tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16351874254344029222024-03-05T17:34:13.722-05:00Adventures in DIYAttempts at do-it-yourself home projects. Adriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665799072814660963noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635187425434402922.post-18204264604545457902014-12-01T12:58:00.000-05:002014-12-01T12:58:18.675-05:00Rolling CartBack in August I attended my local Home Depot DIH (do it herself) workshop to make this <a href="http://ana-white.com/2014/08/plans/smaller-rolling-cart-home-depot-dih-workshop">rolling cart</a> designed by the talented <a href="http://www.ana-white.com/">Ana White</a>. <br />
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There were 6 ladies at the workshop and when we got there they had already assembled the cart. There was no demonstration because they didn't have anyone to actually do the demo but we got to view the completed piece and ask questions. <br />
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I decided to just try to build it on my own. I left the store with a new Ryobi mitre saw. I had most of the wood at home left over from other projects.<br />
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I have this little niche in my kitchen that could use a cart. Up until now we've had this lovely ill-fitting sofa table in the spot:<br />
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See how nicely the sofa table fits? :) So, yeah, almost anything would look better than this.<br />
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Ana has detailed instructions on how to build this cart on her site. I'll give a rundown on my novice experience and point out my issues. I had to make the cart a little narrower to fit against this small wall, which is about 38". I reduced the length of the shelves but kept the support pieces as they were. Mine would just be closer together. The original cart design was around 48".<br />
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The first part was to build the 2 ladder-looking supports. I used my new mitre saw to make the cuts and unwrapped my Kreg Jig from Haven conference (that I've been hanging onto for a year) to assemble the supports.<br />
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Using the Kreg jig wasn't too bad, it was tedious though. I had to unclamp and reclamp the jig on for each pocket hole. I was worried the whole time that my pocket holes wouldn't be straight. <br />
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Finally got all 24 of the pocket holes drilled. <br />
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Then I attached to the side pieces. The big stress here was making sure they were even. I marked where each board should attach to the side rails and rechecked my measurements. Here are the finished pieces shown side-by-side to show they are the same. I would hope there is an easier way to make sure the 2 pieces are uniform rather than measuring with the tape measure 100 times.<br />
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OK, here is my first boo boo. I did not think to hide the pocket holes on 2 of the of the pieces. The pocket holes should be on the bottom so they are hidden on the finished piece. Actually these are all covered on the finished piece anyway so really doesn't matter. But in the future I will be much more cognizant of what side the pocket holes are on. <br />
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I decided to try this weathered grey stain. Which ended up looking like a light blue. I sanded a lot of it off after it dried, then added another coat. Still looked bluish though. Later on I brushed on a tiny bit of white paint diluted in water. <br />
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Here is what the finish looks like with the white paint brushed lightly on top of the grey stain looks like:<br />
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So my next hurdle was getting the plywood cut down to size for the shelves. I only had a circular saw to do this and there is something wrong with my saw or I'm using it wrong because each time I go to cut the saw completely stops cutting after a few inches. Then I had to let the saw rest for a few minutes and try again. Not only did it make cutting down the plywood I have slow and tedious, it also gave me wobbly edges. <br />
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The sides would be covered up with the 1x2s. That and caulk made the wonky plywood not too noticeable. Ideally it would have been best to buy the plywood at HD and have them cut it for me. Since I already had part of a sheet at home, I couldn't do this. <br />
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The next step was to cut the 1x2's that frame the plywood. Here is my new mitre saw. It worked great, easy to use.<br />
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I also got to use my Ryobi Airstike nailer which worked so well. <br />
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Attaching the side rails: <br />
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Used lots of wood putty. <br />
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I primed and painted each shelf white. Two coats of primer and 1 coat of paint. <br />
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Then it was time to assemble the cart. I just used the nailer to attach the shelves. But I soon realized I had a problem. Check out that gap between the 2x4 and the shelf on the right---eek. <br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt;">What’s All the “Dust Up” About “CHALK PAINT<sup>®</sup>”?</span></i></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/13290566681418833535" target="_blank">Alex Butterman</a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1635187425434402922#_edn1" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></b></span></span></span></a></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 8;"> </span></span></b><a href="http://www.anniesloan.com/acatalog/Who_is_Annie_Sloan_.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">© 2006 AnnieSloan</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I was fortunate enough to attend the
Haven Conference with my wife that was held in Atlanta, Georgia from August 1-3,
2013. While Adrienne thoroughly navigated the conference attending workshops,
networking and meeting famous DIY/home bloggers like herself, author of the </span><a href="http://adventures-in-diy.blogspot.com/"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Adventures in DIY</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">blog, I managed to visit with a childhood friend; attend an Atlanta
Braves baseball game and later tour the stadium, Turner Field; and sightsee
other major Atlanta attractions like Coca Cola<sup>®</sup>, CNN<sup>®</sup> and
Centennial Olympic Park (see </span><a href="http://adventures-in-diy.blogspot.com/2013/08/haven-2013-what-i-did-what-i-learned.html"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">this blog post</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">). This was a fun little diversion from our day jobs
which for Adrienne is a financial analyst and for me is an </span><a href="http://adventures-in-diy.blogspot.com/2011/11/adventures-in-advocacy.html"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">intellectual property</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> attorney.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Shortly before we left
for Haven, Adrienne excitedly told me about a reception being sponsored by </span><a href="http://www.anniesloan.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Annie Sloan Interiors Ltd.</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> (“Annie Sloan” or “Sloan”), a manufacturer and proclaimed inventor of a
“unique range of decorative paint, called CHALK PAINT<sup>®</sup>”<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1635187425434402922#_edn2" name="_ednref2" style="mso-endnote-id: edn2;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>with which Adrienne seemed duly impressed.
Subsequently, while at the conference, Adrienne informed me that a lot of
conference attendees expressed displeasure with Annie Sloan because Annie Sloan
had sent a number of demand letters to conference attendees or similarly
situated members of the DIY/home blogger community demanding that they not use
the term “chalk paint” because CHALK PAINT is a trademark belonging exclusively
to Annie Sloan. As an </span><a href="http://adventures-in-diy.blogspot.com/2011/11/adventures-in-advocacy.html"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">intellectual property</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> attorney who specializes
in trademark law, I naturally was curious about the trademark status of the
term “chalk paint” as soon as I learned about this product from Adrienne and I
promptly researched it in the </span><a href="http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=tess&state=4803:grhkk1.1.1"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">online trademark database</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> of the </span><a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/index.jsp"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">U.S. Patent
and Trademark Office website</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So is CHALK PAINT really a trademark?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And does Annie Sloan properly own the
earliest right to <b>exclusively</b> use that mark – to the exclusion of all
others?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If so, has Annie Sloan followed
the proper procedures to protect the mark from use by others and is she now
entitled to enforce that exclusivity?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">On
one side, we have Annie Sloan who states that she created a “unique decorative
paint over two decades ago which revolutionized the process of antiquing
furniture.” In 2003, she thought of calling the paint “CHALK PAINT because it
is “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">suggestive</b>” of the “velvety,
chalky matte finish that the paint provides.” <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">According to my research, w</span>hen Annie Sloan decided to label this
unique paint “chalk paint,” there apparently were no other paints on the market
called “chalk paint” nor is it clear that there previously was a paint called
“chalk paint,” although a “chalky” paint did seem to exist in prior history.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> According to </span><a href="http://www.studiovangogh.com/The_Team.html"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Kathy van Gogh</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">, a decorative artist in the USA and Canada since 2001 who has attempted
to cancel Sloan’s CHALK PAINT trademark registration, and whose trademark registration
application Sloan is opposing: </span></div>
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<a href="http://www.vangoghchalkpaintcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/kathy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.vangoghchalkpaintcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/kathy.jpg" /></a></div>
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"<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Chalk paint has been around for hundreds, even thousands of years.
Remember Tom Sawyer and the whitewash fence? Chalk paint! Cave art? Chalk
paint! Frescos in the Sistine Chapel? Chalk Paint! All of these refer to
chalk paint or some version of chalk paint. Using lime and pigment and
magnesium or calcium carbonate (chalk) to create beauty is not a new
invention.”</span></i></span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.vangoghfurniturepaintology.com/about" target="_blank">© 2012 vanGogh Fossil Paint</a> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The true history of
chalk paint, how it was developed, by whom, and whether it really contains any
chalk is unclear without conducting extensive research or reviewing each
party’s evidence, to which I am not privy or have had occasion to access, but there seems to be some industry
consensus that Annie Sloan developed an innovative paint </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">with some unique
and desirable features that became quite successful both commercially and
artistically. So what is <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">a seller of a
unique, previously unknown product that becomes immensely popular supposed to
use to identify that product which will uniquely identify only their product
but not any competing products that undoubtedly will emerge? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> The phenomenon of
the public using a unique product’s label to refer to similar and competing
products is commonly known among branding professionals as “genericide” and can
result in the loss of the mark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>S</span>ome
well-known examples of now generic marks because of genericide are ESCALATOR;
ZIPPER; ASPIRIN, THERMOS and many others. Examples of marks that have thus far
escaped from genericide include XEROX<sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">®</span></sup> and GOOGLE<sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">®</span></sup>.
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I think a little <b>primer</b> on
trademark law would be useful here (pun not really intended). </span></span></div>
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Primer</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></u></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Q:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>What is
a Trademark?</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">A:</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">A <b>trademark</b> is an indication of source used in connection with a
specific product or service or group thereof (marks for services are called
“service marks” but “trademark” often is used to refer to both). Typically, a
trademark comprises a name, word, phrase, logo, symbol, design or combination
of these elements. A “standard character” mark refers to a federally registered
mark that covers the words in the mark regardless of any font, style, case or
design elements that may be combined with the wording.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>At its most fundamental
level, a trademark is a reference to the person or entity responsible for the
quality of a product or service. Trademarks serve two main functions:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(1) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Consumer
Protection</i> – protecting a consumer’s expectation of consistent quality and
brand protection; and (2) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Brand
Protection</i> – protecting the brand owner’s investment in developing and
meeting those expectations. Trademarks prevent consumers from mistaking one
product for another by providing a quick and easy reference to identify goods
and services and enabling them to select the products they like and avoid the
products they dislike. Trademarks also help businesses reap the rewards of financial
and reputational benefits when the business can successfully produce a certain
quality of product and effectively market the qualities of that product. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Trademark law prohibits
competitors and third parties from competing unfairly by confusing consumers
into believing that they are buying their desired product when in fact they are
buying that of a competitor, or from otherwise damaging the reputation and
source-identifying function of the brand. Annie Sloan intends and contends that
CHALK PAINT is a mark because Annie Sloan has both invested in teaching the
public that CHALK PAINT refers specifically to her and her company as the
manufacturer of her particular paint and her customers expect to find only her
paint when looking for “chalk paint.” Thus, other paint manufacturers who call
their paint “chalk paint” will mislead consumers into believing that those
paint products are from Annie Sloan when in fact they are not, according to Ms.
