I had a bad day at work and decided to take it out on my fireplace.
Oh well, no going back now. The fireplace is primed with one coat of Glidden Masonry & Stucco primer and still needs another coat. I removed the old vents and plan on installing some new fancy looking ones.
I still HATE the mantel. HATE HATE HATE and more HATE. I bought some really dark gray paint, and will test out a patch after the priming is done. I kind of dig the white though…
Do you remember that awesome vintage Nelson Bubble Lamp I thrifted for $6? I sure do…it was my greatest thrift find EVER.
I love it so much I wanted to hang it in all its glory in the dining room. Here is what used to be there:
Yuck, a cheap mission style ceiling fan from Home Depot. I hate ceiling fans.
With some brute strength and good old fashion finagling we got that sucker down and were left with this…
Yeah! Another monster hole. The previous owners loved to dig giant holes in the ceiling.
Here it is getting prepped for install. I did the unthinkable. I cut the plug so I could make it a hardwired installation as opposed to a plug in…the SHAME.
I had to buy a medallion and a cap cover at the Home Depot. To get the pendant to stay at the desired height, I tied a knot in the cord inside the cap cover. Quick, cheap, and easy.
All in all I spent about $20 on the whole project – $6 for the lamp, $11 for the ceiling medallion, and $5 for the cap cover. It took about an hour and was pretty painless.
BEFORE and AFTER action:
Its a subtle and small, but I really like it! I always imagined a saucer shaped bubble lamp, but this will do. Now since the newly installed bubble lamp is so white and the walls are so white – I’m thinking of painting the walls in the dining room a color – like a medium gray, or a funky wall paper, or Kelly green. It just never ends.
FINALLY!
I finished the closet this weekend. Well, that’s a lie, it is almost done. I still need to touch up paint and put bar pulls on the upper cabinet. But for now it looks pretty complete. Here’s the closet progression over the last few months.
And just to emphasis the HORROR that was the master bedroom…a few more lovely shots of the paint job before we moved in. It took 3 coats of Kilz and 3 coats of Behr Ultra Pure White to cover that mess. You can also see where we refinished the floors (both bedrooms had the wood floors painted white! I’m not sure why – the wood was in great shape.)
Some BEFORE and AFTER hotness:
Oh yeah, it feels good to be a gangsta.
Heres some more AFTER shots cause I just can’t stop myself…
