Bonjour, bonjour ca va? Hello lovely friends how are you all? I know I say this all the time but I can’t believe I’ve been gone so long. As most of you know I’ve contemplated closing the blog because in the past I just felt I haven’t had much to say and honestly I really just have not felt the urge to blog as my mojo seemed to have completely upped and left me. However the universe has gone and made life very interesting of late with the Covid19 virus and by interesting I mean we’re all having to isolate unless it’s to go out for the essentials like food, prescriptions and paint from Bunnings lol.
So I thought what better time to pick up the blog than now. I’m sure I’ll have plenty to rant about with kids home 24/7, school holidays being completely indoors and trying to get as many decor projects done as I can without leaving the house for supplies to keep my sanity.
As of today my kids have been off school for just over a week and as of next Monday the school holidays start a week early. Who knows what will happen next term but it looks like it will be online learning if the kids can’t get back to classrooms. We have done some very basic schooling activities, some gardening, baking, going for a bike ride and we’re doing our meetings (if you’re new here we’re Jehovah’s Witnesses) on Zoom as we can’t go to the Kingdom Hall. The zoom meeting was a lot of fun especially for the kids as they tried to find all their friends and see each other on the computer. We have another meeting tonight we’re looking forward to and Francis and I have made some brownies for supper after the meeting then it’s off to bed for the kids.
For me personally I am keeping everything running to the same routine as if they were still going to school. We might be up a little later in the morning but bed times haven’t changed. Let’s face it, mama needs her peace and quiet after a full day of everybody home all day so when 7:30pm rolls round that’s my time lol.
Now I can’t share our usual ventures and day trips with you at the moment because we’re not allowed to go out just for fun and most places we go to have been closed down any way due to isolation restrictions. So what I’m going to share with you today is a little revamp project I did yesterday as I’m in preparation to revamp the kids bedrooms and yesterday I started with Bec’s bedside table and desk.
I bought Bec’s bedside table and desk early last year from Kmart after we got home from Tassie. They were a simple beachwood look that were nice and light next to her bed I painted a blue/green colour.
Last week I saw a friend on Instagram had used a beautiful coloured paint on her bedside tables by British Paints called Rose Revival. I immediately fell in love with the colour and knew it would look amazing on Bec’s bedside table and desk. Although I wasn’t sure if Bec would go for it as she’s such a tomboy and has for years said how much she hates pink! Seriously don’t all girls like pink in some way? Well I showed her the colour and she really liked it (shock, horror!) and said she’d be happy for me to paint her furniture in that colour. So I took an ‘essential’ trip to Bunnings (good thing we needed whipper snipper blades any way) and bought a sample pot of paint in Rose Revival.
Not long after getting home Chris and Bec set up Monopoly (I refuse to play with Chris lol) and Francis was playing his Lego game on the PS4 so I set up with the paint and got on with the job of revamping. As soon as I put paint to wood I knew it was the right colour choice and I loved it even more than seeing it on my friends feed on IG.
It literally only took me the afternoon to paint both pieces of furniture and give them a coat of Annie Sloan Lacquer to protect the finish. Everything was left to dry thoroughly overnight and then went back into Bec’s room this morning.
I decided to leave the legs a light colour as then they still tie in with the Pony picture and her bookcase plus give the illusion of being a floating bedside table and desk. Next in Bec’s room is to repaint her bed in an amazing colour that’s a secret for now, her main drawers and a new carpet rug for the floor as we have the worst carpet I’ve ever had in a rental. But before I continue on with Bec’s room I’ll be tackling Francis’ drawers with some paint as well but I’m really struggling to decide on a colour. I already know I’ll be repainting his bed in a gloss black, however as his room is quite small I don’t want two dark pieces of furniture together in his room. If you’ve got any suggestions feel free to leave them in the comments section below.
So as you can see I’m definitely keeping busy and have lots to do through this self-isolation period including plenty more gardening and a heap of crocheting. But honestly revamping furniture is my most favourite thing to do as I find it really therapeutic to put some music on (hello blue eyes) and get lost in the painting process. It’s safe to say that nothing will be safe for the next however long we’re in isolation for. If it’s still long enough it’s bound to be painted lol……
Well I’m off for now but it feels so good to be back and sharing my projects with you all. I hope you’re keeping yourself well and somewhat busy while in isolation. I’d love to hear from you and know what you’re doing to keep you and your family busy during isolation so feel free to say hi in the comments and tell me what you’re up to.
Au revoir pour le moment…..Michelle x
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