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Sometimes My Hubby Really IS Right

November 14, 2017 by Patti 24 Comments

It can be difficult to put two stubborn people together and make a marriage work (strong willed would sound so much nicer than stubborn but let’s be real).  Especially when you both thought the one you were marrying was nothing but wonderful and accommodating and perfect in every way.  Okay, maybe you never thought he was perfect, but “purtin’ near,” as my dad would always say.

Everything is great in the beginning, until the day comes when you realize your spouse has some flaws, and you try to fix those flaws with all your might, but fail.  Why?  Because,

He. Is. So. Dang. Stubborn. Click To Tweet

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Monday Musings – Dogs, Vignettes, and God

May 22, 2017 by Patti 25 Comments

Summer came in earnest on Saturday with the first REAL humidity of the year.  The kind that leaves even heat lovers like us seeking air conditioned spaces.  Then in the night came thunder, and lightening, and a real downpour that my yard gladly drank in.

Spring is my favorite time of year in the South.  The yards are so green and different varieties of flowers are blooming daily.

May seems to be the month for magnolias and gardenias. 

I’m musing today on the complexity of doggie relationships . . .

. . . as I consider why this perfectly behaved ten-year-old dog of ours would suddenly begin leaving nasty little messes in the house.

Oh I know it has something to do with the new puppy entering her world, but I’d like to get in her head and understand her WHY?

Because maybe if we knew the WHY we would know the answer to the problem.

In the meantime, she received a good scolding this morning and I do believe she is smart enough to think twice before trying something so foolish again, especially on the oriental carpet 🙁

I’m musing as well today on why my funny seems to have left me of late.

Hubby and I discussed it a bit this weekend and I came to the conclusion that my funny feeds off of other funny people and I haven’t been around enough of those types lately.

I know, a lot of people say that Mr. OTN is funny.  But he’s funny in a different kinda’ way.  Like the smart guy who acts goofy kinda’ way.

Right now I just might be hoping hubby doesn’t read this post. Click To Tweet

It’s all good honey.  It’s like Disney’s Goofy.  You like him, right?

My kind of funny is more like this: 

At times I'm shocked at the brilliance of my words. Then I try to get out of the car with my seat belt on. Click To Tweet

I think I need time with some of my quick witted friends to get my funny back.  Soon gals, soon. 🙂

Today I’m also musing on the message we heard in church yesterday about how we can be certain to know God’s will when we don’t allow ourselves to be conformed to the world’s views, but are instead, transformed by the renewing of our minds (Romans 12:1-2).

  We renew our minds when we spend time in God’s word and in prayer, getting to know Him, and when we deliberately focus on whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, and on all things good, excellent and worthy of praise (Phil. 4:8).

It is so important to be careful about the things we allow our minds to settle on isn’t it?The more we fill our minds with toxic thoughts, the less room we have for God. Click To Tweet

And the less room we have for God, the less we know His perfect will for us.

I don’t know about you, but I want to know and walk in God’s will for me, because I know it far surpasses anything I could plan for myself.

As a bonus, and to keep you engaged while listening to my musings, here’s a little Spring vignette I created for my kitchen dining nook.

Thanks for stopping by 😉

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Comparison, Amazing Hair Days, and New Dishes

July 31, 2016 by Patti 30 Comments

Ducal Florentine Dishes 024I’m sure you don’t do this but sometimes I compare myself to others.  I look at other writers, or speakers, or beautiful singers of song, or super athletic Spartan racers, and I think about how amazing they are.

Ducal Florentine Dishes 017From time to time I’ve even been heard to say, “I want to write, or speak, or sing, or be a crazy mud runner just like her!”  Well, to be honest, maybe not the mud runner part even though I do admire my friends who do that!

Ducal Florentine Dishes 016In fact, that’s just the way the conversation went today with my friend Debbie, who is here visiting from Washington State.  Debbie laughed out loud as I read her a blog post written by Karianne of Thistlewood Farms, in which she shared about her amazing hair day.

