creative little daisy

The week in review~

Monday: Took Bayleigh to Duke for a follow-up. Great news, the reflux has resolved, no more follow-ups needed. Yay!!!

Tuesday: Got my hair did by my beautiful and talented niece Jessica.

Wednesday: Worked a little spray paint magic on some beat up old restaurant chairs I thrifted for 5 bucks a piece.

I removed the seat. Gave 'em a good sanding and a coat of satin black. Distressed the edges and applied a coat of  rub-on poly. For the seats I re-covered the green vinyl with some linen-like burlap. (not really as soft as linen, but great for covering chair cushions)

For fun I stenciled the numbers 1 through 4 on the backs.

Make that 0.5 through 4

Can't forget Bayleigh's seat. This old high chair belonged to my mom and Alyssa and Casey used it when they were small.

Thursday: We picked up Casey at the Airport in Jacksonville. He's been assigned to  New River Airstation, less than 2 hours from home. How great is that??

Today, I sit here full to the top and overflowing,  thanking God for His many blessings. Have a lovely weekend, friends!

Add it to a long, long list of things I love about this man.

He's an excellent problem solver.

I bought some Ikea drapes for the bay window in the kitchen. I didn't want to pay an arm and leg for special hardware to hang the curtains in the bay window.

So my genius husband suggested using metal electrical conduit (that we already had) and bending it with a pipe bender (that my cousin had).

It took all of about 15 minutes, and most of that was spent measuring to determine where the bends should go.

Darn, he's good.

Bayleigh had to get in on the action.

It looks like handlebars for a giant bicycle.

I hung it from the basketball goal to paint it- looks like I should've painted the goal while I was at it.
I purchased some inexpensive finials and brackets from Lowe's (from the millwork section, not with the curtain hardware) and painted those as well.  The finials are meant to be screwed into a wooden pole and our conduit is hollow. No problem.

These corks happen to be a perfect fit for the 3/4 inch conduit.

Yep, I got a pretty good deal when I married that man. 

I'm joining Kimba's DIY party again. Don't you think it makes Thursday's more fun?