oops

So my pictures did not turn out the way I wanted them, as in I have a horrible time setting up a picture to show the item in a presentable manner.  I want it to look lovely not like "yup there is a pretty type lap desk sitting on a chair" lol.  Plus my niece and nephew were here this weekend so I didn't get to do what I needed because I was busying running them around to get haircuts.

However some time today the desk will be in place and I will do my best to take really good after pictures.

Updates

I'll have a good update tomorrow.  My desk will finally be done, and a mini lap desk that will be up for sell is done as well.  I'm still unsure how I feel about the top of my desk but the paint is lovely.  I have to poly it and put on the new nobs and it will finally be all done.  After that the only chore will be cleaning off my current desk and dismantling for the trash then hauling the new desk up.

We got caught up in our thrift store weekend and ended up buying two pieces of furniture that we really didn't expect to buy.  However this gives me a chance to do up our old hutch and sell it and do the "new smaller and much more apartment size hutch" up.  Also bought a secretary desk that I plan on redoing for resell.  So big things in the works, stay tuned and have a great weekend.

Sarah

P.S. Does anyone have any advice for me as far as Etsy vs Ebay goes?  I've been a seller on Ebay for years however that's usually video games/consoles or random items.  I'm wanting to sell my "twice loved" items as I call them.  Right now it would start out small just so I can see if anything sells.  I'm just not sure how a more personal item such as a refabed desk or self made items would sell on Ebay.

Procrastination...My Friend

Today has been a serious procrastination day.  Okay admittedly I got to do some thrifting and helped mom buy a cool old recliner.  By help her buy I mean Will & I picked it up at the Flea Market and carried it up the flight of stairs.  Ooh was my back killing me after that, it was sore to begin with but now it kills just to stand up straight.

Didn't find a whole bunch of goodies at the thrift store but just enough to add to the pile of "stuff".  The good news is that everything we bought is coming in as is, I do not have to re-do any of it.  After much procrastinating I finally took my butt downstairs and sanded the first layer of shiny paint off the old desk I bought to replace my oh so lovely particle board desk that I've had for 8yrs now.  I'm really excited to see how it turns out.  I'm a bit twisted on the paint color though, I'm not sure if I want it the same light gray as the nite stand I redid a couple days ago, or if I want it slightly darker.  The room itself is an aqua blue with one gray stone colored accent wall.  All the frames on the wall are either white or black.  Then I have GISLEV rug that we got from Ikea down.

I really like the shade of gray, it's not as dark as our wall and not nearly as light as the nite stand.  So I keep thinking would the desk look better in a similar shade as the rug?  As you can see I am seriously conflicted, I would like it all to match but at the same time I don't want it to be to matchy matchy since none of the pieces in our room are in the same style. I suppose in the end I will decide right before I start to actually paint, that's how I usually work anyways.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend and thank you to all of the lovely ladies who left me comments on my hutch redo.

Nite and Day

In one of my recent romps to a local thrift store I found this vintage side table that I felt would make a great nite stand for our room.  While redoing the kitchen I have slowly started to also weed out the old in our bedroom and try to make it a bit more "grown up".  The room is painted in blues with one gray accent wall.

Here is where the side table turned nite stand started:

Please forgive the junky looking room.  That is quite literally my junk room, it's where all my projects to be done sit until I am ready to work on them. I believe I paid $7.99 for the table, short of some chewing on the back left leg it was in great condition.  With a bit of sanding and some paint that Will mixed for me I think she turned out great.

After:

I sprayed the hardware black then distressed it a bit.  I'm not big on to much distressing, at least not in our bedroom.  I leave that to the rest of the house lol.  This was my first time using polyurethane (Minwax), I'm not sure if I did it right or not. However I knew I would need something on it to protect the paint.  Regardless I love how she turned out,  Will did a great job mixing the colors.  He used Antique White (color place) with just a dab of Stone Ebony Black (Better Homes) and it made the most perfect gray.  I have a desk and a dresser to repaint and I think for one of them I will be making some DIY chalk paint.

Linking up to:

Linksy Partys

Ugh! I'm nauseous, I just joined my first linksy party and I'm so nervous.  However I thought it might be a good way to get my face out there.  Not that it matters too much, I started this blog just to have a place to record all the changes this shabby apartment will be going through.  To anyone who may come and visit Ooh So Shabby, welcome and I hope you come visit again.