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20 April 2014

spring is finally here!

Old man Winter has passed!

We are ALL excited about warmer weather!

The bees are working hard. So pretty!

Thank you Lord for your beauty!

30 March 2014

My super(handy)man fiance was a rockstar on the hot water heater and replaced the pressure relief value, the spigot on the bottom, drained it really well, and replaced the two elements. If any of that made sense to you, you might enjoy the following pictures....

And now it's better than new! ;)

28 February 2014

Mardi Gras & Hallway Art

I said I wasn't going to worry about decorating for Mardi Gras. On a gorgeous sunny day, I convinced myself otherwise. Granted, my decorating isn't a grand scheme, ha! It's nice to be festive. The sunny part was important because I swapped out my garden flag from Valentine's Day to Mardi Gras. ;-)

The chevron Welcome sign is still fabulously serving its purpose and I am still loving my foyer. :)

This mask is from my freshman year at college when I was in French Club and we had a Mardi Gras night. Fun times!

Goodies from NOLA & Mobile.

New foyer decor - I found this beauty in a flea mall sometime last year. And, while it stays here "full-time" it's very fitting for Mardi Gras!

Fun, original pieces of art from a local artist.

Small oil painting by Grace Blaco. I found it at a local estate sale last weekend for 3 dollars. (heyhey!) The card on the back says, '"Make every occasion a pleasant memory" with Gifts By Grace / Grace Blaco Belton, MO R 2 / 331-6513 / Oil Paintings Driftwood.' ((Swoon!))

Ok, here's a shot of some of my sweet treasures as they are now, such as my Stephen Hudson watercolor print.

This oil painting is a nice compliment to my Merle Norman Lucite makeup box...... That I found at a yard sale for ONE dollar. I didn't realize what it was when I bought it; I just knew I liked it and I really thought a dollar was a stretch! Luckily a Google search later convinced me that I got a steal. ;)

A couple of my personal paintings. Certainly nothing special but both were done at those painting parties with friends!

I am in a blue phase it appears. The blue painting on the left is the same guy from my two white paintings in the foyer. (More info to come once I remember his name...) The print on the right is by a Birmingham artist.

I have a couple more spots that I "need" more art to cover. Back to the hunt!

Linking up with a living space & thriftermakerfixerfarm.

30 January 2014

Pickin' things.

Found on the Heflin - GA yard sale for ten buckaroos.

It is certainly not in perfect condition, which makes me love it so much more. It is worn! Fits perfectly between my two chairs. I was on a mission to find a table and frankly when they are $90+ in stores, you think $10 is a steal.

If a print is signed and numbered there is a good chance it is going home with me. I found this in a thrift store for less than a quarter. I don't mind stating the price because I am keeping it!

Stephen Hudson 1980 - Anyone know anything about him? I haven't found a true bio of him, but some of his prints have a pretty price tag on them.

Ole Sparky Plantin' a Peckerwood stump

Is it not amazing?! What a beautiful watercolor.

Found at a thrift store for a dollar or so. Have I mentioned I love acrylic?!

Found at a thrift store or maybe an estate sale. I have 2 acrylic napkin holders so I can't remember which is from where. But this matches the paper towel holder exactly! I sent them both with E to his house. They will look cool down there.

Here is another shot of it. I really am not sure if these are vintage. Both are in great shape.

I love all of these finds so I am pickin' & grinnin'!!!!!

Shelved.

Sometime over the summer E and I went to the Pell City thrift store. I bought several goodies and stumbled across a beautiful shelf! I call it a shelf even though I know it once had sliding glass - the glass in mine did not survive 50+ years. It was in great shape - okay, as great of shape that you can expect from a thrift store. There was a bubbled up area, but it was on the shelf - I wanted this for books so I did not care! At SEVEN DOLLARS, yes seven glorious dollars, it came home with me. I failed to consider that we were in E's car, which does not have as big of a backseat as my car does. Oh well. We made it fit!

Because the shelf was not wood, I primed it with 2 different spray paint primers. I couldn't tell a difference. Amateur.

I picked 2 paint chips that I liked of blues that were in a painting that will be prominently in my room. This first one I thought was the winner. Not so much. I finally decided it was wayyyy too bright.

So I painted over it with this nice turquoise color. I bought these plates at a thrift store - super ridiculously cheap and was going to resell them. While tagging them I noticed a chip on one plate. I realized that I loved the print and it could go with my bedroom colors. You know how you are just roaming around your house and trying new ideas? The plates in this basket is a perfect example. Oh I love it! :-)

The after! I was super paranoid of running out of paint, so I used leftover light yellow for the inside. Used a brassy-gold for the feet and that is my favorite part!

This one is in our booth actually. Andddd, it looks a better than mine did. Same "model" though so pretend it is a before...

12 January 2014

Foyyyy-a Upgrade

The Lilac Jungle

So, so very purple

Purple alllll around

I finally decided I had had enough purple and asked for a "new" foyer for my birthday. I got a gift card and bought paint and supplies.....

It's a light cream now....

And a deep butter / light yellow.

Two-tone and even the door looks less purple now! (The ceiling is still purple, but I am want to put up ceiling tile so that isn't quite a big deal to me. Ceiling tiles are hard to find, at decent prices, so it may be a while before that upgrade happens.)