Spending time in Bill's Shop...

The top molding and hinges needed to be done on the quilt shop before more progress could be made. So since it is raining outside today, I got out my umbrella and carried the quilt shop out to Bill's shop. We evened up the sides and added a clamp to keep everything lined up while the hinges were being applied.

He used a spring punch to march where the screws needed to go

and just put one screw on each side of the hinge to see if it was going to work the way I wanted.

The screw coming through the door side had plenty of room

so I added some Gorilla super glue around the screw.

When that's dry, I'll nip off the point of the screw and file it down even with the wood. Where the hinge was attached to the body of the quilt shop, there wasn't as much for the screw to grab onto so Dear Hubby was searching for a thin piece of wood. "How about a paint stick?" I said. And of course, that's exactly what we used...😊 When he cut the pieces on his big radial arm saw, the pieces flew through the air! We managed to find them

and then removed the hinges from the wall and glued the extra wood in place.

So, what to do do while the glue dries? I came back into the house and went into my shop and found the jar of paint I had picked up at Lowes a couple of weeks ago.

The white craft paint I had was getting kind of old so I wanted to try this out. After a light sanding, the window frames were ready to start painting.

This is going on pretty good so far.

Tomorrow when I go into Johnson City for my visit with the chiropractor, I'll stop by the glass place to pick up the doors for the china bookcase, I mean, cabinet. The doilies are all dry, I'll just have to wash all the china before it goes in. Now I know why my collection isn't any larger....have a great day!

It's hot here!

When it's hot outside, my thoughts turn to....cleaning?! Not very often, LOL! But since dear Hubby is caught up in projects in his shop, the trim on top of the quilt shop is sidelined for a little while. I have lots of window frames to paint so put the skellies to work cleaning up the mess they made while I was at my mom's house.

There was the usual whining, but I soon heard them in there sweeping and vacuuming and saw a cloud of dust drift it's way into the dining room. While they were busy doing that, my job was to remove all the tea things from the bookcase in the dining room so that the doors can go on.

After taking everything out and putting it on the counter, I realized this is going to take awhile.

One of the reasons I asked Bill to make doors for me is dust...and as you can see, I have quite a collection of that too!

One of the skellies came out to see what I was doing and started sneezing and complaining. Then he walked over to the side of the bookcase and found a friend.

He wants to keep him as a pet hoping he'll grow big enough to ride someday. I told him spiders were outside pets and with the new swallows nesting in the yard, the fly population had greatly decreased so it would be pretty hard to find him enough food. I pulled out the vacuum and told Mr. Skellie that the spider was going to take a trip down a long tube to spider paradise. He was content with that and Mr.Spider is no more! (Whew! Close one...) The cabinet is all nice and clean and I moved all the tea stuff to wash later as we are having company tomorrow and I am making my potato salad that Bill likes.

The doilies got washed too,

and I even have some great hardware for the doors.

But, looks like the doors will be another day so wanted to show you what I found waiting to go out with the trash. I'm sure something cool can be made out of this!

So the ribs are in the smoker, company is on the way and here's a picture to make you drool....

Have a great day!

A Rainy Day in Tennessee...

Well, you're probably wondering what on earth I've been up to all this time. A while back, we thought we'd replace the front door and decided to price them. Front doors ended up being kinda pricey, so we went with a nice can of paint...and some new door hardware. These things sat around for awhile as the weather turned cold and I didn't want to leave the door open to let paint dry. The end of last week was the perfect time. As I lay in bed thinking about what I was going to do the next day, the thought hit me. If Dear Hubby is going to be putting new hardware on the door, I have to paint the inside too! Fortunately, I had paint left over from when I painted the inside of the french door in the back.

I found my small paint pan and roller and a good stir stick and we were off and running.

Here's the before

and two coats later.

Now to start the outside of the door. I chose a different kind of paint for the exterior and after reading the can, found out I had to let each coat dry for at least 24 hours even though it was an acrylic paint. I taped off the window in the door and started.

