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You know how you\u00b4re supposed to be working, but then the weather is so nice and you just really, really want to do something else? Like upcycle some stuff you\u00b4ve been collecting in the basement? \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
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This old table I got from the theatre. It\u00b4s been standing like this in my living room, but&nbsp;the idea from the start was to paint it bright pink. What I like about it, is that it\u00b4s all hard wood.<\/p>\n
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I started by painting the legs. Putting the table upside down, I painted 3 strokes of paint before turning it around, doing the top. The paint was quite runny, so I had to keep going back, preventing it from making running-marks in the paint.<\/p>\n
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Last week, I found this American mailbox in a charity-shop. It\u00b4s totally going to be &nbsp;this years Christmas-present to my middle sister! She\u00b4s kind of crazy for anything American. So I primed it, and painted it bright turquoise. I\u00b4ll be adding some details to it later on, but at least the base is now in place.<\/p>\n
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What else did I find in my basement? Well, to be honest, the little night-table I found in my sister\u00b4s basement. I used to live in her house when she was too young to live there herself. And I have a vague memory of buying this at a flea-market. I don\u00b4t know how old it is, but it\u00b4s all hard wood, and by the looks of it (in the back) it\u00b4s homemade. My bet is that it\u00b4s at least 60 years old, probably older.<\/p>\n
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The chest is also all wood. But of a poorer quality. I got this from a friend of mine, who\u00b4d gotten it from an old school. It was used by the school-band to store clarinets in! I knid of really like the color it already has, but it needed a good scrub. Also I did paint the inside. Both to seal the dirt I couldn\u00b4t wash off, and to get rid of the smell of basement\u2026 I want to add wheels to it, and use it for kid\u00b4s costumes.<\/p>\n
Summer is also family-time. We spent the weekend with our oldest girl and her baby boy who\u00b4s not a baby anymore!<\/p>\n
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Look at this&nbsp;charmer! He\u00b4s is truly enjoying the perks of summer: watermelons are his favorite! And bathing in a pool!<\/p>\n
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My oldest niece and nephew visited today, and we had a jewelry-workshop. I showed them how to make make little links around the beads, and how to put them together, and they were both keen students. At first it was a bit difficult, but once they got the hang of it, they were very eager. And once I can find the fasteners tomorrow, they will both have new bracelets!<\/p>\n
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