Time to get back to work

I have to admit to all of you over the past few weeks I have been pretty down. This is our third Christmas away from family and I miss them terribly. My daughter turned 30 on December 29th and I felt so bad that I was not there to celebrate with her. Sure we talk on the phone and chat online and send pics back and forth but its not enough. I found myself moping around the house this last week watching way too much TV. So today I stopped my pity party and got back to work. We will be back in Ontario hopefully before summer and I am looking forward to spending lots of time with my kids and grandkids. Me walking around all sad and depressed is not going to fix anything. But I am sure if any of you have been in my place you can relate to how I have been feeling.

So today I got off my butt and got to work on some projects I started before Christmas and one new one.

 

Found this little desk or vanity at a local thrift store and I knew it would look great with a makeover

 

 

 

 

And this vanity has been at the back of the garage for way too long

So I decided it was time to give it a new look too

 

 

 

 

I am always picking up cute little stools because they look so great upcycled

 

 

 

 

 

I love that this one has a back on it

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the desk with one coat of Anne Sloan Paris Grey

after some minor repairs

 

 

 

And here is the vanity with one coat of Paris Grey

It has been really cold this last week and my garage is unheated

 

 

 

I bought a little heater and it helps but it is still bloody cold in there

But as you can see the garage is full and I need to catch up on some stuff

I laughed when I saw that the No Exit sign showed up in the pic

Because it is so full in here, there is almost no entrance either

Can you see the little heater that I have aimed at my stool

I had the desk on one side and the vanity on the other

and tried to work as close to the heater as I could

The things we do lol

 

 

 

 

Here are the two benches painted in Paris Grey

I painted these in the house on top of my washer and dryer

I needed to warm up

 

 

I am trying to use material that I already have

Covered one of the stools seats in this fabric, which will work great for the desk

 

 

 

I thought the vanity deserved something a little fancier and who doesn't love toile

 

I hope to finish both of them over the weekend and will post pics of them completed as soon as they are done

It felt good to work on my stuff again

It really does give me purpose

 

I hope everyone is well and enjoying your weekend

Thanks for being here with me

You have no idea how much my blog and my followers mean to me

Happy Picking and Painting

 

hugs

 

 

 

 

 

and

Maggie

who is loving the snow