Biding My Time

 I woke up to rain today-the day the fence guy was supposed to be here. I pretty much knew that would be delayed and, again, I couldn't work outside where the majority of the work needs to be done so I started looking for a fairly simple project to bide my time until the rains stopped. I remembered that I have three pieces of furniture that need repainting or refinishing so I chose the one that would be the easiest-the little piece that got moved when a larger one went into the sunroom. I liked it white until the other black piece moved in and then the white, black and walnut was just one too many colors!

I headed out to the garage to see if I had any black paint available and since I did, I grabbed what I thought I would need and got started.

My initial plan had been to use the small foam roller so I didn't get brush marks but, for whatever reason, the paint just didn't want to stick from the roller-maybe because I was painting over chalk paint. I actually thought that would make it better because the chalk paint has some tooth but it became obvious very quickly that I would need to use the brush. I was also hoping that I could do it in one coat but I should have known that black over white would probably need more than just one coat.

I'm going to let it cure for a bit and then decide if I might just leave it like this-I think it already has the distressed look that I would probably want to add so we shall see. Lol

But, while I was out in the garage going through my stash of paint, look what else I found!

Those of you who are regulars here probably remember a few weeks ago when I was repairing a large hole in a wall and having so much trouble mixing the paint until I remembered that I had used a glaze when I originally painted that room so many years ago. Well, here it is, I really can't believe that I still have it but, yay me! Since I finally got the colors matched up OK, I'm going to keep this for when I ultimately get that hole repaired correctly and have to repaint again!

While I was still waiting for the fence guy now that the rains have stopped I also decided to get my clock working again. I had to repair it once before and in order to do that I had to make a lot of structural changes to the back where the "works" fit in. I was worried that I may have used up all of my "dumb luck" but I started anyway because I NEED that clock working again.

I took off the old "stuff" and got out the new. The funny thing is that the very small bag that came with the new contained 2 extra pieces that were neither anywhere on the picture with the instructions or with the words that were so small that I pulled out a magnifying glass to see if it could help me see better...it didn't but I eventually read it all over and over and decided to just plow ahead without those pieces because I had no idea where they would go.

The hands on this things are VERY thin and delicate and shoving them down onto the shaft of the works was nerve racking as the instructions had warnings about making sure you supported everything from top and bottom or the clock may not run correctly. By the time I got to here, I was just waiting to see if it would work or not...I was done!

And, miraculously, it did...and it is now back on its spot on the wall in the family room.

Then I fooled around with some Easter. I took the little egg arrangement apart and added some new flowers while leaving out some of the greenery. And, I found that cute bunny image for the frame which will add anther pop of gold. And, yes, I ended up painting the silver bunny gold...you probably knew I would! Lol My gold accent collection is growing.

When you look at the egg planter from here you really can't tell it's an egg. But, I think this is going to go into the middle section of the new shelf in the living room so you will be looking up at it so I think it will be better? Maybe...otherwise it is just a small, plastic gold pot. LOL

So the fence guy was just here and we will see what the estimate comes in like. Hopefully I will be "fenced in" again soon. Stay safe and stay tuned.