Dean Koontz and camping???

Hope everyone had a wonderful week-end. I have spent the last four days camping in N.C. with no internet and no phone signal unless I drove about five miles out of the forest.
Let me offer some advice, I know I am no advice columnist but I'm just saying...
Never and I mean never go camping and take along a Dean Koontz novel to read. I was jumping at every sound outside and while hiking, everyone looked like a potential serial killer. I should have taken my camera. I may have helped solve some unsolved cases.

I did get in some thrifting and that made me happy. These little blue canisters are going to the condo.
I got lots of other junk, treasures and will be posting them later. They are tucked away  along with my camera and a ton of laundry to do.

Glad you dropped by and y'all come back.

I am joining Smiling Sally at Blue Monday

Makeover Mirror and Table

I have got one more thing marked off of my to-do list. Sometimes I think it multiplies over night.
Back in the fall I found this really neat mirror and small shelf ? table? at a consignment shop. I loved the style
but the bright gold finish and the legs not so much. $50 dollars was more than I wanted to pay but I had the perfect place for it. So I took it home and with the help of Mr. Vintagesouthern hung it on the wall to see if I still loved it before starting the redo.

Skipper said he approved.

BTW, the table attaches to the wall with only two legs. The phantom hand holding the table is 

Mr. Vintage and not Thing from the Munsters Show.

I replaced the legs with more traditional legs.

I painted it black first, then Metallic Rustoleum and finally dry brushed it with

Antique Gold craft paint.

The little bust was a Hobby Lobby find. I think she was half off. I have had her for a while.

When it's cold outside it is the perfect time to paint and get things done.

Hope your having a good week. I'm glad you dropped by and y'all come back!

I'm linking this post to Metamorphosis Monday

                                   Nifty Thrifty Tuesday

                                   2nd Time Around

                                   Under $100 linky party

                                   Thrifty Thursday

                                   Junkin Finds Friday
                                   Wow Us Wednesday

N is for New home for a little rocker

While thrifting this fall at one of my favorite little antique malls I came across this cute little rocker.
It had lots of scratches and the paint on the back had to go but I knew what I wanted to do with it.
And besides, it looked like it needed a new home.

First it had to be sanded down. The painting on the back was very resistant but it finally came off.

Then it got several coats of white paint.

Next I made a little lavender gingham check cushion with lots of ruffles.

Finally, it was ready for its' new home but it had to wait until Christmas.


It would be one of the surprises for Grandbaby #2

It fit her perfectly!

The little rocker now has a new home where it get lots of love and attention everyday.

Thanks for visiting and y'all come back!

Linking this post to Alphabe-Thursday  

                              Vintage Thingey Thursday 

                              Junkin Finds 

Table Makeover

Hey y'all! Hope you had a good week-end. We have been getting in some good beach time as the weather is a little cooler. I did get in a few yard sales and thrift shopping. I wanted to share this little table I picked up earlier at Goodwill for ten dollars. I sanded, primed, and painted it. I still need to distress it and put on a sealer.

Here it is dressed out in some thrift finds. I know the lamp is brass,ugh. That is a project on my to-do list.

I left the original hardware for now... undecided what I want to do.

I found this cute little frame for .50 and painted it white. The picture is a Birthday card. I found at
Dollar General. It is so sweet. I picked it up not knowing what I would do with it.

Simple enough, I cut of Happy Birthday and framed it. My kind of project. She says doing the happy dance.

While on the beach early Saturday evening we witnessed this cute little couple getting married!

There was no one there but the couple and the minister. I'm showing the photos from the back for privacy.

The minister insisted on taking our picture after the ceremony. Sooo here we are all dirty, grimy and with no makeup...  and no that is not a seagull on my head . Note to self, call the hairdresser when you get back home.

Have a great week and y'all come back to see us.
Fabulous parties I am linking to are:
Metamorphosis Monday
Southernhospitality
White Wednesday

Dining Table and Chairs Makeover

Last winter, as many of you know we bought our little home away from home condo at the beach and started the process of making it our home. I posted a picture of my thrift store china hutch and  a glimpse of the table and chairs.

