Time to "Ketchup."

Hey there!  It seems like forever since I have had the time to sit down long enough "ketchup" the blog with happenings here at the Mossy Rose.  Where do I start?  

Projects!

My pal, Les, and I share a passion. The "Good Hood" (rather, Goodwill).  We are a thrifting brigade, along with our little guys Stoney and Levi.  The other morning we traveled to a near by good hood after some much needed coffee, and we found this little number for only $29.99!

I forgot to mention that Spiderman is also a part of our gang. 

 Anyhow, I text-begged my husband to purchase this goody, but he told me to abstain from my find because we are supposed to be saving for our upcoming vacation to Big Sur, California.  Blerg!  Les couldn't bear to see her pal without this treasure, so she bought it for "Dave's birthday" (which was in the next couple of days).  Clever she is.  Very clever.  

So I got it home, in the passenger seat of our element, and surprised Dave with his birthday present by asking him to help me get something out of the car.  I like to think that he was stoked about it, but chose to hide his emotions to challenge me and prove just how amazing I can make this table.  I like my potentialities, and he does too.    

Anyway, off to work!  I stripped the varnish with my nifty deglosser (shown in previous post), and got to painting.  I debated what color to paint it, and settled on a rust color from Valspar.

The flashlight in the bottom right was used to make sure I didn't miss any spots, which is easy to do when the lighting is dim.  I let the paint dry overnight, and applied Valspar's translucent color glaze in mocha with a paintbrush (I wish I had a close up picture of it, sorry). The thought of "roughing" up the texture by sanding crossed my mind, but I went for a more cleaner look.  That cured for about a day, and then applied a couple coats of clear coat protectant.  

I love how our nook is turning out! 

We found the chairs at our beloved, Ikea.

Our nook is by no means complete (curtains to be made, shelf to be hung, fun to be had), but I am so happy, and so are my boys with our new family nook table.

P.S.   Dave did have a good birthday, if you were wondering.  It was on a Sunday morning, and since we are up at our church ever so early (Dave plays bass for SBC Pearland), we band wives decided on having an all out breakfast.  We don't play.  All I have to say is there was a griddle backstage cooking eggs and bacon.  They were satisfied to say the least.

The other day, Levi and I went to hang with Dave during his lunch hour.  As we were driving in pursuit of a dining destination, we past this treasure out on a street corner.  My sweet love postponed his dyer need to eat for another 30 minutes in order to arrange our new armoire to be transported a la casa.  

Hey O!  Can you say potentiality?! 

It needs some t.l.c., and perhaps a makeover (depending on my mood).  I can't wait to get to work on it.

Levi has been on the move lately.  My dear friend Rachel decided to stand by just in case it got out of hand.  Thanks, Ray.

He can't be stopped!

He has been pulling himself up to a standing position in his pack-n-play and crib.

Meeting friendly faces.

Showing mommy cool finds at our new favorite consignment shop, The Guild.

Army crawling, finding his voice, saying "da-da", and being the best kid a mom could ask for.  I love you, my little Levite.

I have realized that I am lacking when it comes to pictures of what's happening, so I will be making an effort to take more to show and tell.  

Until then!