{"id":6427,"date":"2011-07-04T19:36:35","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T01:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/?p=6427"},"modified":"2022-07-01T14:47:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T20:47:51","slug":"girls-rooms-project-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/index.php\/girls-rooms-project-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Girls’ Rooms Project Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m almost embarrassed to tell you how long I’ve been working on the girls’ bedrooms (2 years!) The final step was that they needed bedside tables. So last December my hair stylist donated a couple of matching tables for our cause. They are pretty great structurally, but needed to be stripped and painted. I finally finished stripping them about a month ago. Today we pulled them out of the garage and my husband helped me finish the job.<\/p>\n

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Hubby power-sanding a drawer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Priming with the power sprayer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Notice all the “power” tools? It really does pay to be married to a general contractor!<\/p>\n

The tables came with some really cute pewter drawer pulls – three butterflies, three frogs, and three dragonflies. Here are they are in their final destinations:<\/p>\n

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The green room is my older daughter’s room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My younger daughter’s room has also been transformed since the last time I showed it to you. She no longer wanted pink – her latest desire is for everything to be blue. So we went from this:<\/p>\n

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My younger daughter’s room”before”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To this:<\/p>\n

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My younger daughter’s room “after”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Project (FINALLY) complete! And now, I need a shower before we go out to watch the fireworks… Hope you all have a safe and happy 4th!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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