Today I thought I would show you the chairs up close and personal. I found the table and chairs at another thrift store. There were four side chairs and one armed chair (sounds like it's packing heat). Anyway...
They were dark wood and badly scratched  so I did what I always do ... painted them white!

I always forget to take before pictures, just to anxious to get started I guess.

The plan was to cover the seats in blue toile but I just couldn't cover over these seats.
All of them are in pastel colors.

 There was no stains so I just cleaned them for my own

piece of mind with upholstery/carpet cleaner and kept them as they are.

The armed chair guards the door with a little $1.00 Goodwill pillow.

The plates and chargers are yard sale finds. The chargers are wooden, Pier 1 and they were Christmas

red and green. I painted them with a Folk Art taupe color. 

The cute little ceramic shell napkin rings are vintage, like me. One of my special education classes painted these as a fund raiser.

 I think they did a great job of getting them so realistic.

They got them in greenware, cleaned, fired and glazed them.

The table cloth is another Goodwill find and I got the pitcher at Target as a clearance item.

It is difficult to see in the picture but it matches the turquoise oops paint I used inside the china
hutch perfectly.
If you're still reading, thanks so much for visiting my little dining area. Have a great week and
come again!

          Linking to  Metamorphosis Monday

                           Thrifty Treasures
                           Nifty Thrifty Tuesday
                           White Wednesday
                           Show and Tell

White Chair Rescue

Hope everyone had a good week-end. I've been sitting here this morning reading blogs, one of my favorite things to do.  Melissa  at The Inspired Room shared her idea of "chair scarfs." This is a great way to change the look of a chair and take it from season to season. Check it out.


I thought I would share with you my chair covers. They have been a life saver for me. I love white but white chairs and Skipper don't go to well together,(sorry Skipper)  I needed to cover the chair arms so he could sit in the chair and bark at look at the people enjoying the community pool across the road.

This is what I came up with

I made a cover very similar to a table runner.I measured the length I needed to go over the chair arm, under the chair cushion and up over the other arm. You can see the manufacturers cover in the picture under my black covers but Skipper would pull them off. With the cover running under the cushion they stay in place.

Sooo easy! My kind of projects.One seam, turn inside out, add a tassel and your done!

I had extra fabric left over so  I made two matching throw pillows and covered this little thrift store find. I left the material on the footstool as it was in good condition but the wrong color.

I simply removed the short wooden legs, cut a square big enough to cover the top and sides and stapled it underneath. The hardest part was the corners. I pleated them and stapled as well.

This little tray and the magazine holder I got at Hobby Lobby on their 66% off sale.

Note to self, It's time to clean out the magazine holder again!

Skipper is giving me the cold shoulder because of what I said about him!


Fur babies can be sooo moody!


Have a good day and y'all come back!

                    Linking to the following parties:

                    Metamorphosis Monday  at Betweennapsontheporch


                    Todays Thrifty Treasures at Southern Hospitality 


                    Nifty Thrifty Tuesday at Coastal Charm


                    ShowandTell at Cindy's Romantic Home


                    White Wednesday at Faded Charm


                    FabricfunThursday at Cheapchickhome


                    Upcycled Awesome at T-Shirt Diaries








                    
                     

This and That!

This week has been a disorganized array of this and that and I don't feel like I accomplished this or that. I have one bath redo in the final stages and a second with one coat of paint. And don't even ask where my "stuff" is like make up, cologne and other essentials us women need to function!

As a distraction today I went shopping. That usually soothes my soul but today the yard sales were the pits. I'm not a believer in bad luck on the 13th but this morning I was beginning to wonder.

I drug my Sad Sack little self into the Cracker Barrel Restaurant and my luck changed. Sitting there on the 50% discount table were these cute little mugs.

They had been marked down from $20 to $10. Not a steal but they are the exact color for the condo and there was only one set. Each cup was different so....

I scooped them up. I was beginning to feel better already.

When I got home I started to unload the dishwasher and this is what I found. It looks innocent enough, right?

Mr. Vintage S. had put this in the dishwasher. It was just a cute little "thingy" I had bought new this week for him to put in his bath (one of the baths that is in remodel chaos now) to hold Q-tips. Guess he wanted a sterile q-tip holder.  If you look closely, it is not red all over, half of the paint,dye whatever had come off in the dishwasher all over my dishes.

