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Seriously tired of buying door mats. They seem to last like a month here at my house or they get wet and start shedding and looking yucky.. and they all seemed too small.<br />
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I saw this idea on pinterest. I believe it was a Martha Stewart project. I had tons of scrap wood, and the rope so this project cost me nothing! If you are not a hoarder like my self, or like my husband would like to tell people, 2x2's are a little over a dollar at lowes. I was able to get 3 boards from one 8ft length. I cut mine to 24" so if you did them a little shorter you could get 4 per board. I had 16 total. I had 3/4 inch rope on hand left over from a project gone bad for Ryker's room. See Adam, I told you I would find some where to use it. :)<br />
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So like I said I took my 2x2's and cut them to 24" lengths. I used our miter saw but even a hand saw would work for this project.<br />
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<br />next I measured 6 inches from each end on the two end boards. I made a line then using a long level drew a line all the way across the boards, this would mark where to drill my holes. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />I took a scrap piece of wood and laid it under the 2x2 as I drilled the holes.. I used a 1/2 drill bit and just kind of wiggled it around in the hole to make it a tad larger.. I wanted it to be snug so the boards wouldn't slip around.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I took some acrylic paint I had on hand and watered it down a tiny bit to do a wash on all the boards. It didn't take them long to dry... I'm still debating on what to seal them with. for now I just left them as is. </div>
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I tied a knot on one end of the rope and added tape to the other end. </div>
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My 5 year old came out and decided I was making a huge xylophone so she wanted in on the action.. she wasn't as thrilled when I told her it was a door mat. We fished the tape end through the holes pulling the slack until the knot caught.. then did that the rest of the way down ending in another knot. </div>
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Super happy with how it came out. Hoping to repaint my front door to night! I have been a major slacker on outdoor projects this summer. I guess after moving in we have been focused on inside, but man my entry is so boring, well a little less so now. </div>
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Are you a fan of the wood door mat? What fun summer projects have you done? would love to hear from you! Happy Summer! </div>
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Ryker figured out how to climb out of his crib. So a new room it was.. and a new big boy bed!<br />
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I loved the <a href="http://ana-white.com/2010/05/plans/lydia-daybed" target="_blank">Lydia daybed</a> plan from Ana White. My brother had an old pine bed that was very similar to this when he was little and it just seemed perfect.. I liked that it had some sides to it, I just felt it was a little girly. So I changed a few things. I left off the side molding and simplified the side cut out panels. I also opted for a stain rather than paint. <br />
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Im currently still waiting for a very large antique map to come in. It will be hung centered above the bed. </div>
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For my stain I applied <a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_206733-86-57503A/04_0__?productId=3577046" target="_blank">Olympic maximum cedar Naturaltone</a>.. It an deck stain I believe.. but it was the only stain that gave me a very golden orangey yellow.. I mean its orange lol.. but I wanted that warm undertone. I then used my favorite wax of all time. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Briwax-Tudor-Brown/dp/B0035YI4JC" target="_blank">Briwax tudor brown</a> I buy mine from a local antique store. This helped reduce the orange a little and give it a more aged look. </div>
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Here are a few more pictures of his room so far. I still need to build him a dresser, hang the map and add some more decor, but I love how it is turing out.. and sorry for the terrible pictures we were finishing up late.. Its so much cuter in person.. the nave is a much darker saturated navy.. </div>
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So far so Good! Ryker hasn't come out of his room yet after laying him down :) hopefully it will be a smooth transition. </div>
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For some reason I'm overly excited about how this turned out and wanted to share with you what I did today. It was a total random project. </div>
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As I was finishing painting my rug, I was noticing all the scraps of cedar fence pickets we had left over from our old fence project. All the sudden I had an urge to make something with them.. and this is what happened.<br />
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I Love herringbone patterns, and the current arrow trend. I started out not really knowing what I wanted to do.. I laid the scraps out on my drive way and came up with the arrow pattern... not like it was some genius idea or anything.. I search the garage and found some scrap 1x3 boards and decided I could nail them to that. I started the first picket by cutting the first 1x3 at a 45 to give me an idea of the angle to nail them down.. I just started laying them out and hand nailed them down..<br />
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I had left over pieces from the fence that were already cut; however, cedar pickets are only 1.79 I believe at Lowes right now.. so you could make this your self for pretty cheap you would just have to cut the boards to even links and either dog ear or leave square corners.. and 1x3s aren't that much either.. probably cost somewhere around 20$ or less I would guess. </div>
