.. And that mason jar light?

I saved a good 5 minutes per coat with a little technique I called the “beadboard rule of thirds”.At least that’s what I called it to myself in my head while I was doing it.

I basically only painted one third of each board at a time, rather than trying to make the paint on my brush spread out over as much of the board as possible, I just filled my brush, put a few dabs down the center on just 1/3 of the board, used what was left on the brush to do the edges and then came back to the center.And repeat for the remaining 2 sections of the board.. OK, you think I’m a little nuts right now for telling you all that.It’s just slapping some paint on some boards.

But seriously, saving those precious seconds made all the difference between me putting off doing the job for weeks and months and actually enjoying getting it done in just a weekend!.Tip #4: Semi-gloss paint will make you happy.

I used 2 coats of a medium-high quality paint on them and no primer and they look stunning.

Tip #5: Be ready to get messy!It makes for a lot less unhealthy finger smoothing afterwards too.. Don’t forget to open a window as well while the caulking is curing!

This was a new one for me too, I have to admit.Oh the things you learn when you actually read the packaging, right?I know I already posted once today, but I just wanted to pop in and show you this really quick little makeover we did a few days ago on this table I found in our garage.. Actually what happened was that Kennedy came home from school not feeling so well and so I put her to work helping me with a DIY project.

Doesn’t everyone force their kids into child labour when they’re sick?.Don’t get too worried, she only helped for about 5 minutes and after that she was mostly playing on her ipod and just popping in for the photo opp when it was time for me to take pictures of different steps.. Can we have a keeping it real moment here?