A Pink Chorus

Well, you all probably know how much I love the rustic pink shutters 

that my sweet, "ever-wary" husband made for me a couple weeks ago

(under my strict supervision, of course.) 

You can read about them here.

I'm still doing the happy dance over them
(still hearing the angels singing)
and am spending waaaay too much time in the loo, however,
just sitting and staring at them.

Loving the perfectly distressed pink color.
Loving the vintage cup cradling tiny pink roses next to them.
Loving the pink tulleing fluffed over the top of one.

I desperately needed more of them.

There was more than one time that I would be walking by a window
carrying the laundry basket upstairs,
cleaning the kitchen,
vacuuming the living room,
and find myself stopping to try to envision another shutter here...
or there...
or over there.

Imagine my utter surprise when out of the blue one evening the Husband said,

"You know...I could make some shutters for the kitchen window for you."

Have I ever told you how much I love that man?

Imagine my utter surprise once again when I came home one evening from spending the day with my parents
and he had already built a pair for me.

I spent the day happily swishing my homemade recipe of "Prairie Girl Pink" paint on them
and distressing them with a whitewash of ASCP in Old White.

These beauties are big and beautiful.
A full five feet tall.

I also drybrushed the hinges after I took these photos.

I'm in pink shutter heaven.
(There are pink shutters in heaven, aren't there...?)

*Sigh.....*

Outside the French doors, on the back porch, you can just make out the edge of the new whiskey barrel with the new pink rose standard I planted the other day. It's full of buds!

Imagine my complete delight when my talented husband agreed to make an additional set for our window on the landing of the staircase.

Yeah.  I love that man.

The problem now is...

I can't get any housework done.

I'm spending way to much time starting lovingly at ALL of my pink shutters...
and now hearing a CHORUS of angels.





LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
LAAAAAAAAAAAA!
LAAAAAAAA!


~  Blessings  ~

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Pink Inspiration

Inspiration.

noun\ˌin(t)-spə-ˈrā-shən, -(ˌ)spi-\

1.  a divine influence or action on a person 

2.  the act of drawing in; specifically the drawing of air into the lungs

3.  the quality or state of being inspired

This old farmhouse wouldn't be what it is today without it.

It's what makes my heart beat faster.

It's what sends my mind into a whirling dervish. 

It's what makes me draw fresh, creative air into my lungs.

I can't seem to make it through a week without it.

You.

You bloggers.

You creative sisters out there.

You inspire  me.

When we first moved into this tousled, old farmhouse,

there was an old, grey window frame dressed with a piece of lace that covered the master bathroom window.

I removed it because I wanted to allow more light into this lovely room full of white bead board
reaching all the way up the ten foot walls.

Since then, the window has left been bare so I could watch the birds at the feeders outside 

while I was preparing for the day in the morning.

Recently, my friend, Tausha at Simply Me, inspired a change for this window.

She hung some large, pink shutters in a beautiful new room in her house

and me being me,

immediately fell head over heels for them.

I desperately wanted some in my house,

but was perplexed as to which room to put them in.

There was no window that would allow any shutters to open and close.

Agh!

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Except one.

My bathroom.

So, after presenting my ever-wary Husband with a photo of her shutters,

he created a small set for me from repurposed wood from our barn "stash" in about an hour's time.

I happily brought them to the basement for a light sanding and a slap of pink.

But...

I had no pink paint.

Agh!

I took a little leftover MMS Milk Paint in "Tricycle" that I had mixed up last week,
and channeled my inner scientist ~
adding in a dribble or two of ASCP in "Old White",
a few drops of "Graphite" to tone down the hue,
a squirt or two or three of pink acrylic,
and a beautiful dusky pink color emerged
that was very similar to the over dyed ruffled pillow you see here on my love seat.}

Perfect.

After letting them dry, I swished some more Old White to lighten them a bit more,

and distressed them with another light sanding.

The strap hinges were painted with a coat of black.

I painted each silver screw black with a tiny brush

and dry brushed the black hinges with some of the dusky pink and Old White to distress them.

Can you hear the angels singing.....?

Laaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

I am seriously in love with these sweet pink shutters.

Seriously.

In.

Love.

And yes....I have a feeling more shutters will be making their way into the house....

somehow...someway.

I want to hear those angels singing again...

Laaaaaaaaaaaaa!

~  Blessings  ~

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