Wednesday, September 28, 2011

When was the last time you watched something you loved get destroyed because of...

Caring too much for it?
I don’t know how many of you out there are cleaning fanatics/freaks or as I truly feel I just prefer things to look nice, clean and neat too? And there is nothing wrong with that is there? NO!
Well, over the many years I have been on this planet I have been accused of being, at times too clean or too neat with straightening things after someone gets up or clearing a table and doing dishes before we were done eating, that sort of thing that I suppose could be annoying to many.
Unfortunately, over these last several years without the abilities I once had I have had to let some of my obsessions go by the wayside and I might add much to my fastidious self’s chagrin.
The only thing I still do or had been doing until we bought a different type of doormat is washing those cute bath-types with cheerful pictorials on them that are rubber coated underneath mats, which prevents slippage on tile which, 90%, most of our home is. And every time they appeared soiled, which depended on what was on them, that is if it could be shook out that’s a whole different story and I would succumb to that, but more often than not many would assume to do it I would put them in the washing machine to get what I considered a really good cleaning! And also place them in the dryer, although if it looked as if it wasn’t going to rain they would possibly be placed out side on our retractable clothesline.
So you can well imagine that the rubber backing was compromised as well as the border trims too would get frayed and would make a disgraceful mess in the dryer!
And so when the two favorites I had one at the front door and one at the back both looked beyond what would be safe and a bit too natty it was time to replace them.
And so sadly with a heavy heart when our number one son was down with his gal pal we had gone to the mall and I found two normal rubber outdoor quality ones that were also colorful and one was fish like its fabric/ rubber backed predecessor and one was tropical with a parrot not too dissimilar in the feel of my hula gal front our door one that is what I try to project upon entry into our fine abode, is a tropical paradise!

Any-who, I asked Hubby not to, throw them out my damaged favorites and so he saved them both!
I had thought I had only requested the hula gal one but he saved both, how thoughtful, huh?
Odd you say and why would you want damaged goods?
Oh contraire Mon Amis those darling charming hand designed with whimsy love artful pieces would eventually, in my mind make adorable wall hangings?
And so today was the day, Hubby had stored them both in the garage and I asked him yesterday if he could give me the hula gal one. I figured our bath mats and one left in the laundry room mat all similar in quality but not tattered could use a bath in the machine and so for the last time hula gal got her refresher and extra softener too!
Hubby asked me what I wanted to do.
Well, I had a plan in my head as usual… a no cost wall art piece danced in my brain and so did it’s location of where it would go once completed!
Needing Hubby has been a lifelong thingy with us.
He is amazingly capable to make wishes come true, and this time he did not disappoint either.
My idea was to utilize a few more of the cedar fence pieces, which seem to go on forever.
We had been given the fence a few years ago by a neighbor and since have encompassed our yard, and Hubby has made everything from an arbor to raised beds for the veggie garden to valances to a rolling cart not to mention all the this and that’s I have come up with like this one today a frame for our rug wall hanging!
He asked me if I wanted it painted and I thought I might since I have all these acrylic paints in my craft draw, but nah this time I decided the rustic look was in and would look just right!
And so, are you ready?
Here’s the finished product/project, at a cost of…. Drum roll please…$0000000000 etc.!



All in all Hubby did all the work himself, since I couldn’t staple it even due to this darn thumb thing!
If you are wondering what the flower thingy is, well it’s our metal ivy floral ensconced mirror in our foyer.
The picture is not crooked again… you see the pitch of the ceiling is angled on purpose, since we have false vaulted ceilings in here and does make our tiny place look larger.

And so I just thought it could be a project that others might think of trying with something they love, and you can make frames from just about anything these days, look around your garage, it’s another way to recycle and is very green.

Now allow me to be the first to wish you all a very happy good night and to kindly ask you count all your blessings and to share all your overages and we will too!

And next time please be here or be square, ya hear?

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