Made a template (hint, use an old blade for cutting paper) 😉
drilled holes through paper and into studs
used drill pattern to properly space drilled holes into the frame/brace (hint, use wood blocks under two by four to prevent drilling into your new floor) 🙂
assemble and attach frame to wall,
VOILA! My new sewing table!
I’m so excited to have this (almost) done, and it’s level too! 😀
I still have to paint the frame and legs, secure the top to the frame, and put some trim along the back and side of the table.
It’s just the two of us here, Bob and me. Christmas is neither bought nor made, decorations are nil due to mass reconstruction on my craft room, whose contents BTW, have currently taken over the living room. No tree, no trimmings here… Oh wait, does the wreath on the door count?
The project was supposed to be easy-peasy: Paint, hang shelves, pull up the old carpet and lay out new vinyl floor. (insert sound of car crash here)
Nothing is ever easy when it comes to repairs in this house.
It was supposed to be easy, oh wait, I think I am repeating myself. But it was supposed to be easy…
You know, like roll back the carpet, vacuum the floor and roll out the new vinyl.
NOT.
There was the carpet and pad, the old vinyl floor, the old 8 inch glued down tiles, and then it was the 4 by 8 ft piece of 3/4 inch rotten, smelly plywood that had to be lifted and replaced first.
My 13.5 X 9.25 future quilting/sewing space. The pictures on the wall are photos of how I want my space to look… I’ve a long way to go and they help keep me motivated.
It is all supposed to be done and moved back before Dec. 25th so I CAN decorate. We’ll see! In the meantime, I have my Christmas music to keep me motivated and in the spirit of the season. I want this project DONE. 😉
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Oh yeah, and did I forget to mention the six holes I punched into the wall with a wonder-bar when I took out these?
A pair of sorta cute, but totally non practical corner shelves.
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NOTE: After our best friends left to go back to California, I had given myself a week to enjoy our clean and tidy living space, then it was back to work! I have made much progress since the picture above. I hope to be posting completion pictures by this Friday, or Monday! STAY TUNED! 😉
Needing a haircut the Lady of the Farmlet thought,
“I cut Bob’s hair for him with the clippers… I’ll just put the biggest comb on and do it myself!” It only took one swipe of the clippers to realize my mistake, but it was already too late.
I look in the mirror and try to imagine myself as one of those artsy looking old fems in dangly earrings and folksy clothing. Nope, the vision bubble pops and it is still me with awful hair staring back. Is it possible to be too frugal? Yes. It truly is.
I told Bob I won’t be going out in public. His response?
“You can wear a hat.”
Note to self:
NEXT TIME GO TO THE NEAREST CLIP JOINT AND PAY $10.00. IT COULDN’T POSSIBLY LOOK ANY WORSE.
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UPDATE
So many of you wanted pictures… My sister called almost as soon as I hit the publish button!!! So I went out looking for a picture of an artsy looking ‘old lady’ with dangly earrings, whose hair looked roughly like mine, and I found her!
So, wadda’ya think? Should I dye my hair orange and get a tattoo?
The very talented Fiber Artist ~ Rice (rhymes with Lisa) Freeman-Zachary
One of the things I didn’t tell you about, and should have… Was going to Talladega for the race on October 23rd.
Although my husband and our friends, Pam and Tim are big NASCAR fans, I could never see any purpose to sitting in front of the TV for hours watching little cars go round and round while some good old boys talked about it non-stop. To my way of thinking it is tantamount to watching hamsters running in their exercise wheels, and what’s up with that little rat relative Digger?
I digress.
So almost a year ago we began talking about the October Race at Talladega. And before we knew it the plans were made, the tickets bought, plane reservations made, and they were here!
Personally I was more excited at the aspect of our friends coming to visit! We hadn’t seen them since we left California three years ago, and I was looking forward to spending time with them. Even if it meant having to sit in bleachers for a day…
Well, we drove over two hours, parked, walked over a mile, found our seats, sat down, and realized…
We were right in front of the start/finish line!
Now some folks would prefer to be way up high so they can see the whole track clearly, and some would prefer to be down in the center of the track where all the partying and crazy stuff is going on, but me, I was kinda liking to be where it all begins and ends. Although I am not a NASCAR fan, and I don’t have a driver I’m following, it was fun to be there live and in the middle of the action, to see up close what went on in the pit. Oh, and the really big bonus??? No Digger! The annoying little rodent was MIA! 😀
Before I get to the pictures I want to take a moment to thank Tim and Pam for buying the tickets. It was very generous and we all had a great day! Yes, even me.
Now, let me tell you, taking pictures of FAST cars is hard. Add a fence and it is next to impossible! I found that to get a good shot I had to set the camera for action and face into the oncoming cars. Doing this allowed the camera to find a focus range and get in a few clear shots. Like these…
OK, so these aren’t fast-moving cars, but trust me, the fellas in the photo were hustling!
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No, your eyes do not deceive you. That really is 12 inch wide tape holding on the fender of number 20!
TAPE!
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You have to look at this one close up!Imagine driving way over 200 mph, and you are kissing bumpers with the guy in front of you… on a curve… INSANE.
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I took so many photos that day and almost all were trash. The action is simply too fast for this amateur, and so were the heads of the fans!
I have various blurred shots of the back of several NASCAR fan’s caps. I thought this red one was attractive… 😉
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So for me, even though not a racing fan, it was a great race! There were four crashes in which no one was killed or seriously maimed (that’s always a plus) and best of all, I was there with my Sweety and best friends!
Hmm… whatever happened to Digger? Maybe he got run over by one of the fellas on the track?
used drill pattern to properly space drilled holes into the frame/brace (hint, use wood blocks under two by four to prevent drilling into your new floor) 🙂
VOILA! My new sewing table!
Life on the Farmlet 