Sloan. Kathy van Gogh and other sellers of products that compete with CHALK
PAINT would argue that “chalk paint” is now generic because of genericide or
always was generic. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Q:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>What makes
the public recognize that a word on a product is a mark?</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">A:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">A general rule in trademark law is that the more a mark is unique and the
less the mark refers to a characteristic of the product, the better able the
word is to identify the source of a product, the stronger the mark will be, the more likely that consumers will recognize the mark as a mark and
the easier it will be to prevent others from using that term as mark. Also,
trademark law recognizes that business competition would not be fair if a term
necessary to describe a particular product could be considered a
source-identifier that exclusively identifies one business, even if that
business is the inventor of that product. One cannot expect to claim PAINT as a
trademark and therefore prevent others from manufacturing or selling paint
because others are not allowed to use the word “paint” as a mark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And consumers would not perceive “paint” or
even a paint color as a mark because they would perceive the wording as
describing the product, not identifying who offers the product. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For instance, APPLE<sup>®</sup>
can stop other computer manufacturers from using “apple” to refer to their
computers (or any similar or related product or service) because nobody would
think of “apple” as having anything to do with computers except for the
specific computers of Apple Corporation. The same is true for a mark like KODAK<sup>®</sup>
which is a completely made-up term. Trademark professionals often refer to a
mark being weak or strong based upon a trademark “spectrum” with one end
of the spectrum consisting of the strongest marks like KODAK and the other end consisting of
the weakest marks or terms that cannot function as a mark like “generic” marks.
Marks on the KODAK end are considered “inherently distinctive.” In the middle
of this spectrum are marks that could be understood as describing a quality or
feature of the product but with enough time and marketing of the product in the
relevant market, consumers learn that this term refers to who offers the
product and not to a characteristic of the product. In other words, the mark
has </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“acquired
distinctiveness.” <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Annie Sloan will likely argue that her CHALK PAINT mark falls into this middle of the spectrum status. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Consequently, Annie Sloan’s ability to prevent other
paint manufacturers from using the term “chalk paint” to refer to their paint
depends upon whether the relevant market, i.e. present day DIY and home
improvement professionals and paint hobbyists, (a) would understand CHALK PAINT
as uniquely referring to Annie Sloan’s paint; or (b) would understand CHALK
PAINT as a term of art referring to a particular genre or type of paint product
that any paint manufacturer could offer. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Some people, namely other chalk paint
sellers, would argue that Ms. Sloan’s decision to call her paint CHALK PAINT
because it has a velvety, chalky matte finish is clear evidence that her mark
was merely a description of that feature of the paint and therefore not an
inherently distinctive mark. Further, consumers always have and presently still
understand the “chalk paint” wording as referring to a paint characteristic and
not specifically to paint offered by Annie Sloan. Ms. Sloan in turn argues that
“chalk” did not describe the paint but actually was a clever hint about the
paint that one would need to <u>infer</u> refers to the paint. As such, Sloan
would argue that consumers consider CHALK PAINT a sufficiently unique
source-identifier to refer exclusively to Annie Sloan’s innovative paint. Alternatively,
since Sloan has been advertising and selling her CHALK PAINT for over ten years
now, consumers have learned to recognize that CHALK PAINT refers only to
Sloan’s paint products and the CHALK PAINT mark has therefore “acquired
distinctiveness.” </span></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Q:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Can’t a mark be created by registering it
in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office?</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">A:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">This is
a common misunderstanding about U.S. trademark law, although it is true in most
other countries. Under U.S. law, simple use of a mark in ordinary commerce
creates trademark rights in the actual and immediately surrounding market in
which the goods are sold. A federal registration of the mark extends the
“common law” rights in the mark nationwide as well as establishes a presumption
of ownership and validity of the mark. Accordingly, Ms. Sloan obtained
trademark rights in the CHALK PAINT mark as soon as she labeled the paint cans
with “Chalk Paint,” placed them in the market and people purchased the paint
perceiving CHALK PAINT as identifying her specific paint. But Sloan’s trademark
rights in CHALK PAINT could not extend across the U.S. until she 1) sold the
CHALK PAINT labeled paint in interstate commerce or commerce between the U.S.
and another country; and 2) she federally registered the CHALK PAINT mark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> In many other countries, Annie Sloan could have established rights to the CHALK PAINT trademark merely by registering the mark in that country's trademark office. </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Q:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Has Annie Sloan registered the CHALK PAINT
mark?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What exactly are Ms. Sloan’s
present rights in the CHALK PAINT mark and what is going on with this mark?</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">A:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Yes, Ms. Sloan has federally registered the CHALK PAINT mark in the
USPTO. My research promptly discovered two U.S. registrations for the mark
CHALK PAINT, one in “standard characters” and one in “stylized form” that are
owned by Annie Sloan (see below). </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhStIAKv79VXA_1CeQWfToD7K1NAPDQ0_1QXh3c1F-TWQKiXXmZMIXRM4psv4DAEAllX0hzyTdqU1QrfqFHl9eORnIj6pXFtRrROxSxdLkXEcRO3QcYuueFhTI9Nmb7jvM7AyYCPRQ58g0/s1600/ChalkPaintregcertSC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhStIAKv79VXA_1CeQWfToD7K1NAPDQ0_1QXh3c1F-TWQKiXXmZMIXRM4psv4DAEAllX0hzyTdqU1QrfqFHl9eORnIj6pXFtRrROxSxdLkXEcRO3QcYuueFhTI9Nmb7jvM7AyYCPRQ58g0/s1600/ChalkPaintregcertSC.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=4232734&caseType=US_REGISTRATION_NO&searchType=statusSearch"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Reg.
No: 4232734</span></b></a></td></tr>
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<tr align="center"><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOmXNfC6lPYxnvTZyN9karycrbze5CUtu6pA_abI7Lgyd1kpQR9XtPxHudBtJH-saHwgLQLNPsHJcRJObeuEJX1WoVq8UVPIoGTM6IqkqJ53yzN5ME8k8KpirmhyJFHOvATHRfNprCmRU/s1600/ChalkPaintregcertSFrm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOmXNfC6lPYxnvTZyN9karycrbze5CUtu6pA_abI7Lgyd1kpQR9XtPxHudBtJH-saHwgLQLNPsHJcRJObeuEJX1WoVq8UVPIoGTM6IqkqJ53yzN5ME8k8KpirmhyJFHOvATHRfNprCmRU/s1600/ChalkPaintregcertSFrm.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=4322847&caseType=US_REGISTRATION_NO&searchType=statusSearch"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">US Reg. No: 4322847</span></b></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The rest of this question can be answered to some extent by an analysis
of these two U.S. registrations; other USPTO registration activity for CHALK
PAINT marks; any litigation surrounding the mark CHALK PAINT either in the
USPTO - at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(“TTAB”)</span> - or in state and federal
courts; and the public’s reaction to the CHALK PAINT mark in the relevant
marketplace.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The pertinent details of
each registration certificate reads as follows:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">Mark: </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">CHALK PAINT</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigVEx-6WIsYMDyIK-_yhyphenhyphenPF3zcjRAFxsV94YFuEgSMOBAaFRUghfWRu_l2N0ld60MF1W0GdbmfunHcsta4Zm6gWgF077kYuUDUpQUveFW78ff28y5054_7xuf7IHpgzhe7AXQ8iZl9cL4/s1600/CHALK+PAINT+SF+drwg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigVEx-6WIsYMDyIK-_yhyphenhyphenPF3zcjRAFxsV94YFuEgSMOBAaFRUghfWRu_l2N0ld60MF1W0GdbmfunHcsta4Zm6gWgF077kYuUDUpQUveFW78ff28y5054_7xuf7IHpgzhe7AXQ8iZl9cL4/s1600/CHALK+PAINT+SF+drwg.jpg" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">Serial Number: 85-479014</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">Serial Number: 85-408522 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">Application Filing Date: Nov. 22, 2011</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">Application Filing Date: Aug. 26, 2011 </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=4232734&caseType=US_REGISTRATION_NO&searchType=statusSearch"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Registration
Number: 4232734</span></b></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=4322847&caseType=US_REGISTRATION_NO&searchType=statusSearch"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">US Registration Number: 4322847</span></b></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">Registration Date: Oct. 30, 2012</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">Registration Date: Apr. 23, 2013</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">Register: Principal <b>– Sec. 2(f)</b> </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">Register: Principal <b>– Sec. 2(f)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">Standard Character Claim: Yes. . . .
