Spruced Up Two Old Trees

I started my Christmas decorating this weekend and I pulled down these old Christmas trees out of the attic.  I think I’ve had these poor pitiful trees for about six or seven years maybe longer.  

I purchased these pine floral picks at JoAnn’s and added them to the trees. 

And now my poor pitiful trees look like this……. 

I just love how they turned out and I now have them displayed in my dining room. 

The white plate is empty because I have not made my cookies yet.   

It’s definitely beginning to look like Christmas in our house.

More Christmas to come from our house to yours.  Have a Happy Thanksgiving.

Gail

Donna at Funky Junk Interiors  is having a Saturday Nite Party so I’m linking to it.  

Kitchen Urn Lamps

The kitchen is almost completed!  All that is left to do is install the counter tops and we’re hoping that will be done in a week or so.   In the meantime, I’m working on some added accessories. 

I had purchased this picture for the kitchen and I wanted to add some lighting to go beside it. 

When I was shopping at Ross’ the other day, I found two floral urns and I immediately knew that the urn would make the perfect lamp for my kitchen.  I purchased the two at $4.99 a piece. 

I pulled the flowers out of the urn and cut a whole in the middle and hot glued the electric candle lamp in the hole and added moss to fill the hole up. 

And this is what my urn lamps look like in my kitchen beside the picture.

 

The total project cost was about $9.00 a piece….not bad! 

More kitchen projects to come.

Have a wonderful day.

Gail

P.S.  Tonight I’m linking to Donna at Funky Junk Interiors for a Saturday Nite Special. 

I Made My Own Tassel

When I saw Cheri at It’s So Very Cheri  was hosting a Tassel Party this morning,  I thought I would join in.  I gathered up what supplies I had on hand and this is what I came up with.

 

Not bad for materials I had on hand.   There are a lot of beautiful tassels in blogland and I can’t wait to get really creative with mine.  This was a fun project!

Thanks Cheri for hosting.

Gail

Labor of Love

It’s day 15 of the remodel of our kitchen and we’re finally putting the tile in.   

That’s me cutting some tile. 

We’re almost done.

That’s my hubby and he’s working hard. Don’t you just love my mess!  This has been quite an undertaking  giving both our work schedules.  I keep telling myself…..I Love My Kitchen….I Love My Kitchen…..

Have a wonderful day. 

Gail

Three EZZZEEE Projects using Gorilla Glue

Shanty 2 Chic  girls are hosting another fun link party “I Made it with Gorilla Glue” so I’m joining in with 3 easy projects using…. Gorilla Glue.  

The wooden office chair was a purchased at an auction and one wheel needed to be fixed.  It wouldn’t stay in the hole.

I Gorilla Glued it and the wheel now stays where it’s suppose to…. in the hole.   

A  corner cabinet was a recent purchase for our kitchen, but it needed some trim, so once again I…..

added the trim with Gorilla Glue.

Here it is with the trim added.  I’m still working on this.  It will look really nice in our kitchen. 

The corbel was in a box of goodies that I purchased at an auction and I thought it would make a perfect candle sconce.  I spray painted it and Gorilla Glued the candle holder.

As soon as our kitchen remodel is completed I will hang it with yet another project that I will be working on and it’s right beside the corbel candle holder. 

Have a wonderful day.

Gail

Paint Paint and More Paint

WOW what a week it has been!   Between the kitchen remodel and having to deal with my computer crashing due to a window update, I think I’m doing pretty good so far. 

Monday was the official kick-off of our kitchen remodel.  I primed the kitchen cabinets on Monday and on Tuesday put my first coat of white paint on them.  I do believe I have finished the final coat  of paint on my cabinets as of today.   I  put a total of four coats of paint on my cabinets.  I must tell you I’m so LOVING the white!  

The cabinet doors drying.

Hubby had off today (CWS day) and is  working hard. He’s taking up the lin0leum flooring and what a mess! 

But we have this now just waiting in our garage to replace the linoleum.

I know what we’ll be doing this weekend but I can see sunshine at the end of this tunnel!  What a way to spend our anniversary weekend……in the kitchen of all places.

Happy Halloween and have a wonderful weekend!

Gail

I’m linking this post to  Donna at Funky Junk Interiors for her Saturday Nite Special.  This weekend’s theme is anything goes. 

Prime Time Kitchen

This little baby has done wonders today.  I’ve primed my kitchen cabinets and let me tell you it has brightened up the kitchen just with primer paint. 

Below is a picture of the kitchen before.

Now a picture of the kitchen with primer.  But before you look, please pardon my messy cabinets on the inside.   I’ll clean them before I put the doors back on. 

We’re just moving right along with this kitchen remodel.  We’ve selected and have ordered our ceramic tile for the kitchen floor.  It should be in next Tuesday.  Below is a picture of the tile we’ve chosen. 

We haven’t made a final decision on the counter top just yet.  Not sure if we’re going with granite or quartz.  Will probably make a decision on that in the next week or so. 

You know what I’ll be doing tomorrow…….

Painting!

Have a wonderful day.

Gail

I’m linking this post to Kimba at A Soft Place to Land for DIY and Kimm at Reinvented  for Trash to Treasure .