Chippy Stool

My father-in-law gave me this little stool a few months ago. He's always finding this and that to pass on to me - I love it! I absolutely loved the top, so I knew right away it would not be painted.  I decided to start working on it at night, so I brought everything inside. Mistake, see that little dog? He had other plans for my paint...like, knocking it over and leaving a nice blue stain on our carpet.

 

I grabbed this blue paint at an estate sale. What you don't see here is that I painted white over the blue, didn't like it, and painted it back blue.

Come on, I can't be mad at that sweet face!

After heavily distressing the stool, I coated in polycrylic.

  
I love how this one turned out because it really looks like the paint is chipping off.

And wow, that top. I just love paint splatters. See why I couldn't dare mess with it?

Have you had a pet mishap with a project?

3 Months

Today, we've been married for 3 months. It's a short time compared to the almost 8 years we dated before we were married. To celebrate, we took the dogs for a walk by Muddy Creek. We missed the cows at the nearby farm, but I did catch a moth on a pretty yellow flower.

The best part about the walk was seeing the progress Jack made out there. Somewhere along the way, Jack became fearful of other people and dogs, and now lunges and growls at every one he sees. During the walk, we managed to have Jack sit and calmly watch people walk, run, bike, and push a stroller by. He still jumped at the dogs, but, he made progress. We'll get there slowly.

We definitely had a good Sunday morning. How was yours?