The Beginning, like the start of the beginning.

Well, it's the end of day one for this adventure I'll call The beginning of Colorblocking...the very, very, early, beginning of ColorBlocking.

Let me get right to it-

Today, I started on 3 of the 4 dining room chairs I snagged for free from some friends who were cleaning out their basement. Well, it was a LOT harder and took a LOT longer than I had anticipated. I mean how long does it take to throw some High-Gloss, Ultra White paint on some chairs?!

Well, for me, 2 hours a chair.

So there's a slight learning curve to refurbing (a term I use to refer to any item I am making prettier) ie. catching dripping paint before it dries into a permanent drip which is definitely not the look I am going for; or remembering to paint, everywhere, everything, even ALL the underneaths.

(See before picture above)

Then, after I spent the better part of my day with some old chairs from the 60's and painted them right into 2011, I decided to break out the paint in a can, also known as spray paint!!

Nothing was safe from my spray. Compared to paint with a brush, this stuff is EASY!!!

I spray-painted a gold (some might say gaudy mirror) white. Then I figured while I had the spray paint in hand, I might as well paint this empty picture frame I snagged at an antique store in New York, lovely I do think!

(Pictures to follow)

It's a bit overwhelming thinking of all the projects I have in mind, all the items my BF and I have acquired, but I suppose I should focus on the ones at hand, and figure it out as it comes.
Like life sometimes, I suppose.

See the BF and I have these grand ideas of taking over the world one chair, one coffee table at a time....well not exactly. But we are taking some small steps towards our own little company of sorts, taking old, beat-up, in need of a little TLC *things* and giving them a new life. Right now a lot of the things we are finding, at our very happy shock, are things people are giving away for FREE or things we come across at a bargain because they need some help. We plan on taking these things and refurbing them and then selling them online.

Easy as pie, right?!

Except as I write this, I think, how are we going to find time to work on these things, when we both have for-real day jobs, and how are we shipping these things to people who order them online, and how are we going to design a website for these things, and how are we going to get people to our website...just a glimpse into the many questions dancing in my head.

But again I tell myself, do what I can do, with what I have today, and we'll figure the rest out later. (fingers and toes crossed)

I look forward to your thoughts, comments, suggestions, and especially of all, compliments!