DIY Week 14

DIY Week 14

This Week:

This week was really fun for DIY! We brought over twenty pictures of all sizes, that were once on the wall of the team room, home to my house. I went over to home depot and bought black spray paint to turn the oak and extremely out dated picture frames into black, sleek, and modern. I laid clear painters tarp on my grass, taped newspaper around the glass, and got ready to spray. I did one picture but the frame turned out rough and really dusty with paint. It clearly wasn't looking too nice yet. I had to "adapt and overcome" this situation. 

I drove back over to home depot and bought semi-gloss black paint and brushes. I got home and laid down newspaper in the kitchen and once again prepared to paint. I sanded each frame to make the paint stick first. Then, I painted the first four frames really quickly! It was really fun and sort of relaxing. However, after about seventeen frames I began to dread doing this part of the project all alone. Four hours later, I was done and the picture frames looked fabulous! 

Picture frames drying in my living room

After I was done, I realized I had yet another rode block. I was looking at the pictures and realized that the most current pictures, that I am in, weren't painted. Those pictures either didn't have frames, or the glass broke from the frame. So, I had to buy five more black frames for these pictures. 

We also wrote a non-profit letter for Mr. Herzfeld to sign so that we could try to get a grant from Home Depot for the flooring and seating for the team room. We will find out in the next few weeks!

Next Week: 

Next week we will be able to clarify if we can get a grant from Home Depot on the flooring. If we can't, we will be steam cleaning. Also, we have to hang the pictures back up, the whiteboard, and get curtains.