The first thing on my list was our rusty old swing set that came with the house. As much as I would LOVE to tear it down, cement over the entire sandbox and put in a killer hot tub, my kids still enjoy it. So I pulled myself out of my imaginary tub, soaking in the toasty water, breathing in the misty night air, fingers still wrinkled like a raisin and took some money, bought some spray paint and went to town.
It didn't actually turn out as fabulous as I had planned but at least the rust is now covered up.
So on to the next thing on the list: Kitchen Curtains.
Let me preface this by saying my house has fifty shades of gray in it. No... not the book, but actual gray. And I do realize that I need to add some color. So I researched it as much as I could handle on Pinterest and decided that I wanted orange curtains. They're gorgeous. If you don't believe me just look it up. Seriously. But to find a pair of perfect orange curtains is hard. Like really hard. I had decided that the only way to get what I want is to buy the fabric and make them myself. Yay fun project! So I wrestled my little 18 month old into the car seat, threw a ponytail on my sweet 5 year olds head and set out for Hobby Lobby.
Well we got there and they didn't have just what I was looking for. Bummer. I had come to the conclusion that I would have to take the orange fabric and the neutral fabric I found and sew them together in stripes to get close to the look I was hoping for. As I'm planning this it starts seeming like a bigger and bigger project as I'm exhausting myself just trying to contain my children into those insanely small blue shopping carts. Kate is filling up the cart with every kind of fabric bolt she can find and Griffin is constantly fighting me to leave the confinement of the seatbelt. AHH!
So I drag my cart off to the side, trying to remove our circus act from the fabric area and I turned down the closest aisle, and low and behold (choir singing)...curtains. Pre-made, stress-free, and 50 percent off curtains. Now were they orange? No. Were they any color? Not unless you count beige and gray as a color. But without the right mind to take a step back and contemplate what I really want, I tried to make a rational decision while dealing with the chaos of my children crying and yelling and starting a fire under our cart. (only kidding)
So what did I decide? I bought the curtains. I came up with the lovely idea that I could use the money I saved to get fabric for a chair I have been meaning to reupholster. Just to let you know, I've been meaning to reupholster it for about 6 years now and I've never done it before so...maybe not the best decision.
Anyway, when I got home and could let the natives run free, I started to feel buyers remorse. WHY DIDN'T I GO ORANGE!? I really really wanted the orange. And I might have even ended up in the corner of my kitchen crying because when I asked the hubs about the purchased curtains he said they looked like zebra print. Zebra print?! Really?! Ahh! And I possibly might have started freaking out because I spent the majority of my money on a re upholstery project that I had no idea what I was doing. Yeah it was a good time.
Well, long story short...Everything turned out great.
My amazing hubby helped me hang the zebra print curtains and completely made it possible for me to start and finish the overwhelming chair re upholstery. He spent hours helping me pull all the stupid staples out of the chair, took pictures of the process so I could reference it when I put it back together and when my staples wouldn't work in my staple gun, he ran down to Home Depot, ten minutes before it was closing and bought me a new gun and about a million staples. He is THE BEST!!! My Hero!
And here it is... It's not perfect, but I survived. I kept thinking if other women can do this then I can do this. It started out kind of rough, but the truth is that once the staples are removed the rest is cake and so rewarding. Anyone can definitely do this. This week I am grateful for a patient, understanding, and helpful husband and I am also grateful for everyone that was able to celebrate my birthday with me and help me have an overall great week.
Love you guys!
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