</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">Standard Character Claim: No </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">Mark Literal Elements: CHALK PAINT</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">Mark Drawing Type: 4 - STANDARD CHARACTER MARK</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">Mark Drawing Type: 5 - AN ILLUSTRATION DRAWING WITH WORD(S)
/LETTER(S)/ NUMBER(S) INSTYLIZED FORM</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">---</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">Description of Mark: The mark consists of stylized terms
"CHALK PAINT" in all capital letters.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">Color(s) Claimed: Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Disclaimer: "PAINT"</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Acquired
Distinctiveness Claim: In whole</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Disclaimer: "PAINT"</span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Acquired Distinctiveness Claim: In whole</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">For: Paints for arts and crafts; Paints for
decorative purposes </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">International Class(es): 002</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">For: House paint; Interior paint; Paints for arts and crafts </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">International Class(es): 002</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">First Use: Oct. 08, 2003</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">First Use: Dec. 2010</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">Use in Commerce: Jan. 01, 2004</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">Use in Commerce: Dec. 2010</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In these two issued and presently valid
registrations, we can tell from the “Register: Principal <b>– </b>Sec. 2(f)”
notation on each registration that the USPTO did not consider the CHALK PAINT
mark to be “inherently distinctive.” The trademark examining attorneys assigned
to review each of these applications probably concluded that CHALK PAINT is
“merely descriptive” of a quality or characteristic of the paint goods, i.e.
that the paint is “chalky” or contains chalk material, based upon the
dictionary definition of CHALK: “a soft white or gray fine-grained sedimentary
rock consisting of nearly pure calcium carbonate originally formed under the
sea and containing minute fossil fragments of marine organisms.” <span style="font-size: small;">Con</span>sequently,
Sloan’s only option for obtaining full U.S. registrations<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1635187425434402922#_edn3" name="_ednref3" style="mso-endnote-id: edn3;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span></span></span></a>
of these marks was to claim that the CHALK PAINT mark had “acquired
distinctiveness,” presumably based upon her exclusive and continuous use of the mark in
U.S. commerce for the past five-plus years. The “2(f)” refers to a section of
the federal trademark statute which sets forth a legal presumption that five-plus
years of exclusive and continuous use of a mark in commerce should teach the
public to recognize that the mark refers specifically to the mark owner’s
associated goods. Challengers of these registrations would probably contend that Annie Sloan was not an "exclusive" user of CHALK PAINT during the five-year period. We also know from the “Disclaimer:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘PAINT’” notation on each registration that
the USPTO treated the PAINT term as a generic term. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>In addition to my
discovery in the USPTO records of Annie Sloan’s two aforementioned trademark
registrations (shown in <b>bold</b> below), I found the four additional pending
USPTO applications shown below which are all listed in reverse chronological
order by filing date: </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">8/26/2013</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">AUNTIE M'S CHÁLK PAINT</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">Rob Barber & </span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">Amanda Barber</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">New Application (not yet examined);
Letter of Protest filed for likelihood of confusion with 2 Sloan
registrations</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">85-911375</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">4/22/2013</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">CHALK PAINT</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">American Paint Company</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">Office Action refusing
registration (response required by Feb. 9, 2014); Letter of Protest for
likelihood of confusion with 2 Sloan registrations</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">85-669594</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">7/5/2012</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">WEBSTERS CHALK PAINT POWDER</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">Websters Chalk Paint Powder, LLC</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">An opposition after publication is
pending</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">85-600814</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">4/18/2012</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">KATHY VAN GOGH CHALK PAINT COLLECTION</span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">Studio van Gogh <br />
(Kathy Ellen van Gogh)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: x-small;">An opposition after publication is
pending</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">85-479014</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">11/22/2011</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">CHALK PAINT</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Annie Sloan </span></b></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Interiors Ltd.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Registered - Reg. No.
4232734<br />
cancellation proceeding is pending</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">85-408522</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">8/26/2011</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">CHALK PAINT</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Annie Sloan </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Interiors Ltd.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Registered - Reg. No.
4322847</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">All of these registration applications were filed
after Annie Sloan’s registration application, possibly aware of and as a
challenge to Sloan’s registrations. These subsequent, additional and unrelated third
party applications to register CHALK PAINT, as well as any unrelated third
party usage of the CHALK PAINT term without any registration, support the
claims that “chalk” has to have some meaning in relation to paint and that
“chalk paint” cannot be referring to only Sloan’s paint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We
note with great interest in the Status column how two applications filed in
2012 are presently being opposed at the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">TTAB</span>; of the most recently filed applications
(filed on April 22, 2013 and August 26, 2013) both applications have had a
Letter of Protest filed against it and the April application has been refused
registration because of Sloan’s two earlier registrations; and one of the Annie
Sloan registrations is the subject of a cancellation action at the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">TTAB</span>. Moreover, the
opposed applications were approved to register over Sloan’s registrations by a
USPTO examining attorney. NOT coincidentally, Annie Sloan is involved in each
one of these adversarial proceedings – Annie Sloan is the party opposing the applications
of </span><a href="http://www.vangoghfurniturepaintology.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Studio Van Gogh</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> and of </span><a href="http://websterschalkpaintpowder.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Webster’s
Chalk Paint Powder LLC</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">; Annie Sloan must have
filed the Letters of Protest because the basis for each protest is the alleged
confusing similarity of the targeted registration applications with Sloan’s two
registrations; and the cancellation proceeding against Annie Sloan’s
Registration No. 4232734 was actually instituted by the two aforementioned separate
parties whose applications Sloan is opposing – Webster’s Chalk Paint Powder and
Studio Van Gogh. This is a fine mess.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>In
addition, Annie Sloan has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in federal
court in Louisiana against two additional entities not named above who
apparently have not filed any trademark applications in the USPTO - </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CeCePaints"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Cece
Caldwell’s Paints, LLC</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> and Donna Schultz
(Caldwell’s owner); and Dallas Faux Finishing, LLC d/b/a </span><a href="http://www.maisonblanchepaint.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Maison Blanche
Paints</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. These last two entities apparently either were a
licensee of Annie Sloan or negotiated to be a licensee/distributor but failed
to consummate the deal. Moreover, one of these defendants - Cece Caldwell – counterclaimed
against Annie Sloan in the same manner as did Webster and Van Gogh in their
cancellation proceedings against Sloan at the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">TTAB</span>. We could perhaps diagram this network of lawsuits as such: </span></div>
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<br />
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<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>All this litigation and
third party application activity surrounding the CHALK PAINT mark is really
remarkable. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> In short, the answer to this question is that Annie Sloan presently
maintains exclusive rights in the CHALK PAINT mark based upon her claim of
acquired distinctiveness and ongoing usage of the mark in U.S. commerce, which
appear earlier and therefore senior to any of her challengers, as well as her record of enforcing her exclusive rights in the mark. However,
needless to say, Annie Sloan’s U.S. rights in the CHALK PAINT mark are in
serious jeopardy of being lost, most likely due to genericide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Q:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>How, if at all, could Annie Sloan have
avoided this dilemma?</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">A:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Of course, this answer is purely speculative but the two action items
that I believe could have better helped Annie Sloan avoid this quagmire are 1)
selecting a more distinctive mark; and 2) investing in a stronger monitoring
system and more vigorous enforcement strategy early-on to promptly eliminate any
third party usage of CHALK PAINT by other paint manufacturers and sellers. Both
of these actions can broadly be categorized as a greater investment of
resources in the branding protection process which often is easier said than done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Conventional legal
wisdom for the establishment of an effective branding program is to select the
most unique and strongest mark imaginable, i.e. a “coined” term like KODAK or
an arbitrary term like APPLE for computers, and then train the target market to
associate that mark with the company’s product or product line. However, many
smaller businesses seem to resist that strategy because of a fear of the
advertising and marketing expenses associated with training their market to
recognize the new brand. These business people believe that the mark needs to
convey to the consumer “something about the product” to minimize the marketing
expenses necessary to train its targeted market. Of course, one “gets what it
pays for.” The trademark lawyer’s advice responsive to that concern is to
combine the unique and strong mark with a more descriptive or generic term, i.e. <b>Apple</b> <u>Computers</u>,
thereby maintaining the strength and source-identifying function of the
selected mark. The formula that expresses this strategy is to always make the
mark the adjective (e.g. "APPLE") and the associated product or service a noun (e.g. "computer"); and never use the
mark as a noun or verb. In effect, Annie Sloan achieved this if ANNIE SLOAN is
considered the unique and strong mark and “chalk paint” is considered the noun
and generic description of the product with the mark. But this of course requires that Ms.
Sloan abandon any rights to the CHALK PAINT wording as a mark. And this is a
common outcome for new innovative products that previously had no English word
to describe them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The second part of the
recommended legal strategy to protect the mark is to constantly monitor the
relevant market for unauthorized third-party users and applicants of the same
or similar mark. The market can be monitored using internet searches for
unregistered common law uses of the mark; and via trademark vendors or lawyers who
offer “watch service” subscriptions to monitor the USPTO for any new
application filings or approvals for such similar marks. Upon discovering any
third party trademark adoption activity, or even improper use of the mark in the press, the mark owner should promptly notify the
allegedly infringing user or writer of the mark owner’s claimed trademark rights in the
term, and demand that such </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">usage of the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">mark be
immediately stopped. </span></div>
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aforementioned efforts can be quite challenging for a new, innovative and
successful product that many competing businesses may want to emulate but which
was never previously known on the market and which may have limited resources to budget for legal matters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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produce her valid trademark registrations as a presumption of her ownership and
validity of the CHALK PAINT mark; document her extensive history of marketing
expenditures and use of the mark in U.S. commerce; present evidence of her
efforts to stop third parties from using CHALK PAINT without authorization; and
perhaps present consumer survey evidence that CHALK PAINT is widely recognized
by consumers as a mark exclusively identifying Sloan’s paint. The challenging
third parties will probably produce dictionary evidence of the meaning of
“chalk” in reference to paint; evidence of widespread generic use of “chalk
paint” in the relevant media, trade press, by consumers and other third parties; and also
possibly rely on survey evidence. Consumer surveys are extremely expensive but
can be the best evidence in trademark litigation if properly conducted. Actions
and determinations by the USPTO in the examination of the registration
applications could be viewed by a court as persuasive evidence but is not
binding on the court and can easily be outweighed by the actual evidence
presented by the parties. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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experience with these potential genericide situations is that they usually do
not end well for the original trademark owner once multiple parties have
established their use of the mark in a generic manner. Significant third party
usage of the claimed mark on the relevant goods is typically readily visible
and available to challenge the claimed mark owner and these third parties can
develop momentum and pool their resources to outnumber and outweigh the
battling mark owner. Trademark litigation usually proceeds as far as the
parties want to invest in it which often is not too far. In fact, about 95% of
trademark cases, especially at the TTAB, generally settle. I typically see
these alleged genericide cases settle, although the settlement often entails
the mark owner agreeing to relinquish their claims to proprietary rights in the
disputed mark. But that private settlement is oftentimes better than having a
public court judgment stating that the mark is generic. </span></div>
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to relinquish her trademark rights in the term CHALK PAINT, at least her ANNIE
SLOAN name should remain as a strong mark perpetually identifying her as the
source of quality paint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Alex Butterman is a trademark attorney with </span><a href="http://www.staasandhalsey.com/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Staas & Halsey LLP</span></b></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">, a Washington, D.C. intellectual
property boutique law firm. Alex is admitted to the bars of Washington, D.C.,
New York and New Jersey but, unless otherwise specified, the article is
intended to convey only general legal information applicable to any U.S. state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, this article primarily discusses applicable
federal laws. No attorney-client relationship or obligations are intended to be
established herein. The reader is strongly encouraged to consult with an
attorney to discuss any specific legal questions or unique legal situations. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Additional information about Alex Butterman’s
practice may be viewed at his </span><a href="http://www.staasandhalsey.com/attorneys/alexander-h-butterman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Staas
& Halsey bio</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">and his </span><a href="http://www.avvo.com/attorneys/20005-dc-alexander-butterman-672558.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Avvo
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author recognizes that CHALK PAINT is a U.S. trademark registered with the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office and perhaps in other countries as well, and
therefore applies the ”<sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">®</span></sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">” </span>symbol at the initial mention of
this mark and any other mark in the article believed to be registered with the
USPTO. However, for the sake of simplicity, the “<sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">®</span></sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">” </span>symbol is
being noted only at the initial mention of each mark and not continuously
throughout the entire article. Any images of the CHALK PAINT product or logo
are believed to be purely for fair use and do not indicate any association
whatsoever with Annie Sloan, as there is none. Also, the author’s views
expressed in this article are not intended to represent any person’s or
entity’s views other than his own, and the author endeavors to remain as
objective as possible and to not interject any of his views or opinions on the
subject.</span></div>
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are two types of U.S. registration: 1) a Principal Register registration which
grants all of the benefits of a U.S. registration (e.g. presumption of
ownership and validity; ability to stop infringing goods at U.S. ports; etc.)
