Working on the homestead.

I totally put this up myself!!! We just needed an american flag on the front porch.

So this is what I mean when I say my yard needs some work...Most of it is dirt hahaha...My pups passed out after a rough round of fetch lol.

When we took our first step to renovating the backyard by chopping down two trees, this happened...a Heart shapedpeice of trunk. I decided it just HAD to be garden decor...for my ..uh..FUTURE garden. It's a start right?!

Remember the barn hook from my flea market post? Well here it is all dolled up, fastened to the back of my home, and adorned by this lovely hanging basket. YUM

And the iron basket from the same post is now perched on my front porch as a planter with a lovely rusty sunflower poked in.

And another hanging basket on the front porch...Looking up i think!

Spring is here

Spring is here and all around my yard things are blooming. This is my first house and it is wonderful. My husband and I actually bought it from a friend's parents who flipped it. They did a great job, the inside of my home is gorgeous. And I am happy with it. But I am an outside girl, and my yard is rough. It really needs some work. Especially if my lab keeps digging up the yard haha. But here are some of the blooms and progress.

Mini lilac blooms. SO CUTE!!!

My hostas in my front yard are slow growers because I have no sun in my front yard lol. Keep watching to see what we do with the yard I will have to put up a before pic...

Flea Market finds for $20

I went to my favorite flea market again....And went with only $20.00!!! So what did I get for the money??
Well first I found this Horse shoe for Goodluck over my doorway for $3.00

Next I got this Rod iron basket for $7.oo. Very heavy and substantial... I cant wait to show you what I am going to do with it.

For a dollar this set of 12 wooden napkin rings, so quaint. Doesnt it just make you want to throw a dinner woodsy party, or dress up a barbeque!

The pishnut board is a childhood memory purchase ,Ahhhh nostalgia,...at the daycare I went to as a child ( at the house that I live in now coincidentally it was for sale when I was buying my first home) we used to play this board game all the time. I payed $2.00 and have no idea what I will do with it. And this Adorable little white table was the purchase of the day for $5.00!!!!! The mini flag and flag pole was from goodwill (not included in the budget) And proped up on the basket is a barn saddle hook that was $2.oo I love all the purchases. Stay tuned for the makeovers.

My mother had this wind chime and was going to throw it away. It was broken on one side. So i took it home and repainted it and you cant even tell. It makes the prettiest noise!!!

Bathroom storage part 2

Ok so here we go again...I remover all the hardware and I finished sanding the entire thing and put two coats of Country White on it. A closer look at the details that made me fall in love with it...

Then I sanded it all on the details and edges and roughed up the dresser. I also took out the bottom droor and made it a shelf for rolled towels. Then i took a face cloth and rubbed the armoire down with ebony stain and wiping with a clean cloth after, which soaked into the sanded areas making them black and giving the entire dresser a worn look.

It was an absolutely perfect Easter sunday at 80 degrees, it made my insides smile and let me wear my creativity on the outside.

I found this seal under the top of the armoire saying it was from louisville KY!!

The details after the stain, lookin hott!!

I added my husband and my monogram since he helped me with the logistics. <3

I sprayed all the hardware with oil rubbed bronze spray paint. It looks amazing!





And I kept the origional glass knob.

Finished product...

And the shelf from earlier...

And here it is folks in the bathroom...Looks good. And on to the next project haha...stay tuned for the chair redo.

Salvage Sunday and Viewer Challenge

So it was a fairly nice Sunday with nothing to do...me and Danielle decided to go Salvaging to see what we could find. She didn't really have anything particular she was looking for but I was hot on the trail of a storage piece for my bathroom. I was in the mood for some furniture refinishing and I struck gold! Here we are on our way out...So cute.

We didn't expect a sendoff parade but we ended up with one! A gaggle of turkeys, in the midst of mating season waving and cheering us on...GOBBLE gobble!!!!

Now for our finds.....First on the list is this pair of 19oo chairs... a little rough around the edges I admit but not hard to spiff up. Stay tuned for this project at a later date!

Next is the piece I was looking for in the first place, an antique armoire. How beautiful, and to think she was stuck all the way in the back with things stacked all over her and a big hideous bamboo hutch hiding her beautiful drawers. What a Pity. But I am a scavenger and unearthed her... Originally priced at $120.00...I weaseled my way down to $35.00 (A STEAL). So proud!!!

Some before shots.... (*notice the little hand painted tin can on top, a dump find*)

I emptied her out and took off the doors.

First i sanded the actual piece...and was going to take off her hardware and sand the drawers but there were some minor repairs that needed to be made to them first. For another (sunnier) day I suppose. But here she is sanded.

This is the third and final piece I found. I am not sure what it was originally, but I thought of a spice rack first then realized if I am sticking to a bathroom theme this could hang above the armoire upside down for a shelf with towel rack!

I took a brillo to her rusty body and scraped her until she was like new. I spray painted her "ocean breeze" to match my shower curtain. And a 20 minute project finished!!!

Last year I found that somebody dropped this little broken fire pit on my porch...hmmmm... and i got a little carried away with how fun spray painting is..hehehe

But I want to add some pretty color to my mundane back yard and this should def do the trick!

If anyone wants a challenge....I challenge you for ideas on how to repurpose these trellises, I have about 8 of them and want to reuse them around my house somehow...Sow there it is leave your ideas in my comments!!! Thanks all.

What a fun way to spend time with my best friend and to be creative on a budget. Stay tuned for the final results of the armoire project, and for the chairs. Now go forth and be thrifty!!

IM SORRY Its been too long

SOOOOO I haven't written in too long I know! But there is good reason. My nephew John Raymond was born and I have spent every day since thinking about him or being with him lol. He loves it when Matante reads to him. Here he is...( i call him junior, everyone else calls him J.R.)
In the meantime I have been crafting away for a few baby showers that are coming up. I love making baby things!! I want a baby so bad. Here they are...
And today is Valentines day. I had Danielle and Justine over, Me and Danielle crafted and made the baby tickets above. Justine and I made sugar cookies!!! And a delish dinner for our hubbys.

I had a great time...oh in other recent news me and Jason were asked by our great friends Danielle and Andre Marquis to be there unborn baby's godparents and if anything should ever (heaven forbid) happen we would take her. I am so completely honored and touched to be Reese's god mother I cannot wait to meet her!