For this week's Five on Friday I thought I'd give you a brief summary of my week.
Reader alert...it's been an unexciting one so you are excused if you've something more interesting to do...... cleaning the lav, for instance.
1. Jumble Sale
Last weekend there was a jumble sale nearby, so good friend Juliette and I hot-footed off to it despite the dark threatening skies. I managed to survive the scrum at Bric-a-Brac and bought this glass ink well for 30p as I really need another receptacle for flowers....NOT.
2. Reading
Another jumble sale purchase was this paperback at 20p. I'm a big fan of Lisa Jewell's books, usually about dysfunctional individuals and have read quite a few, so when I saw this one that I hadn't read I snapped it up. I started reading a couple of days later and couldn't put it down.
3. Washing Out at last
How sad am I? The sun made an appearance and it cheered me that I was able to get washing out on the line instead of draped all over the rads.
4. Mortgage
I managed to make a large over payment on my mortgage this month which has taken the balance under
the next big round number....a nice feeling. With continued regular over payments I should be shot of it in a few years.
5 .Chalk Paint disaster
Some readers may remember my recently bought dresser that I featured in this post.
At
that point I was umming and aahing about using chalk paint, I'd never
tried it before, was it tricky? or should I use my tried and tested
eggshell? No, try something new she thought, nothing ventured etc ....
After reading lots of advice online from individuals who (mostly) raved
about it and thinking surely all these people can't be wrong, I went down
to the hardware shop and bought a can.
You can see the results above. I painted on two coats mostly with a roller and then waxed as advised.
It's a blotchy mess. The wax is sitting in all the nooks and crannies (perhaps I was heavy handed or used the wrong wax) and some of the paintwork is lumpy. I've been scouring the web hoping to find a solution...I'm so disappointed as this dresser is perfect and I'd been after one for ages. Will deffo be using eggshell on future pieces.
So that was my week, hope yours was better. Wishing you all a cracking weekend.
So that was my week, hope yours was better. Wishing you all a cracking weekend.