Without Further Ado.......! The Reveal!

A little holiday bling on mirror (gold leaf), candles, chandelier beads and vintage crocheted red tablecloth.

All right already. It's done. After two (2), count them two hospital stays I have finally finished (ahem) the wall and plate rack! Well it's about time I say!. It hasn't been easy finishing this project amidst a string of bad medical circumstances. Alas, the deed is done! My son, Edgar,  put his stamp on it by telling me his part was done. Of course I had to tweak, paint, distress and fill in the gaps wherever necessary. We're no experts after all. I still have to finish stenciling the mirror I'm putting up on the wall, but that should be finished way before next year! Meaning of course, Jan 1, 2012.
I've had some decorative plates taking up space in my kitchen cupboard and can finally put them up. Believe me I will be playing with placement and choosing which to display as if it were a toy! I have beautiful red plates as well as the ones shown in the pictures that I'll use when it gets closer to the Holidays. No problem! It'll keep me busy. As if I had nothing else to do! After the mirror then I must tackle the bathroom, then there's the bed that needs painting, oh and the nightstands, then there's the closet re-do. Oh I must'nt  forget the.........oh never mind, you get the picture.
DOCTOR, I DON'T HAVE TIME TO BE SICK! I HAVE WALLS TO KNOCK DOWN! As well as to put up of course.

Completed wall, plate rack and accents.

Plate rack and wall that love built. My older son took it on! A first for him. Thank you Edgar!

Wall before extension.

Original  stair wall, before plate rack. I cut out a hole in it and left it like that for some time. I finally got around to it!

Before plate rack and under stairs storage was completed..

Wall extension.

Tassel door pulls ordered online resemble the originals on storage cabinet

Wall after paste wax and buffing.

Original tasset pulls on vintage cabinet.

Door pull has been ordered online for the door. They resemble the original tassel pulls on the cabinet. 

ASCP Louis Blue, Distressed in Old White , no wax yet.

Flea market find storage. An old RCA Victor TV cabinet.

I demolished the wall under the stairs and put in the old RCA Victor TV cabinet that was gutted out.  I bought it at a flea market for $20.00.

               Originally I was going to use some white cabinets I had stored away. I used the TV cabinet instead.

Deciding whether to use Annie Sloan Louis Blue or Old White Chalk paint.

Enjoy your week everyone.

Up It Goes!

Today it's raining here in New York. It looks gloomy and grey. However, the show must go on! I have too  much to do to sit around feeling droopy. I might do that later, when I get tired.
As I had said earlier,  we have built a wall extension to the kitchen area of my tiny "casita". It is made of wood planks and will get painted with a white washed effect. I'm thinking of Annie Sloan's Chalk Paint in Old White. The plate rack will be going up this week-end, more to follow on that.  The under stairs storage is also coming along. I had purchased an old  "RCA Victrola"   TV cabinet in a flea market years ago, painted it with ASCP and will have new storage area under the stairs! It is painted  in ASCP Louis Blue with clear paste wax. The distressing effect is Minwax Wiping Stain and Finish. I just mixed it with the paste and wiped on. We're still working on that.
The new doors to the utility closet are up. It was no easy task as we had to put in a new water heater during all the construction. Did I say construction? Yes, my tiny dining, living, kitchen space looked like a mini consrtuction site!  Of course, I demolished a small wall to create the storage space. I destroy, my son builds up. Knocking down walls is such fun. This is my third!

To create under stairs storage, I knocked down the lower part of wall. Such fun!

This is the framing for the extension of wall. Not permanently up yet. 

Adding one plank at a time! Good job Edgar!

Old RCA Victor cabinet I bought at a flea market a thousand years ago! Well, seems like anyway....

Sneak preview of wall.

Can't decide between A.S. Old White or Louis Blue.


As I said the show must go on, so gotta go break a leg! Figuratively speaking of course.Come back for more!