I found this picture on the site Joss & Main. I fell in love with this dresser....
I became obsessed with trying to find nice metallic paints. I have tried quite a few.
Krylon, Martha Stewart, Modern Masters... to name a few.
So far my favorite it Modern Masters.
It is a very nice coverage and the colors are warmer than some of the others.
I took this little empire drawer piece (sorry it is upside down in this picture, but you get the idea...)
and made this out of it.
I used Modern Masters on this one.
Here are a couple others that we painted.
Knobs from Hobby Lobby -they have the best and every other week they go half off!
(Yes I still need to find my last knob for this one!)
We used Martha Stewart on this pretty dresser.
We will have these pieces at our Holiday OpenHouse, Dec 7 & 8.
One of the things I have been working on all summer is my work studio.
We carved out a little portion of the new barn for both my husband and I to have a little work space.
My husbands - to work on farm things, trucks, cars, tractors, machines and whatever else he does over there.
Mine - to create, paint, think, glitter, stamp, draw, dream, twirl up, plan, decoupage, and whatever else I can think of doing over here!
I love my work space!
My husband is putting heat in the barn this week so we will be able to work over there all winter!
I love this iron welding table. I found it at a local flea market. It is soooooo heavy.
It almost killed my husband when we loaded it on the truck (literally- it fell on him when we loaded it)
It is perfect for anything that we do. I can solder, paint, glue....
We both love it. He tried to talk me into giving it to him for his side of the workshop....no way!
My paint cart. It keeps everything I need handy...
I love drawers!
I found this piece at a flea market. It was from a nearby schools Home Ec department.
The drawers still had needles in them. I added the file cards so I knew what was where.
I love this piece. The shelves are filled with my paper collection. I faced out some of my favorites.
These shelves are filled with glitter, metal stamps, bits and baubles and jewelry making supplies.
I found these strange display racks at a flea market. They were purple.
I spray painted them black. They make the perfect ribbon holders.
My family will be so happy to get rid of all my stuff that I continually drag over to the house when I work on all my projects!
We were not able to have our regular Fall Barn Sale this Fall, but we will be having a Holiday Open House!!
It will be Dec 7 & 8!
We will be having a few friends over to help us fill the barn with a wonderful assortment of vintage finds, beautiful home decor and wonderful Holiday gifts!
Jenni from The Vintage Songbird, Carrin from Chic Unique and Kim from Uptown Antiques are going to be joining us for this wonderful Holiday Open House!
We will be open Friday evening from 5pm to 8 pm and Saturday from 9am to 4 pm!
Hope to see you then!
I told you I would share with you how we did our lake cottage on the cheap.
So here it is...
Lake house on a budget...
Starting with a clean slate....
I picked a neutral color story of greys, creams, whites and naturals.... appropriate for a lake house and very easy to design into.
Starting with the Family Room- before...
Our one splurge - was the couch and ottoman, which we found at Ashley furniture.
This was really the only furniture we bought new.
Almost everything else was either a yard sale, flea market or craigslist find or a very cheap find as I was working on a very small budget.
The butterfly chair is from Walmart $16.88.
I took one of the pillows from couch to tie it in and make it look like part of the set.
The light is one of my husbands creations from a vintage tripod topped off with a Walmart lampshade.
Photos were printed off my printer and put into Ikea frames.
Another butterfly chair and some old suitcases from a flea market stacked to make an end table.
on to my Sons room-
Bed came with the house:)
When negotiating, we asked for quite a few things and we got everything from the furniture to appliances to lawnmowers and the fooseball table!
It never hurts to ask! All they can say is no, and in our case they said yes!
Bedding from West Elm on sale, with a couple of Target pillows.
Vintage sign from French Hen Farm Sale
Lenda Curtains from Ikea $20 for pair!
on to my Daughters bedroom- (or Aunt Becky and Grandma's room!)
Headboards from JCP. Saved money by not buying the footboards, just headboards.
Bedding and pillows from Ikea.
Quilts that I bought at an auction years ago worked perfectly in this room (a lot of my things were items that I bought many years ago, but just could never part with and now have found new uses... I told my hubby it was a good thing I am a pack rat! lol!)
Bedskirts Target.
Artwork, little metal desk and suitcases - auction and flea market finds.
Vintage light one of my husbands rewire projects.
Dining room-
Farmhand table found at flea market years ago, dug it out of the barn to reuse it again.
Chairs - auction find - painted them all the same color for a cohesive look.
You can take mis- match chairs and make them look like a set by doing this.
Stenciled galvanized bucket.
Curtains -Ikea Lenda $20 pair!
Plates - Big Lots with a 20% off coupon!
Sign - French Hen Farm sale
Master bedroom
Sleigh bed - Craigslist deal!
Bedding - Ikea
Stripe pillows - Target
Stole the other pillows from our other bed, I like them better here!
Calligraphy artwork - flea market find, framed in cheap Walmart frames
Curtains Target
now down to the Basement...
Sectional sofa - found on Craigslist (the people had misjudged the size of their space, their loss our gain!!:)
Great for kids friends to sleep on!
Pillows to tie everything together - Ikea
Old farm tractor augers found at flea market, filled with flowers for a new look.
Fooseball table - came with the house!
Barcelona Chairs - got these in the late 70's - dug them out of the barn!
Futon sofa that matched barcelona chairs- Walmart on sale- another spare bed for kids friends to sleep on.
Round table (with 2 leaves) - found at yard sale for $30, painted black.
Chairs - found at auction, recovered with feed sacks.
Clock - found at flea market from my friend Carrin at Chic Unique!
Curtains came with house.
Pig chalkboard - French Hen Farm Sale
It's not very fancy. It's very minimal (I love not having clutter!) but we love it!
I keep adding a little every time that we go.
Came in way under my budget by recycling, repurposing, painting and bargain shopping!
So there you have it ....Lake house redo ....on the cheap!
