Monday, 26 September 2011

Week 23 ~ Diamonds In The Rough!

Diamonds In The Rough! is my weekly feature, where I show you the treasures that I find from garage sales, thrift stores and antique stores.
This week, I was able to nab some good furniture to transform this winter. Here's my loot for the week.


This will be a fun chair to transform. Don't kill me, but it had a matching side chair that I didn't get. Crazy, I know.


I will have fun with this

Sunday, 25 September 2011

White Bookcase Breathes New Life!

I found a Diamond In The Rough!

It was a vintage bookcase with bad bleed-through! It cost $35 and included the wood shelves, door and some new, unused glass shelves. It needed a lot of love. The lady had misplaced the original hardware, so I will have to find some replacements.

What do you do when you have bleed-through of the stained wood or knot holes through the paint? You seal the whole

Thursday, 22 September 2011

Around the House...Halloween and Fall Decor!



I used an antique yellow-ware bowl for a fall floral arrangement.
I have been working on decorating for the fall and some of my Halloween decor is out. I thought I would share with you what I have done so far.



Vinyl BOO was added to the fake pumpkin.







These ornaments are old jello molds that I hand painted for the fall.





Be Thankful on this pumpkin is metal scrapbooking word

Wednesday, 21 September 2011

Week 22 ~ Diamonds In The Rough! Part 2

Diamonds In The Rough! is my weekly feature, where I show you the treasures that I find from garage sales, thrift stores and antique stores.

This is Part 2 of my week of treasures! There was so much that I had to break it up for you. In Part 2, I will share what happened when I answered an ad in the paper for a night stand. Most of this will be sold in my booth!


This is what our CRV looked

Tuesday, 20 September 2011

A Mirror of Roses!

On a recent treasure hunt, I found an old mirror that was made of some kind of plastic to look like real wood. I thought the roses were pretty and would look much better spray painted Heirloom White.

I thought that I took a picture but I guess I didn't because I can't seem to find it. Something that I always regret because the change is usually dramatic and the outcome so much better. Here is

Week 22 ~ Diamonds In The Rough! Part 1

Diamonds In The Rough! is my weekly feature, where I show you the treasures that I find from garage sales, thrift stores and antique stores.

This is Part 1 of my week of treasures! There was so much that I had to break it up for you. In Part 1, I will share garage sale treasures and what I did with some of it already.


Last week, I found a cute child's teaset but the creamer was missing. This

Monday, 19 September 2011

Fall Sitting Room

Come on in to our *Fall* sitting room! 

Soooo, I've recently changed things up a bit in here to welcome the new season.  For starters, I painted one coat of Old White on top of my recently painted bookcase (BM White Dove).  I then distressed it and added clear wax.  I also removed the ottoman and replaced it with a super inexpensive higher table, which I then covered in drop cloth and then added a piece of burlap on top of that:


A simple Fall floral bunch sits in the red pitcher on the table:


I also added a bit of warmth and contrast to the bookcase by lining it with craft paper that I had on hand (pretty pumpkin courtesy of Pier One):


A super inexpensive pillow from years past was added to the white slipcovered sofa to spread a bit of warmth over there, too:


A leaf married a book page ... moved into a frame I had on hand and now they lay comfortably on an itchy piece of burlap:


In my IKEA pots, I replaced the greenery with pumpkins and raffia, and then I painted little discs "AS Old White," hot glued glittery brown numbers on them and then hot glued those onto the pots:


Love the afternoon sunlight streaming in:


And, off in the background, two leaf placemats (purchased a few years ago from Home Goods) have been attached to my mirrors:


And, LOOKIE, at my new piece de resistance!  I've been looking ... and looking ... and LOOKING for a mirrored chest, withOUT the expensive price tag.  So, I was more than thrilled to have recently spied this beauty at Tuesday Morning, at an affordable price ... couldn't get it home fast enough! 


Isn't she perty ... angles and all(?) ... bounces the light beautifully!


And, there you have it ... for *now,* anyway.  LOL!


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