I even have type of a variety of images this week, so I will simply get proper to it! I’ve already shared a few of them on different posts, however since Friday is type of a catch-all for the week, I will share them right here, too.
These are completely out of order, and it might take me a very long time to change the order round, so simply bear with it please.
I went to the Habitat for Humanity ReStore to search for a lightweight for our bed room to exchange our fan, and I discovered the right one! Jerry took this image of me once I was putting in it. (I’ve an image of the completed mild someplace, however I am unable to discover it proper now.)
On Sunday, we went to Detroit for a Pistons recreation (the tickets had been SO generously given to me by a weblog reader!). After the sport, we went to Mother’s Spaghetti, Eminem’s restaurant in Detroit.
I used to be out for a run and once I turned the nook onto our avenue, I might see Jerry standing in the course of the street. I used to be questioning what he was doing, and it turned out he was taking footage of me working, haha.
Right here, I’m cleansing some chairs with TSP to get them prepared to color. Some time in the past, I purchased a big desk from Fb Market to exchange our small spherical one within the eating room. You’ll be able to see the “new” desk within the background (it is the identical blue as my cabinets). I did not need to should repaint the orange chairs, so I made a decision simply to color the entire new chairs orange as properly. Somewhat quirky, however I am a unusual individual.
My carpal tunnel has gotten REALLY unhealthy once more since I began engaged on the toilet and bed room (and now furnishings restoration). One night time, I wakened within the night time and I used to be sobbing to Jerry as a result of it harm so unhealthy. I requested him to therapeutic massage my wrists/forearms *actually* hard–and then the subsequent morning, I noticed this bruise! Hahaha, he’d massaged my wrist so arduous that it bruised fairly badly.
A latest furnishings restoration. I purchased this Pottery Barn piece from Fb Market and determined to color it after which add the fireside piece we had sitting within the storage. I really like the way it turned out!
We selected all black for the bed room (together with the ceiling!) which made me actually nervous, however I prefer it lots to this point. We’re conserving the trim white, however we wish the room to be very darkish. Jerry sleeps throughout the day, so he is loving the darkish room with the room darkening shades.
That is the desk that I simply painted blue. This was after I cleaned it with TSP to prep it for priming/portray.
I observed that once I put the leaves within the desk, they did not latch shut. So I needed to press the desk collectively actually arduous from every finish to ensure it was tightly closed. Nonetheless, since I do not ever plan to take away the leaves, I made a decision to brace them along with a few boards (you’ll be able to see from the arrows beneath). It will maintain them shut in addition to hold them from bowing if the burden ought to get to it.
After that, I used some wooden filler to fill within the little gaps the place the seams had been.
Jerry purchased this door mat on Amazon and I assumed it was hilarious. Our supply truck drivers can vote by inserting the packages on “sure” or “no” relating to whether or not Ross and Rachel had been on a break (a Associates reference).
This was from the Pistons recreation on Sunday.
We had essentially the most wonderful seats!
I really like Detroit 🙂
Posing with the Mother’s Spaghetti menu.
This was after priming the brand new desk. Priming all the time makes issues look worse earlier than they appear higher.
My first run shortly. This was on Tuesday, once I simply felt like I wanted to do SOMETHING for myself.
Should you look intently right here, you’ll be able to see that somebody (ahem, DUCKLING) walked on the desk earlier than it was dry. Attempting to color furnishings, particularly with oil-based paint that takes 24 hours to dry, when you might have cats is subsequent to unimaginable.
To get some meals prepping completed, I made a lot of spice mixes.
And I made a number of meals for the freezer (tofu, Asian garlic sauce, and barley). These are scrumptious!
I have not been studying in any respect currently, so I lastly began a brand new e-book. It is known as The Cipher by Isabella Maldonado. Hopefully it is good! To date, it sounds promising.
An image of the desk after I painted it. I need to do yet one more coat on the highest after which put polyurethane on it.
The chairs, cleaned with TSP, simply ready to be painted. I turned on a podcast and spent THREE HOURS simply priming them! It took so lengthy due to the rungs. I hate portray chairs greater than something.
My second run this week! I ran yesterday for a number of miles–for self care 🙂
Certainly one of my sister’s pals used certainly one of my 5K coaching plans to coach for a 5K this weekend and he or she made this shirt–how cute is that this?!
Yesterday, I spent one other three hours portray the chairs orange. Now I’ve seating for eight round a big rectangular desk! To have fun, Jerry purchased me a 1000-piece Associates puzzle now that I’ve the room to work on it. (The chairs are nonetheless drying. I am hoping to not discover paw prints on them.)
I am SO pleased with Noah–he’s been saving his cash for a number of years and he had chunk of cash to make use of for a down cost on his first automobile buy. He’d been researching for the longest time to search out the automobile he wished, and he did–in Cleveland, Ohio! So, my dad, Jerry, and Noah all drove down there for Noah to purchase it.Â
And at last, it is a image that I took with a self-timer on my cellphone. I used to be VERY stunned at how good it turned out! I by no means use the timer perform, however once I was out for a run, I made a decision to present it a attempt because the lake seemed fairly.
And that is all I’ve bought! Completely out of order, however my week in a nutshell. Have a terrific weekend! xo
