Painted Ladies

While dreaming of "that perfect" kitchen, here's what it looks like for Today.

That fridge is missing a handle.

"Blonde" table and chairs.

(Note my favorite cleaning product: Window Cleaner...uh, next to the cereal...ok moving on!)

Howdy, partners, Let me show you around.   

This was the FIRST table and chair set I bought.  Ever.  In my life. (From KMart. :))  Still, I was thrilled!

Along come two adorable, just-as-potentially-messy-as-me people (as well as booster seats and the need to wipe down every surface multiple times a day) and the table and chairs were beginning to show their years.

Mom thinks it was the booster seat and window cleaner...

The set I ultimately found was from Craigslist &  it was the shape of the chairs that I really loved.  Welcome, curvy ladies!

After a good cleaning and removing the seats, 

the chairs went out to HM's shop for spray painting ...which he lovingly did  for me!

(The Royal Me found spray painting very frustrating...

I'll stick to small spray-painting jobs and a roller & brush!)

The finished paint job... after many fume-y hours 

(well, a few hours, he's pretty good at this sort of thing!) by a sweet handy man.

Close Up by HRH.  These chairs delight me!

Though I love weathered finishes, I wanted "the ladies" to be a bit glossy.  

Since I'd been following/stalking Jenny, for some time, I knew to run out and grab 

some glossy Wipe-On Poly.  Which was the easiest thing ever to rub over the Krylon White.

I reupholstered the seats in a vinyl.
As you can see, I couldn't decide on a color.  
Two in charcoal, two in sand.
I have a feeling I'll be recovering them in the next few years anyway!
(I can still use my beloved Window Cleaner to spray them down!)

Here's the table, not ready for her reveal...and the birthday party aftermath...
(Yes, that's a toy crane in my kitchen.  I know, you want one, so here's the link...
Your dream toy crane awaits you here.)

The "new" table & "Painted Ladies"!

So much more to do... 
Someday:

• Replace fridge (Hooray! - LOVE a new fridge!)
• Replace the bench with a "semi-built-in" bench/window-seat
• Repaint - (I'm loving gray, lately!)
• Add decorative moulding or panels to walls
• Refinish table
• Add an indoor/outdoor rug for under the table (or am I asking for ruination?)
• Change out the blinds for the (4) windows (fabric?)
• Replace a falling apart recipe/arts storage unit (have my eye on something!)
• Oh, and fix that "T" - it's too big!