Kat's Kalamities

Chalk paint pretty,and the things you do for family.....My little car has gotten a real run for it's money this month...Sept. I have added 4700 miles...in travels to Colorado,Wyoming,South Dakota and all the states in between and then off to Texarkana and a step into Arkansas...back home for jury duty. Hope I don't get picked and then paint a wardrobe for my Alexandria...and then pack it up and take to Texarkana to deliver the wardrobe and pick up my son who I left their to continuing taking care of my other sons house and puppies..if you call polar bears ....puppies.... OK that is where I have been and not posting much...so here is what I did while taking care of the puppies..

I did say Annie Sloan Chalk paint right...so lets get to it

 I will say this unit kicked my ......and the before pic...oops and )()(*(&^ I forgot until too late...the story on this unit is...First I was in Iowa,Grandpa Charles stereo radio unit...and a deep cheery wood veneer...with those cool ring pulls..then it went to Rapid City and was in My hubbys family, then to my Hubby who used it in his college dorm...USD Vermillion So.Dak. them to our little 1870 house we rented when first married....then into our boys rooms...in Waco, Dumas,Belton and then Morgans Point Resort/Belton Tx...then to my younger son when they moved back to Texas...so then to Temple, then Georgetown and now Texarkana...we know where it was built Tennessee this little unit can tell a story....do you ever think of all the places, your treasure have lived....

 So what happened to this unit...My son painted it white and green and put gas station stickers on it...and it was cute...held my grandsons books...but they were too tough on it....and it was not a ladder...so I painted it for the guest bedroom in their new place...first a coat of ASCP old white...Jason had used a spray paint so I had to cover a high gloss finish..chalk paint rules....so two coats of the white, the inside I used up my CoCo and then Emperors Silk two coats for depth of color..then I used the peal and stick letters...darn this one was harder...and this was not my first time...I see with the pics a few spots I need to fix too...some times you just have to step away to see your ooppps...

 OK this one has a Travel theme...She deserves it, so I thought of all the words for travel, journeys, and then some places to visit...Hey that is not how you spell Britain and It's Rome....Yeah I know...but this is a personal piece..and My grand kids have parents who love history...I mean my son is close to his degree major, history...and science...So Rome is Roman and Great Brittan is Britton and Alexandria is the great City with Roman influence and great history in Egypt...So I mixed a few other cities that would be interesting to see and Dublin is a must for Irish history buffs...So that is how the names came to be

Love color and  this is painted inside the doors and the entire interior in the red, and then the outside is a mat black with a little eggplant mixed....then add plaster of Paris...mix and you have home made chalk paint...the whole unit was waxed and buffed...then up the stairs to the guest room. Jason had given me these tins...I used in another little piece I did with this idea..and since they did not have a place for all their office stuff....I fixed that problem...here we go a place for it all...and the tins came back to them...now one problem was I worked for 3 hours with the door on top....it would not go back on...was not fitting like it had before...so I thought place on top...and I kinda like it this way...hide what you want, easy access to what you need...

So I added the little pot, and painted it red too,and then some chalk paint...took pic before I got some chalk. I did a chalk outline around the chalk paint on the little red pot, and wrote VISIT on it...then tucked in their latest magazines....then hung Jason's Marine pic from basic trainings...painted the frame to match...I had given them a little history of a vintage History book in red...yeap on top. Hung up the framed Medal from my Great Uncle Fred...he served WWI and WWII...this medal was awarded for those who served during 1912 to 1919, he served 1915 t0 1919...my Uncle Fred was very special to me...I think he would be happy to have Jason taking care of it now..O yea on the basic pic...is a Marine Epaulet from a sweet man who served in the Marines 1941..I met him while working and found out my son was on the USS Pelalui and he fought in the battle of Pelalui Island...History seems to find it's way into our lives...

 Some more of the guest room, this was my Bed from age 14 until I married...when I picked it up a few years back...I asked my son and Daughter in law...and they said yes...for Alexandria down the road...what color they said black so I painted a high gloss black...if you only knew all the layers of paint I chipped off of this when I was 14....I hung some of the items I have passed on from my Mom to Jason and his family...the frame original held the purse...but now it stand on it's own for pics...the purse I picked up for Alexandria starting a collection of Vintage purses..She was too little I have learned! this use to have more beading that hung from the bottom...O little girl....likes shinny

 I need or I should say want a new camera...I work on the pics but some times I can't improve them to show the beauty of what it really is...This picture was one I gave to Jason last year...a very pretty vintage frame and picture...

Do not give 2 year old vintage too early.....but she still is pretty...

 My Shark loving grand daughter...if some day you find out their is a gal studying sharks...I know who it will bee...I Painted her room a Turquoise...Pic does not show true...and then this material is from Spoonflower.Fabrics.Check it out...most original..I found the site and then My daughter in law, Cori and Alexandria looked and she picked out the one she wanted...Burp that is what it is called BURB...Bubbles...we need Bubbles in the Ocean Turq...so I found these crochet hoops at a garage sale in Wyo...and now they are Bubbles...in her room...with Sharkys as she calls them ....

So how about a few other vintage items that have been passed on to the next generation in our family...Cori is a huge Jackie and Jack fan...so when I saw this Magazine that my mom had...she framed the whole magazine...

 My mom had this original photo given to her from the photographer at the newspaper...the largest earthen Dam when they were starting the project....

 And finally back to travel and History...a cool map that's mate needs a new frame..I love old maps and think this is a special one....when it's mate is back it will be even more special....

Thank you for stopping by, and see you soon on my next posting...thank you for your comments, they make my day.......Kat(LINK'd at Miss Mustard Seed)