Two coats and two days later I was this far.

After a third coat and a third day, we put the new hardware on and I hung the wreath back up.

The paint was still a little soft, so the door stood open for another three days. So what was I up to during that time you ask? I went up to Virginia to visit my dear Mumsy. Brought her a present, took her out to lunch and took her to her favorite shopping place....the thrift shop! Found some very loud shorts for myself there..."Ha, that's not the only thing loud in her shorts!" Hey, where did you come from, get back in the shop you silly skellie! So I just got back today and when I walked past my shop door, this is what I saw:

I hate to think what went on while I was away...guess I will find out tomorrow. Sitting here watching the rain come down and wondering if we should start building a boat...have a great day!

A Rainy Friday Afternoon...

Worked on laundry today and also tried to get my computer to run a little faster. It's interesting when the program that is supposed to be fixing glitches has a glitch...this skellie is getting quite a kick out of it...the blue circle of death...

Before the clouds moved in today, I got a nice shot of the mountains out front.

They're now green all the way to the top and you forget how intensely green everything is here in the spring. Really enjoying all the plants Bill has been putting in and watching my Boston ferns sway in the breeze on my front porch. Ahhh....I'm afraid this post is going to be full of randomness today, LOL! Was looking at Pinterest the other day and saw a pin about making a small fairy garden in a container glued to a candlestick. The parts looked familiar so I rummaged around in my kitchen cabinets and came across these.

I don't know why I only have one of these candlesticks, but that works for what I have in mind. With a little E6000 cement, the two have become one.

So somewhere down the road, I'll build a teeny fairy garden. Come to think of it, I even have the fairies for it...

Don't get distracted! The next thing on the quilt shop was to look for the molding for the top edge. I went to Lowes and found out I had to buy an 8 foot piece. The only thing is, I only need 4 feet and have limited storage area. The guy there told me I could buy 4 feet and just pay the 8 foot price...why would I want to do that?! So went back today with Dear Hubby and showed him the molding. He started searching through the pile and found a nice piece that was severely warped.

He went over to talk to the guy and got it for half price! So I got 8 feet for the price of 4...I'm bringing him along everytime I go. :) So this is what it looks like:

Looks like it had been in the store since 2002!

I'll use some sand paint on it and then paint it gray and antique it so it will look like the cement decorations on life size old buildings. I spent some time looking at hinges while we were in Lowes and found these to use on the hinged front.

I'm going to need a little help installing the hinges and the molding on the top, but Dear Hubby doesn't mind helping me. And as a final look, these were the glasses I returned.

Magnified eye bags and racoon eyes! LOL! Have a great day.

Made some Progress!

After the intervention the other day, I found myself in the shop this afternoon. I got a late start because I went to the chiropractor and returned my new glasses. Back in the eighties, the big glasses were fun and looked pretty good...I learned something though; big glasses also magnify your eye bags! Not good...So it was a good thing the minions fixed my glasses earlier cause it looks like I'll be wearing them for another 10 days. So with the tape firmly in place on my old glasses, I began. I had one more window opening to enlarge so got right to it.

I thought I had one more window opening...turns out the skylight opening needed some work too.

I made short work of it

and then hunted around for the assembly instructions...I know they're around here somewhere...found them!

First the side walls were glued and taped in place,

then all three floors.

The quilt ladies wanted to try everything out and made quite a fuss about arranging things just so.Two of them started to argue about where the pink cutting table was going to go so once I broke them up and gave them some tea and cookies, they settled down long enough for a picture. Who knew that fabric bolts could be used as weapons....

The front wall is going to be hinged in place to keep out dust and to prevent the ladies from taking a tumble.

I then weighed the whole thing down with books to dry overnight.

Next time I'm in Lowes, I'll look for a narrow piano hinge and a piece of egg and dart molding to go along the top edge like I did for my Teashop.

It's good to be back in the shop again and the only thing the skellies pulled this time was to spread sawdust all over the place...I think they're trying to tell me something...Have a great day!