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For costing nothing I'm pretty excited about how this turned out and that I was able to make use of all the scrap pieces I had. I'm not 100 percent sure this is where it will stay... I'm thinking I want to hang it sideways on our big blank wall, but will need Adam's help doing that.. so this is where it is now. To hang it I used one of those self leveler hanging brackets nailed to the back! If you decided to make one your self I'd love to see the outcome. Post on my <a href="http://www.facebook.com/imperfecltyimaginable" target="_blank">facebook page</a> or tag me on twitter @imperfectlyimag</div>
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be sure to share and I will feature some of my faves on a future post! Would love to see what you come up with!<br />
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Hey guys today you get a sneak peak at my dining room. I have been waiting to show anything in this area, because it has been such a disaster. It still is in the works but getting closer. We still need to paint the walls and ceiling, trim out the window and door, and redo the base molding. I have been putting off all of this because I plan to tackle that once we start on the kitchen, which the dining room is attached to. The kitchen cabinets will be painted either white or a grey white.<br />
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So this brings me to my paint finish suggestions. I found this sad little desk for cheap and decided it would go in the dining room. I'm sorry I didn't get a true before picture. I had already started on sanding and everything when I decided I should maybe post about how I paint furniture.<br />
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The feet were in worse shape than the paint. </div>
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The paint was chipping and uneven. It had drips and was just plain sloppy.. So I fixed almost all of that. </div>
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Here is the after shots! yeah my fav part. ( I hate painting furniture, but I love the outcome) </div>
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I feel like I should also mention.. be considerate of what you paint.. not all furniture should be painted. I hate seeing a beautiful antique that some one has slapped some chalk paint on :(</div>
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remember that photo a little bit up of the nasty feet here let me remind you! </div>
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After a lot of scrubbing with vinegar and a fine steel wool they look so much better! </div>
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This piece had a lot of prep work needed. I sanded a ton. I had to fill and glue a few places and sand some more. </div>
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So here are my 10 suggestions to getting a great finish on your painted furniture.<br />
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I don't know about you, but I felt this morning that I NEEDED a change in scenery. The cold is just depressing anymore. God blessed me with a beautiful day! Right now as I'm writing this, from my patio, my kids are enjoying the warm sunshine and their play scape. With just a slight breeze, its absolutely perfect outside. </div>
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Thought I'd share with you what I got done during the kids nap time. To back track a little, this morning I woke up to my dog having had diarrhea all over my kitchen floor, my new dining room rug (which was luckily an outdoor rug) and my living room rug (unluckily jute). I think I have saved the new rug can't say the same for the jute...pretty sure it will be seeing the trash. </div>
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It's almost friday! I have an exciting announcement! Cindy from Glass Slipper Restorations, Roeshel from Diy Show Off and myself here at Imperfectly Imaginable have teamed up to create a top Diy Pinterest Board!<br />
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Hello! Welcome to my journey through life, living the dream of my passion,(DIY design,decorating, restoring and transforming this wonderful 100-year old Historic Victorian Farmhouse). This old house was built in a small city in Texas. Our neighbor bought the house in the 70′s, cut it in half, removed the roof and moved it 25 miles to the country then put it back together.</div>
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We purchased it in 2003 and the renovation projects have gone on now for 10 years, while working full-time (and sometimes overtime) jobs with a 65 mile commute one way.We had no idea this would take so long and now realize that our work may never get done. We have a never-ending list, which sometimes is overwhelming, but as long as we take some time out to relax and enjoy ourselves along the way we will manage.</div>
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Luckily, most of the really expensive projects have already been completed; the structural issues, the roof, replaced the leaky doors and windows, we’ve added insulation, upgraded the electrical and plumbing, the original heart pine floors have been re-finished, the front porch has been rebuilt and we had a new porch added to the back of the house, we even had to install a huge culvert and build a driveway.</div>
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When you want a statement piece, something that someone is going to walk into your house and say, "Hey this is neat where did you get it", or even better "what is that?" :) I look no further than OPJ on 6th st. in amarillo Tx. </div>
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So my suggestion to you, go shop at antique stores. They are going to have the things that are unique and in my opinion, down right treasures! Better yet, go shop at<span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/OPJ-Furniture-and-Antiques-of-Amarillo/110532089104372" target="_blank">OPJ</a></span>. </div>
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"Several years ago my wife Bobbi had an idea of doing a booth full time. We had bought quite a bit of things from auctions and estate sales. On the way to town to look at a booth, Bobbi got cold feet and thought we should just garage sale it all."</div>
