Get your craft on

I made a list of home improvements like I mentioned in my resolution post, and I've already gotten started on it. Exciting!

You already saw the accent wall:

This is the new sofa and chair we chose to compliment our brown leather sofa:

It looks lovely. Add some brown zebra stripe taffeta to cover our deep brown end tables on either side of the leather sofa (sorry, no picture), and the room is complete. I love it. As you can see from the photo, the cats are really digging the new cat bed sofa I purchased.

The second project completed are my kitchen cabinets. Now I love the original honey colored wood cabinets I have in my little galley, but the ones right next to the range had seen better days. So instead of changing everything out (no way!), I figured out a way to make them work AND finally get my chalk board for my menues that I've been talking about since I saw one in my friend, Kate's, kitchen.

Start with some heavy duty primer, 2 coats:

Add a coat of chalkboard paint:

Add another coat of chalkboard paint:

Reattach the hardware:

Let it dry for 3 whole days, then cover it with chalk:

Wipe clean, and it's ready to use!

(the blue chalk doesn't really work for me; I'm switching to white or yellow next week).

In other news, I've also started another resolution last night. I love, love, love my new hobby:

And last, I got some new ink!

Oh, also, I can't remember if I posted a pic of Harry's new ink a couple of months ago. Ellie's little baby feet over his heart: