While the Cat is Away....

This past weekend Kevin had to be out of town for most of Friday and Saturday.  I decided it was either stock up on wine or create a project for myself to survive.  Once I saw the extra Masonite board and spare trim in the garage, combined with a new stricter grocery budget, I knew a project was the way to go.   The victim, was my fireplace.  It often is.  We have a love hate relationship, mainly because some days I love it, and on others I hate it and want it to change.  So I solved a much needed problem area... the drywall above the mantel.  It wasn't special enough.  It didn't seem a worthy backdrop for my Martha Stewart antique gold glazed mirror and ever changing seasonal wreaths.  Enter table saw, chop saw, construction adhesive, a little math, and a lot of paint. 

This is what we had before:

 

Then this happened...

 

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Yes I did have my son take my picture while Table Sawing

 

And also a little of this:

My feet were fine Dad

 

So we ended up with phase one:

Wall board with primed trim...

 

Then priming stage:

 

More final paint

 

And then finishing up with all of the décor.  So much more Established looking.  A little less neighborhood standard and a little more: John Adams Historic.  Lovely.

 

 The details are lovely in person, and the white brightens up the whole room.  Which is appropriate considering outside it is now cold and gray. 

 

 

So that's what happens in this house when the big guy is gone for a few days.  Any project that doesn't cost a lot is a great project for me.. especially one that comes in at exactly zero dollars spent.  Except if you count the bottle of wine on night two.  But we can't blame everything on the fireplace, it's just not fair to the kids.