Ducal Florentine Dishes 006Kari is incredibly funny and she truly does have amazing hair, and pretty red lipstick, and she writes blog posts delectable enough to save and savor over a cup of coffee.

Karianne

This is an IG picture of me with Karianne at the Allume conference last Fall where I somewhat accosted her in my excitement over seeing her in person.

Debbie (also one to be admired at www.debbiekitterman.com), quickly reminded me of the message at the She Speaks conference we attended last weekend.  Comparing ourselves to others will only rob us of our joy.  Speaker Shauna Niequist taught us that not only shouldn’t we try to be like others but that the most beautiful thing about each of us should be the person we are behind closed doors.  Ouch!

Ducal Florentine Dishes 015Shauna also exhorted us with these words, “Don’t be the next anybody!”  In other words, don’t strive to be that person you look up to and admire.  Be yourself.

Ducal Florentine Dishes 003God has given each of us unique gifts and callings, and when we are walking out God’s plan for our lives we are NOT each other’s competition.  The enemy of our souls is our competition.

Ducal Florentine Dishes 004Other “sticky statements” I came away with from the She Speaks conference were, “Don’t let the enemy tell you that you aren’t called or that you aren’t worthy,” – Micca Campbell.

Ducal Florentine Dishes 011“You cannot miss your season of ministry,” and “Your ‘Yes’ [to God] today unleashes God’s ‘Yes’ [to you] tomorrow.” – Whitney Capps.  In other words, be obedient to the thing God asks you to do today and don’t try to make things happen outside of God’s timing.

Ducal Florentine Dishes 021In one of the main sessions speaker Suzie Eller spoke to us and gave us this question to ask ourselves, “Is my need to be known greater than the need before me?”  Wow, right?  Because if I am truly serving God it is never about me.

Ducal Florentine Dishes 007I love learning and writing and sharing the things I learn.   I love sharing God’s story, and my story, all wrapped up together.  Inner happiness comes from knowing that He has chosen me and that He has given me a plan and purpose that is for me alone. 

Ducal Florentine Dishes 008 Y’all have your own plans too because God says to those who serve Him, “I know the plans I have for you . . . plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jer. 29:11 NIV

Ducal Florentine Dishes 008Isn’t it great that we can thoroughly enjoy other gifted women and know that they are not a threat to what God has called us to do?  There is always more power in teamwork than in going solo.

I hope y’all will take a minute to read Karianne’s POST and hear her amazing hair day story because, in her own words, “Us rock stars have to stick together.”

Ducal Florentine Dishes 001Just in case you were wondering, Debbie and I got to do a bit of antiquing while she was here with me this week and I got a killer deal on this beautiful set of antique dishes.  I thought all this talk of amazing was the perfect place to throw them in.

Love, hugs, and gigantic blessings to you girlfriends,

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Recaning a Vintage Chair

June 27, 2016 by Patti 15 Comments

Morning on the Porch - Rocker“I guess we should just throw it away.”

Hard words to utter, especially coming from a fixer upper kinda gal like me, but the cost of moving cross country was enormous and we were trying to lighten the load.

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“Absolutely NOT!”, Mr. OTN stated emphatically.  “This is a family treasure and we can fix it.”

Rocking Chair Before 007

This?  A treasure?

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A big hole in the seat, water damage from being left out on the porch, joints coming apart where the screws had rusted through.  But he was right, it is a treasure to me.  As I shared in a previous POST, this was the chair where I spent many hours as a young girl, rocking and dreaming about places far away.  The rocker was in the old lake cabin my parents purchased over a half century ago, and it was old even then.

So at hubby’s insistence, along she came with us on our journey to the South.

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These are Mr. OTN’s step-by-step instructions for Recaning a Vintage Chair.  Though I had my doubts  (the hubby has never showed much interest in being involved in my furniture hobby) he ended up having a lot of fun bringing this old girl back to life.

Materials used with links to purchase are shown at the end of this post.  I receive a small amount of compensation when you purchase through my links.

