Perfect for the room, for my feet, for my glass of vino, for TV remote! What else would you be doing in these days, aye?!

Cheerio
​Dace

While it's still fresh I shall share some DIY happenings in our house.

I have these spontaneous ideas of how to style our home.As it is very difficult to get samples of paints, floors, timber even tools to do the job in these pandemic times, I have ideas in my head and I try to visualise how it might look. 

Well, I know, modern day problems!!

We have nice glass coffee table but when I got opportunity to get an old tired leather ottoman, I knew it will be perfect fit for sitting room. After some TLC of course.
 
It was brown leather and now it is mustard yellow. It is unbelievably easy to achieve good result these days because most paints are good quality as long as you pick the right type of paint.

Just scrolled on my phone and of course I see many projects I have not shared with yous :)

Makeover of this vintage but scruffy multiple times varnished drawer unit to light grey sleek and fresh piece of furniture, the Swan of a drawer unit. 

I do a lot of painting in my house lately, especially with the covid lockdowns and boredom of this unusual situation in our times and lifes but if I am honest I rather prefer painting and restyling furniture pieces or different kind of homewares.  

So there it is my final piece of chest of drawers sitting proudly in our bedroom and holding my bits and bobs.

Adding swanky moldings and copper colour drawer pulls, and shiny copper stencil on deep.

Fact that we are not renting anymore makes a huge difference for me as a creative head.

I can do what ever I want: paint walls any colour, rip the floor out and then run out of money to replace it :))) or just do, as I say, temporary solution, a bit of paint there and there just to keep up with appearances as save money for bigger and more substantial repairs. 

I cannot wait when charity shops will open again and I will be able to root through for charming treasures.

Lamp, mirror and drawer unit  in our bedroom they all are cheap second hand finds restyled and recycled to my liking.

These days more than ever I need something to ease anxieties... 

I have thought about restarting my writing here more times than words in this post. I have been procrastinating so much that I am 100% pro at it! It is not really a reason to be proud...

There is one thing that helps me, knowing that I am not alone in this maze of manic thoughts marathon... Third lockdown is shit!

However there is no bad without good.

When I look back, last year has been good to us. We are one year in OUR home. Have done so much to be warm and comfortable.  

Some might think I have done all house but its only one room and hallway that is 99% complete. I plan and do it all by myself with help of my husband for heavy stuff and extra dirty parts, like tiling. 

I am the one sitting on the hooole while my husband works all the way through this covid saga. 

I have been so lucky to be able to source materials and bits and bobs online and at most part in local stores. I would love to get everything locally but in Ireland that is IMPOSSIBLE. And that is very very sad!  

well, this is going to be last post in may :) 
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just before going away to my sister I decided to go ahead with some long time ago purchased general finishes milk paint in super sunny yellow.

just had that feeling that the one solid wood shelve unit I have need something. 

I decided it needs a lot of yellow :)

a have not done furniture painting for some time now and I felt like I have lost some skill but hey!! little bit of head scratching and it was not so bad.

I glued scraps of wallpaper on the back plywood and covered with clear  top coat I had bought general finishes as well. 
I needed couple of coats of zinsser primer and many many coats after of yellow paint