our creative space . . . 'preparation'

Greetings all,
After the bureau success, i'm ready to take on the buffet & hutch i picked up at a recycle centre.  Preparation is always the most boring part of a repurposing/ refurbishing project, however, it also creates questions/ options/ ideas you may not have considered.  Warning, this is a pretty bland Creative Space this week, but effective. 
First up i removed the glass doors & poo brown knobs (they were hand painted, someone actually took the time to paint them that horrid colour!!)

Then i thought how lovely it looked as an open cabinet.  No, the doors will go back on!! 

After sanding, i knocked the back of the hutch out, it was so noisey, banging away, + the wood was tongue & groove so fell loudly, piece by piece.  No one blinked an eye or came out to look, no wonder we got burgled (baddies smashed through our front window) in the middle of the day & no one noticed!!  I'll replace this wood backing with a flat panel, wall papered first, THEN reinstalled. 

I really like the plate ditch along the shelves too, but this is for craft!!  Now i'm thinking i should leave the internal shelves & sides white, i love sharp white against a colour, if done well, i'm using a very strong pink with Dulux Gala Day. 

You don't need many tools to destroy furniture!! 

So this was the bureau . . . gives you a reference of the colour & beautiful Laura Ashley wall paper i'm using - i think this pink, with the celadon paper + white insides will work well. 

Every hammer swinger needs a puppy companion. 

He's not much help, especially off lead when he greets every pram & puppy passing by, i'm sure he terrifies people as he's so enormous, heart of gold & from this - preferring to sit on the carpeted tailgate of the car - he's built for comfort!! 

Poof, i want to finish this project over the Easter long weekend, with my 4 helpers & have it in my studio by Monday.  My post-surgery hands are a bit tender after sanding vvvvvvvvvv & i know the children love getting on the tools.  So many chores before painting glory, like taping the glass edges, they love doing that & they're very neat too.  Some say child labour, i say free Easter activities!! 
Enjoy more creative spaces here, happy Easter, love Posie

come walk with me & my action puppy

 Greetings all,

One my favourite things to do each day is take my action puppy for a walk, run, jump, climb, sniff & gallop. 

Meet Khan, our much loved 3.5 year old German Shepherd.

Sometimes it's just a trip around the block . . . 

 other times a long bush walk . . .

 we look right & we look left . . .
 

 then cross over to the reserve to spy on kangaroos.

 I keep him on a lead as there are rabbit baits & he's prone to chase birds & butterflies!!

 Yesterday we took Khan for a big walk around Lake Burley Griffen . . .

 he is so good with other dogs (as in the non lunging/ barking/ attacking kind of good) & he's a hit with mums with prams!!  So many families say they don't have a dog, so we make time to stop & let their children have a good look at our huge puppy.  I have always taught our children to NEVER pat anyone else's dog, you just don't know them & i never encourage small children to pat our Khan, it's just not worth the risk, anything can frighten a child or startle a dog to react unpredictably, including sticky fingers which might get chomped on. 

 Big dogs don't always get a good wrap (MANY for good viscious reasons) but our children have not had a minute of their lives without a German Shepherd in it, we have had beautiful experiences, raised them with love & control.  We never put our children in danger (they were never left alone or unsupervised) but we do put a lot of trust in our puppy.  When our children get heavy enough, they can start taking him to the park with them, right now he can pull all of them over, he's just too strong. 

Then he's back home on his heated sheepskin bed (inside at night in Winter) after a satisfying day out.  Best way to exercise, fresh air, happy quiet puppy at home & friendly way to meet your neighbours.  Love Posie