Le Cafe M is now open for business! I am proud to say that B & I have recently conquered a common wrecking ball in marriage called "home remodeling". We are still married...happily even! AND we had a lot of fun together! "I just did what she told me to do," he told his coworker after asking how we did it! He's a smart man and I was lucky enough to have him around to help every once in a while! No...he did A LOT, but I also did enjoy having him there just to watch while I painted. We had left the kids with our parents in Kansas after Kasey's wedding, so that was a great help! Here is how it happened:Monday: went to Home Depot clueless, came out with a bunch of stuff, stripped off the wallpaper easily (mostly with nails done for KC's wedding---all that was under there was boards and drywall), then took "Textured Paint", a thick milkshake like white paint that covered the wall like mud, and Brad rolled it on, while I smoothed & textured it.
Tuesday: painted on bottom layer coat, "Raffia Cream" which matches our countertops, everywhere except the wall that would later be RED, then ragged on top coat "Peanut Butter" which took a very looooong time.
Wednesday: slept late, went to lunch and a movie, did nothing all day because our bodies hurt very much badly.
Thursday: painted on pink primer, then THREE coats of "Cherry Cobbler" which match our living room chairs, and later, tired but hungry, we did something we could only do without kids....we went and ate at IHOP at midnight. (kind of an interesting place at that time of night)
Friday: we decided our white country table didn't match so we painted it black and all the chairs black...this took a lot longer than we expected...
Saturday: still painting the spokes of those stupid chairs....finally we added our favorite part, the coffee and cafe signs and the poster that brought on the inspiration for it all...and voila!
"Le Cafe M"
