School Woes and Another Furniture Makeover...

Well, we've almost made it through our first full week of school without any major complaints or problems.  Though Devin did ask me if I could ugly him up some when he got in the car yesterday because four girls had asked him out in one day and he wanted nada, zilch, zippo to do with any of them. 


I did not have much sympathy for his poor little soul.  I didn't get asked out until I was 15!  And when did seventh grade girls start "asking out" boys anyway?  I don't recall much of that back when I was in school.  You know, way back when we had to walk five miles to the bus stop in the rain, sleet and snow?  


Dracen's chief complaint came yesterday when he got in the car holding his football and flying disc that he was quick to inform me he did not even get to play with because his class does not get to go to recess on days they have  p.e. although all the other kids get to! They had do go straight back to the classroom after lunch! What is this world coming to?  


As for me, I've been spending my few hours of serenity each day doing a little of this, that and the other.  Tuesday I went on another furniture painting spree by painting my little childhood rocking chair, Dracen's toy box and this nightstand from Charlie's 1970 something childhood bedroom set...

It has been in Devin's room so once I got to the bottom of the drawer I found that a piece of what looked like poster board had been duct taped to the bottom to cover up a big ol' sticky spot of Lord only knows what.  And I don't know if that was there from the days of Charlie's youth or something Devin did but I managed to get most of it scraped and sanded off before painting.


I first painted over the whole thing with two coats of Annie Sloan's Paris Grey before trimming with old white and then applying clear and dark wax with a little distressing here and there...

I'm really pleased with the way it turned out but I'm just not so sure it looks like it belongs in a boy's room now so I'm contemplating on that and on what I'm going to do with the desk and dresser/hutch that goes along with it. Hmm....

**Joining in for the first time with Miss Mustard Seed for Furniture Feature Friday!  Her blog is a wealth of information and I have spent much time in the past couple of weeks pouring through her photos and tutorials for inspiration.