and a Supplemental Register registration which grants only the right to be
registered in the UPSTO Registry as well as the right to use the ® symbol but
not any presumption of ownership and validity and the other rights listed in
this parenthetical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Supplemental Register
registration is only available to marks considered merely descriptive and
believed to be capable of eventually “acquiring distinctiveness;” generic marks cannot be registered on the Supplemental Register.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13290566681418833535noreply@blogger.com2Washington, DC, USA38.907230899999988 -77.03646409999998938.709493899999991 -77.359187599999984 39.104967899999984 -76.7137406tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635187425434402922.post-53217916974693765842013-09-23T13:42:00.000-04:002013-10-07T12:05:15.505-04:00Wall Art Hack<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I read <a href="http://bliss-athome.com/2013/07/29/west-elm-hack/">this</a> post by the uber talented <a href="http://bliss-athome.com/">Kristin of Bliss at Home</a> I wanted to try it. The project seemed doable for my skill level and I needed a large piece of artwork for one of my walls. This projects cost me about $8 because I mainly used materials I had on hand. <a href="http://emilyaclark.blogspot.com/2013/08/5-minute-art-even-your-5-year-old-can-do.html">Emily</a> did a similar hack, as did <a href="http://www.scoutandnimble.com/black-and-white-abstract-art-west-elm-hack/">Jesse</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First, here is the original piece from West Elm:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started by scrounging in my basement for left over wood to make the frame. I found 2 long pieces of 2x1s and I cut both in half using my mitre box. The approximate size of the finished frame is 42"x35".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I couldn't find my wood glue so I just used screws and these small square blocks of wood to create the frame.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had some white duck cloth (purchased a while ago from Walmart) left over from another project and it was just wide enough to fit the frame.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This got pulled and stapled around the frame, starting with the middle of one side and then doing the opposite side, then the 3rd side, etc. I pulled the fabric tight and ended up with staples around the whole frame about 1" apart. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: start;">I don't have any pictures of the painting part. I had some help with this (thank you Teresa!). I did have to buy a few supplies at the craft store (white and black acrylic craft paint and cheap 1" paint brushes) that brought the cost of this project to around $8. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: start;">Problem was I only bought 1 small bottle of black craft paint, around 2oz. With this huge canvas and the duck cloth really soaking up the paint, I didn't get all of the black lines I wanted. So I went into my paint stash and found one of those sample pots from HD of a medium blue. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: start;">The blue streaks joined the black streaks. We finished with white paint, filling in all the negative space and blending with the black and blue streaks. This was the step where this piece started looking like the original and like something that I would want to hang on my wall. </span></div>
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Adriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665799072814660963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635187425434402922.post-61734934391150986322013-09-16T14:26:00.003-04:002013-09-16T14:26:33.734-04:00Baseball Pitching "Recycle Receiver"<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The end of summer and start of school also means a new Little League baseball season – “fall ball” for my son, Corey. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Corey has been given the opportunity to pitch for his team this season, but he’s never pitched in a league before and we haven’t practiced pitching that much either. And as it’s getting dark earlier, I’m not likely to make it home from work each day to practice with Corey before dark. What to do?
Well, putting a few thoughts together and assessing our resources (see below), I came up with a plan... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Without me, Corey is only really missing a receiver because he has his arm and a nice bucket of 30+ balls (plus the makeshift rubber). So why not make a “receiver” that he can throw to and that ideally will give him feedback? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fortunately, we happen to have an old recycle bin from the sanitation company that no longer serves us because we moved (and changed sanitation companies), and this recycle bin is virtually the same dimensions as a Little League strike zone. It just requires some elevation to get to about knee level. Eureka! Let’s place it on top of a milk crate. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So step 1 is drilling holes in a side of the recycle bin that will be the bottom of the strike zone. These holes will be for threading the bungee cord from the recycle bin to and through the holes in the milk crate to fasten the milk crate and recycle bin together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Actually, before I drilled any holes, I stacked the recycle bin on top of the milk crate to determine where a hole on the recycle bin would line up with the milk crate holes.
I tried to hammer a nail through that point to mark it. You’ll notice those markings on the protruding cluster of plastic on each side of the side panel if you look closely at the picture of the drill on top of the recycle bin – there’s a little indentation on each side of the drill (I could not get a nail to penetrate the plastic to make a full hole because of the flexibility of the side I was nailing into and the obstruction of the hammer from the top of the recycle bin). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I decided t</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">o drill a total of 4 holes in the side of the recycle bin to lace two bungee cords between the recycle bin and the milk crate to ensure that the recycle bin would not move off the milk crate.
I used a 1.25 inch spade drill bit to drill the two holes on the top level of the recycle bin side panel.
I then proceeded to do the same, drilling two holes near the bottom of the same side panel on the recycle bin. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the bottom holes, I used a 1 inch spade drill bit to lace a smaller bungee cord through since the milk crate holes were smaller at that point. The drilling was quite easy; holding the recycle bin steady was probably the hardest part.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Above is a close-up of how the bungee cords look after I laced the cords through the milk crate. I simply poked the hooks at each end of the bungee cord up through the holes in the milk crate and into the recycle bin where I merged and hooked their hooks together to form two rows of bungee cord attachment.
I have decided to call this pitching drill contraption the “RECYCLE RECEIVER.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The picture of Corey above illustrates how the Recycle Receiver can function like a strike zone. Of course, to use it, Corey will not be batting next to it but, rather, will be with his bucket of 30+ balls next to him while standing on the makeshift rubber and pitching to it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Naturally, the name of the game is to pitch the balls into the Recycle Receiver and if the Recycle Receiver catches it . . . STRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How’s that for feedback from a non-human receiver?
