A Stay At Home Saturday

I was lucky enough to have a 4 day weekend so I forced myself to spend one of the days at home finally finishing a few projects that have been in my head for a while.  We stopped by Joann Fabrics yesterday to buy curtain material (which I did not find, at ALL... do people not make patterned gray curtains? Bahh!) and ended up in the spray paint section.  We decided to get a little HGTV and bought a can of bronze metallic spray paint with a hammered finish.  It turned out to be an awesome purchase!

First project: remaking my ugly cheap black target picture frames with some art for the master bathroom.  I painted the frames with my hammered bronze spray.  The prints were half off at Joann and we cut them down to size.  The close up pictures that I took of the frames turned out to be blurry.  I'm still learning to use the manual settings on my DSLR!

Next easy project: finally hang that shelf in my guest room.  Hung and done! I decorated it with some pictures I bought at a bazaar years ago (which, too, are still waiting to be hung.) I'll need to make a stop by the thrift store to get some decorations for this baby.

Next project: hang the shelf in the living room that has been sitting by the tv for 2 years.  Please take note of the artwork that now adorns the shelf.  I made these in 2009 as a birthday gift for Alex.  Each one highlights something important in his life.  They also all have a double meaning (the bug has a background of the car mixed with the animal, the apple has a background of apple products mixed with the fruit, etc.) 

I finished the next project while holding my breath.  I had bought this vase on clearance a few weeks ago, but it was half blue, half black, and 100% did not fit anywhere in the house.  The shiny finish was not the right surface for the bronze spray, but I was too lazy to go out to buy a brillo pad to rough up the surface.  I went ahead and painted it anyways and hoped it would not drip off.  

It turned out great!  I filled it with some dried roses that I had from a trip to Michael's a month ago.  Bathroom is now deemed finished.  And awkward blue and black vase is now useful.

Final project: new fridge!  We finally got rid of the old fridge that had a broken light and made all my food spoil with some stainless steel.  I reorganized our two freezers into one and assigned a shelf for chicken, pork, and beef.  Yes, the pork shelf is mainly bacon.  Yes, we have a lot of meat in our freezer.  I buy it, I freeze it, and then I make a vegetarian dinner.  Who wants to deal with unfreezing meat when you get home from work?  I really need to improve my meal planning.