Is the hope that comes with being optimistic worth the great falls when "the plan" doesn't go the way you thought? I'm not sure if it is (I'm beginning to think the pessimist totally got it right- he is always pleasantly surprised). My husband says he's a "realist" which sounds less negative. According to a friend, there are half-full people, half-empty, and also "so-what-if-it-isn't full" kind of guys. Seems like the last category would be the safest place to live.
I had one good day two weeks ago, and I decided I was up for painting my fireplace. If I had known I'd go downhill again so soon I might have...I don't know...made and frozen a meal for my family. Something more practical than changing up the house a bit.
Lots of uninteresting details, but I'm struggling with some health problems that will hopefully get worked out soon (at which time I'll tell you about whatever natural miracle cure was helpful). Most of it has been exacerbated by weeks of very little sleep, which is why I haven't been blogging.
Here are some rough before and after pictures. Thanks to my friend, Amy, who was staying with us when I got the crazy whim to paint. Do you know how hard it is to paint something in the middle of your house (a room with no doors) when your children are around? As soon as it was mostly dry, Thomas decided to climb right in and try out some soot foot prints around the hearth.
And the good news (?) is that the old wood stove isn't up to code, so it's just a Plain Old White Fireplace. I've just been informed that the stove not working is actually bad news we're trying to make good (see, Optimist vs. Realist). So the new goal is get a different stove in the basement, but that's still in the works.
Painting the door will have to wait until things stabilize around here. (But I'm sure it won't be long.)
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Beautiful transformation! Yay for paint, I always say.
I LOVE it! Maybe someone will be getting rid of a really cute little wood stove (Well, THERE's a really OPTIMISTIC/crazy thought!). I do love the heat of a wood stove, but they're not attractive.
Oh my! It looks so good! And you are definitely your mother's daughter if you used your resurgence of energy to paint something white vs. making a meal. The way I figure it is - we'll figure out a way to eat no matter what...But home improvement falls by the wayside unless it becomes a top priority.
And it looks like you made a slipcover for your ottoman, too.
Here's to a quick recovery. (Wish I was close enough to come paint your door...)
Thanks...I definitely like it white!
No slipcover, mom, still just the draped fabric. One day...
it looks AMAZING! i thought it might be a magazine photo of the look you were going for... but it is the ACTUAL fireplace after photo! lovely...
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