i finally found it (or it found me)

i have been hunting for weeks on used victoria for a small desk for me to use for sewing, crafting, art and all other goodness i get up to when not busy being a mommy/wife.
i had found one i fell in love with but the seller wouldn't respond. i am assuming either it was sold, or she just thought it was weird that i was stalking her via email over an old, broken down desk. i will never know...haha.
my luck changed on sunday though. we headed out to metchosin to see jer's grandma and family for the day. during our visit jer mentioned he thought he had found me a sewing table. he brought me downstairs to see what is now my "new baby". it was almost identical to the one i was stalking some girl over. now that's what i call fate! it needs some massive tlc, but i am just the momma to give it to. thanks so much grandma joan!
jer's dad helped me get a new top for the desk due to the current one being broken and all busted up. we are going to replace the top, sand her down and paint her up all nice. to top off how elated i was over the desk, there were even vintage sewing patterns and gorgeous buttons inside the drawers! i am over the moon!
i will do another post about the desk when it's all done. i can't wait to whip out the paint brush!

the old top that we are replacing

sick of my fuse box

i hate where the fuse box is in our apartment.as soon as you walk in the door - it's literally directly above the console table. a giant eyesore! it's one of the first things you see.

jeremy and i have been toying with what to do to cover it since we moved in way back in august 08. i was tempted to slap on some material or funky wrapping paper and kind of frame it out, but just never found what i was looking for.

then one week, months ago, i found an old cupboard door at the bottom of someones driveway waiting to go out with the trash. i took it. yep. i grabbed that sucker and brought it home with me.

i cleaned it, scrubbed it, wiped it and shined that puppy up. the colors of the door are the exact color of our paint on the walls, the exact size of our fuse box & the light blue was the perfect match for our dining room. i knew it was fate. it called out to me when i walked by and i just can't seem to resist things that i get "that feeling" about.

at first i was tempted to take the hinges off the sides, but once hanging i decided to leave them on. (also they looked like a damn pain in the a** to remove) it has taken me a while to figure out how to hang it over the fuse box without it sticking out to far from the wall. but i managed to root through my tool/hardware bag and found some short, thick hook and eye screws and whammed those puppies on and hung the door.

i like it. i may still change it up if i find a wrapping paper design i love along the way, but i will still keep that door. i wish the photos were better, but there is literally no light over there to show it's true colors.

funny thing is, after all that work, jeremy still hasn't noticed it is on the wall....hahaha, that's men for ya. (sorry babe)