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"Well my husband Jon went forward with the dream and rented a booth. From there, for several years, we had rented booths at different locations around Amarillo. At one point we were in 4 different stores at the same time. In October 2012 we were able to open OPJ at the corner of 6th and Louisiana. It was a <u>tiny</u> store. In february of 2013 we moved to our present location at<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>3215 SW 6th st. You could fit our entire first store in our back work room!<b> We have an absolute blast doing this!</b>"</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">old butcher block someone needs this in their kitchen!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">primitive small cabinet with drawers would make a great storage for crafts or kitchen. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Neat old door knob on this big cabinet</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">look for old caster on pieces makes it easy to move and adds some industrialization to your look </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This little guy came home with me :) </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">take out your cheapo mirror and replace with this in your bathroom!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">do you spy? the huge old feed trough.. would make a great planter or an awesome place to chill your drinks for you party this hot summer!</td></tr>
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Remember the little heater that I said came home with me? Well, here he is in his new home. Im currently working on redoing my kids bathroom and he added just the right touch!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Today I'm going to do my best to explain how to set your camera into manual. I just want to disclose that I am not a professional photographer. I have done a lot of reading and practicing on learning to use my camera in manual. So I thought I'd share what I learned, and hopefully it will help you. I'm going to try to keep this as simple as I can. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here are a few photos I have taken in Manual so you can see if you think my advice is something you would like to follow... </span></div>
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We first need to address how a camera works. I'm not going into the technical nitty gritty.. what you need to know is that its all about light.. </div>
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When you hit you shutter button you take what is called an exposure... getting the perfect exposure is what makes part of a picture good. Don't get over whelmed just yet. </div>
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The above photo is called the exposure triangle. It involves ISO, Shutter speed, and Aperture. </div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">ISO</span>-How sensitive your camera is to light. 100 being low and 1600 being high. Many of the nicer cameras today can handle higher iso even more than 1600 with great results.. The higher your iso the more noise your exposures will have this can be fixed in an editing software. Just remember its best to shoot at the lowest ISO the situation allows for. Indoor photos will likely need to be shot at 400 or more depending on the amount of light available.. Of course this is addressing with out any flash.</div>
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Shutter speed will determine how quickly an image is captured and thus how blurry or crisp your image is. If you are wanting a crisp image then you need a faster shutter speed. I try not to shoot hand held under 1/200.. your images are more likely to be affected by movement at speeds lower than that.. and I would suggest a tripod. </div>
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Now some photos desire a lower shutter speed, such as those night photos you see that have the blurry car lights, or pictures of water falls where the water looks fluid like and milky.. </div>
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Here are my less than stellar examples sorry no waterfalls here in Amarillo TX :)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shot at a higher/faster shutter speed I was limited by my light into how well I could capture this photo.. but you can see some definition as to the water flow and if I hadn't of had to have my fstop so low (less in focus) you could see droplets.. again all affected by the amount of light. </td></tr>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Aperture </span>- or Depth of field. This determines how much of your image is in focus. The lower the fstop number fstop1.8 ect the less that is in focus. This is how you get those blurry back grounds and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokeh" target="_blank">Bokeh effect </a>. The higher your aperture fstop22 ect.. the more in focus.. like on landscapes or rooms where the whole area is meant to be in focus. </div>
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So lets take an example. We are taking a photo of a child outside in the shade. So our light is going to be good this means our iso can be set lower because we have an abundance of light around us. Our child is the perfect child and isn't moving (haha we can dream right?) so shutter speed isn't super important at the moment.. however we are really wanting our subject to be the hero in the picture and we don't care so much about what is behind the child. So aperture is our first option.. </div>
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So lets say we set the iso at 100. We then set our aperture at 2.2 or so.. place your focus marker/ spot meter on your subject and press you shutter button half down.. where is the mark on your exposure meter (found at the bottom of your viewfinder) is it to the right of the middle line? This means your photo will be over exposed.. toggle your toggle button. Mine is on top next to the shutter button.. this will adjust your shutter speed which will reduce or raise the exposure on your photo. If its to the right we need to make our shutter speed faster thus reducing the amount of light, bringing your photo closer to the proper exposure.. you can adjust this all while looking through your view finder keep you spot meter on your subject your wanting to expose for.. with your shutter button half way down.. </div>
