Old Metal Strainers

Off to the little booths today to set up a few items;

wanted to share these old metal/wire strainers that are "repurposed" for other ways~and~means:

I bent up the handle on two of them so they could hang on the wall (or fence);

sweet supporting a pretty flower pot.

Painted and stencilled a little wooden box and "made" two old books with some scrape fabric for the binders~~

That large baking tray is industrial size; painted with chalk paint then mod-podged on some French script papers~~

Okay; off to the booths to do some fluffing; may stop by a junk shop or two on the way home!

Have a great Blessed day; know that the Lord is with you always; He wants you to be happy and have your abundance in life!

Grateful for you being here~~

~patty~

Number Two

I could not resist.  I had to do it. 

I bought this "bedside bucket" for $1.00 recently;  yep~~thank Goodness for indoor plumbing.

I used a French style stencil No. 2 (I know, I know)~~~~

and using this for storage in the laundry room. 

"two" cute; don't ya think??

Better have a larger shot of this sweet thing; want you to admire my stencilled project; I used a permanent black marker~~worked out perfectly.

Ok; I'm done now.

Thanks for letting me share!

~patty~

Sending over my pot-ject to:

Bobby Flay and Me

Recently, was shopping in Kohl's and spotted this Bobby Flay woven runner in the cookery/kitchen linens section.  But, I didn't purchase it right away.  Had to think about spending $40.00 on a runner; something I would not normally do.

Just by chance, looked online and my runner was on sale at Kohl's; ordered it online and love how it matches my curtains (which is why I so desperately wanted it anyway)~~

Here's my $5.00 large standing mirror I recently painted; wanted it to stand between the two windows in the dining room~~using a very faint grey paint~~stencilled some French wording in the center of the design~~

Few weeks ago,  bought the glass containers with wooden tops for $1.00 each;  painted and stencilled some numbers and found this cute wire basket to tuck them in.  I haven't decided if I will keep them or take them to the shop to sell~~

Here's my current project~~I paid too much for this little lamp; but in my mind I knew the perfect fabric to pair it up with on those lamp shades!

Hope you're having a great week!  Going to take a break and blog around to see what you've been up to.

~patty~

Stencilled Little Cabinet

Yesterday I posted my project on this little cabinet, but hadn't stencilled the front door of it~~the lighting was not cooperating again today~~picture quality is not very good with my old camera~~

Husband helped me add the vintage looking hardware~~

Setting the vignette as how it will look when I take some items to the booths tomorrow~~

Below is the opposite side of the cabinet: the cute drawer pulls out from either side:

Bought some $1.00 glass jars at the Dollar Store~~

Invested approx. $14.00 total (includes the cabinet bought for $5.00)~~

Back to some house projects.  But first, going to see what you've been up to today!   Make it a great day and thanks for stopping by.

~patty~

Sending this little project over to this party:  see you there!

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Little Cabinet Project

I bought this sweet cabinet last fall for $5.00; all it really needed was some white paint~~

Here is the "before" picture; all crusty, dusty and sitting in my entryway:

I've added the wooden shelf with a cute dowel rod for paper-towels or to hang hand towels; the top shelf will hold some cute jars for herbs and such:

Tomorrow:  I'll picture the finished project~~jars included!

Have some stencilling to add to both sides; and the sweet drawer shifts open from either side~~

There was a towel bar already attached to one side:

~~adding drawer pulls and a knob to the cabinet door tonight~~

I'm leaving the old red toolbox here for awhile; just brought down the "stored away plants" from upstairs.   January usually draws me into buying another indoor potted plant every year~~

I want to paint the old singer base white!  Soon!

See you tomorrow with the little cabinet all prettied up.  Hope the lighting is better for pictures too!

Off to see what you've been up to~~have a great week!

~patty~

Here's a grand party going on:

Happy 2013 Projects

Happy 2013!  It's going to be a quiet day around here; sharing some old posts of this and that; getting geared up for painting projects and home improvements here at the old house; going to get brave and picture more of this old farm house as we plug along getting her "fixed up and pretty".  (or maybe just eclectically charming)~~Stay warm and may all this year bring you want you absolutely desire!  God Bless.

~favorite inspiring books; still bookmarked with favorite quotes and life messages~

~vignetting~

~just a few more months; back to gardening!~~

~rusty goodness piled in a favorite basket~

~~scheming/dreaming of garden ideas and plant placement during these wintery days with a cup of hot tea~~

~some of my treasures in my "quiet room" where I post my posts!~~

~china collections; brown transferware my ultimate favorite~

I won't pass up other pretty colors in transferware~~

Love stencilling; many projects come and gone~~more ideas this year!

~unique finds and more vignetting~

~looking forward to more upholstering with junk finds; I've got a shed full of these kind of projects!~~

~and more old items to paint up/stencil for the booths~

~my love for chicken wire on anything that holds a staple!~~

Are you making up your idea boards, your list of "want-to's"?   ~~I'm looking forward to seeing all your posts and creative ideas; your lovely rooms with sweet vignettes; your gardens and your flowers!  It's gonna be a great, New Year!

~patty~

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