July 13, 2011

Summer 2011 DIY Project

I got a job, an income is always great. But, I feel intellectually un-stimulated so I need to keep my hands busy or at least my mind for the moments when I'm not filling plastic cups with soda or passing border sauce packets to customers.

The Plan:
Take this Ikea Hemnes Desk (in white) and Ikea Hemnes Add-on Unit (also white), selectively paint the back panels black and apply this Oriental Vine Allover Stencil in white, add this Cat Stencil in varying silver and white pieces to the black painted cabinet doors of the desk with silver (or white) glowish accents. This might be hard to visualize but I have a notebook full of sketches.

Implementation:
Now, before I execute my master plan, I need practice. So I plan to take paper mache square boxes like this and use my color pallet to practice applying the stencils. Once I paint the boxes, I want to add initials and mail them to my dearest friends! Hopefully, I will have the patience to keep some for myself.

I work full time now so it could very well take me the rest of the summer to finish this but I'm fully determined to see it through. I did some calculations and it will cost around $700 to complete the whole thing. Funding this project and saving for my vacation this year will meaning pinching pennies and scouring the basement couch, but it'll be fun!