Mirror, Mirror...

Hi, everyone! Another week, flying past...

 

I sound like a broken record, I know.

 

Remember being little and how s-l-o-w-l-y the time used to pass?

 

My Mom once told me the older you get, the more time seems to fly by...

 

At the time I didn't really get it, but I do now...

 

♥

 

Here is what I've been working on so far this week...

 

(although I should probably be working on things for Christmas) ~

 

This mirror frame was stained very dark, and of course, I wanted it white...

 

"Rubbed", lightly distressed white...

 

Mr. B painted it very nicely for me, actually ~ a perfect solid white;

 

but, when I went to distress it, the contrast between the white and the very dark stain

 

underneath was just too stark, I thought.

 

So, ignoring a slightly pouty Mr. B, I took it back out to the garage

 

to re-do it myself.

 

Actually, first I had to go get more spray paint.

 

Why is it that I never seem to have anything I want to paint when it is

 

seventy degrees and beautiful outside?

 

I always wait until it's too cool out for the paint to dry,

 

then I suddenly have a dozen things I want to re-do.

 

I spread newspapers in the garage and open the door occasionally

 

to let out the noxious fumes...

 

That's me.

 

Anyway, I went to Lowe's to look for a nice medium-toned neutral color in the

 

Valspar spray paint line...I've had very good luck with this brand.

 

I found a dark rosey-beige color called Thorny Brush that was marked half-price...

 

I guess it wasn't a very popular color,

 

but it was just what I want wanted for an undercoat.

 

Valspar Satin White for the top coat...

 

it's my "go-to" color for just about everything.

 

So much of the world could do with a nice coat of Satin White, don't you agree?

 

Distressed or not.

 

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Here is my mirror frame, painted with 2 coats of Thorny Brush and 2 coats of Satin White.



Of course I had to bring it inside, right in the middle of everything, to work on it...



At least I had a drop-cloth.

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Cyrus decided to help me...



Kitty-help is always appreciated!

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Such a sweet boy!

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When he gets his winter coat, Cyrus gets longer fur in the strangest places...



He gets extra-long fur right on his forehead,



two tufts...



which Mr. B and Jonathan both make into "Triceratops Horns" at every opportunity...

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Here's the top of the mirror frame...



In most areas, I only sanded down to the rose-beige color;



in a few spots I have actually gone through that to where it shows the dark stain,



but that's okay.



I love how the distressing accents the edges and carved details.

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Here you can see the distinct layers of white, rose-beige, white again, and the bottom dark stain...



You could do this with any number of soft colors...



I'm thinking of doing a chair similarly, but with Sage Green as the undercoat.



You do need to stay with the same brand of paint, though, for all your layers...



just to be on the safe side. I've had different paint brands react naughtily with each other,



layering them like I do...there are times when you want "crackling"...



and times when you don't! With colors in the same brand (and finish...satin, gloss, flat)



it eliminates unexpected surprises...

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Such a nice look, I think. Men don't understand the appeal...



Jonathan would have me "touch it up" ~ ;^)



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"Why are you
upside-down, Mom?"



Sweet Cyrus...put your tongue back in!



Lots of times he forgets his little tongue is out (it only shows a little bit here, but sometimes it's



way out, and he just goes around like that...doesn't seem to notice),



I think it's cute, though ~ ♥

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Oh, am I ever having to "eat crow"...



I've said that my kitties, the three I have now, never get on the counter-tops...



However, I am working on being more organized and I am trying to keep



things off of the island, especially, as it seems to be the ultimate catch-all in this house...



 (well, you see I do have three O'Kringles there, but that was all...except Leo)



Now that it's clear, Leo has decided he likes it up there...



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And, this is what I walked into at 6:30 this morning...



Sun streaming in, and Leo, looking as if he had been enjoying a nice glass of milk...



See Tallulah to the left?



I'm pretty sure she had just jumped down when she heard me coming...



I guess they're happy about my de-cluttering!



Have a wonderful Friday, all!



(I'll post a picture of the finished mirror tomorrow...)



♥