Legs to Lamps

 When I first saw these, I knew what they would become!





I had done this before and it's really not that hard. I used many layers of paint knowing that I was going to sand down and distress these enough to see all the layers of color, two shades of gray, old white, and pale green on top.


I drilled a hole all the way through using a very long drill bit and then from the back bottom to

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Tin Ceiling Shelf

 If you have a good memory and have been following me for a while, you might remember when we returned from a Kansas visit. (My son lives in Kansas)




We always go antiquing along the way and picked a whole SUV load of goodies that we brought back.





Can you spy what is on top of the pile? Above all the cool pillar parts that is.







Yep, it's a cool piece of antique tin ceiling cove

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ShoeTree

What happens when you

 marry a wire picture holder

 with a vintage wooden shoe form?









This is what you get...

Great for holding pictures, old postcards, notes, recipes and to-do lists to name a few. I simply cut off the wires from the holder of this picture holder...and drilled holes that they would fit into in the wooden shoe form. Simple!


See the wire holder that I got last year at

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Header Love AND New Look for My Blog!

I found another old header that was completely intact!



And I fell in love.






Here it is after I had my young and cute, handy dandy handyman put trim on the bottom and sides to hide the construction. A lot of people would have left it as is, but I wanted to refine it a bit.
A bit of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, and both her dark and clear waxes later...

Next, I added a saying that truly is

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Cute cloche!

This is nothing new, just too cute.

Everyone has seen these all over the place, at garage sales and thrift stores, etc.









They start out life as a cheese holder...



Marrying a base of some kind to the wood round and in my case, wooden candle sticks from a garage sale. Painting it with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint because it's so easy to work with...a little distressing and finishing and you

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2011 Ornaments

Each year, I make ornaments for my family and this year I have taken on a MacKenzie Childs look. I hope they like them.

I purchased these wooden stockings unfinished at Hobby Lobby last year...after Christmas. Then I painted them this year. Do you think I captured the essence of MacKenzie Childs?

I also made the black and white check balls too and will share with you a tutorial on that soon.

I

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