New necklace organization system
Good news – the “get the husband on board with projects by making him a nice breakfast” plan worked pretty well. While “enthusiastic participation” might be a little bit of a stretch, John was a big help over the last couple of days and I promised I’d give him major points in my blog. We got a number of things done and got things in motion for a number of upcoming events.
As we were working yesterday, I was thinking about how different we are in the way we approach projects. I tend to be a little overly optimistic, while my husband tends to be kind of a pessimist. I always think everything will be easy and turn out great, while he’s shaking his head mumbling “this will never work”. Usually, the result is somewhere in the middle.
Glittery table – blame it on the Girl Scouts!
That’s pretty much the story of our project for yesterday. We have a table in our kitchen that is a little beat up. It’s a great table – we bought it from our good friends Therese and Tom a number of years ago when they couldn’t use it anymore. Over the years it has seen a lot of activity. Besides a number of scratches, there’s a lot of glitter that ended up bonded to the finish during a Girl Scout project. It’s very quaint and a little sentimental, but I’ve really been wanting to fix it up a bit without doing a full-blown refinishing.
Refinishing kit that’s been in the cupboard for probably 5 years
A couple of years ago, I bought a Formby’s Furniture FaceLift Kit and never got around to using it. This weekend I pulled it out and convinced John that it would be worth a try. We worked on it for about an hour – cleaning, buffing and polishing. After that came 2 coats of finish, each needing several hours of drying time. In the end, I think it was worth the effort, but unfortunately my husband was correct in his assessment that we will need to do a complete refinishing. The good news is that it’s a lot shinier, but the glitter is still there! Oh well, it’s a nice memory of when the girls were younger.
Better, but not perfect. I hate to say it – but my husband was right!
My actual Pinterest project for the day was posted by my niece Anna. Thanks, Anna! This turned out to be a super-simple solution to an annoying problem. I’m not a big jewelry person, but I do have a number of necklaces that I’ve never managed to tame. I won’t even embarrass myself by showing the “before” picture for these, but here’s the picture of my new storage solution.
Great solution for necklace storage
All it took was a curtain rod I bought at Meijers for $4 and a set of double-hook shower curtain rings I got at Big Lots for $3. I got John to mount the rod on the back of the closet door and Voila! Tomorrow I’m going to get a couple more rods to hang my bracelets and scarfs. So exciting!
Well, back to work. Have a great Sunday evening.
Project Pinterest 365 
I’m SO glad someone actually did this project! I’ve been wanting to do it for my necklaces for too long now. Now that I know it’s a success I’ll have to try it!
You should try it – it makes me happy every morning