about redoing these steps, but now that I see them in the photo, I like them again. Ha ha, who knew?

Weekend projects?

Bees Nest

This huge bees nest was in our fruit tree. We didn't even see it until after all the leaves had fallen off this year. It was huge. Wow.

Patio Lighting and "Boston" Pizza

Our amazing portal all lit up. See longer post below.

Probably going to need new curtains this year.

YUM!!

We have an absolutely huge portal. In the southwest it is called a portal. Call it what you want it truly is a back porch. We built it our selves and love it. We use it all year long. Anyway, the other night we had to make our now famous "Boston" pizza again. For those of you that don't know it is pizza made, I don't know backwards. Dough, cheese, toppings, then sauce. If you have never tried it, it is a treat. The cheese melts into the dough and it is yummy. Good enough to blow your diet for. So, I couldn't resist and had to post the pics of the pizza and our outdoor patio all lit up.

Big Green Egg - Cypress Grill Pizza

Pizza on the Big Green Egg -- or our Cypress Grill. Wow, it is great!!
Just delivered and on the porch. Technically it is a Cypress Grill, and it is great. It is a ceramic
grill and we wanted to try pizza on it for Christmas Day. It could be a new tradition, weather permitting.

Still admiring.

Cranking it up and putting on the first pizza. The pizza's got better and better as the pizza stone, and ceramic grill started breaking in.

We used a pizza dough from our local pizza place, and pizza sauce from the shelves of Whole Foods. This first one was a little thick, we started making them thinner. Our favorite pizza was one my Stepmom suggested called the "Boston" pizza. Dough, cheese, then sauce. Wow it was great, yep, sauce on top of the cheese. Yummy. - I forgot to photograph that one, as we were gobbling it up.

My dad helping to adjust the dampers for the smoke and heat.

A small stuffed crust, that I made for our daughter, who was inside watching tv, it was a little chilly, but not bad outside.

The first official finished pizza. It was great. Oh, and we all had a blast.