Mirror Time

I am getting there.  I spent Sunday glueing my wood trim to my mirror frame.  I used Gorilla Glue, and as always, I over compensated and over applied the glue.  Always worried it will fall apart.  So, nonetheless, since Gorilla Glue does some major expanding I spent some time removing excess glue (and will continue to do so or figure out a way to hide my 'oops').

Planning

Glueing the First Layer

Holding Down and Holding Up My Wood Trim While it Cures

So, I knew I would have to put something around the trim edge on the inside of the mirror - one to hide my excess glue and two just to 'finish' it.  I decided to use a jute-ish type rope.  I thought that once around would work, but think two wraps will add dimension ... and lets be real, hide the mistakes that once around won't.

Back from the Past ... again

Lots has been going on!  I had a week off and accomplished all the projects below within this short time frame.  Lets get to it.

1.  Patio - Regular sand just wasn't working out as a joint filler.  We didn't have too many issues with washout, but when it did rain the patio had a thin random layer of sand everywhere.  It just 'splashed' on everything and was quite annoying.  So, we decided on adding a polymer sand.  I must say that I probably didn't install it 100% correctly.  To do so would require that I remove the full depth of the existing sand joint filler.  But, I did use a leaf blower to get about an 1" out.  Then, I brushed in the polymer sand, used the leaf blower on idle to remove and sand from the top of the pavers, wet the sand on shower three times, and ooed and awed at my final product!

2.  Patio Decor Tweaks - I gave a facelift to some planters (that came with the house and had seen better days) and our fire pit - this was pretty simple.  I just hosed these items off, let them dry, and spray painted them.  For the fire pit, I did use a high heat spray paint (it says it on the can).  It brought so much life back to these things!  

3.  Planter Bed Edging - We have tons of plant beds and it is hard to keep them tidy.  So, we got a commercial edger and got to it.  It leaves the crispest line.  Once that was done, we lightly re-mulched all the beds.

4.  Cabinet Painting - Now this, this is what I have been wanting to do for several months.  I removed all doors and their hinges (I kept the drawer faces on), sanded the doors/drawers/trim, primed all items (I did both sides of the doors) with 2 coats, then painted all items with 2 coats of paint.  Note, I tried using a deglosser but either I was too impatient, doing it wrong, or it just didn't give me the results I thought I should get.  I am going with the latter.  I also probably didn't let the coats of paint dry enough, but I was on a tight deadline - my week was about to end.  I will probably pay for it later, but oh well.

I color matched BM Kendall Charcoal and Dove White in Behr Paint.

I still have so much more to do - I haven't even painted the upper cabinets yet.  

5.  Mirror Making - Did you see my mirror inspiration in the last post?  So, I bought some 1x trim and a 6 pack of 12"x12" mirrors.  The mirror will be 10" in diameter and the trim about 15" long.  It won't look exactly the same, I would have to taper every single piece.  So, instead I am going to layer the trim.

So, nonetheless, I have been pretty busy!  Hubs and I have the reno itch ... again ... so even more projects are in the works!