The Man Cave

The light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter.

We have one layer of drywall on the walls of the garage (man cave).
It is a huge 4 car garage and we are doing the work ourselves.
The hardest part is the ceiling because they are almost 12 high.
We still have 44 more sheets to hang.

But.

We are half way done.

I have started thinking of what colors I am going to paint the garage.

Of course I am!

Don't worry though, I plan on asking Mr. M. what color he would like first.

Although he does threaten to use every color from the EXTRA selection I have in the basement. Ha ha.

Mr. M. is a huge FORD man.

I would love to paint him a sign on one of the walls.


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In fact I love all of these signs.

Some artwork would look nice too.

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I am thinking of a nice light grey with the Ford blue in a couple of vertical stripes.

colors found at Home Depot

He even said I can paint the floor if I do it with some nonslip paint.

I want to include some of Mr. M.'s fireman plaques and extra gear, along with old baseball jerseys too.

I want him to know how much we appreciate and love him for all that he does for us.

This is where he is king.

As long as I get to use his tools too.

He has also been on the look out for an old Ford truck for us to work on together.

For the future, for when the house is done.

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We both have the ability to see great potential in old beat up things.

And we know that paint can really make a difference.

The sooner we can get the garage done, then we can move up to the master bedroom.

Busy, busy, busy.

And how about you?
How is your summer going?

Sign Love

This date represents the year we built our home and the year we were married.

This sign was my anniversary gift to my husband.

I made the sign using a scrap piece of wood I had in the basement. 

 I think it was either part of a door or a shutter in its' past life.

My favorite part of the sign is that I did not have to paint it white or distress it.

I printed up the letters and numbers on the computer and traced it onto the wood using carbon paper.

Then I hand painted in the tracings.

  The line around the edge I just lightly painted freehand following the edge of the wood.  I let the paint brush run out of paint on parts of the line to make it have a more natural aged look.

Mr. M. liked it very much and I did not have to ask more than once to get him to hang the sign in the front entrance of our home. 

Did you find the little red thing at the top of the picture?  Now if only I could find a chandelier to replace the broken one I would be a happy camper.

As for what I am doing today and for........ a while, I have signed up for 40 bags in 40 days.  If you have not heard about it you will enjoy your visit to August Fields, this blog is a wonderful place to visit.  I don't know how she does it all and with 5 adorable children.

I made my list of 40 things I want to accomplish.

 This morning I started with cleaning out the mud room before the kids even left for school.

Now normally I need a big event, such as a child's birthday party or a holiday looming to get me to take on such projects, but I am willing to try this commitment instead.

I am hoping that Newton's Law "A body in motion remains in motion unless it is acted on by an external force.  If the body is at rest it remains at rest."

My external force is this computer, so basically if I do not get away now I will get nothing done.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are having a productive day!