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If all else fails and your not sure where your at take a quick picture.. is it too bright.. increase your shutter speed.. the bigger the number on bottom the faster your shutter speed.. 1/400 is faster than 1/200.. ect.. If its too dark decrease your shutter speed ( lets more light in) but be careful to not go too low or you will get blurry if hand held.. if you are at the 1/200 mark and your photo is still to dark you can do one of two things.. lower your fstop so if you were at 2.2 lower it to 2.0.. or you can raise your iso.. if you were at 100 bump it up.. you could actually do both but remember if you move each one stop then you have doubled your light.. </div>
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Are you still with me? Im sorry I know its a lot.. the best thing I can recommend is to practice it.. see the change. Take lots of silly photos of still objects inside and out practice changing your aperture you shutter speed ect.. see how it affects the picture.. practice practice practice. </div>
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this makes your camera focus once not continuously. So once you put your focus point (I leave mine as the center and recompose) it will only focus on that one area and hold it there.. where as the others will follow.. my camera tends to fail in this area and will pick random focus points.. again this is taking away the cameras preference and making yours the one it follows. so no more focus on arms when you want focus on the eyes.. be careful of moving objects you will have to lift off the shutter button and replace your focus point then press shutter down to refocus this takes some practicing.</td></tr>
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if you have the time set a custom white balance. You can do this with a grey card. Or a sheet of computer paper works to.. simply place the computer paper in the same light you will be taking your photo. Fill your frame with the paper it doesn't have to be in focus. take a picture. Press your menu button. Locate custom white balance. select it and it will pull up your past photos you have taken select your white sheet of paper.. then go back to your white balance button like the picture before this one. Select the last one that looks like two hills with a dot. your custom white balance will be set.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">One last thing I do personally is I prefer back button focus.. that's a whole other post... so I found this lovely little write up on that if your curious to find out more.. you can see it <a href="http://www.zachandjody.com/blog/tuesday-photography-tips-tricks-back-button-focusing/15588/" target="_blank">here </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hope this is helpful and that I didn't over complicate anything. I really believe if you practice it you will begin to understand it. So I strongly suggest playing around with it. Don't expect stellar photos right off the bat... and if you do get them then hey even better. </span></div>
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So I wanted to address how I use lightroom 4 to edit my photos. I cover white balance, exposure, noise reduction and a couple other quick tips. Hope this helps. If there is something that I didn't cover that you have a question on or something I didn't explain clearly, please let me know and I'll try to better address that.<br />
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I finally finished my coffee table. I had originally planned to spray it gold.. but decided to go with a dark wax instead.. We had had this super chunky upholstered ottoman that had been great with the kids growing up but it was definitely time to change it up.<br />
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I dry fitted the plexi to make sure I had everything cut correctly. I then glued and nailed the four boards together. Let it dry over night. I went back later and added the little cross supports. </div>
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For the side beam I marked my center. The angle on this i'm guessing was around 60 something.. Don't ask me to do the math.. and it was greater than what my miter saw would cut.. so I basically turned the piece on its side laid the board across it matching the edges with the corner and the center line I marked. I then drew a line where it intersected. and used that for my guide.. Do your best caulk the rest :) </div>
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Lets talk base molding. You see it in every house. Most builder grade homes like ours will have your small about 2 inch tall base moldings. While most people probably don't think twice about the height or thickness of their moldings, there is a lot that base moldings can bring to a room. </div>
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The picture above, on the left, shows what is throughout our house. The picture on the right is what we are installing as we redo room to room.</div>
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When I first suggested the idea I'm about to share with you my husband thought I was a little crazy. So I made a sample and showed him.. He still wasn't on board.. I then took him to lowes and showed him some prefab molding that was basically the same profile. It was I believe $36 for a 15ft strip. He finally agreed that maybe my idea wasn't so bad. </div>
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go to lowes or your local big box store. Buy a sheet of 4x8 mdf. Ours was 3/4 inch thick I believe. Have them rip it down to 4 inch wide strips. so they will be 4 inches wide by 8ft long. One board of mdf did all of our bathroom which had tons of miters to it and almost all of our bedroom I think it was 36 dollars for the mdf.</div>
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I cut as I installed. Meaning, I took the first piece of molding out and used that as my template for my mdf strip. Cut the mdf to the same size and miters that your original molding has. Make sure it fits. Since we are now moving the old molding 4 inches up the wall I did have a couple of places where the texture made the original molding to long.. just cut it to fit.<br />
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Pretty nifty right? I personally feel like molding make a home feel complete and loved and paid attention to. That the small details matter. </div>
