A Place to Eat - A Project

Been a little while since I've posted, but that's because I've been busy with projects. One of which was refinishing the breakfast nook table and chairs. The look The Wife and I were going for was a driftwood nautical type feel. So let's get started.

First was sanding the table.


Once that was done we applied an exterior transparent deck stain to the table top.


Then The Wife painted the base a rich white.

Then I sealed the table top with a self-leveling clear coat.


Next were the chairs.

The spindles and the details on the legs made these a bit of a pain.

I used a red primer on the chairs because...

You guessed it, the chairs were to be red.


For some reason The Wife has this notion that because I came from a trailer park in Homestead that I have mad graffiti skills and therefor can use spray paint on anything.
So after 12 cans of paint (seriously, 12 cans) the set was complete.


Gotta say, it was a lot of work but did come out pretty good. I think investing in an airless sprayer might be a good idea for future projects though. I'm not so sure I can afford to lose anymore braincells huff'n all that paint.

Crack's List Mirror

So remember the couch and Eight Ball Annie? Well, I guess I can't lump all Crack's List sellers as deviants. The wife found a big free standing mirror and decided it would make a great item for the girls. We load up and head to an apartment complex to view said mirror. Of course I'm ready to meet another skunk mouth freak with track marks, but instead found what appeared to be a normal family a little down on their luck. Father, mother, son, and daughter; all who dressed, talked, and acted normal.
They were crammed in the little apartment that was clean and organized. The father explained there just wasn't enough room for the mirror, he picked up as a project.
It was what the wife had in mind, so I kindly parted with the $40. In turn the father handed it to the wife and told her to go buy dinner. Win-win situation.
So let the project begin...

Here's the mirror. A little rough, but nothing bad.

A little separation from a crack in the frame.


A little wood glue...

A couple of clamps and all's good.

Remove mirror from stand and...

Lightly sand. I used a foam backed 320 grit sand block. Flexes just right to get into all the details.



Time to paint. I tried this new Rust-o-leum product and gotta say I wasn't too impressed. Seemed like a lot of waste and a huge mess.

It did, however, cover pretty good.

The fumes were so much that I had to move the project out onto the yard with a tarp.

Thought about removing the back and taking the mirror out, but that would have been the easy route, so instead I covered it with tape and newspaper.

Time for part two of the wife's vision turning the back of the mirror into a chalkboard.


This stuff worked pretty good.

Here's the finished product and the girls acting silly as usual.

Flip it over and you can hold class.


Sorry, no crack heads, or incontinent dogs, but had to show off my white trash handyman skills. Note them skills with the spray paint, we don't need no stinking brushes.