Step 1:  Remove old caning

Mr. OTN began by cutting away as much of the old caning as possible, followed by tucking hot water soaked rags down into the crevices to soften the old glue and allow for easier removal of the rest of the caning and the old wooden stays.

Rocking Chair Makeover 001

  In this picture you can see that Mr. OTN used clothespins to tuck the rags down into the channels.

Once the glue was very soft he used a caning chisel to scrape away remaining glue, caning, and stray bits of wood.  This required persistence and continued hot water soaks. To speed up the process we found my portable garment steamer to be quite helpful!

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 After allowing the chair to dry Mr. OTN cleaned up the remaining glue with his Dremel tool.  Using the correct attachment for the Dremel is critical if you as you do not want to change the width of the grooves.

Step 2:  Repairing the chair

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This chair was coming apart at the seams due to heavy water damage . . .

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. . . and we quickly realized that the screws that held the arms in place were rusted through completely.

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Mr. OTN decided to use a wooden dowel instead of another screw for the repair.  First he drilled a hole large enough for the dowel, drilling from the back of the chair all the way through into the arm.

Rocking Chair 012

Then he painted some wood glue on the end of the arm where it would attach to the back and also inside the hole.

Rocking Chair 014

Wood glue is your best friend on any woodworking project!

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He inserted the dowel from the back of the chair through into the arm, trimmed the dowel flush to the back of the chair, added a little wood putty and sanded it smooth once it dried.

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I stepped in here and cleaned things up a bit, using bleach on the black stained areas before painting the chair with two layers of paint.  I used a Behr (Home Depot) clearance paint that we found in the garage of our new home (a no name paint) followed by a Behr knock-off of Annie Sloan’s Provence mixed according to my recipe for Home Made Chalk Paint.

Step 3: Caning

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Mr. OTN began by cutting the caning to size plus 2-3″ of overlap.   He then soaked the piece in hot water for approximately 30 minutes.

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The tools he used for this part were clothes pins (a substitute for caning wedges) and a rubber mallet.

Caning rocker 012

He pounded the halved clothes pins into the grooves in the chair, being careful to keep the cane as straight as possible.

Caning rocker 010

Just like stretching a tapestry he put a couple of clothes pins on one side (back), stretched the cane taught, and put a couple of clothes pins on the other side (front).  He did the two sides in the same manner.

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Strips of wood spline are used to hold the cane in place.  Mr. OTN cut four lengths to size, angling the cuts so they would match at the corners.  Then he soaked the strips in hot water for 15 minutes to make them easier to work with.

Caning rocker 013

He applied a generous amount of wood glue in the channel and laid the first piece of spline in place.

Caning rocker 017

Next he pounded it down with a rubber mallet.  Once the strip was firmly in place he removed the clothes pins.  Make sure and remove the wedges before the glue dries.

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Here is the second strip in place.  Notice the nicely mitred corners 🙂

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After adding spline to all four sides, Mr. OTN trimmed off the excess caning as closely as he could with sharp scissors . . .

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. . . followed up with a box knife to trim off stragglers, and a sand paper block to smooth off rough edges.

And now, here are a few pictures of the final reveal!

Rocking Chair After

Rocking Chair After

Rocking Chair AfterEdges distressed to reveal the first color of paint.

Rocking Chair After

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Thank you Mr. OTN Cutie, for the wonderful job you did on restoring this family treasure.  YOU are my treasure 😉

Blessings y’all,

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Links to caning supplies (not linked are common supplies such as scissors, rags, small paintbrush, rubber mallet, drill, sandpaper, etc.):

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A Tale of 3 Sisters & Limed Oak Wall Sconces

February 2, 2016 by Patti 30 Comments

Three sisters from the same parents.  How could we all be so dissimilar while at the same time so alike?  How could remembrances of our childhoods be so different?  I guess, given the age spread, it isn’t all that surprising. 

Sister #1 lived through the lean times.

Sister #2 was there when they were “movin’ on up!”

Sister #3, well, everyone said that she was just plain spoiled though that simply isn’t true!

