Tool Time

I love writing but...

Because of Lesley over Melbourne way, I feel inspired to confess that I also love tools. She bought a new sander. I was very excited for her. So now I would like to show you another side of me. I love tools, did I mention that already? My second passion after writing is do-it-yourself projects. I confess that even though I am a fru fru girl, I love my tools and I love to use them.

I also love to paint you know... change the color of my walls when I get bored or when I look at too many decorating magazines. I owe my love of paint to my Artsy Dad. As a child, he was always touching up something with paint or painting something new.

He was ahead of his time. These days “they" say painting a room is the most inexpensive way to spruce up a room or turn blah furniture into WOW furniture. “They” say.

I'm kind of handy.

I mean I can’t build a house.

I can’t shingle a roof.

But I have been busy this year with my DIY projects.

I wired this lamp… I bought at a flea market.

This last weekend I did a couple of things.

I painted this shelf. I bought it at a garage sale a few years ago for $10.00. It was not that pretty and it only had one shelf. This weekend I felt like painting it white. And I found a board in my garage and cut out an additional new shelf. I love it. It is housing my heavy Longaberger bowls and an antique crock bowl. Sorry I forgot to take a before picture.

I also painted this brass fireplace door with black enamel paint so it would match the other metal on the fireplace.

I think it looks better.

And while I was at it I painted this green range hood to match my new black and stainless steel stove. I had nightmares about the avocado green hood. But now I am free!

After. See?

It is difficult to see, but it looks wonderful.

Then I finished tiling this vanity. It needed the trim. (PS my dad replaced the sink for me. He is handy too.)



And this summer I...

replaced the steps to my deck and

... sewed curtains for a bedroom.

And since January




I finished tiling the top of this old dresser that I use as a vanity (in my bath) in a mosaic pattern. This is an earlier photo that doesn't show you that I finished trimming it too. There isn't a before picture because...I didn't need one... I hadn't discovered the delightful world of blogging... yet.


So there it is. Whew! No wonder I'm tired all the time. I just wanted you to know that I love my tools and doing small projects on my own.

So how about you? What do you love to create?



Yours,

Handy JW