Learning more about DIYs

Recently, I've been hooked up doing a lot of DIYs at home.  Since I decided to take a break from working out, I've spent my free time on either watching shows or doing some DIY projects.  That's probably one thing you don't know about me - not only am I a farmer's granddaughter, but also a carpenter's.  Yes, my late Grandpa was both, and he taught me some stuff when I was growing up.

Anyway, my husband has a lot of stuff that he mostly have forgotten about.  As a matter of fact, he'd even get surprised if he saw me pulled out something from the basement that, according to him, he didn't even know he had.  While I was doing my little spring cleaning, I did find a lot of things that I knew could still be reused if you only know what exactly to do with them.  I'm so glad my husband has some tools, so I used them to re-purpose the things that I found.  I repainted an old shelf and made it look more decent than how it used to be (a shelf from Ikea), turned a wooden magazine rack into a corner shelf (I also painted it), and a lot more.  If given with materials that I need, not to sound like I'm bragging, I can make things for the house on my own.  Of course, I don't know everything, but I can say, I know more than just the basics.  And thanks to my Grandfather for all that!

Right now, I'm into learning how to "paint like a pro".  Well, if you know what I mean.  I know the basic when it comes to applying paint, but I know I still need some major improvements.  I'm saying this now because here soon, we'll have to move and that means we need to repaint the rooms that need to be repainted, especially the kids' room where they have crayon marks all over the wall.  And speaking of repainting walls, I remember, we also need to fix our couch that got ruined when my husband sat the TV on it while trying to take it out of its box.  It's got a little tear on it, and I've been wanting to just patch it up with anything that could prevent the tear from getting bigger, but I don't know how to paint leather in case I end up using something that's not the same color as our couch.  Another thing on my list that needs to be knocked down.  So much to do in such little time!  I know it's still next year, but it's not going to change the fact that we've got so many to take care of before we can even move out.

I may not be good at DIY, but I'm grateful I know some stuff that could be helpful in case we need them.  It's definitely going to be a Do-It-Yourself thing once we start cleaning the whole house and fixing things what need to be fixed.  So, what better time is there than right now to start learning stuff that I know I'm still not that good at - like what I said, painting. 

Let the learning begin!