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">---Alex</span>Adriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665799072814660963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635187425434402922.post-2621814224663858612013-08-25T23:51:00.001-04:002013-08-26T16:14:35.001-04:00Fix Curtain Rod, Fix Shelf and Some Planting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">OK so I came home from work one day a few weeks ago to notice that my beautiful curtains had been pulled down. Big sad face. Of course my children both looked at me blankly like they had no idea that anything had happened. Then they blamed the cat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can see in the pic below that the curtains are piled on the sofa.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So it looks like the screws and wall anchors totally failed with the weight of the curtains over time (plus probably some pulling on by the <strike>kids</strike> cat).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I pulled out the bracket and still had one screw/anchor left in the wall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I searched in my toolbox and decided that these wirecutters could grab the anchor and pull it out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here it is. Too flimsy for the big heavy curtains.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then it dawned on me to try and find a stud (duh!). I love these moments of revelation. Followed by, why the heck didn't I just use the stud to begin with. Guess I like doing things twice. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found the stud by hammering in a small nail (had to do this a few times). Then I used my level to redrill the screwholes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And reinstalled the bracket (this picture makes it look like its not level, but it is).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I got this sample of 3M Patch at the Haven conference and filled in the old holes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Waited a bit and sanded. Since my walls are painted white and since the curtains cover these patches, I didn't actually do the touch up painting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">2. Fix the Shelf</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is one of those projects that I've needed to get to since Day 1. This handy shelf/cabinet thing in the laundry room is wobbly and won't hold the middle shelf so its been basically unusable. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a great storage space, in the laundry room right off the kitchen. Since this is a small space and I need as much storage room as possible I wanted this shelf to sit real close to the wall, but the shoe molding was in the way (so was the baseboard but I could live with that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I used my jigsaw to just trim a little bit off the bottom. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I cut the back corner off. Also, the little feet on the bottom of the shelf unscrewed a bit to help lift the shelf over the shoe molding. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I used a little L bracket to secure the shelf to the wall (I used my nail trick to find the stud again).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">So its nearing the end of summer and I'm finally getting around to doing some planting. The planter on the right (below) was pretty sad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I bought these pansies from HD and used some ORB spray paint on the planter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Also, we added another hydrangea. Alex dug the hole.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">And its all planted. I just hope I don't kill it. (crossing fingers)</span></div>
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Adriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665799072814660963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635187425434402922.post-78859926532720481142013-08-09T14:38:00.000-04:002013-08-09T14:38:32.359-04:00Front Yard CleanupAfter living in this house for 3 years we finally got around to tending to the front yard. Finally. For the past 3 years, it looked like this (possibly a little less overgrown): <br />
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And now it looks like this: <br />
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We hired out this job. It was too much for us. The landscapers had a truck full of clippings and ground cover (which was removed completely) filled by the time they were done. Plus it took them most of the day. Yikes, I can't imagine how long it would have taken us. <br />
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Adriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665799072814660963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635187425434402922.post-73736285510637648142013-08-05T11:16:00.002-04:002013-08-05T11:18:18.840-04:00Haven 2013--What I Did, What I Learned, and The SwagI have a tiny, tiny blog. But I'm a HUGE DIY blog reader/fan and I was just itching to attend <a href="http://www.havenconference.com">Haven</a>. So, I registered back in February and Alex decided to join me and hang out in Atlanta for a few days. All I can say is that I am a super-fan/geek and I had so much fun! We flew in and arrived on Thursday afternoon. I registered and there was a cocktailparty that evening. Later on, I met Alex at the Braves game. <br />
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The next 2 days were filled with attending classes, listening to speakers, eating and socializing, and talking to vendors. <br />
Here I am at the Advanced Painting class taught by Marion of <a href="http://missmustardseed.com/">Miss Mustard Seed </a>and Shauna of <a href="http://www.perfectlyimperfectblog.com/">Perfectly Imperfect</a>. <br />
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<a href="http://sawdustgirl.com/">Sandra</a> from Sawdust Girl and <a href="http://prettyhandygirl.com/">Brittany</a> from Pretty Handy Girl taught a great class on how to cut and install mouldings. <br />
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<a href="http://sawdustgirl.com/">Sandra</a> had these templates to help with crown moulding. I am making a set of these as soon as I get a real mitre saw. <br />
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Painting with Chalk Paint class. <br />
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Whitney and Ashley from <a href="http://www.shanty-2-chic.com/">Shanty 2 Chic</a> showed us how to make a spice rack. They built the whole thing from start to finish during the class, nothing was precut. <br />
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Thanks for stopping by!! --AdrienneAdriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665799072814660963noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635187425434402922.post-33121086496190127892013-07-22T16:44:00.003-04:002013-07-26T13:17:21.435-04:00Small Tween Room in Black and White<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Three years ago when we first moved into this house I was so excited to decorate my daughter's room. Unfortunately I didn't like the result. I made a few mistakes along the way, some of which could not be avoided. So, I blogged about the her first room </span><a href="http://www.adventures-in-diy.blogspot.com/2011/06/daughters-bed-room-work-in-process.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://www.adventures-in-diy.blogspot.com/2011/07/princess-bed.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. Here is a before picture when I first finished her room:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My daughter was insistent on the furniture style and a canopy bed. I then made the grave mistake of <strong>taking her with me</strong> to the fabric store to select curtain fabric (which I really hated but I bought anyway), then I made mistake #3 when I had her select the wall paint. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The only thing that I really wanted to add was some chair rail moulding 2/3 up the wall (not pictured but you can see where the green paint stopped, that is where I added the moulding). Guess what? My daughter hated the moulding and insisted it be taken down. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, 2 years later and a constant battle with trying to keep all of her stuff organized I did a total room redo. I cleared off the mess on the dresser, the desk, the nightstand, under the bed and on the floor. I put all of the stuffed animals in 2 large plastic bins and put those away in her closet. I folded and put away all the extra blankets and pillows. I took all of the legos and put those in the closet on a shelf. I took down all of the taped-up posters. This room was tchotke city. I cleared everything. I don't have a good before picture of the mess but you get the idea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I pushed all the furniture into the middle of the and took down the moulding and sanded. And sanded. I took down the curtain rods and patched the holes. Most of the time she had the curtains tied up. They were never just hanging there making the window look pretty.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Did I mention that I did all of this without my daughter's permission while she was away at summer camp?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This room is a challenge. It is small and has 3 large windows and 3 doors. My daughter was very particular about what furniture she wanted, and there was just a lot of furniture. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I decided to just paint the room white. Soooo boring, I know but since daughter was away at camp I couldn't ask her which color she wanted. Also, I was thinking that we could always just paint 1 wall or the ceiling a color if she wanted and the rest could be white.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Then I just did an excercise in "making it work". I knew what she would insist in having in the room so I made those things blend in. First, she loved this cat picture that I hung over her bed. It has a red frame and black background so that gave me the idea of a mostly black and white room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The Little Mix pillowcase was also a must have, fortunately it has a lot of red in it so ties in the with picture frame above (can't really see this in the pic).</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also decided to just leave the window curtainless. Very plain, I know but she was always tying up the curtains or they just looked really messy. I could always do a valance/pelmet or roman shade in the future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> This was the only furntiure configuration I could figure out for this room that would both fit everything and look fairly nice too. I used her huge stuffed angry bird for a footrest. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I knew both the chair and One Direction pillow would have to stay too. Behind the chair I hung my daughter's artwork and some mirrors and shelves I already had. Then I set out some of the tchotkes on the shelves. I knew that would make her happy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I got 2 of the same braided area rugs from Target (on clearance, I heart Target!). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Above the desk I have 2 magnetic boards from Ikea. I was thinking if she needed to hang up more stuff, I could put some frames above the magnetic boards.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, she came home from camp and.........LOVED her new room. Whew, I got lucky. And we are on day #4 of her actually keeping it clean! Wonder how long that will last?</span><br />
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Adriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665799072814660963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635187425434402922.post-26830465758857476502013-06-03T12:23:00.001-04:002013-06-03T15:35:16.191-04:00Loft Built-In Shelves are Done.....Finally<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gosh, what a project this was. I've wanted to do my very own built-in shelves for years. There are tons of blog posts about built-in shelves but </span><a href="http://www.centsationalgirl.com/2011/11/from-billys-to-built-ins/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Centsational Girl's built-in IKEA Billy</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> shelves inspired me the most. The way CG did some diy and used some off-the-shelf products really seemed doable for my skill level. And CG's shelves looked fantastic.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, I can say that this project is d-o-n-e done and looks pretty good but it was pretty tough going and took me way longer than it should have due to procrastination and frustration. In the end I had to admit I needed help and my husband Alex came to my rescue.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, I left off in my </span><a href="http://www.adventures-in-diy.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-loft-improvements-continue-built-in.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">last post</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> with all of the Billys put together and sitting on a platform that we built to raise them up over the moulding and make them feel built-in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We hauled some extra floor moulding we had in the garage up to the loft only to find out that 1) I raised the Billys so high that the floor moulding would not completely cover the bottom of the shelf and 2) my old fashined hand saw mitre box was way too short to cut the floor moulding anyway. Onto plan B and many, many trips back and forth to Home Depot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wandered the moulding aisle trying to figure out what to buy. They didn't sell 8" floor moulding so I bought some preprimed mdf boards (I can't remember the width, maybe 5 or 6 inches?). Since I couldn't use my short mitre box to cut it I used the next best thing I had, my jigsaw, and made some semistraight cuts. I was getting a bit frusturated at this point so I figured my semistraight cuts would just have to be corrected with caulk, sanding and woodfiller. I also used my jigsaw to cut a cope edge. This came out better than I anticipated so I was very proud of myself with this btw. I was almost done with cutting the 3 pieces I needed (front and 2 sides) when I accidentally cut through my jigsaw's cord. Uh oh. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">OK, moving on. I found a piece of moulding to go on top of the mdf that would fill the gap on the bottom of the shelves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So now the bottom of the shelves were covered. Next, I got some thin moulding to cover up the sides of the book shelves and the gaps where 2 shelves meet. Of course the first time I bought this moulding it wasn't wide enough to cover the seam, I got the right size on my second trip.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the top I picked up some wide crown moulding. I had no idea on how cut crown so it was back to You Tube for instruction (I am so grateful for the awesome people who create instructional You Tube videos). Of course I realized that I needed a special clamp that I didn't have in order to cut the crown (another HD trip) but I was able to cut the crown and match up the corners fairly well. I'm not pointing out where I had to piece a straight section together, its not very pretty but most people won't notice. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Almost done......caulk, sand, paint the trim. Paint the back of the shelves and stick the shelves in. I debated about painting the back of the shelves and what color to use because I am sKeeeered of color. But, it is just a small area that I can repaint if I want to so I used the paint left over from daughter #1's room. A really pretty turquoise. Nice and bright.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, here is a "before" picture (as before as I can find):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And here is an almost-completed pic, I haven't finished loading up the shelves but the TV is connected.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And the best thing I can say about this project is that it is done, aside from adding decorative things to hide the cords of course. Really, this project wasn't <u>hard</u> but it took me <em>forever</em> and at times I seemed to have lost my DIY mojo. Hate it when that happens. </span></div>
