Quickie Mirror Update

Here is a quick painting project I did over the weekend. I have had this shuttered mirror for about six months now. I found it at the antique store for about $12. I didn't care much for the pale yellow...

 

So I painted it white (I know...it is hard to tell. Trust me...it is white).

Then I took some Antiquing Glaze and painted it on. I wiped it off almost immediately with a damp cloth.

Then I painted the mirror with chalkboard paint...And here is the finished product!

I hung it in the dining room to advertise all of my wine specials ;-)

Stair Progress

Today is my Friday. Don't you just love it? My extended weekend will be spent finishing up the stairs. Up until this point, Mr. VB has done a majority of the work. I feel like my time has come.

You may have noticed in the pic I posted last week that the stairs don't go all the way to the wall and that there are gaps. Which would have been nice to know before the carpet was ripped off. Also, this was supposed to be a cheap project. Putting new treads on all the stairs definitely would have blown the budget. And wouldn't have solved the fact that the risers also had gaps at the walls.

The solution: a small piece of thin trim was added to all the risers. Calk was used to fill in the gaps on the treads.

While the solution isn't perfect...I think it will work. Our plan is to paint the risers white (as seen above) and the treads the same color as our study (as seen above). Hopefully I'll have finished pics to show you soon!