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So there it is a peak at our bedroom baseboards and my Harley mans who refuses to leave my side or move for a photo. </div>
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He's my little buddy. and no he's not sleeping with one eye open :) He lost his eye an a rather serious manner shortly after moving into our new home. A neighbors pit bull jumped the fence and attacked him.. a 8 ft privacy fence I might add.. The neighbor felt very bad and installed an electric fence. It was really horrible. But he has made a full recovery and is his normal happy tail wagging self again. </div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">So what do you think? Do molding matter? Share your thoughts with me. I will be doing another tutorial with more pics I promise on how we trimmed out our drywall windows and door ways that had no previous molding soon. Until then Thanks for stopping by!</span></div>
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So with all that said we are currently in the process of redoing our living room. I found a wonderful old buffet that our tv currently sits on but its a mess.. a jungle of cords, components ect.. I have been on pinterest here and there and have found a few good ideas.. like this one from <a href="http://luckymestudios.blogspot.com/2012/12/thank-you-apartment-therapy.html" target="_blank">Lucky Me Studios</a><br />
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Kinley will be having her first Valentines pre-school party soon. To celebrate we made these oh so despicable valentines. We are big fans of the movie here, and who doesn't love the adorable minions?<br />
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We got the idea from here and added to it. <a href="http://www.thebensonstreet.com/2014/01/16/easy-printable-minion-valentine/">http://www.thebensonstreet.com/2014/01/16/easy-printable-minion-valentine/</a><br />
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Twinkies<br />
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Been a crazy week, or month for that matter. In the process of redoing our living room, which includes taking down some sheet rock from the door frames to bring back to studs to install a door frame. Good by drywall bull nose edges!<br />
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So needing do get a little craftiness out I decided to do a project I had planned to do for quite some time.. and here it is. Its so simple and the kids love seeing how tall they are.<br />
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This was such a simple project I really enjoyed the quick gratification. Lately our projects have been drawn out ones. Such as my coffee table that's still out in the garage waiting to be sanded.. reveal to come soon :).<br />
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This was a nice evening project in front of the TV with my husband asking questions like What the heck is that.<br />
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a 1x5 pine board from your local lumber yard.<br />
briwax turdor brown or a stain of your choice and a ploy..<br />
black paint maker<br />
speed square<br />
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First I laid out the board on some trash bags to stain and wax. After the wax had time to dry I buffed to smooth finish. Then I took my tape measure and put a small tick mark every inch from one end to the other.<br />
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1 inch for the inch markes<br />
2 inch line for the 1/4 and 3/4<br />
4 inch for the 1/2<br />
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I then just hand drew the numbers on but you could use a stencil also. I just didn't have one on hand.<br />
I the just nailed a picture frame self leveler on the back so it could be hung on the wall.<br />
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and... Kinley approves! short and sweet!<br />
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<span style="color: black;">We have finally finished and the verdict is already in. Kinley loves it...and Ryker does too. Is it wrong to consider it a gift for both of their birthdays.. I mean it was a lot of work.</span><br />
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We made a few changes that I can think of.. we omitted the top shelf in the sink. And made the bottom front panel the same width as the others. Which meant we set our bottom self a little higher. </div>
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We used this routed circle from hobby lobby it was in the wood section. Adam drilled a hole in the middle so that the thermometer could fit inside..To make the two little wings.. I place the circle on mdf scrap and traced the profile of the circle then drew out the shape. I cut it out with the jig saw... sanded and then sanded some more :) and glued it all together... I sprayed it with metalic spray paint before glueing in the thermometer.<br />
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We used the same idea for the clock... I taped off the circle part with frog tape using an xacto knife to cut close to the edge. I then used the same metallic spray paint to paint the clock and the circle separate then glued them together. </div>
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This would have been probably the most challenging part but this idea made it so easy.. </div>
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To make your rounded shelfs would have been extremely hard to make them all the same with a jigsaw. So here is what you do instead.. </div>
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You have to cut a template piece.. go slow and do your best with you jig saw.. to make mine we cut the shelf to size. Then I took one of the burners and made it touch both edges then traced the curve of that to take off the corner.. then cut out with a jig saw and sanded and sanded until it was even.. </div>
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All you have to do now is rout out your design. your top template piece acts like the fence. I even thought ahead and filmed adam doing it for you :) I know your so excited to watch. but hey for the visual learners out there... I appreciate stuff like this. </div>
