I know you come here to look for stamping ideas and stuff, but this is sorta stamping related (and the closest I've come lately). Here are some more pictures of my almost done Rubber Room. Yep, I decided to call it that instead of my craft room or my stamping space - gotta be different ya know! Plus, most times I really NEED to be in a rubber room, so it seemed fitting. Anyhoo..... the first picture is what happens when you shake a previously opened can of white eggshell finish trim paint when the cover had not been replaced the day before with a hammer. After MANY choice words, my son and I were able to clean it all up pretty good and the second picture shows the same area 2 days (and alot of sweat) later. Sorry, didn't mean to gross you out - lol! The cabinets pictured here are yet another tale of woe in my book of the rubber room. I purchased the counter tops at a discount store about a month ago as they were the last 3 in black and at $30 each, I couldn't pass them up. So, for a month, I've been trying to decide what to put under those countertops. I knew I wanted white, so I bought the u-put-together ones (the ones with paint splattered all over them) and attemtped that. NOT GOOD! So, I will be returning those and in the meantime, went back to Lowe's and purchased the already put together ones you see pictured. On the way down into the basement, I dropped the drawer that you see sitting on top of the counter and the front busted off - ugh! The caulk is drying on it in this picture. Then, as I was putting the other drawers in after the counter tops were placed, I realized that they wouldn't close as the lip hung over too far - double ugh! After a short cry on the newly paint-free floor, I bucked up and decided to head into DH's workshop to see what I could finangle (is that a word?) I cut some "shims" and caulked them onto the cabinet bases to raise the countertop up just enough so it sat flush with the tops of the cabinets and viola - a desk!! Moral of the story.... well, I don't know the moral of this one, it just helps me to whine!! If you made it this far - wanna come play in the new rubber room? Hopefully, I be able to create some stuff in here soon!
And, the best thing (in my opinion) about it is, you don't have to leave it all alone overnight in some scary, dark staples store. This took about 10 minutes to do! First I carefully cut the cover off as close to the binding as I could. Don't worry about being exactly straight as you have to go back in and trim off this "gutter" edge with your paper trimmer anyway. After the cover was safely removed and gently placed aside (yeah, I'm a freak), I grabbed about 10 pages at a time and ripped them out with my bare hands (yeah, I'm REALLY strong... lol). What's nice about ripping them out in sections is that they stay together nicely until you cut the "gutter" edge off. Once you have them all out and stacked in proper order, just trim off the binding "gutter" edge at 8 5/16 (this is the small hash mark after the 8 1/4 mark) with your paper trimmer. I used my purple cow cutter, which easily cuts 10-12 pages at a time. Then I punched EVERYTHING (cover too as it's the same size as the pages) at the inner pages setting on my bind it all. Once on the bottom edge and then I turned the pages around and punched at the top edge. Remember when you put the binding in, to assemble the book (double check to be sure your pages are in correct order), then fold the back cover to the left and all the way around to the top. The back of the back cover will end up on the top of the stack when you bind. That part is a little confusing I Know... leave me a comment or email me if you have a question and I'll try to explain it better. I know there are lots of instructions, but this really is EASY PEASY.
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