10 months down 2 to go

So we have been married 10 months today! Time has flown by that’s for sure. I decided to dust off a wedding gift we haven’t used yet but I had the perfect plan for it tonight. My parents use one of these and I’m pretty sure 30 years later it is was the same one that they got for their wedding so I can’t wait to start using it more after tonight.

My Great Aunt and Uncle gave us this Electric Skillet over a year ago and I was craving Salmon tonight. I had two Salmon kabobs that we bought from Giant Eagle last week sale and had some red potatoes that I thought would be good with some Italian Dressing too. Can’t you hear it sizzlin’?!

Turned out pretty good – we both cleaned our plates!

During lunch today I stopped by World Market to look at their knobs to complete my vanity. I found the perfect ones – Reese thought so too – or she thought it was a toy for her..

I’m excited about how it all turned out Project complete – cross that off my to do list!

Happy Wednesday – we are half way done with the work week!

Win Win

I’ve always wanted a vanity, a space of my own to get ready at, and I wanted a unique one..

So when I spotted this gem at Goodwill a few weeks ago I couldn’t take my eyes off of it and I certainly wasn’t going to let any old ladies put their paws on it so I picked up the chair and went to the register ASAP and paid cash for it right on the spot – IT WAS MINE!! I had full intentions of redoing it and making it my own – I wish I would have gotten more detailed “BEFORE” shots but it was like a stain job gone bad..!

When my Dad was in town I took his advice on how to start the refinishing process. I understand that there are many ways to refinish furniture and this was the route I decided on!

Since I had an electric sander we bought rough sandpaper, softer sandpaper, and some steel wool. Other purchases included KILZ (acted like a primer), some paint brushes, and a gorgeous Olympic paint by the name of “Flannel Gray”.

Our bedroom has blues, grays, greens, and whites, along with the brown furniture so I thought a darker gray would be the perfect look I had in mind – and you know what if I want to paint it another color later, I can do that…!

So after the sanding, I put the first and only layer of KILZ on the vanity – let it dry and then after 3 coats of Gray Flannel (the middle color on the paint swatch) it was looking mighty good!

The hardest part was picking out a fabric to recover the chair. I went to Joanne’s Fabric with my 25% off coupon in hand (probably about 4 times before I made my final purchase). Lots of lunch break runs!

I found a lot of decent options – from yellow, to paisley, to a linen color, but the blues stuck of the most..

What can I say? I’m a blue girl at heart – always have been, and I’m thinking I always will be!

This was the winner and I LOVE IT! Plus it was marked down from $11/yard to $6/yard plus my 25% off means I purchased it for $4.50 and I was pretty thrilled. What do they say? “4^th time is a charm”?

And altogether..

 

You might notice that the hardware is missing.. I want to find the perfect knobs to replace the hideous ones on there before and I just haven’t found them yet… For now its knobless and it works just fine! I have everything I need right here to get ready for the day, plus Ryan has the entire bathroom to himself. Win Win for The Potters!

Reese loooovveeess the vanity.. can’t you tell!?