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Projects, Projects!

I love a good project. I don’t think I am happy unless I have one. Raising three kids and keeping house is not considered a project in my book. A project has to challenge me and it has to make the house look better. In the past six years I have painted almost every room in the house, I have painted the trim twice, I have moved or replaced six light fixtures, decorated Faith’s room, installed smoke detectors, and rearranged more furniture than I care to recall. I still have a long list of things that I want to do: install laminate flooring downstairs, put in track lighting, rip up the carpeting on the stairs and refinish the wood underneath, and set up a sitting room.

I think that this “project” addiction is an inherited gene. My mom is a total handy woman with a constant list. She comes by this naturally from her parents. I have no where near her abilities in handiness, but I am learning and trying. To me, it is fun. I now subscribe to DIY magazine which is making my “to do” list even longer. Fun, fun, fun!

It drives Tom nuts sometimes. He tells me that I have to finish one project before I can start another. Last time he gave me that challenge I finished three in one weekend just so I could start the one I wanted. In a drunken moment I got him to agree to letting me refinishing the stairs, although I am not sure I can really do it right. He doesn’t have to help me. He just has to tolerate the clutter until it is finished. I always finish and it always looks better than it did.

Today I did a simple project from my DIY magazine – a jewelry holder made out of tree branches. Easy. I collected my branches on a walk with the kids. I used a 1 x 4 that I bought at Home Depot for the base and then I used the drill to make the holes in the base. The one in the magazine sits on the dresser but I want mine to hang on the wall. This will allow the necklaces to dangle instead of tangle. :).

Here is the picture from the magazine:

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Here is mine.  It actually looks better in person.  Where did they get the perfectly pronged, white wood?  Oh well, made with love.  :)

 

 

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