LOOK...more painting

 Well its now on to the next part of the room.

 Yes I enjoy watching football!!  Actually I love it!

 Here is where I started over the slider.

 Getting ready to stripe more wall space.

 It's getting there!

 Now for some primer on the wall~

 Working hard and watching football!!! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

 Here I am coming around the corner and getting on the far wall

 Working hard to get to the fireplace

 Thought I would go ahead and do some primer on the mantel on the corner to see what I am about to get myself into

 OOPS....got some paint on the brick - HAHAHAHA...now I can see what doing the fireplace is going to be like too

 Now on to doing some spackle on mantle and some holes in the wall too

 Decided to go ahead and do some stripes

 WOOHOO...making progress now

 Next half of the back wall to be done

 other side of the room that still needs to be done

So it looks as though this coming weekend will be one busy one!!!!

to be continued..............

Creating my beach house

 This first picture here is what the walls look like now.  I have that "awesome" 1973 wood paneling in my family room. 

Here is some spackle work that I did to fill in some holes from screws that I took out of the wall.

 Another view of the wall before the painting

 Here are the stripes.  I read that doing the lines in between the panels first was the best way to start.  So that's what I did.  Since I am short you can see where I could reach too. 

 Now it's time to bring out the ladder to get the top.

 Here you can still see the paneling behind the primer, so I let it dry the next day and went back to painting the very next night.

 Please excuse my punching bag!

 My hand after painting more

You can see where I have now done the baseboard in that area and the crown at the top!

This weekend hubby is taking down the speakers on the wall that's part of the surround sound.  TV comes out of he corner and it's on to the next step.

Painting My Family Room

So...if you have followed me somewhat you know how much I want to give my house that beachy look. Well as I am sitting here watching football on TV, I start searching out other bogs.  I found this blog how to paint wood paneling  Needless to say I so excited, as I have to do the same thing.  Well then I am searching this blog a little more and I came across this fireplace happenings which talks and shows you how to paint a brick fireplace.  OH MY...that's also what I need to do.  WOW!  Now I can see a winter project for me to do.  The first thing I am going to have to do is get my DH to take stuff off the walls for me.  Then I can start with filling in nail holes in the wall. 

Pics to come!!!

If you have any suggestions or comments please leave them!!

Halloween is coming

WOW, I can't believe Halloween is right around the corner.  Last year I made these gift bags which I filled with candy, a cupcake and a cute Halloween pencil for people at my work.  I want to do it again, but I want to do it better this year.  What suggestions do you have.  I'm still going to bake the cupcakes.   Now I'm left with trying to decide what and/or how to make it snazzy.

Here is a sample of what was done last year:
last years project

I'd love to hear your suggestions!!

What to write about...?

So lately I've been away or kinda shy here.  I haven't been able to find any time to craft lately.  So I'm asking all of you who follow me...what would you like to read about?  More about me maybe my other hobbies..?!?!?!