Weekend Projects

I painted a wall between our dining room and kitchen with chalkboard paint this weekend. Right now it's pretty stark and black, but I think it will look great once it's gotten some chalk dust rubbed in. In our little house, I thought it was a good solution for providing Winnie with an art space--$10 in paint and some chalk. No extra furniture or big supplies. I was proud of myself for getting this project done the same day I bought the paint! Normally I'd let the paint sit on the kitchen counter for a few months before getting it done. I think I'm going to add one of Ikea's kitchen rail systems just under the bulletin board so that I can connect baskets to hold supplies and clips to hold up other art work.

Last year we put a stone patio in our back yard and this weekend I got most of the plants in, started my fountain and did a bunch of other necessary clean-up projects. I still need to finish a couple of smaller projects and mulch. I'll post some pictures of that when I finish--hopefully next week.

Irony

I saw part of a show on TLC the other night, called "Greenovate" where some people were remodeling their house to make it more "green". I had to laugh that in an effort to be green they were demolishing perfectly functional, solid wood kitchen cabinets with a sledge hammer.

"too many so-called renovations simply involve replacing things that are old and substantial with ones that are cheap and flimsy but just happen to be new. That seems less like renovation and more like 'ruinovation." Arrol Gellner

Haircut

I had my hair cut last night and think it's pretty cute. Here's a picture:



Okay, so that's actually Ramona Quimby, but right now we have the same hair!