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Adriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665799072814660963noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635187425434402922.post-4248749140859717972013-04-22T09:45:00.002-04:002013-04-22T09:45:26.917-04:00The Loft Improvements Continue, Built in Shelves<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really wanted some built in shelving in the loft. We have a ton of books and some empty space in the loft and I've been reading about so many other awesome built in shelving projects in blogland--it seemed doable and at my skill level and I was loving the end results. This was my thinking and now I'm over thinking because this project is way more than I seem to be able to chew. But, back to the beginning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really loved the way </span><a href="http://www.centsationalgirl.com/2011/11/from-billys-to-built-ins/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Centsational Girls Ikea Billy Built Ins</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> turned out, so I used her ideas and instructions. Well, I'm still mid-project but this was the jumping off point. We went to Ikea and purchased 3 of the </span><a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10208467/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">15" deep Billy bookcases</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. They were $70 each. This was a day long activity. Ikea is about 1 hour away. Just getting all of the boxes out of those huge shelves and onto your cart, then through the checkout is such a process. Then loading up the car, driving home, and getting the big heavy boxes upstairs was a whole other struggle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We put together the first shelf and started to move it around to see how the whole unit would fit in the space. Here is the wall I thought would be the best, to one side of the window. I swear I had more and better pictures of this but they apparently are hiding from me right now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What you can't see in the picture is the 6" baseboard and how the Billy is sitting next to the wall. In order for the Billy's to have the built-in look, we were going to have to raise them up so the baseboard would be even with the bottom shelf.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We came up with this I design using 2x4s and screws:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Using some L brackets, we secured the I frame to the bottom of the Billy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We made 3 I frames, I for each shelf. I'm sure there are better and easier ways to do this but we are novices and wanted to make sure the frames were sturdy and secure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then we added a few screws to secure the Billy's to each other, making it one unit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We did the same with the 3rd Billy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then it came time to secure all 3 Billys to the wall. Ikea includes some L brackets for this with the Billy, we just used those. We did have to shim our platform first to get the unit to sit flush against the wall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">OK, here is my best picture of the whole unit so far. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, time for the trim to make it look built-in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">---Adrienne</span>Adriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665799072814660963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635187425434402922.post-59113505484506533692013-04-02T14:26:00.004-04:002013-04-04T10:20:07.998-04:00Loft Floor Using Allure Waterproof Flooring<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">First off, this is NOT a sponsored post, no one is paying me to write this, all opinions and 100% my own. Hello, I've been wanting to share my latest home improvement project and I have no excuses except for laziness. I guess I'm much more of a doer than a sharer. Always something more to get done. Well, this project is very close to done, at least Phase 1. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This project started off as a necessity. We have a really nice loft space in our home, its the 4th floor, the attic space, its completely finished. It has an open area, a bedroom and a bathroom. The open area is where the kids watch TV and its also the space that houses the cat litter boxes. After 2 years of living in this house we had to face facts. Cat litter plus carpet equals yuck! The carpet was getting so soiled, didn't matter how much I vacuumed (OK, I probably didn't vacuum that much). Add to the fact that our cats seemed to think of the carpet <em>near</em> their box as an extension of thier box...double yuck! One day I got fed up and went up there with a blade knife and removed some of the carpet and padding under their boxes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">We were thinking that we would put down a laminate floor. The stairs leading up to the loft are a dark cherry hardwood. Very nice. We knew we didn't want to spend the $ on hardwood and weren't sure we could diy the installation. Since most of the house is the dark cherry hardwood I wanted the loft area to be different and lighter. With the whole cat box situation I started thinking that I wanted something completely water<u>proof</u>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">We went to HD to look at options and the sales guy showed me this product called Allure, they only sell it at HD. Its not laminate, its vinyl, and its waterproof. Allure has a LOT of different products and most are water resistant, this was the only one that I saw that was waterproof.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">It comes in a ton of colors and patterns. I choose this maple honeywood color. I liked the different tones and variations in the tile and thought the color would complement the hardwood in the rest of the house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This wasn't the most inexpensive option for flooring, I think it was around $2.60/sqft. Not bad but we could have gotten laminate for under $2/sqft.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I don't have a lot of pictures of the process but there were 3 major phases:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">1. Rip out carpet, padding, remove tack strips and discard. Think many, many trips up and down the stairs out to the curb.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">2. Lay vinyl tiles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">3. Install quarter-round and transitions. Paint or stain to match, cut all the pieces, nail or screw down, sand and paint to finish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">To lay the vinyl tiles, we just followed the directions. The cuts were made by scoring with a blade knife and snapping. For trickier cuts, we used tin snips like scissors to cut, you have to be careful when you do this though because the tin snips are not too accurate. I also used my wire cutters at times to make small cuts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">BTW, I don't think I could find a more unflattering pic of me if I tried, keeping it real here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Alex figured out to use a flathead screwdriver when we got to the end of the wall and were trying to pull/snap in the last pieces.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Comments/opinions on the Allure vinyl tile product:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">-- I love the way this floor looks! Such an improvement over the dirty carpet.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">-- I'll have to see how it wears but so far so good. I have a busy household so it will definitely get alot of wear and tear. I'm crossing my fingers that it holds up well and as promised on the package, I can't imagine starting over with this floor....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">--Installation was fairly simple once you get the hang of it. There is a bit of pulling/pushing and maneuvering to get the tile to lock in and join to the adjacent tiles. I do notice a few seams showing and this is not supposed to happen. I'm not happy about it but I'm hoping that they are not too noticible and that no more appear.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">--Because this room was carpeted, the subfloor was very uneven, there are even bumps that I can feel through the tile. Thankfully we used this product because its flexible and forgiving of the uneven floor. Otherwise I think we would have had to level the floor before installing any other hard product.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">--Also because this room was carpeted, the doorway mouldings are now floating almost an inch off the new floor. :(</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">While at the store to pick up quarter-round, I also purchased <a href="http://www.homedepot.com/p/Arrow-Fastener-2-in-Electric-Brad-Nail-Gun-EBN320RED/202352406">this</a> nail gun, <span itemprop="name"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Arrow Fastener 2 in. Electric Brad-Nail Gun</span></span>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Sadly, we returned it to the store. I only tried it with the 2" brads which were maybe too long (although this product is supposed to be able to handle them). Only 1 out of every 10 brads went all the way into the wood, the rest stuck out and either had to be yanked out or nailed in with a hammer. Bummer though because this was easy to use.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">So, the floor is done but this room is not. Next step is to build in some IKEA Billies like Centsational Girl did <a href="http://www.centsationalgirl.com/2011/11/from-billys-to-built-ins/">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Thanks for reading.... Adrienne</span>
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I did it! I moved the closet door! Now, instead of opening <em>into</em> <em>the closet</em> and taking up all of the space with the door swing, the door opens <em>out</em>, <em>into the room</em>! I just found 9 squart feet of closet space that we either couldn't use or couldn't get to before! This is the best feeling. Finally, I can actually use this closet to put Ms. Princess' <u>stuff</u> in.</div>
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I talked about how the different ways I could accomplish this task in my <a href="http://www.adventures-in-diy.blogspot.com/2013/02/operation-gain-more-closet-space.html">last post</a> and ended up deciding to move the hinges. I started by dry fitting the door in the outer frame. The door fit even without notching out for the hinges. I put 2 boards under the door so it would sit at the proper height.</div>
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Dry fitting door (I used boards under the door to get it to the proper height):</div>
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Next I had Alex help me open the door, keeping the boards under for the correct height, and figure out where to screw in the hinges. </div>
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I started with the center hinge. </div>
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Traced the screw holes, predrilled, and attached the hinge. <br />
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Then we attached to the door and closed the door, checked to see if it fit. The first time I did this, I had to move the screws in the center hinge over about 1/4 inch. I'm glad I only did 1 hinge at this point. The second time worked though. I did the same with the top and bottom hinge and closed and opened the door making sure they were in the proper place.<br />
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OK, time to notch out the hinges. Since I had just screwed them on, I was able to trace around each hinge and score with the utility knife. Then I got out the chisel and hammer and made this mess: <br />
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I don't own a router and even if I did I don't know how easy they are to use. So, I went out and bought an early Valentines gift, Dremel 3000.<br />
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I spent several hours just reading the directions and trying to figure out what all of the attachements that came with the Dremel were for. Then I realized it didn't come with a router bit. So I decided to give this a try:<br />
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After a LOT of noise, smelling smoke, and wrestling with the Dremel I realize that this tool is going to take some practice. But I did get the hinges in. I'll show you a pic but its not pretty.<br />
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The important thing is that the door works! It opens and closes and I just hope that no one ever stares at these hinges.<br />
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The last part was to make the hole for the latch. I looked through the drill bits (?) to find the right size for the hole.<br />
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Then I opened and closed the door a few times to get a mark on the frame to determine where the hole needed to go.<br />
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This part, I can honestly say, was easy. And it works great! I screwed in the latch plate over the hole (and don't have a picture of this). I didn't notch out the latch plate because the door is opening and closing fine without it and there is no need to make another big mess in the frame.</div>
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My last task I finished this weekend. Reattaching the moulding that I pulled off, filling in the old hinge recesses with wood putty, caulking and painting. <br />
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I finally finished this past weekend and all I can say is that its DONE. I'm not too happy with my filling in the hinge holes and the moulding is all beat up (I'll have to add a pic here) from where I pried it off in the last post. But its really not too visible, unless you look for it.<br />
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I used an off-brand of caulk and have to say that it didn't seem to be as smooth and easy to work with than and name brand I normally buy at HD. Disappointing. <br />