 To hopefully avoid poisoning or us turning the color of the glassware I ran the dishes back through the sterilize cycle.

What did I say about not believing in Friday 13th ?

Just then the doorbell rang. It was the FedEx man. I was so excited! This is what he was bringing.

I can't wait to try it out.

Thank you to all of you blogging friends out there who have been so helpful in sharing info. about your cameras and helping me decide on one! I'm sure it will take me a while to learn to use it but it will be fun to play. 

What did I say about Friday 13th?  It's just another day :)
Have a great week-end and ya'll come back.

Parties I'm Joining

Garage Salening with Debbiedoos

Show and Tell with Cindy

Beach time / Work time

We were at the condo the last couple of weeks and I thought I would share a little of how my time went. I of course got in as much beach time as I could. Having done enough skin damage in my younger days (there was no sunscreen then only lotion) ... for real.  I know I just dated myself.
           To make matters worse all of us tanning idiots enthusiasts fried our skin in baby oil and iodine...but I digress.

Now the old wise one, I go out really early or after 6 in the evening. Not only is it cooler, there is less crowds and one can really enjoy the natural beauty of the beach and ocean.

                                                                               

But before you think all of my time was spent in play, I did get a project I had been putting off finished.

Our condo has the standard sliding glass doors with vertical blinds. Although the blinds are a necessary evil, I have looked at them and wanted to soften the look. A couple of months ago I found some fabric at the thrift shop and you guessed it, it was my favorite color for the condo, white and itt was the right price, $5.00. I don't even know how many yards it had but I had enough to make two panels and a valance for the center. I did not want to close the curtains , just soften the blinds. I'm really pleased with how they turned out.

I have two or three yards left over. I'm sure I'll find a use for them but not just yet. Did I mention I don't particularly like to sew. I just couldn't pass up this fabric.

Thanks for stopping by and y'all please come again.

I am linking to A Southern Daydreamer for Outdoor Wednesday
                      Faded Charm for White Wednesday
                      Watery Wednesday
                      Garage Salening  with Debbie
                      Show and Tell My Romantic Home
                      Beyondthepicketfence  Linky Party

Chandelier Upgrade

I am so excited, I found a chandelier! I was actually looking for one for the beach condo but found  one for my foyer at home.

This is what I have up now,a brass, builders grade fixture.

I can't believe I was lucky enough to find this at Goodwill. It is new. The owner had actually attached the bill of sale along with the lifetime warranty to it. Original purchase price was $239 and Goodwill had tagged it $124. There was also a note that someone had written 1 of 3 pieces.After inquiring and a great deal of searching on the employees part, bless her heart, she came up with 2 more boxes.

 The first box included the candle covers for these strange looking "thingys".

And the last box included the glass candle covers, the chain and all of the "parts" I guess no one had inquired

about the other parts

Because.........

It was week 24 which meant it was1/2 off of the Goodwill price

$62.00

I was so excited...I couldn't wait to get it home

Mr. Vintagesouthern did not share my excitement however because we have a two story foyer.However he

did get it hung while I  watched and gave my unwanted advice.I tried to be a good electrician's helper and even kept my phone close by  in case I needed to call 911. We are both glad this job is complete and without injury or divorce!
 I see the picture behind him will have to come down so I can darken the frame up but survival instinct tells me
today is not the day!
and finally...

 Here she is in all of her glory!

One last thing, a tip about thrift store shopping. Don't just browse, Dig! You never know what you will unearth. I knew an owner that was that detailed would not send half of a light fixture.

P.S. I have plans for the light that came down but that will be another adventure.

Thanks for stopping by and y'all come back!

I'm linking this post up to the following blog parties. Come along and join in the fun.
Metamorphosis Monday @ Betweennapsontheporch
Todays Thrifty Treasures @ SouthernHospatility
All Things Related Blog Party
Under$100 linky party @ Beyondthepicketfence
Show and Tell@romantichome
Frugal Friday@shabbynest
New Friend Friday -The girl creative