Hope you had a great weekend! We painted the nursery, organized it (finally!) & I started hanging things on the walls. wahooo!! Our washing machine broke and our house got so trashed from working on the nursery and neglecting everything else, that we decided to head over to my parents' house and do laundry & order pizza & watch movies Saturday night. They'd gone out for the night so we got to relax in their newly finished basement (redone after
the flood.) (For those of you who haven't been reading this blog since the beginning, Dave & I had moved into my parents' last year to save up for this house. It was one of the best things we ever did, although at the time it seemed like an eternity.) It was cool to be back in our old "home" (the basement) Saturday night and remember all of our saving & dreaming & planning for a new house and to realize that we were there.
Also, I've decided that because so many of our projects are decorating-related and not necessarily organization projects, I'll include both. (BecausetTicking stuff off of my "to do" list gets me more organized even if it is purely decor-related.)
For this week's project I wanted to share with you the wax drip candle covers we made. The stark white candle covers always bothered me on our old chandelier. (We'd had to rewire it and replace the old damaged candle covers that were oroginal to it.) I wanted pretty wax drip candle covers.
So we made glue drips down the sides of the 30 cent plastic covers with Elmer's Glue. I let a layer of drips dry before starting another one. Here's the first layer (below). Just start at the top with a glob of glue and let it drip down. (As you can see from the pics it was a learning process.) And use something better than a paper towel as the surface... it sticks to the candles. ;)
Once they'd dried and I had enough layers, I painted them with a cream paint we had lying around:
Here's a close-up:
I'm really way more into the orangey-aged color of the one wax drip candle cover below on the left (It adds so much to a chandelier) but I didn't have the right paint lying around.
So here they are for now & when I get the chance, I'll be recoating in a more orangey paint & antiquing:
But so much better for now. (At least I don't cringe when people look up & examine my poor chandy or I put pics up on the blog.) So if you have any chandeliers that are in need of new wax drips, please join in and link up!!
xoxo,
lauren
ps- This project's at your own risk. I didn't use heat resistant paint, which I'm sure would be the smartest thing to do... We checked our covers (prior to painting) and they don't get warm so we went for it, but that's up to you. :)
On a Crafty Scale, I'm probably above-average for normal people but below-average or average for crafty bloggers/ blog readers/ DIYers. I get very impatient & sloppy and like quick & easy projects. This was sooo easy.
*update - also I didn't come up with this myself-- I think I must've read it in a magazine a few years ago** :)
Now my dilemma is this: I don't think I can cover it up with my 30 Leonardo Da Vinci sketches!! (At least not right away because I just want to gaze at it lovingly.. not kidding.) But I already ordered them... SO now I think I'm going for a CRAZY gallery entry with them going all the way up the 3 walls in the entryway. Any thoughts??? Should I put them in the living room or entry? If I put them in the entry, what your thoughts on the living room? Should I put the black window-like mirrors back? (in above before pic-- they're very loft-like & strong.) Just keep it empty & lean whichever mirror and/ or art I feel like at any given time? (below) Do you think it feels too empty as it is now? (This is tough because it feels "emptier" in photos than in person because the wallpaper stencil stands out much more in person...)
Ok, would love your thoughts & ideas. And one last pic of my chemistry beakers!! (In case you didn't read the comments in a previous post, I had to laugh so hard when Terri of WindLost said she loved everything in the room except for the chemistry beakers because she's a scientist. hahaha Yes, I have to agree that I wouldn't feel the same way about them had I her job!!)
Looking back over the weekend stenciling project: YES, I almost told my husband to quit after it took an hour and a half to do the first 3 stencils. He was a serious trooper & just kept going & going but I KNOW I wouldn't have done it myself. I don't have the patience. IF you have an insane stash of patience, it's a project worth doing, but I agree with many of the comments in my last post that wallpaper doesn't seem nearly as expensive now. He's moving onto the foyer this weekend & that will be rough on a ladder the whole time but I'll post when we have pics!
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