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This made it so much quicker to make our shelfs.. I also recommend when you go to cut them get your table saw measurement right for the width cut all your width pieces so they are the same.. then do you length.. that way they should all match.. there are two on bottom and an additional shelf.. </div>
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Another idea I had was I wanted to get kinley a mixer. So I headed to walmart and found this beauty.. lol cheap much.. but something amazing can happen with just a change of color.. </div>
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one last thing to make the doors on the fridge appear like there are 4 instead of two.. we set the table saw blade really low and ran the door over it to make a small groove... </div>
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<a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/261145811773?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649" target="_blank">Oven Knob </a> 1@ 6.99<br />
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<a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_98556-90-7701812_0__?productId=3878616&Ntt=rustoleum+crystal+clear&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNtt%3Drustoleum%2Bcrystal%2Bclear&facetInfo=" target="_blank">paint</a> 2@3.76 <u> 7.52</u></div>
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Our daughters birthday is approaching fast and........ I fell in love with the pottery barn kids kitchen. No way no how am I spending 700 dollars though. So I drew up some plans to build our own. I figured I'd share for those of you who are handy and dont have the money to spend on pottery barn priced items..<br />
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These are designed to be built out of mdf. The same thing the pottery barn ones are made out of. Using the Kregjig system to assemble.<br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">Quick tips: To mimic metal make sure you sand down all the sharp edges some. Some we even used a router. </span><br />
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There is still so much we want to do to our new house.. adding some old home charm is one of the things we are trying to accomplish.<br />
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We had talked about building a faux fire place since our house is all electric. We plan to eventually instal a Dimplex electric firebox.. they can be pretty costly so maybe next year.. for now our little fake log set will have to do. Even though its a little cheesy there is still something kind of fun about it. <br />
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I cant wait to get a color on the wall, trim out the baseboards and doors. Im beginning to hate our living room just a little less with the addition of the fireplace. We plan to eventually build some small built in book shelves next to the fireplace on either side. Adam would like to mount the tv above the fireplace with a built in look. However due to the way the ac is located on the ceiling not sure we can run the wires.<br />
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I started off with a design I did in sketchup... found here.. <a href="http://imperfectlyimaginable.blogspot.com/2013/11/faux-fire-place-plans.html">Fireplace plans</a> WARNING there are some things wrong on this and we made some changes.. Im going to try to update that post in a little later but it can give you an idea of how we went from boring wall to fun new fireplace.<br />
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First things first I need to brag on a product.. no I didn't get paid for this.. although if Kreg wants to sponsor me Id gladly mention the name 10 or so more times in this post :)<br />
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We started by building the hearth box.. we used 2x2. They were 64 inch long. The verticals were 6, and the width supports were 12.5 I believe.. WE Kreg jigged it all together..<br />
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Next we covered the box on the sides with mdf.. I think we ended up using 2 4x8 sheets for this project.. although we did have some 4 inch strips that were left over from our baseboards that I used for some of the trimmings.. The top was two 1x10 kreg jigged together.. we did cut one board down a little so that it over hung about an inch and a half from the front edge of the hearth.. but was flush on the side since we plan to build the book shelves.. I stained it with Rust-oleum's ultimate wood stain in ebony. It claims it only needs one coat and no wood conditioner.. we were using it on cheap pine and while it did pretty good it was still blotchy... normal with pine.. so I just sanded a little and added a second coat..<br />
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So here it all is put together and decored for Christmas.. Im so glad we went ahead and got it done for the holidays.. I apologize for the lack of step by step photos we had and super cold front coming through and we were rushing to get it done before the cold hit.. </div>
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My fav... House of Hatten.. I love these my mom had these when we were little I finally ordered me some this year that I found on ebay.. too bad they are hard to find and pretty expensive now.. Should have got my camera out for this sorry for all the phone pics..<br />
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So with Christmas approaching in the new house I'm really missing our old fireplace. This house doesn't have one.. its all electric.. So what to do? Build a fake one! Husband rolls eyes.. but none the less here are the plans I have drafted so far.. we will also do some small built-ins on each side. Hoping to start soon..<br />
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Our first step is to create the hearth.. I decided to do a raised one.<br />
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Add stained wood top. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we will probably plank together some boards for this part. </td></tr>
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Next build the support frame that will hold the legs and header.. (I googled fireplace anatomy :) Don't I sound like I kinda know what I'm talking about hehe) <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">use a kreg jig to assemble.. you will build a smaller one of like this also see next picture for dimensions.<br /><br /></td></tr>
