THE BEFORE

It is time for the big reveal of our procrastination projects. YES, it has been two weeks already. My, where does the time go? Nearly 90 of  you signed up to do this. Confession time. Did you do your project? Did you even START on your project? Or did things end up somewhere in the middle between started and completed?

I’ll go first. I’m not finished with my chairs. Oh, stop, I’ve had stuff going on, really I have! I didn’t procrastinate, I just had some “situations.” Some of my excuses are huge (Let’s just say it has been a rough week, a very rough week {insert crickets} — I’ll tell you more on Friday), and some of my issues were minor like waiting for SUN so I could paint outside. And then there was the fact that it took a lot longer to dry to primer than I expected and I couldn’t just whip these together at the last minute.

But all excuses aside, I am excited that I got started. I am SO THANKFUL to all of you for joining in with me.

It was just the motivation I needed. In fact, I was so glad I had this project to distract me from my horrible week. Otherwise I might have stayed in bed and eaten far too much ice cream and chocolate while crying over the tabloid rumors about Jon & Kate Plus 8 (which incidentally has nothing to do with my terrible week, but it was just one more thing to cry over. I didn’t need that.)

It was a good thing I had something more productive to do.

So what color did I choose? I decided to go with spring green for the chairs, and then (in another lifetime maybe) I’ll paint my table black. I am all about adding some fun happy moments in my decor lately so spring green to the rescue! And you know I have been obsessing over green so what choice did I have but to choose green?

THE AFTER: Ah, SPRING GREEN, oh how I love you
Actually, Pear Green (Pottery Barn/Benjamin Moore)

I have two chairs that have their first coat of paint, and one that still has just primer. The others were set aside for later, I just couldn’t tackle them all at once. I had a few oopsies along the way (don’t look too closely) but overall, I think they turned out OK.

If you liked them better before or wished I would have painted them a different color, you don’t need to tell me that. Just smile and nod and say “WOW, you sure worked hard on those” or something like that. Or I might cry, I’m a little sensitive right now.

They ARE a little bright, but I think they are going to be just the pop of color I was looking for to make even cloudy or dreary days (or otherwise bad days) feel a little more happy.

So, how did your project go? Go ahead, spill the whole story of your procrastination. And link up some after photos for us while you are at it!

I’m looking forward to curling up in my chair and reading through every single one of your posts.

UPDATE: If you are just arriving at the party, it is NOT TOO LATE to add your post! I love fashionably late people!