Frenchy Writing Desk and Chair

Hello everyone, how was your weekend?   I spent most of mine working  in the garage trying to make a dent in my ever growing pile of trash soon to be treasures.  I did finish one project that had been driving me crazy thinking what to do with it.   It wasn’t until I found Lisa at CreateInspire giving me the inspiration that I needed to make-over this desk.   

Her blog is full of inspiration with the most gorgeous make-overs!  If you have never visited her blog, you should!  You will be in for a real treat and will leave feeling so inspired just like I do. 

Now when I’m in my garage, I stand there and look at my pile of trash soon to be treasures and ask myself “what would Lisa do”! 

One more project down and I’ve lost count on how many more are left because I keep adding to my pile of trash.  I picked up a few more furniture pieces this weekend which I will share in another post. 

Now, go check out Lisa’s blog….you will not be disappointed! 

As always thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful week. 

Gail

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I’m in LOVE with this make-over!

   Hello Everyone!  Just a quick post to share with you an end table make-over that I bought last Friday evening at a yard sale.    I am so happy with the way it turned out!  Check it out….. 

 

….this is the before. 

I painted it with Miss Mustard Seed (MMS) yellow milk paint.  I stenciled the front of the doors and then applied MMS antique wax to it.   

I wish I could keep it but it’s for sale. :(  I have already taken it to my booth.   

Below is a picture of all of the items that I bought at the yard sale last Friday night…..more make-overs are already in the works! 

 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! 

Blessings,

Gail

Furnitures Painted and Auction Finds

Hello everyone!  It’s been a while since my last post.  I’m finding it hard to keep up with blog postings and keeping my booth stocked with inventory.  If any of you could give me some helpful advice on how to manage both I would love to hear it. 

  Because I was in need of more inventory for my booth, Charlie took off from work on Wednesday and we went to an auction.   I was the winning bidder on some great finds.   Some of my purchases I have already cleaned up, painted and have put them in my booth.   

I bought the little green table, below, at the auction.  Because I loved the color of the table, I just gave it a good scrub down.  I also purchased the yellow vintage kitchen scale. 

 

Another awesome purchase I made was this vintage rocking chair.

Again, because I love the color that was already on the rocker,  I just gave it a good scrub down.  It was rather dirty!   I have to let you in on a little secret, it would not break my heart if it doesn’t sell!  I would love to bring it back home. 

I also bought the primitive rocker, below, at the auction.   Now, I did paint this rocker.  Because black really sells in my booth, I chose to paint it black.        

In my last post, I shared with you furniture pieces below that I was going to paint. 

Well, I painted them and they too are already in my booth. 

When I left my booth today, this is what it looked like. 

I have a few more auction pieces below that I bought and hopefully this weekend I will get a chance to work on them.  

As always, thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! 

Gail

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Window Cabinet, Table and Night Stand

Hello Everyone!  How was your weekend?  The store manager called Saturday morning and told me that I need to bring more inventory for my booth.  She said I had sold quite a few things on Friday.  I spent most of my weekend running here, there and everywhere looking for treasures for my booth.

When I left on Thursday, this is what my booth looked like.

Charlie and I recently made the window cabinet above and the table below.

 

 

Today, when I took a few things that I had found/done over the weekend, this is what my booth looked like.

 

I did sell a lot of things!  The window cabinet and the table that Charlie and I made sold and the black night stand below sold as well.     

 

I did find another little night stand over the weekend. It will be getting a make-over just like this one and it too will be placed right in front of that black shutter door.    

When I left there today, this is what my booth looked like. 

Not sure if the bench is still there.  As I was leaving there today,  someone was already inquiring about it. 

This weekend I was lucky enough to find the enamel top table below.   I did absolutely nothing to it but give it a good cleaning.   I love those kinds of transformations! 

 

If I’m MIA for a little while know that I am busy in my garage working on these few things that I found over the weekend for my booth. 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful week. 

Gail

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Our Son and an Assembly Line

Hello Everyone.  I’m still here!  There has been so much going on around here since Easter.  I don’t believe that I shared with you that our son, Jordan was just recently deployed back to Afghanistan.  We are told that his deployment will more than likely be only nine months this time around as opposed to a year on his last tour.   It will be the longest nine months!

And then right after Easter, our whole immediate family got sick with that nasty flu bug that has been going around.  I am just starting to feel better.  Yesterday, was the first day in almost two weeks that I felt like I had my energy back.  

Before I got sick and became a couch potato,  I had an assembly line in the garage of furniture pieces waiting for a make-over.  A little night stand,

a bench,

where the top lifts for storage,

 

a foot stool and a drop leaf table. 

I did finish my assembly line of make-overs and the night stand is already in my booth. 

Because black is a big seller for me, I painted all the make-overs black.

I'll share the other make-overs in another post.

My heart is saddened with the tragedies that our country is going through right now. I will continue to pray for all those that are suffering and also for the safe return of our troops.

As always, thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Gail

The Shutter Door and Three Tables

A couple of weeks ago, I posted about three sets of shutter doors that I found at the Restore and how I transformed one of them. You can read about it here.   The shutter door that I transformed in that post has not sold yet at my booth but every table that I placed in front of it has!   The table below sold the very same day that I set this display up. 

I purchased the table below at an auction.  It was originally painted blue.    

I painted the legs of the table black and the top of the table white. I applied a stencil to the top and bottom of the table.   

This table sold within a few days of placing it in front of the shutter door. 

And then, there is this table that I placed in front of the shutter door on Friday……

……it has sold as well!  I’m running out of little tables to place in front of the shutter door.  So today, I brought the drop leaf table that I had in my booth back home so that I can re-paint it. 

Guess what color I’m painting it? 

If you guessed black you are absolutely right!  Anything black is by far my best seller!! 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all had a wonderful Easter.  I know we sure did.

Gail

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Adding Little Touches of Spring

I have been so busy with my booth lately that I have not even taken the time to decorate my home this year for Easter.  However, yesterday I spent the whole day cleaning and adding touches of Spring here and there. 

I love tulips and nothing says Spring more to me than tulips. 

I also changed a few things on the entry way table.   

I added a birdcage where I placed faux greens and an old metal chippy bird.   

 

At the front door, I added faux dogwood blossoms to my Mom’s old rain boots.

   I love that I have my Mom’s old rain boots…… 

……and my Dad’s old straw hat.  

I miss them so much!  

Easter is a time for sharing Blessings and I want to thank you for the Blessings of our friendship. 

Happy Easter! 

Gail