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<br />Build your second support and secure to the wall.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Good news! I have finally almost finished our bedroom which means I have also finished and am ready to share the tutorial on the restoration hardware inspired finish for our new bed. If you missed the build here is a link to my tutorial. <a href="http://imperfectlyimaginable.blogspot.com/2013/11/how-to-build-restoration-hardware.html">Build this bed</a></div>
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So before diving into the tutorial let me show you what all we have been working on.. not to mention our bathroom that is almost done as well.</div>
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This is what we started with... I think I have already mentioned several times how the previous investment company owners sprayed every thing blue bell vanilla ice cream colored... trim everything...</div>
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There can you see it? I know its hard. It's so tiny.. Im talking about the trim around the door.. yeah we changed that too.. </div>
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We painted the walls with Sherwin Williams Dorian grey. Its a great mid to dark grey. I fought between it and dovetail. I knew I wanted something a little dark, I think if I would have gone with dovetail it would have been too dark. If I remember right the Dorian was also a little warmer.. I have never lived in a house with vaulted ceilings so I wasn't sure how you handled the color on it. After some googling we decided to go with a 80/20 mix of our wall color and pure white. It appears to be white in the room without being like whoa theres a ceiling there...<br />
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I feel bad because I cannot remember now which blog I got this idea from but it was def not my own... She described it as "high heels" for baseboards and she was so right! Im in love went from 2 inches to about 6". The best part? After my husband looked at me like I was crazy for suggesting this, I showed him an almost identical molding at Lowes. It was 33$ for I think a 12 ft strip... It cost me 35$ for a sheet of mdf I had the lovely guys at Lowes rip it down to 4 inch strips.. one board did all of our bathroom and almost all of this room. We had to buy one more board but plan to continue this through out our house so it will be used in the other rooms as we get to it. You gently and carefully pull up all your existing baseboards then use those as your template to cut the mdf boards to size.. lucky me I didn't have to figure out that some of my inside strange corners were like 22.87-9479214732817403127 degrees :)... then nail in your mdf and top with your old ones. Caulk and paint. This makes such a difference.. at some point I'd like to add crown but that can wait for now. </div>
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So here it all is mostly finished.. I forgot to get a picture of the window but we trimmed that out also and it looks so much better! I have a big mirror to hang over by the little reading nook. The chair still has to be upholstered and everything kinda tweaked.. I just quickly set it up so I could get some pics of the finished bed. </div>
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It feels like I have been painting for forever! Probably because I have painted for like 2 weeks straight. First it was our new bed which is still in need of finishing. Then I had to paint the master bathroom. Thanks to the investment company that previously owned the house we purchase and decided to spray everything including all trim and ceilings a wonder vanilla color I had to paint everything..seriously ceiling, trim, crown, doors, and walls.<br />
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I decided to start on the laundry room thinking I could finish it quick. Should have known my Plans never work out to be that simple.<br />
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I am not one to go super modern but I had an itch to do something super fun graphic and colorful. Im not sure how long it will stay this way but it's fun for the moment and looks so much better in person than I was able to capture on my phone.<br />
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So here it is our new super fun laundry room. I still have a few things to finish up such as finding a fun rug, installing crown molding, painting the ceiling, and building a folding and sorting station that will fill the space where the laundry basket and trash can are. I also have to spray and hang my light. But I fee like I can now take a break from this room and maybe catch up on the piles of laundry that are everywhere.<br />
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Exuberant Pink<br />
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So I'm not one to normally do modern; However, while picking out the perfect grey for our bedroom at Sherwin Williams (still not sure if I got that right) these super fun colors popped out at me.<br />
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Take your wall color and paint over your tape lines... I really slapped mine on, making sure to brush over it several different ways. What this does is push paint into any gaps that may not be sealed by the tape. This seals in that area so that no contrast color bleeds through. </div>
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I suggest using a high end paint nothing cheap the thicker the paint the less likely it will be to seep under the tape.. I used sherwin williams and its plenty thick. The hot pink was almost like peanut butter with a little water added. It was almost too thick, but Im guessing its because there is so much pigment to achieve that super bright color... </div>
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Surprisingly the white covered the best. I only needed two coats of it while the green needed 3 and the pink needed 4. </div>
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Carefully peel of your tape lines and enjoy your new herringbone wall!</div>
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My paint did dry some as it took me a while to get all the coverage done... However I don't think I would leave it over night or anything before peeling your tape off. </div>
