The Great, The Good,and the UGLY

Over the summer I had BIG plans to accomplish about 500 (or what seemed like 500) projects. In reality I actually finished about 3, and am in the middle of about 10!

One of my favorite projects was framing my bathroom mirrors. Although I was able to cut the wood for all 4 mirrors I have only gotten around to installing the frame on 2 of them. I LOVE the results. While I don't have any before pictures you will have to take my word that it made a HUGE difference in the look of the bathrooms!

Here is our master bath mirror. I used a piece of thick moulding for this mirror to give it a clean and classic look. ( I wish I could say that the bathroom has stayed this clean, but sadly it doesn't look nearly this nice right now. :) )
Here is the mirror in the half bath. All of this mirror's frame is made of MDF with the exception of the piece of trim along the very top.

Here is another of my favorite little projects from the summer. I had seen pillows similar to this in several different places, but the do-it-yourselfer in me wouldn't let me buy any of them. Instead I made a cover out of white material for a pillow that I already had and then I screen printed the number 5 on the front. In all this project cost me about $1.50 since I found the fabric in the clearance section at the store.

Now.... on to the UGLY. Trust me when I say that they don't come much uglier than this!! I found a set (that's right I bought TWO of these beasts!!) of these chairs on Craigslist for only $40.00. I naively thought that I would just bring them home and do a quick re upholstery job and I would have two great new chairs for my family room.... I quickly learned that whatever people are paid to reupholster furniture isn't nearly enough!! It is now three months later and I still haven't finished the first chair! It is very close though, and I have to say it is looking pretty great. I would feel some relief except it's ugly twin is still sitting downstairs waiting for me.