Before and after bits

Yesterday, I talked about moving things around.  I showed you a shell shelf in the pool bathroom.  It had a plate on it that I really didn't care for.  I leave things there for a while to see how I react to them.  Just as I told you the other day.  The Wow Factor!  Here is my before and after:

 

Don't know if I love either one.  I will live with this for awhile.  Perhaps, I will find just the right thing.  The vase is very Art Deco with a gold inside.  It probably would be better appreciated down low.  I will keep you informed.

 

As I was reading a Better Homes and Gardens Magazine this morning, I saw something of great interest to me.  It was on organizing.  I am always organizing.  If I didn't have so many projects going, I wouldn't have to constantly organize.  They took a square canvas box and filled it with brown paper bags.  They inserted different items in the bags, probably related and wella!, things are organized.  I have my own thoughts on that.  I like the idea of the square canvas box.  I have to look and see what is available, and maybe something that will allow rolled up paper to set in.  I have used a large wastepaper basket, rolled things up and they were well organized.  If I could find some type of plastic cylinder, it would keep them neater.  I usually use paper clips to keep them rolled.  See this is what I mean.  If you discover something, see if you can't expand upon it.  Waste paper baskets, the Rubbermaid type, work the best for me.  You have to be careful in Florida with cardboard as it draws silverfish along with the dampness.  They are attracted to glue as my bug man told me.  I have gotten rid of all cardboard.  They like books also.  These are a few FYI.

 

As I go through my house, after almost 2 solid months of company, I am starting to notice things that have happened , like little nicks here and there.  So let me tell you how to take care of most of them:

Old English, makes a polish for wood that covers scratches, not so much dents.  For that, you need a professional.  For the most part it works pretty good.  The Home Depot, Lowe's , Menards, And Ace Hdw. are a few that have sticks that match colors, or little touch up paints.  Shoe polish is another great trick for wood.  One reason is that you can shine it.  I have a black cabinet it the pool bath, it has some nicks I noticed yesterday and a crack from lack of humidity in the house, a common thing in Florida in the summer.  Black paste shoe polish will work just fine.

 

For tile, I bought some Porcelain fix at one of the same stores above, and being a color expert, I buy  a bottle of cheap acrylic paint at Joanne's or Michael's.  I mix it on a piece of wax paper and paint a dab on.  It works perfectly.

 

Another great tool of mine for doing these projects is wax paper or foam paper plates.  Easy clean up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!