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Every sale, my husband has a pet project that he works on.
This beautiful piece is this shows "special project."
She is equally beautiful on both sides.
So it can be used as an island or a buffet.
Here is how it started...
Its top was layers and layers of green paint....
He sanded it forever, but the top is beautiful now.
I think the top is one solid piece of wood.
He added some much needed woodwork on the body.
I painted it and waxed it. He cleaned the hardware.
I wish I had room for her, because I think she is beautiful!
Wish I had a before picture of this beauty. She started out painted all black... all of her.
You couldn't even see the beautiful details she had.
Now that she is painted you can see all the beautiful detailed wood carving. I love her!
Then I painted this pretty dresser/buffet to match her.
Both will be available at the sale this coming Friday and Saturday!
My obsession with old bottles continues.
Take some old bottles, some old photos, vintage papers and glitter them up!
Very pretty for your Holiday mantle.
We will have these for sale at our Holiday Open House December 7 & 8!
Hope to see you then!
For all you crafty gals out there, this is an essential must have for you!
I love these vintage carpenter tool waist packs.
Every time I see them at flea markets I buy them.
They are usually just a few bucks and well worth the money.
I use them all the time when I craft.
They hold my phone, scissors, glue sticks, tape... whatever!
They keep everything you are using right where you are.
After so many times of putting down my scissors and spending 20 minutes looking for them, this is finally the fix.
I have a couple of them and always keep a pair of scissors, pen and tape in them.
We use them at the sale to keep everything handy too!
I usually look for unused ones with cute graphics!
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.
I have been collecting religious medals and rosaries for many years.
I am now making them into something very special.
I love the fact that they have all been hand touched, and cherished for so many years.
They have a magical sense about them.
I try to imagine who held them in their church service or during times of trouble, times of joy.
I am making special gifts this Holiday. They are really two gifts in one.
The first is a beautiful charm bracelet.
The bracelet is made of many, many vintage religious charms and medallions, buttons, pearls and baubles and bits.
Added to it, is additional length so that you can wear it as a necklace.
Each necklace contains a piece of vintage rosary beads.
In addition each piece will contain a vintage four leaf clover button or charm for added extra good luck for the wearer!
A perfect way to bring in the New Year, with a very lucky, blessed new gift for you or a loved one!
I will be listing these and a few others in our Etsy shop this week.
PS...5 more days until our drawing for the Annie Sloan Chalk paint Giveaway!
This past year we had to replace the roof on our 161 year old farmhouse.
The house had a tin roof, which I love. I love hearing the rain on the roof when I sleep.
But too many bad storms had blown through recently and we had snow literally coming in our attic!
So when we replaced it, we replaced it with tin ( or I guess its steel).
My husband was going to throw the old roof away, but I told him not to, as I would surely come up with some idea on how to use it in the future.
He took it to the back of our property along the tree line and stacked it, where it has nicely rusted.
So as I started setting up for the Spring sale I asked him to please retrieve me some of that tin roof.
I am loving it so much! It is such a cool look for walls.
We will be selling some of it at the spring sale.
Isn't it lovely?!