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I had to do each wall one at a time to make sure I had enough time to finish it and get the tape off before the kids were awake. I still have one more to go. </div>
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Frog tape is pretty amazing it works quite well by itself without the whole painting over it but I wouldn't trust it on a project like this... </div>
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Here is a comparison of non painted vs painted... I decided to only go half way up my long wall since im going to be adding some board and batten and wall hooks... I taped off my line with just regular green frog tape and didnt worry much about bleeding as it will be covered with a board. The tape preformed pretty well but its not as crisp as the painted over tape. </div>
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Anyone have $2000 I can have?................ No one? That's ok I figured out a way to get a similar look for way less.. I still haven't sat down and added up the total but it should be under 350.<br />
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I love the look of this bed. I found a way to somewhat replicate it. Im currently waiting on more nail head trim to finish so I thought I'd make this a two part tutorial..the build and then the upholstery and finish..<br />
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The best part about this bed....Adam liked it... we actually agreed on something. It also makes it a little easier when I say......"hey, so, um, I have something I want us to build....." waiting for eye roll..."but you will really like it.." show picture explain to not so willing husband all my plans and how I think we can put it together....finally a reluctant yes. </div>
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So enough with the blabbing lets get to the good stuff..... here is what I came up with.. I love ana whites plans, and it was while browsing through that I saw this platform bed that I realized I could get the look I was wanting.. </div>
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Here are ana's plans for the platform part.. follow her directions to build.. I omitted the two 1x3 at the back top and bottom where the headboard will be going.. we also capped our corners with some corner trim. I will show in the pictures.. first read through these plans....</div>
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To build the legs I used fence post tops :) I had originally picked up some turned furniture feet at lowes but I saw these as I was heading to check out and changed my mind I liked the sharper more square edges and they were cheaper only $3.46 each.. </div>
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<a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_461830-152-BTPGC0000_0__?productId=4746951&Ntt=post+top&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNtt%3Dpost%2Btop&facetInfo=">find it here</a></td></tr>
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So it hit me while in hobby lobby there is a product called looking glass spray paint found <a href="http://shop.hobbylobby.com/products/krylon-looking-glass-spray-663286/" target="_blank">here</a>. I decided to try that out on plexiglass and see if it would work. It didn't give me the exact thing I wanted but it still looked nice and gave me a way to hide the old hinge holes. It probably works better on real glass; However, the plexiglass was easy to cut.<br />
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I had never used a metallic paint before so I headed to home depot to see what they had. I found 3 options. A Rustoleum paint, Spray paint, and the Martha Stewart Precious Metals. The Precious metals matched the closest to what we currently had so I got that...however I wont be rushing to use it again anytime soon I'll elaborate on that a little later...<br />
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I started by cleaning off the piece with a damp rag.. I did try a liquid sander but it was basically pointless.. so I just started priming<br />
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I was pretty happy with how the primer went on and how well it stuck.<br />
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Next the part that almost made me cry.. I started on the first coat of the silver paint.. see for your self </div>
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I dont know how else to describe this paint other than the consistency of crappy nail polish... It did end up working but after 5 coats.. Maybe i'm spoiled with my annie sloan chalk paint. But painting something 5 times isn't very fun especially after two coats of primer. I also struggled with it being runny. I had lots of drips to try and catch but at the same time it dried fast so it was hard to keep a wet line to help blend your paint strokes.. it would also cover some areas thicker and leave almost nothing in others. My suggestion would be if your going to use this maybe have your primer tinted closer to a grey so that it covers more quickly.. or try a different product.</div>
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Here is a picture of one of drawers. The old hardware was brass colored. I contemplated spray painting it. But just decided to get new instead.<br />
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I cut all the plexiglass to the size needed.. then laid out and followed the directions on the spray paint. I left the plastic coating on while cutting and on the unpainted side while spraying.. </div>
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I watched a google video on how to drill through plexiglass and the guy recommended a drill bit called the step bit. <a href="http://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-1-8-in-1-2-in-x-1-32-in-13-Hole-Step-Drill-Bit-48-89-9100/203115424#.UlDI7-AyT88" target="_blank">here</a>. It worked great. Went through so easy and didn't crack the plexiglass. </div>
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Thats about it.. I installed the new drawer pulls. I had bought some liquid nails for mirrors, but found the pulls held the plexiglass in place, so I skipped it. Figured I could change it out if I got tired of it. I'm still debating on if I want to glue the side ones in place. Right now I decided to wait. </div>
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