Do You Know What A Piano Weighs?!?

No, really! Do you?

So, yah, I didn't get my piano this weekend. :(

I had one Mr.Garcia lined up to help, but the hubs was a big fat failure on getting his coworkers to help. We don't have a clue as to how much the piano weighs, and it is stored in a walk out basement, which is great, except that you then have to go over grass with it. I'm at the point that Im considering finding out how much it would cost to have someone move it. Thank God it's free! If anyone out there has any ideas, or would like to volunteer their husbands/boyfriends for the job, I pay in beer! ;)

Finished enough, and an exciting new project!!!

SO! Here is the coffee table that I found at the Salvation Army a while back, for a steal of $20!

However, the shade of green totally dates it! ;) But it is SOLID!!! And it is big! Perfect to withstand my little tazmainian devils, and take up the right amount of space in my ginormous family room!

I love the legs!!!

So, I actually spray painted the legs black satin, that was how I found out that the Valspar spray paint @Lowes, is the best way to go. This table was NOT done with the Valspar. And it took me like 3 or 4 times of painting it for it to turn out just right. I still swear though, that when the light hits it just right, you can still see green!


It actually was brought back into the house, with the top unfinished for a while. It was completely sanded, and we had the stain, and the polyurethane spray for it, it just kept being placed on the back burner behind everything else we have going on.

So 5 months later, its finally done! We did 2 coats of the stain, but I wish we would have done 1 if not 2 more. I wanted it to be REALLY dark, but, whatever! It's done and it looks nice! Maybe when we move, I'll put some more stain on there after we are settled, or I have even thought about putting mosaic tiles on the top. I think it would look fab with those legs! ;)



Gus-gus says hi! :)

So, now for my new project that I am SO EXCITED for!!! This saturday I am getting THIS:

FOR FREE!!!
Gotta love Craigslist!!!

I know it doesn't look like much, but I have big plans for it! A couple of keys need to be replaced, and it needs to be tuned, but I don't care about that stuff! I want to turn it into THIS:

Isn't it beautiful?! Okay, so I might not do turquoise, but it will be some fab, bright, out-of-the-norm color! And I love that it has the bench to go with it!
My husband wasn't quite so thrilled with my latest adventure, but I was able to talk him into it by repeating the fact that it was "FREE" over and over! ;)
I'm hoping that in September I will be able to get it sanded, and possibly primed, (since after September 1st I will not be working anymore and have 2, YES! 2 Kids in school!!!) but it wont be completed until we are moved, because I am hoping for a whole new look in our new place!