a finished project!

Thanks to Carla's encouragement yesterday I completed a project that had been pending since September.  Four months ago my favorite thrift store was selling everything at 50% off.  I spied this little lamp for $7 and got it on sale for $3.50!  It's been needing to get painted ever since then.  Yesterday Carla encouraged her readers to "get that little 'something' you’ve been meaning to do forever & a day, finally DONE!"  Knowing that it wouldn't take long to paint the lamp I chose it as my project to complete!  It's not perfect...I didn't tape off the underside so there is a bit of paint splatter underneath where the light bulb goes.  But, it's finally DONE!!!


 

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organizing and procrastinating

I'm still working on that craft room. I need to spend 2 or 3 15-20 minute increments in there. I know it won't take me long, but it's such a mess and I am procrastinating BIG TIME! I spent 20 minutes in there yesterday and at least feel like I can walk in the room.

While I'm procrastinating, I AM tackling another organizing project that was on my list for this week. The cabinet above my dishwasher. I had no idea how cluttered it was until I started working on it. What I thought would be a project that I could knock out in 15 minutes, turned out to be a project that took me a couple of hours.

before:

I had SEVERAL things in there that didn't belong in such "prime real estate". For instance, I had my weather radio in there (has been moved to the utility room next to the flash lights), I had lots of rolled coins also being stored in the cabinet. I have a Phone Numbers notebook that houses phone numbers (duh!) and take-out menus. The only problem is that it's housing take-out menus from another state and phone numbers for things like a dog trainer (for a dog who is no longer alive). That notebook became a project within the cabinet project and added about 30 minutes to the time. So...I finished it all this morning and have it in pretty nice shape. I even had some extra space on the top shelf (you'll notice I moved some shelving around) and added a couple of decorative pottery pieces.

and after:

this week's project

Are words necessary? This is what I'm working on this week. My craft room...15-20 minute increments...a "steady plodding" project...