All done!!

[susandennis]

The glue smell lingers but the work is done and it looks so great. I really do love it. I love the color and the rounded edge.



But, now the rug clashes. Time for a new one. The woman at the laminate place just sent me a note saying she can't use my Discover card. 'we only take visa and mastercard'. Interesting since she happily charged the down payment to my Discover card. Weird.

And I made a t-shirt while they were laminating. It's a test of the pattern I made in class on Saturday and a 100% success. I made it out of the jersey bedsheet I bought at Goodwill and I think I like it maybe even more than the fancy dancy fabric I bought. What I wanted was a more fitted long sleeved t-shirt to wear under things that was nice enough to wear by itself, too. Score. I need to transfer the pattern to heavier paper and add it to my Favorite Pattern stack.

The jersey bedsheet thing was also pretty genius. I read that tip on Reddit and will be keeping an eye out for more.

Ok, I just interrupted this entry to shop for and buy a new rug. It may be a giant mistake but it's done now. I couldn't find anything I liked at Amazon. I bought this one at Overdrive. If I hate it, it's not going to be practical at all to return it. So... fingers crossed.



Speaking of returns, I need to make another Walmart run to return some stuff I got the other day. I think I'll go to the other one and hit up DK Market on the same trip and finally get some more of those Julie's crackers. I think I may just make that trip tomorrow.

Comments

[jaywil.livejournal.com]

Love the counter and the rug!

[susandennis]

not too boring? :)

[lostincandyrain.livejournal.com]

That was a quick turn-around!

The rug looks like it will go perfectly.

We have bright blue counters. When we were first looking at the house, this seemed really strange, but now that we've lived with them for a few months, I really love it, and don't understand why everyone doesn't have colorful counter tops.

Hopefully you'll love yours even more as you get used to them too! They really brighten up the space.

[susandennis]

Thanks!

[gracegiver]

LOL. Good god woman - you sure like color don't you!
Did the installers have any comments?

I think a slice of red watermelon on top of that counter would be extraordinary.

[susandennis]

It was their first purple. And they said they liked it. I'll have to get some watermelon and see how it looks.

[sweetmeow]

I love the counter ... and I truly think the rug will be perfect, as it also hits all the other colors of your living area, kind of pulling it all together! Perfect!!

[susandennis]

I so hope you are right about the rug.

[ani-mama.livejournal.com]

It all looks fabulous! I love the colors.

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

I love the colour of it

[rosegardenfae.livejournal.com]

Counter is great and I think the rug will be perfect

[brigitte lichtenberger-fenz (from livejournal.com)]

Just want to join in. The colour is great, much better than the old one, and the rug will fit in perfectly.

[susandennis]

:) Thanks!!

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Before I read the bottom part of the post, I thought you had perhaps taken up making braided rugs out of scraps.

Love the new counter!!