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I have to say that although this project isn't overall 'pretty' I learned a ton, almost enough to discourage me from attempting more projects in the future. But I'm not going to do that. I'm going to continue on because I enjoy these projects and its an education. Can't beat that.Adriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665799072814660963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635187425434402922.post-38042956959849924232013-02-01T16:02:00.003-05:002013-02-01T16:32:57.527-05:00Operation Gain More Closet Space<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Want to see some pictures of a messy room? How about a messy closet? I love looking at beautiful pics of peoples homes, but that is not happening on this blog. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every few months I go through the daunting task of decluttering my daughters room and trying to organize it. Each time feels like the movie "Ground Hog Day", like, wasn't I just doing this yesterday? She has a decent sized closet and its time to really utilize all of the space in there. First order of business is to flip the door.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With the door opening <em>into the closet</em> (as it currently is), only 1/3 of the space is really usuable. If the door can open <em>into the room</em> we'll gain almost 9 square feet of accessible closet space. Worth it? I think so. Can I flip, or rehang a door? I'm not sure. Here is where I am right now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the usuable closet space right now, pretty much all you can see when the door opens into the closet:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'd already removed the door when I took this picture but the door swings open to the right side of the shelves. All the floor space is taken up by the door swing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the potential space we'll gain with the door flipped (door opening into the room). I put another shelf (shown to the right inside the closet) that is not accessible <u>at all</u>. The few times I actually used this shelf I had to 1, step into the closet, 2, find a sliver of space that I could stand in and have room for the door to close, and 3, shut the door completely. Then I had to do the reverse to get out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I've been reading online about how to reverse a door, how to rehang a door and how to install a door. Looks like I have 3 options. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. I can remove the whole door jamb and casing and buy a prehung interior door and install it. This is what <a href="http://www.thriftyinspirations.net/2013/01/28/replacing-a-closet-door-how-to/">Rachel did</a> recently. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. I can remove the whole door jamb, pull out all of the nails and flip it around and rehang it (if I don't damage it too much).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. I can just remove the door and rehang the hinges on the other side. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Last night I started my exploratory research. I first wanted to see how easy it would be to take off the door jamb and casings. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">What a mess! This took me about an hour:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Options 1 and 2 involve removing this whole jamb. There are a ton of nails to saw through and then pull out. I don't own a nail gun and compressor. I did lots of gouging of the jamb and casing while pulling this off, not sure if I can really reuse it. Also, not sure what kind of saw to use to cut through those nails. Will my jigsaw work?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If I choose option 3 it requires creating another hole for the door latch. Also, notching for the hardware.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can I really notch out 3 of these hinges? I'm not feeling too confident here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm going to give Option 3 a try. I am really not feeling confident about this but I feel like I should at least give it a shot. I'll keep you posted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">----Adrienne</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Getting there. We flew Jet Blue out of Regan National Airport. I love, love, love Jet Blue! I love the satellite TV, wide, cushy seats, extra leg room and the free bag check (only 1 bag per person). That made the flight soooo nice! We each checked 1 bag (each child had their own) so we didn't have to shove a ton of bags into the overhead compartments. The satellite TV occupied all of the kids, and me, during the whole flight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Getting around. Since we weren't staying on a Disney property with tram access, we opted to rent a car. This was a good idea. Problem was that we rented a Jeep Grand Cherokee which wasn't quite large enough for us the 4 kids. The kids were uncomfortable even though we weren't in the car for very long. We should have rented a minivan. This was a cost savings fail. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lodging. Since we had a timeshare trial (that we purchased a year or so ago for about $99? can't remember exactly) we were able to rent a 2-bedroom, 2-bath Mariott vacation suite for 4 nights provided we went to their 90 minute timeshare spiel. Honestly, I am a total skeptic and I would never purchase a timeshare but this worked out for us well. The suite we stayed in was beautiful and clean with maid service each day. There were 3 pools and a game room on the property that we got to use, and the 90 minutes of our time was really only 90 minutes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tickets. We purchased 4 day passes to all of the Disney parks (Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, Disney Hollywood Studios). These weren't park hopper passes, we could only go to 1 park each day. We purchased them through the Mariott where we were staying and the price was a little better than any other that I could find while searching online. This was the most expensive single expense of the entire trip.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Weather. Early November was surprisingly (to us) chilly at times. I wore pants and a hoodie each day. There were a few times I was really hot (so good thing I had layers) but that was only in the direct sun. It wasn't warm enough for shorts and sandals the whole day and at nightime I could have used a jacket.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Day 1 (Tuesday). We took an early flight, so arrived in Orlando before noon. We picked up the rental car, picked up our tickets at Marriott and drove to Magic Kingdom. Parking at Disney parks was $14 for the day. We got to the park around 2PM and the park didn't close until 1AM so we had plenty of time. We loved the option of taking a ferry to the gate and seeing some of the Disney hotels along the way. There were almost NO lines this day. We waited around 20 minutes for some rides but most we practically walked right in. The kids loved "Space Mountain" and "Splash Mountain", I loved seeing the castle lit up in pink lights at night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Day 2 (Wednesday). We slept in and took our time getting to Epcot. There was way too much to do here in 1 day. We had to endure lines this day but they weren't too bad. I found this park completly overwhelming. At first I didn't want to go to any of the countries because I'm fascinated with the science stuff at the front. Being Disney novices, we were very hit and miss with the attractions we choose to visit. The kids loved "Mission: Space" but weren't too thrilled with "Ellen's Energy Adventure" and "Journey into Imagination with Figment" (this was for 3-year-olds) but the 'play' areas when you get out of the rides are really cool! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">In the afternoon we headed to the countries to meet up with a friend who was visiting Disney with his family. I really enjoyed this part of the park and this is the part I didn't even really want to visit. It is so cool the way they make the whole area look and feel like you are in another country. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The kids were very amused with: the dancing fountains (my daughter wanted to get drenched even though it was 50 degrees outside and I had no change of clothes for her), the banisters (they were fun to slide down) and the light up sidewalks (areas of the blacktop that would light up and fade out) at night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Day 3 (Thursday). Once again we slept in and took our time getting to Animal Kingdom. This park closes early, at 6PM. I LOVED this park most of all but I was starting to understand the Disney thing of making the entire park (the streets, buildings, characters, even the bathrooms) part of the experience. The Safari was so awesome, just blew me away! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hello! Welcome to my blog! I've been busy, busy for the past few weeks getting ready for my stepdaughter's Bat Mitzvah. I did a bunch of DIY projects for this event. Today I'm going to show you how to make this awesome candle lighting board. Its a tradition for the bar/bat mitzvah to call up a close friend or relative to help light each of her 13 candles (the bat mitzvah is celebrated when a jewish child turns 13 so its also a birthday party).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ribbon, tulle and letters to decorate and embellish</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Gather your supplies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I had a left over 4"x4" post from building our refrigerator platform and purchased some white taper candles from Walmart. Using the width of the taper candles and length of the board, we measured and marked where each hole would be drilled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I drilled each hole approximately 1/2 deep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Paint the entire board. I used Kyrlon spray paint and primer in white. It took at least 3-4 coats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Wrap the outside of the board in ribbon. I used the silver ribbon shown above. Secure with hot glue. The idea here is to cover up the outside so it doesn't look like a block of wood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Embellish with tulle and letters. I got the letters at AC Moore for $2 each.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello! We moved into this home 2 years ago. One of the first problems I saw when we were house shopping was that this home had no mudroom, a tiny hall closet and no other space to put the kids shoes, coats, backpacks, and etc. In our last home we built lockers for each child in the small mudroom area that was completely out of view, right off the garage. So nice! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The temporary solution we came up with for this house was to stick our extra Expedit shelf in the foyer. Four columns of shelves was perfect for 4 kids. We planned on building some nice lockers in this area. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">After 2 years here we decided that we like the Expedit shelves and they work fairly well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't love that I have all of this open shelving showing all of the kids stuff but I know from experience that if I had doors or baskets or whatever the kids are less likely to use the shelves and then everything ends up on the floor. Also, there is no mudroom (or room for a mudroom) in this house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">So, without spending a lot of $$ I made some update/improvements to this area. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">1. The shelves would not sit flush on the wall due to the moulding on the floor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">2. The walls still had the builder beige flat paint and they were <u>dirty</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">3. I wanted the area to look brighter and the artwork to draw the eye up more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First, I added some CAPITA legs to the shelf unit. The legs were purchased separately from IKEA, I think they were $6.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Then, I painted the walls in a light grey/taupe color, I made some new cubby names and added new artwork (also from IKEA, I already had these sitting in my basement from our last home).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I started with some simple white frames I had on hand, also from IKEA.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">And some letters purchased from the craft store.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The kids can change out the picture when they like. I hot glued the letters to each frame and used command strips (love those!) to hang each frame to the shelves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello! I just posted about updating my son's room and wanted to explain how I made the floating shelves. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I knew that I wanted some long shelves for this wall. He needed room for all of his legos and <em>stuff</em>. Also, this wall needed something large to fill up the space.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started looking for floating shelves in various stores. I liked IKEA's Lack shelving but a) they weren't the length I wanted, b) they weren't the width I wanted, and c) they were a little more than I wanted to spend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started by taping off where I wanted the shelves to hang, and how wide I wanted them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I purchased 2 1"x6"x8' preprimed mdf boards (one for each shelf) and 2 1"x2"x8' preprimed mdf boards. I cut the 1x6 boards down to the length that I wanted the shelf (68 inches) and the 1x2 boards a little shorter (67 inches). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I used the sturdiest screws I could find in the house (sorry if thats a poor description) and screwed the 1x6 and 1x2 together to create an L. I used 5 screws down the length of the board, I wanted it to be sturdy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To hang the shelves, we first located the studs. I marked a small 's' on the tape to indicate where a stud was. There were 4 studs across the space each shelf would hang. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We then held the shelf up to the wall and created a helper hand using the ladder. Really, Alex was holding the shelf as I drilled a hole through both the shelf and the stud. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To get this first screw in, we took the shelf down and drilled the screw in so it was poking through the shelfabout 1/4 of an inch. That way Alex could hold the shelf and we could guide the screw into that first pilot hole. Then, finish screwing that first screw.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The rest of the screws were easier now that the first screw was supporting the shelf. Just check for level and screw through to the next stud. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> My screws are visible, but won't be noticable after I paint the whole shelf with a coat of white paint. If I do this again, I have to make sure to get screws that I can countersink (or maybe I have to drill so I can countersink?). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here I am filling in nail holes and touching up paint.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not too hard and I'm so happy with the size of the shelves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started this blog about a year-and-a-half ago and the very first project that I posted were <a href="http://adventures-in-diy.blogspot.com/2011/02/lego-display-shelves.html">these lego</a> shelves for my son's room. Problem is that my son has too much <em>stuff</em>, including too many legos. This room still had builder-beige walls and my son has had the same denim comforters for almost a decade. Time for some paint and a few updates.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">My son had was completely resistant to any change in his room for the longest time. When I finally conviced him to let me do a few things he had stipulations: he had to keep his furniture and it had to stay where it was. No painting the actual furniture either. So here is where we started. p.s. I had already taped up the room for painting before I took the "before" pics. Ha ha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Before: The lego display shelves that I put up for my first blog project. They are great, but the lego collection far outgrew the space. Also, this wall needed something larger to fill up the space, the arrangement I had was too sparse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Before: There is not alot I can do with the furntiure layout in this room. There are 3 windows and 3 doorways. The bunkbeds had to cover a window somewhere. I put the desk in front of the other window. My son was adamant about moving any of the furniture but even if he was willing to move it I'm not sure what would work. Smallish room and largish furniture. Lots of kid <em>stuff</em> and clutter. I liked the comforters but they were almost 10 years old and <em>I</em> was ready for a change (I realize that a lot <strike>most</strike> of this home improvement is for me. :) ).