Limed Oak Wall Sconce

One thing we had in common were two parents who cared a lot about appearances and looking their best.  I once heard my dad referred to as “Dapper Dan”  and my mom almost always wore a dress and heels, even into her 80’s when she struggled to remain steady on her feet.  There she was, my mom and her walker, heading down to dine and dressed to the nines!

Limed Oak Wall Sconce

In addition to dress, my mom was a collector of things that made the home I grew up in a place of beauty.  When you tour my home you’ll see some of her treasures on display.

Dining Room After 055

So here’s the deal with the three sisters.  Our parents taught us strive to look our best too but we pull ourselves together in very different ways:

Sister #1:  Traditional style, think Ralph Laurenish.  Her look is fairly casual and she loves color. Red is her go-to color.

Sister #2:  Elegant style in the vein of Jackie O!  She loves to dress up in designer clothes and rocks it in black and white.

Sister #3:  Rustic Glam style – Pretty much a jeans girl but she likes to dress her jeans up with pretty tops and layers of jewelry.  Blues and greens are her favorite colors – to match her eyes.

Now, can you tell me which sister I am?  A lot of times the way we dress our homes is a reflection of the way we dress ourselves.  Take a look at a few components of my dining room below to see if this gives you a hint of who I am.

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 Crystal chandelier

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Antique oil painting

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Traditional damask wallpaper

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Painted and distressed china cabinet

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A shabby ruffled tablecloth

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Vintage frame turned chalkboard

Dining Room After 102 As I pulled this dining room together with the oriental rug, the chandy, the buffet, the hutch, the wallpaper, and all of the other elements of the room it began to feel . . . FANCY.  Too fancy for me (not too fancy for my husband because he loves fancy)!  So to make it feel more ME . . . you guessed it, I’m the more rustic glam of the three sisters . . . I added a few rustic elements to the room.

Before and After - Limed Oak

One of these elements was the two oak cabinet doors that I had hanging around in my garage.  I thought they would be the perfect foil for the fancy-schmancy crystal wall sconces that I intended to hang on either side of the oil painting.  This is the process I used for liming the doors:

  1.  I stripped the doors with a product called Citristrip. This is a product that can be used indoors.  It is as easy as painting on, waiting for it to go to work, and scraping it off with a plastic putty knife. 
  2. After stripping the doors I allowed them to dry thoroughly and went over each one with a medium grit sanding block to make sure they were ready to accept the wax. 
  3. Finally, I applied Briwax Liming Wax which was as simple as rubbing it into the wood and removing the excess with a lint-free rag.

Limed Oak Wall Sconces

Can you see how these two doors tone down the elegance of the crystal sconces and the room a little bit?  Now we can have a fancy dinner and still act like our quirky, funny, crazy selves.

Limed Oak Wall Sconce

Along with the crazy fun friends we seem to be drawn to.

Limed Oak Wall Sconce

This is the first time I’ve used liming wax and I love how it settles into the grain of the wood.  That’s the key by the way.  Liming wax works best with open grained hardwoods such as oak and ash.

Limed Oak Wall Sconce

I’ve added links below to the products I used on this job in case you are interested in purchasing any of them.  As my statement says at the top of the page, any purchases through links on this blog help us keep the lights on here at Old Things New but do not cost you any more than buying directing through Amazon.

I do hope you enjoyed my little guessing game though y’all probably had me figured out from the get-go!  Next up on the blog I will be sharing a tutorial for the Ruffled Linen-Look Tablecloth that I made for my dining room table.

Blessings until we meet again 😉

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I am Perfectly Imperfect Patti, daughter of the King, wife to the amazing Mr. OTN, mom to two grown daughters, a great son-in-law, and companion to two spoiled dogs. At Old Things New I share DIY’s, budget friendly home transformations, as well as posts about how God transforms our souls. I myself have been made new and I love to share what I’ve learned through WRITING and SPEAKING. To view a short Vimeo of “Our Story” (Mr. OTN and I) please follow the link at the top of the page.

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