Weekend Recap: Cake & Crafting
Hi Loves,
{It was crumbs & it was unbelievable}
Of course I have to share a picture of the birthday boy:
{Ok so I’m in the picture too! I just had to share I was having a really good hair day. Don’t you love when that happens?}
We didn’t end up doing anything for Halloween. I know we are totally lame. We had to head back home so that the pups could make their hair appointment. I swear Moo gets his hair way more than me. Anyway the thought of having to drive all the way back into the city wasn’t too appealing so we ended up staying and finishing up some projects. A totally wild time was had by all. 🙂
Sunday John finished up his mystery project.
We found this piece ready for the garbage truck months ago. The wood was peeling in a lot of sections so it needed work, but we saw potential. It had amazing lines. Not sure if you can tell from the picture, but the piece bows in the front.
Jon had seen some great pieces from Bungalow 5 at the gift show and loved the two toned look of their classic pieces:
So a couple of weeks ago he decided to fix up our find and take it from trash to treasure:
It made it’s way into the man den on Sunday:
Love the lacquer finish Jon gave the piece! He quickly added his things and claimed it as all his.
{When we bought our house Jon kept calling it Casa Juanca, because my parents call him Juan and he thought it just rolled off the tongue like Casablanca. So I got him a neon sign one year as a gift. }
I’ll show the DIY steps tomorrow!
So how was your Halloween. We only had our bell ring once! Which means lots of left over candy for us. 🙂
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My living room is one of the rooms that evolved drastically from when we first moved one. Originally I painted the walls chocolate brown and did accents of white, blue and orange. That lasted maybe 2 years.
Our dining room sat empty for months. Okay maybe it was empty for just a handful of weeks and then we couldn’t take it anymore and put in a folding table and plastic outdoor chairs, but in my mind that was still empty.
On the main floor of our house we have a Florida room. Being that it’s a Florida room it is a considered a 3 season room, because there is no heat in the room. The previous owners used it as an indoor patio with outdoor furniture and it looked like this when we moved in.
wow! Talented husband you got there! That is one amazing before and after.
Halloween was awesome this year, we attended a fantastic party and danced the night away. I love the cabinet rehab. I do like the lines of the piece.
Amy R.
The mystery project is finally revealed!! WOW! Love it!! You know I"m a big fan of trash to treasurer!
Your hair always looks that good!!!!
Beautiful. Love the two tones!
looks fab!! and dinosaur bbq sounds intense!
went thrifting at melrose flea, but all the booths had no picture signs…umm i was sad and salty at that! but i scored a few fab pieces!
Very nice, Jon!
Our Halloween was pretty low-key too. Just handing out candy and a nice homemade dinner. Last year we had a party and couldn't hear anyone knocking, so we were surprised to plow through two big bags of candy! Dang kids got every last piece 😉 Think this is the first year I haven't taken a mini-snickers as a lunchtime snack the day-after. I posted pictures of our decorations and crazy wigs on my blog today.
This reminds me so much of a project I took on a few weeks ago. I mean, the dressers are practically one in the same.
http://jessicatoland.blogspot.com/2010/10/project.html
I love the look of the dark wood with the lighter drawer fronts.
Love how that dresser turned out! And my Halloween was just okay…but we too have tons of leftover candy (which both excites and scares me as I don't exactly trust my 5 mo. pregnant self to hold back!).
So impressed! DIY projects are the best!