New Year, New Me.

How many people get to physically capture the moment when the world moves into the next year? Well I did.  :-) As soon as the clock on my phone turned 12:00 January 1, I snapped a photo and instantly thought about what I saw happening in 2012. It actually made me smile and very excited to know that my 2012 is slated to be life changing and amazing! Below is my new mantra.

For 2012 my motto will be Choose COURAGE not Fear. 

That powerful statement was said to me in a private session with Dr. Joanna Vann of Yecin Leadership Development(www.yecin.com).  She said to choose to show courage in Doing and never let fear and lack of faith hinder your growth.  So for 2012 I am choosing to stop letting fear, the same as procrastination, stop me from Doing my heart's desires. 

I chose courage and faith to help me dance on the beach this year in St. Lucia with two of my favorite people, courage to decorate everything I can get my hands on. Walls,. floors, rooms, rocks for that matter.  And most of all to share it all with you.  My choice of courage will help me lose my undesired weight and live the healthy lifestyle I have so longed for.(everyone has a few pounds to lose right?).  :-) and last but not least help my soul to grow. I want to be changed on the inside, too.  My plan for the New Year is to do whatever my heart desires. Whatever my gut feeling says do.  And right now its telling me to LIVE! Go for it. Make it Happen for yourself. Enjoy the endless possibilities.  So that is exactly what I am going to do.

Ok, ok, enough of the sappy stuff.  Here is why we are here today this first day of 2012.  I want to show you what I gave my sister for Christmas.  My FIRST spray paint job on furniture!  I knowwww……amazing huh!  And I must say it turned out great.  A lot and I mean a lot of ups and downs(meaning screw-ups).  Here take a look. 

This used to be that run of the mill vanity that just about every woman has as her first vanity.  Cherry colored..ha!, that brass drawer pull making an attempt to be elegant, and the mirror that tilted back and forth...lol… I'm crackin’ myself up over here.  LOL.. anyway I bought the one my landlord had in the basement for 25 cents. Yes, 25 cents, so I decided to give mine to my sister.  And she loved it.  I mean for a moment I thought she was going to shed tears..LOL!! No really, she said "umm, you didn't put a bow it"..LOL, funny. Anyway, here are the before pics.  See brown, but going to Be*You*tiful.(you’ll get that later). 





 And now... DRUM ROLL PLEASE....... The after pic...



Sorry for the bad photo.  Gave my camera away when I left it at Nascar Racing track at the mall. :-(



Anyway, so not only did I redo the vanity, I bought a chair at Goodwill for $2 and spray painted it too! Surprise!!!!(cue balloons and confetti).  Well I couldn’t just give her a vanity with no chair, now could I?  Nor could I give her mine, it’s purple and I’m going to get it re-upholstered.(see pic below and you'll see why she cant have it... it's beautiful or least will be soon). Ok, so back to my sister's vanity.  I painted it the same color as the vanity but broke up the color and brightness by choosing a fabric that was a darker tone of pink mixed with green and a light pink stripes to move the eye and tone down that bright pink.

Chair she CAN'T have....

She's a beauty right?  I knoww....

Chair she CAN have....

Ok, well that is what it looked like before. :-)  And like this,

 

See the layers of dirt and grime? I mean it's one thing to clean your own dirt, but someone's dirt you don't know? Who knows where that chair was before goodwill.  The chair of an old man before he died? The seats at a restasturant that serves fried chicken? Ugh, I swear I almost threw up 3 times trying to clean it.  LOL, not joking.  We and that chair became very intimate after it was cleaned.  I had to sand it, prime it 2x times, sand it, paint it, rub my hands across the wood to make sure it was smooth, and upholster it. How much deeper can you get with a chair? Ha, ha... So here you are, the finished chair.

Clean, Neat, Simple.

   I also spray painted the mirror but I'm not quite happy with it since its plastic.  So it won't get a lot of love here.  But is a one small pic.

And here is the set together....

The writing on the desk says Be*You*tiful!

I have never spray painted a piece of furniture before or re-upholstered a chair but I think they turned out quite well.  I’d love to hear what you think about the finished products.  Like I said she loved it, do you? Leave your comment below.

Last but not least if you live in the St. Louis area and have a piece of furniture you want transformed please contact me.  I would love to do it for you! 

Hope you enjoyed my first post! There's more to come.  I'll see you Tuesday when I show you the nightstands I did for my new room!  I made them METALLIC!!


Have a Blessed and Happy New Year!