Royal Blue

Newspapers report

that the British royal baby is a boy.

I'm hooked.

I'm a Diana fan (I watched her get married), a Kate fan (I watched her get married),

 and of course, 

who isn't a *new baby* fan.

There Goes the Circus

Uncle came over last night,

and the first part of 'Cut off trailer, LIFT and SLIDE"

is complete.

No one was injured in the process,

and nothing fell apart.

I have a trailer on cinder blocks 

on my driveway now.

"How do you like me now?!"

Then, D got up early and ripped off the rotten floor

of the trailer, 

cleaned it with an electric wire brush,

primed and painted it.

Let's all admit,
Dan has done the near impossible so far.

Vintage Trailer Progress

It has been so hot the last few days,

you can get nothing done outside.

It's literally 97 degrees.

SO

Dan took a nap yesterday

because it was too hot to work.

Here is what he has done so far.

He has completed framing this back corner-

as well as this back corner.

The roof is reframed and patched as well.

Here is the back wall, reframed.

It's so humid, my lens got foggy really fast.
We also put the paneling back over this back framing, too.

Next step:

 caulking the corners and priming the exterior,

which we can't do until it cools down to 90 degrees anyway.

WHAT A COOL DOWN!

But, we have the products in hand, and just may get our &*^%s

out there tomorrow morning at 5am while it's still 85 to do it.

I think it will look a lot better sitting on the driveway primed
than with that dated brown streak on the side...blech.

AND the floor

will be sometime next week!

My Boys Needed A Desk

And it has not been a good summer for street finds

because let's face it,

gas is freakin expensive,
especially if you live in Illinois,
which has the HIGHEST gas rate of the nation.
I last heard they charge more here than Hawaii.

So... I directed myself to the thrift store and 

I picked up this art deco desk for $50,

which was high for me for a desk,

BUT I needed to get this done before they go back to school.

Subby is going into 5th grade and has reached ~desk age~.

The boys' room is blue and has a nautical/navigation theme.
Here's my transformation.
(I still need to find a cool looking chair, too!)

I used mostly everything I had on hand,

except I was out of polycrylic sealer and needed to pick up a tub,

which was another $20, but that will last several more projects, too.

I used my signature white chocolate finish by Ben Moore,

which is my favorite antique white.

For the drawers.

I had some sample pods of different blues

that I picked up on clearance last year.

None of them were a suitable blue for my desk,

so I mixed them all together

and came up with the perfect blue that way,

it's more of a blue-grey.

I had left over dark red and grey that I used for the stripe

and compass on the desktop.

Are you still with me?

Of course, I distressed the whole thing

because that's how I roll.

They're going to ding it up anyway,

so I might as well give them a head start so it blends in.

I also lined the drawers with old maps.

I did not paint the drawers this time,

I usually do,

but I'm trying to conserve a bit of paint and primer.

The bottoms of the drawers definitely needed

something to cover them up, and maps did the trick
and Subby is obsessed with geography anyhow.

I just redid the boys' room a month ago anyway,

in soft blues,

and now there are maps everywhere in their room.

They also have a huge sailfish which we redid as well.

And there's my three day re-do,

I'm takin' my time, it's summer!

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