What to do with the electrical panel

I have a problem in my family room.  It is big and ugly and gray.  We are forced to look at it everyday because it is positioned just to the left of the entertainment center.  What is a girl to do?  Well I thought about it for a while and came up with this cute retro sign.  Now everyone is happy.

Hope for the Hopeless

This is a quote from the BBC series "Cranford" that I just had to go back and find.  Two women were talking about life and dealing with it's struggles and how it was almost easier to bear the burdens of sickness, loss and disappointment.  Women are good at dealing with these things.  We help each other, comfort and lift in times of need, but there are times that it is harder to deal with hope.  The possibility of unfulfilled expectations for life.  How to you deal with the melancholy of reality?

Vinyl paint? Who knew!

So I was shopping the other day at a local discount store that sells returned, open box items at steep discounts. Ogden BDO Outlet  I also have to add that I have been looking for an office chair for a few months.  I didn't want anything black, I knew for sure, but nothing seemed to catch my eye.  I went to Office Max, perused many online sites, and even looked in IKEA. I wanted something that looked good (because this goes in my newly remodeled kitchen) and was comfortable.
I spotted what I THOUGHT that I wanted.  A high back white chair, but it was NOT comfortable, plus I could see the white not being very  white after the kids used it for a short time, so I kept looking.  I found a PURPLE chair.  I hate purple.  Especially this shade of purple.  Sort of a mauve-ish purple.  Ick.  Yuck.  However, the price tag was only $40.  I couldn't bring myself to buy it, but I went home and got on the internet to see if there was anything I could do chance the color of the vinyl.  LO and BEHOLD Google came to the rescue and I discovered a spray vinyl that you can get at Auto Zone and similar places.  I was almost giddy to discover that I could purchase this stuff locally AND it came in a color I could use. WOO HOO!

Fall House

Our Front porch was looking a little run down.  The concrete was chipping and crumbling so we patched it (again).  We have tried to paint it with regular concrete paint, but this year we saw a new product at Home Depot called "Restore".  It is for wood decks as well as concrete.  We painted the foundation as well as the front steps.  I am hoping that it will last and protect the concrete from cracking.  I think it looks really sharp.

After Restore

Before

Before

With Restore and painted shutters and doors

Dr. Who?

Here is the only "before" photo that I could find of our pantry door.  It used to live around the corner in the hall and  hid the coats and the vacuum. I couldn't stand the '80's brown oak look and if it was going to live in my kitchen it should be cool, right?  My accent color for the room is blue, so I suggested painting it blue.  That is when the kids suggested that we add trim and paint it to look like Dr. Who's TARDIS.  My husband actually agreed to the project (he, being a Dr. Who fan as well) and got to work on it.  What do you think?

TARDIS style Pantry Door