Working the weekend away

This is my "Handy Man" I don't know why he is side ways, but sometimes he gets that way when he is working really hard. We decided to finish up a few of the things we have had half done. So he put up the blind in the bathroom, and was going to put on the nobs on the drawers but he got distracted and didn't get that done. He is so cute and so serious when he is working.

Ok so here is what is next on our home improvement schedule. Lighting!!!! My Wonderful Jessica gave me a bunch of lighting (Well, I bought a few, but she gave me more than I've bought.)

We are replacing this~ (in our bedroom)
With this~ Minus the junk that is laying all around it. That all will get to stay in Tim's office! (and he complains that my office is a mess!)

We are replacing this~ (in the foyer)With this~ But I have a bunch of work to do to it. When Jessica gave it to me, it had this BIG HUGE glass square around it . . . A bit too, HUGE and ugly for me. So I took all the glass out and painted it. The glass turned out pretty cool (Sorry no picture of the glass) and one evening I needed a little project (Since I can't crochet with this stinking finger being a mess, I decided to start painting the parts to this piece brown. When I took it apart I realized that I really like the lamp without the big ugly glass things on it. I still need to paint the main part of it brown, but I love the scrolly way it looks and it will look great in the foyer! It's way bigger than the above light, and will have a lot more personality.

This light will be replaced~ (The light on the landing of the steps)

With this light~ (Jessica gave me this one too!) It has one little light holder thingy that is broken, but Tim (my handy man!) fixed that last night. It has these wonderful Round globes that go on each like (sorry no pictures of those either) And it will look wonderful there on the stairs!!!This is my new light in my formal dining room!!! I totally love it. Tim and His BFF James put it up on Halloween for me. I thought Tim was going to kill James! Because Tim is a perfectionist when he does things ~ He is "My Paint Nazi" And every other home redoing Nazi . . . And James is kind of one of those people who just do it "half assed" so Tim had me send James to the store to get light bulbs and french bread . . . and Tim did the other light mostly by himself, which made him really happy!

This is the new light in the Breakfast nook~ isn't it cool!

This is the sister light to the one in the breakfast nook . . . I don't believe we are going to be using this one, I think I will give it to my mom to use in her formal dining room.

And so while Tim was working on lights and the bathroom, I decided to recover the chairs in the formal dining room. We have had the fabric forever, and just hadn't taken the time to do it. So here it is~
Cutting the fabric~

Making a mess on the floor which I'm really good at! (And yes that is a Christmas tree in the corner of the room! I so excited that my Sweet Jessie is coming for the holidays that I am already decorating for them. I have 4 trees up already! Don't judge! You just wish that you were already as put together as I am!! )

I did this all by myself. And even used the STAPLE GUN without stapling myself to anything or having to go to the hospital!

And yes those are the Christmas stockings in the background on the stairs . . . Yes my stairs are already decorated also, and they are BEAUTIFUL! (But I'll post something about Christmas later on!)

Look how pretty they are!!! I did a wonderful Job!! I think I surprised Tim! (Probably mostly that I didn't end up in the hospital with a staple in some party of me!)And here is the finished product!! Isn't it pretty?!?!?! I don't know why it's sideways . . . but oh well, you get the point!