You Are My Sunshine...

Our new bookcase - has slate tile inlay. 

Hi there.  Our latest project around the house is our basement.  We had new carpet put in in July and bought a new tv console and bookcase.  It's the nicest room in our house now - and it's not even done!  lol  Here are some pics from the work-in-progress. 






Removed shelves from walls on left.  New cabinet
on landing at bottom of stairs.



New tv console.  

 

 

So now I want to make a sunburst mirror for the wall over the sofa downstairs.  It's a large, blank wall right now, and a 40" in diameter mirror is just the ticket.  :-) 

 

Hubby and I bought the necessary items today and I even finished the first part of it today!!! ;-)  I also ordered the mirror online, as it's a 12" convex acrylic one that's apparently next to impossible to find in stores.  It won't come for another several days.  In the meantime, I'll stain and varnish the first part.  Here's my progress so far:

I 've been reading about something called Dutch varnish (I think).  It looks really pretty, but I'll probably end up just spraying on some all in one stain/varnish.  A nice medium to dark stain.  When the mirror comes, it gets glued right in the center.  I hate to jinx myself, but I'm thinking that it's going to turn out correctly.  :-D

I'll keep updating as I get 'er done.

 

In other news, we've got another grandbaby on the way.  This time, after two boys, it's a girl!  So much fun to knit for.  ;-)  I've still got the birth announcements I was going to send out for my daughter's birth, but I never did.  So now she'll use them for her daughter.  Fun when things come 'round like that. 

A cute couple of outfits for a little girl. 

Newborn sized outfit.  Check out the shoes.  Cute.