1. You are not allowed to purchased unfinished furniture ever again. When you bought this armoire you thought you'd finish it right away in some lovely custom finish. It's been five years! FIVE YEARS!
2. Gloves are your friends.
3. Wa-ter based. Don't even THINK about the other stuff again.
4. NO MORE PROJECTS. Maybe someday when the kids grow up you can swamp yourself with extra work and still maintain your sanity, but when you have four kids in the house--including a high-maintenance 3-year-old and a nursing 4-month-old--you have too many other things to do.
6. Bit off more than you can chew, much?
7. Get some exercise, sheesh. Seriously? Your butt should not be this sore from finishing a stupid piece of furniture.
8. Staining and sealing a giant armoire does NOT take three days. Try three weeks. Three weeks of house guests, a family reunion, and a new school year starting...what were you THINKING???
9. Actually, it's turning out pretty decently. Huh, what do you know.
10. You have a great husband who a) puts up with your crazy projectness and b) finishes up for you by putting the thing back together and even cleaning up your mess when you finally decided you'd better spend some time on things like laundry and digging out of the accumulating house filth. Wow, you're a lucky girl.
8 comments:
Haahaha! It still stuns me all the great things you do...while I sit here pondering painting my house...with no kids. We had a blast with you guys last night!
it looks beautiful :)
I love it! I hope you think it was worth it now that it's over. I've been there,but It's Gorgeous! Great job!!!
The armoire looks so good, but I know what you mean about projects! I am at that point too. No projects for a while until I get my house organized. Homework with three kids is enough for me.
You freaking crack me up!! But I must say, it does look professional! My hubby will clean up my messes too, but oh do I hear about it! Maybe you should downgrade the projects....you know...maybe a craft project....not painting armiors or bedrooms or walls of any kind. ;)Even though they look great when they are done!
Looks great! You go, girl!
Ditto to everyone else's comments - you're amazing! I have ONE kid and I have a hard time getting things like dishes accomplished. It looks great, though, congrats!
I waited until I was an empty nester to attempt any projects that took more than a couple of hours. I'm impressed! It looks great!
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