perfectly imperfect...

I decided to take a little venture into a new hobby because ya know being a full time Mom, house keeper-upper, errand runner and the like  just wasn't keeping me busy enough. 

I have my B to thank for this new idea....my new hobby is buying, fixing up, painting and re-selling furniture!!  It is the perfect hobby for this time of the year because Cullen can be outside with me in a well ventilated area and he is plenty entertained.  He has even taken up painting himself!  Every time he sees a paint brush now he grabs it and "paints" anything and everything, it's so cute.  Anyway, our street is not busy with traffic but there is a lot of new construction by us which means lots of big trucks driving by at all hours of the day so Cullen can hang out in his pack-n-play, wagon or stroller and watch all the trucks go by...while playing with his own trucks.  We usually only head out for an hour or so and then I go back out anytime he naps so everything has worked out great so far.  

Here are my first two projects....

before:

after:

and guess what....it already SOLD!!

before:

I don't have a picture of the top of this big hutch but I'm sure you'll get the idea

after:

 i attempted to stage the piece just for fun and extra pizzaz! 

 i was quite pleased with how it turned out!  shabby chic all the way!  i told B if our house had shabby chic decor i would want to keep this.

And there ya have it my first projects!  I just listed the big piece for sale.

I found some more fun items yesterday so we'll be spending the day outside again....actually, we're heading out there in 5 ;)

Hope ya'll are doing well!

p.s. winner will be drawn tomorrow for the earth's best giveaway and a new giveaway will be posted on thursday!