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Before: Desk area. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Before: My son's very own diy wall art. Yes, the duck tape did pull off the part of the wall when I removed it. I used almost a whole tube of dry wall filler on this wall. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">And now the AFTER!!! I used the same grey paint from the <a href="http://adventures-in-diy.blogspot.com/2012/03/powder-room-facelift.html">powder room makover</a>. I started painting one evening while my son was out with the intention of doing 1 or 2 walls to see if he liked the color. By the time he got home I had done the whole room with the first coat. Fortunately he liked the color. :) Second coat went on a few nights later when I had 1 1/2 hours before I had to be at school orientation for my 3rd grader. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Duvet covers are from Target. They retailed for $39.99 each and I needed 2. I waited and waited until they went on sale--sale price was $17 (more of a Target type price, don't you think?) and I tried to order 2 of them. Problem was they were out of stock online. I went back to the store several times and asked at customer service and each time I was told that Target online is separate from the Target store and the sales didn't coincide. Ugggg! I t<u>otally</u> lucked out one day when I was in Target for a quick stop (is there really any such thing?) and there they were--2 (and only 2 were on the shelf) grey and white duvets for $17 each! </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">AFTER. I still have a mirror waiting to be hung for this wall. I moved his 'H' coathook to the other side of the door so he can grab a jacket on his way out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">AFTER. New DIY floating shelves!!! I will have a separate post about how I built these. Very easy. They fill up this wall so much better and have a lot of room for more legos and tween boy <em>stuff</em>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">AFTER. Desk area is the same. I added a magnetic board, from IKEA. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm adding the paint color used in this room to this post after I got a very nice email from a reader. Unfortunately I don't know the original source of the swatch I asked Home Depot to color match but here is the formula from the paint can.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">This last part is one of my favorite things in the whole room, and the most work, actually more than I bargained for. Here is the bunk bed contraption that we started out with. Its really a cool piece of furniture. It has a desk, dresser drawers, and shelves, great design. The faux birch and navy finish remined me of a nautical style. For this room I was going for a modern industrial locker room type look.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">So, I painted. Actually, I sanded, primed, then painted. I'm loving this finish! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Silver metallic paint! We sanded first and then a coat of Zinser oil-base primer. I went through 2 quarts of primer. The Silver paint was a quart of Rusteloem and I only used around 1/2 the quart. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Side note: We need another mattress. I'll have a final post showing the whole room when we get the other mattress, that is why the bottom bunk looks a little bare right now. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The finish is intentionally imperfect. I wanted the metal look and wanted the brushstrokes. I can't say that I did a stellar job, but I'm happy with it. Here are some better shots of the finish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I didn't paint the portions of the furniture that were already blue. That tied in with the room's color scheme and we liked the two-toned look for the most part. Problem is that the blue is all scratched. I almost positive that I won't be able to match this exactly to touch it up but I will try.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hi there!! I have more updates to share on my stepson's baseball room. If you missed the prior episodes, check <a href="http://www.adventures-in-diy.blogspot.com/2012/06/tween-boy-baseball-room-part-1.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.adventures-in-diy.blogspot.com/2012/06/tween-boy-baseball-room-part-ii.html">here</a>. In Part I we painted, added a curtain and pillows, moved the Derek Jeter fathead (successfully, whew!) and added a refurbished IKEA Malm dresser that I spray painted navy. In Part II I showed how to make a baseball curtain rod finial and tieback.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Which leads us to Part III. First the fun and easy update: new comforter from Target. Its a faux down comforter in grey and really soft. I want one for my room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I should mention here that the vibe I'm going for in this room is industrial locker room style. So I thought it would be both functional and fit in with the design to add a big sheet of metal to the wall to use as a magnetic board for all of the magnets, posters, notes, baseball cards, and ticket stubs that collect in stepson's room. Here it is all hung on the wall and I love the way it looks. I'm getting to the bad part, give me a minute.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was in Home Depot (HD) and found this 3' x 3' sheet of metal for around $20. Perfect size for the wall, I just wasn't sure how to hang it. The HD guy suggested this liquid nails-like stuff that you can use on metal but I really didn't want all of that adhesive permanently stuck to the wall if we ever changed our minds. Plus, I wasn't sure how the metal sheet stay on the wall while the adhesive set.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Then I predrilled a small hole into the drywall and used my socket wrench (?--not entirely sure if that is the right name for the tool, and I don't have a pic :( ) to attach each screw. Here is a close up of one of the screws. I love how it gives an industrial look to the magnetic board.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">And here it is all finished. I ran to get some magnets that I had purchased to stage an 'action' shot. I was super excited and super proud of myself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">But wait, <span style="font-size: large;">the magnets do not stick. My metal is not magnetic!!!!</span> How big of a dodo brain am I? I bought <em>aluminum</em>. I should have bought <em>steel</em>. I just love spending lots of time buying just the right piece, devising a clever way of hanging it, hammering a bunch of nails into the wall to find a stud and wait until I am all done to discover I totall screwed up! Really.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">But I've had a few weeks to calm down and now own a roll of galvanized metal roof flashing. Question is will I try to adhere it to my already existing metal sheet or rip it out and try again? Not sure yet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">In the meantime, the baseball room got some wall art. :) That is pretty hard to screw up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">----Adrienne </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello!! I have more to share on my stepson's baseball room. In <a href="http://www.adventures-in-diy.blogspot.com/2012/06/tween-boy-baseball-room-part-1.html">part I</a> I left off with an extra long curtain that I had sewn. I purposely made only 1 curtain panel due to how close the window is to the wall. The curtain is wide enough to cover the whole window if he wants to close it but this room doesn't get too bright so I think it will stay open the majority of the time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To bring in more of the baseball theme, I had an idea for a baseball curatin rod and tieback.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started with these "soft-tee" baseballs. The inside is rubber.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To hold the ball in place while I drilled, I used my mitre box. Those posts in the picture allowed me to wedge the baseball tight enough so that it wouldn't move.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I was able to drill a hole about 1/3 through the baseball. I'm really glad that I used these rubber baseballs. I'm not sure how easy it would have been with the standard hard baseball.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I just wedged the baseball on the end of the curtain rod. In full disclosure, this rod was 3 times wider than the hole I drilled above and I didn't have a wider drill bit so I ended up drilling 3 holes next to/overlapping each other and made a bit of a mess. To do this right, I would have to start with a wider drill bit. You can see in the picture below a little of the baseball cover is kind of torn. This is not noticable in the room though because its so high up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next, I wanted to make a baseball tieback to swag the curtain panel. I started with these from Walmart. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The decorative finial on these tiebacks screw off so I was able to drill another baseball to replace the finial. Once again, I didn't glue the baseball or anything, just stuck it on the end of the holder. The rubber inside of the baseball really helped here.I started with these "soft-tee" baseballs. The inside is rubber.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is the close up of the baseball tieback installed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Sharing at these awesome parties:</span><br />
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<a href="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/2012/06/wow-us-wednesdays-72.html">http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/2012/06/wow-us-wednesdays-72.html</a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My stepson LOVES baseball. Yankees in particular. His room has only 1 window so not much natural light. Here is where we started out. A faux-birch wood and navy bunk bed contraption and builder beige walls. Stepson added his own wall art in the form of posters tacked up everywhere. There was also a lot of clutter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 2. Swap out small dresser for a refurbished IKEA Malm dresser that I painted navy. You can see it in the picture below. I used spray paint. I did prime first and used a clear coat after. I didn't get the best coverage on the side you see below but not so noticable in the room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Step 3. I sewed a curtain and some pillows. I plan to swag this curtain with a tieback (that will be in the follow up post) thats why its extra long. Not sure why the blue wall looks so light in these pictures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Derek survived the move to a new wall intact! It actually wasn't that bad to move him although we were a lot nervous about the move. We rearranged the furniture and I'm working on painting the rest of the faux-birch. The bunk bed will be back after I paint it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So far this room looks 100% better and so much brighter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">--new comforter (already here, you'll see in the follow up post)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Linked to: <a href="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/2012/06/wow-us-wednesdays-71.html">http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/2012/06/wow-us-wednesdays-71.html</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been wanting to try this forever. My nails are usually unpainted. They look OK, just really plain. Once in a while I get the urge to have pretty, shiny nails and I'll paint them. They look nice for about 24 hours. Maybe. Sometimes less. Then I have chipped nailpolish that I don't bother to take off for a week. Lovely.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My first observations of the kit were that the polish bottles were really small. Also, the bottles are black so you can't tell how much nail polish is in each bottle. I learn that this is because the polish is light sensitive. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The UV light comes with a plug which is nice, no batteries that you constantly have to change. But the plug is short, I had to set a chair right near the outlet as to hold the UV box. BTW, thanks to my 8-year-old daughter for taking the pics!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The instructions are really easy. Clean the nails first with the cleaner and cloths they provide, then brush on a primer coat and let nails air dry 30 seconds. Next, brush on the base coat (which is the same bottle as the top coat). The base coat cures under the UV light for 30 seconds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the base coat comes the first color coat. That cures for 1 minute. Then the second color coat, another minute. Finally, the top coat is applied and cures for 30 seconds. This really did go quickly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After that my nails were really tacky. Not dry at all. The instructions said to use the gel cleaner again to remove what they call the "moisture layer". I skeptically did that and they were totally dry. Wow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm not the neatest painter. My cuticules were painted here and there but overally they looked pretty good. And super shiny, that is what I love about the gel manicure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">TEN days later ...................................</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fast forward 10 days. This stuff REALLY WORKS. Yes, my nails have grown out and I'll need to redo this in another week, but I've had pretty painted nails for the past week and a half. Amazing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is my other hand 10 days out. I slammed my middle finger in a door a few weeks ago, that is why its black. </span><br />
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More Family Room updates. To review, first we got rid of the big huge TV and replaced it with a flat screen, then we mounted the flat screen on the wall, hid the wires, and lastly we got a new-to-us console. Its actually a dresser. A fake blond wood veener dresser. </div>
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I had a few criteria while looking for this piece. It had to have specific dimensions, something wide enough to fit on this little diagonal wall, and not too deep because the room is small. I wanted something that didn't have open shelving because I know I can't keep open shelving looking nice. And I didn't want to spend too much money when I wasn't sure how well my painting skills would actually work to transform something.</div>
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So here is the "beauty" I found on Craigslist. $50---sold. Then I stared reading all of the 'painting veneer' tutorials I could find. I decided to try using only spray paint, hoping for a smooth finish.<br />
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I went back and forth trying to figure out what color to use, and settled on a light gold color, Carmel Latte, by Krylon.<br />
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I primed first, using various spray-on primers. I first made the mistake of using a grey color primer. Whoops. I had to sand those 2 drawers down and redo them with the white primer.<br />
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The final pictures aren't very good--sorry. The end results looks nice. The hardware is the original that I put on until I can find something better, but it kind of blends right in with the gold.<br />
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I still have to add some accessories.</div>
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Eventually we'll also paint this room.<br />
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