A Beginning -

In furniture refinishing!!! Woohoo eh?  This is my very first refinishing project and I'm psyched.

As I said before, I've been stalking some DIY blogs for furniture and I've got the bug - I've gotta work my own magic!!!

So, because I can't work on my shelf yet (it is an hour and a half away at my brother's place) I decided to work on my headboard.  Tonight while the hubs was at the game, I said to myself, "Enough is enough!!! I am starting this thing!!!" So, I picked up my awesome orange purse (which can be seen in first picture) and went to Wally World to get some material.

I managed to sand this whole sucker in 2 hours and tomorrow I'm going to silver leaf it! I'm geeking out!!! I'm scared that I will royally screw it up, but I am also so excited to see how it turns out.  I think it will be cool because the headboard is kinda antique-y, or something, and silver leafing is modern so the combination is going to be delightful (I hope).

I'll keep you posted!

Oh, and here are some of the blogs I love:
http://betterafter.blogspot.com/
       I love this one because it shows a ton of before and afters, one after another, and I just drool!
http://vintagerevivals.blogspot.com/
       This girl is adorable! And I love stalking, I mean reading, her blog!
http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/
       I haven't perused this one fully yet, but it is where I am getting directions on silver leafing - I would never have thought of it until she did a post of a project.  For that I am eternally grateful!