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this is the first view you have when you walk in my front door. i got the top rose painting at a yard sale for $5 and the bottom one at the disabled veterans thrift store for around the same. of course, i painted both frames as they were too dark or gold or 70's for the look i am going for. the table under the paintings was from an antique store, i paid $25. it's been yellow, white and now sea glass green. the next photo is of the half wall. i painted the topiaries on the wall a couple of yrs. ago. kinda ready for a change though. after that is opposite the 1/2 wall. hubby made this bench out of a headboard my friend gave me. that's where he puts his boots on for work.
this bookcase(below) was a freebie from my mil. i painted it and papered the back w/ scrapbooking paper. i know i need to change it up- it really just houses alot of mags and family photos, which i love, but... i don't know???
now here's the view from the living room into the dining room...
don't mind the STACK of bills on the desk or the bottle of sunscreen...this is real life people. i tried to hide, stuff and crop out most of the ugly everyday stuff, but sometimes you just gotta go w/ it!
the little buffet is from my mom. she bought it at a yard sale and i talked her into giving it to me! it is one of the first pieces i did decorative painting on. so it's sentimental too. it's been in both of our houses.here's the view from the couch...
i got the armoire from my neighbor who put it out on the sidewalk w/ a free sign on it! hubby came home and saw it and told me furniture was outside on the sidewalk!!!! so we grabbed the dolly and scooped it up as fast as we could! the little lace covered box between the desk and the armoire is the computer thingy. i covered it for the sake of these photos. it used to be under the desk, but it was getting too hot under there.
next photo is of the living room view from the dining room. everything in there except the couch and comfy chair were free from family, or picked up off the side of the road or from yard sales! i'm glad i'm not rich or i may never have uncovered my God given talent for rescuing and painting old junk! God has blessed me and my hubby w/ talents we can use to make our house a home. TYG! the curtains belong to my sister- she is letting me borrow them for a while! i will be so sad when she wants them back, but i guess it'll give me and excuse to decorate!!! aww, too bad;).
next is the view opposite the couch...
sigh... i love my new couch!!!
i got it from jc penney. on sale!!! i made some of the pillow covers, and i'm going to make some more for the ones that match the couch fabric...but i have a long summer to-do list, so that may have to wait til fall!
well, thanks so much for visiting my humble abode! i really enjoyed having you! visit often! i am linking to these great parties;
feature yourself friday ,
show and tell friday ,
flaunt it friday and
for the
yard sale challenge, practically everything in my house is from a yard sale or roadkill rescue!
hi everyone! sorry i've been away for a little bit! it's summer and it's go-go-go with the kiddo's these days! i've still been doing little projects here and there, but today i finished something that i really think turned out better than i anticipated. i'm not methodical, nor am i a big planner when it comes to creating or decorating. i just usually come up w/ an idea and run w/ it. hoping all the while that it'll work out! and if i run into technical difficulties i bring in the big guns, aka hubby ;) ! but today i did it w/o my hubby! i got this hutch top from my sister and bro-in-law. her hubby brought it home from a trash pile, but they didn't end up using it-much to my delight! so i brought it home and everyone that saw it tried to get it out of my hot little paint stained hands! but i held firm, knowing i love it and could do something w/ it. i thought all i needed was a base for it to rest upon. i figured something would come my way eventually, but i didn't have to wait for eventually! i was so eager to put this little honey to use that i started measuring all the dressers and such around and in my home. nothing was big enough until...i was outside one day and measured this cabinet i have outside under the kitchen window, it was serving as a buffet for when we entertain outside and also held outdoor necessities. it was also in my sons room at one time and held his toys and books and whatnot. we got it from the neighbors, they were getting rid of about 5 pieces of furniture (for free, on the sidewalk) and i took them all! anyway.... it fit the bill for the detached hutch top i had! yay! so i spray painted the hutch top w/ heirloom white,sorry i forgot to take a good b4 pic!
then i had the task of making a door for the base cab. it had been missing one for years, while it was outside i had a little curtain covering the hole where the door should be. but now with it being reborn into a proper hutch duo, it needed a proper door! so i found a piece of wood, cut it to size, sanded the edges, added some bead board and an old frame i had lying around (i have a frame collecting sickness!) nailed them to the piece of wood and hung them on the cabinet w/ the original hardware!
i save all the hardware from anything and everything and it really comes in handy! i did not have the original knob to that door though, it was missing when i got it, so i had to improvise. i had one vintage crystal knob( left over from an old desk i disassembled a while ago) and this old metal thingy that was a candle holder when i bought it, but the glass broke, so i put it on the knob screwy thing first and the attached the crystal knob. i took out this old book case and moved my lovely new hutch in!
whew, i am wordy tonite! i guess i'm in detail mode- anyway!!!! i screwed the top to the bottom and wah-lah!!! my first HUTCH!!! i think i really like it! i decorated it w/ some plates,family photos,bird houses
and this cool wood cut out thing i got at a yard sale for a buck!
i like to sprinkle a few dark things around the house because i tend to go pretty light w/ everything else, it helps it not to get so light that everything floats away :) ! i'll be linking up to many of the parties on my sidebar so please go check out what everyone is up to! and thanks for visiting me! please leave a comment so i know you stopped by! have a fabulous week creating!
