Baby Update

Well its finally time...

I'm off to hospital later this afternoon, and hoping all goes well.

A baby will no doubt shake up this ol' house!!

As a side note, the filing cabinet is all painted and ready for handles.  I did have a bit of a hiccup with colour for the draws (basically, it was yuk!), but with a bit of a colour update its all come together quite well.  I can't wait to show you, the power of paint really is amazing.

I will post the play-by-play when I get back.  Though it might take me a while to get into a routine with baby.

Please bear with me - I won't be gone for long :)

Catcha soon,

L

Filing Cabinet Project - Undercoat

Its slow going around here, but I've finally finished the undercoat for the filing cabinet.

Two coats of zinssers.. plus a bit of putty for filling in the holes from the old handles.
(my pregnant body can only do a little at a time!)

This room I'm painting in is our storage/rumpus room downstairs.  At the moment winter is just starting to take hold, and its too cold to paint outside now. 

I've finally settled on a plan for this here cabinet.  My plan is to paint the draw fronts a different colour, which I will detail more in my next post, and change up the handles too.

Now that I'm on maternity leave I finally feel able to finish off this pesky project - and stop the pile-up of paperwork around here.

So cheerio for now  

& look out for my next post over the next day or so :)

L

Learning about ISO

This weekend I'm learning about using ISO, so I thought I would share a few shots I've been experimenting with around home. This lovely yellow rose I received for mothers day.

f/4.0, 1/40

f/4.2, 1/80

f/5.0, 1/100

f/6.3, 1/160

Really is fascinating. If you're into that sort of thing. The higher the ISO the grainier the picture, each increase is twice as sensitive. With each photo I also noted the fstop and shutter speed whilst I only changed the ISO in Program mode.

Now... whats next on the list

Cheerio

L

Filing Cabinet Project

I've decided to drag this old dated thing upstairs for a facelift for our home office.  I'm hoping a splash of white paint and new handles is all it needs.

Its previous home was a little hidey-hole under the stairs.  But I really do need a filing cabinet upstairs for all our bits and pieces.

As you can see our home office area consists of just a small section of wall in our sitting room.

And I've decided to have a go at updating this little area myself - without buying anymore new furniture, and basically using what I have at home.  I just hope I'm successful!

The first step is to update the filing cabinet.  Then move onto the desk - more white paint I think!

So to work I go.

Cheerio for now!

L