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Bibbitybob

Thanks all! I'm a bit scared to do the next step!

xxvickixx wrote: »

Bibbity - how did you get your UJ looking so neat, did you paint it?

I hand painted it, just drew the lines with a ruler first and then used a small square paintbrush.

xxvickixx

I know what you mean. I was going to distress my furniture a tiny bit but after all the painting I'm too scared in case I ruin it! It's so neat, I'm impressed it was freehand.

Bibbitybob

Ok now I'm p*ssed off. I spent ages distressing the UJ and glazing over the top of it to get it looking nice and aged, and I got so excited and asked OH to come and have a look and he just pulled a face and asked if I'd finished it so I said yes, and he said 'really?!'.

Sometimes I don't know why I bother. I might just stick the bl**dy thing on ebay and buy myself some nice shoes with the money :mad:

bargainbird

Bibbitybob wrote: »

Ok now I'm p*ssed off. I spent ages distressing the UJ and glazing over the top of it to get it looking nice and aged, and I got so excited and asked OH to come and have a look and he just pulled a face and asked if I'd finished it so I said yes, and he said 'really?!'.

Sometimes I don't know why I bother. I might just stick the bl**dy thing on ebay and buy myself some nice shoes with the money :mad:

Mines abit like that i've learnt not to ask now, i think it's fab :cool:

xxvickixx

Lol - men eh? Lets have a look Bibbity. I'm sure we'll appreciate it x

Pooky

Kaz - Have you tried your local freecycle for a dresser? I put a wanted ad on ours 2 years ago for a small dresser in any condition and got an offer straight away.....I had to unearth it from her shed but it was just what I needed. Always worth asking.

Bibbity - As long as you're pleased with the end result then just accept that men really don't seem to care what colour/finish/use anything is.

MrsMoo2U

Aww Bibbity. Get your own back and ask him if the bathroom is finished just as he puts the last tile on! Or ask him what he thinks still needs to be done. If it is for him he might have had set ideas and it isnt quite what he imagined. I bet he thought that you were going to do the drawers red, white and blue! MEN
No seriously dont be upset it is fab and men dont have the same outlook on things.

mary-op

vikki - sorry can't put photo on as don't have digi camera..............well little drawers project came to a halt before it started !! OH freaked out at the thought of me painting my dads little nail/screw drawers (to give to idea of the size the little knobs are about the size of a drawing pin and I need to get two more..........well whole set really. OH insists a coat of was on top of its distressed state will keep the ''original'' look and have to admit he may be right and I do quite like the 'distressed' look.
Haven't let told him about a box I've got secretly lurking under my desk just crying out for something to be done.................lol:rotfl:

pollyskettle

OK - Inspiration please ladies - I have two fat quarters of this in blue:



So:

• enough to make 8 cocktail napkins (I could back them in red gingham so double sided!), but they're really too small for anything - although partial to cocktails I tend not to host 'soirees' terribly often .
• enough to make two dinner napkins - but I'd have to get some other fqs to make some more matching napkins.
• I could use them as applique on something - new tablecloth? tea cosy? kenwood cover?
• Stick them back in the stash for another day.

I shall change my avatar back to my kitchen so you can see the colour scheme there. It's not a thick curtain material (which i could come up with a thousand uses for in a minute!) more of a thinner cotton.

What would you do?

Edit:

My kitchen (avvie would have been too small!):

xxvickixx

Love your kitchen PK. What about using it to make an oven glove, Smaller bits to applique onto napkins, Bunting ?