Oh the things we do...and redo!

I recently purchased two shelving units for my studio that are made out of barn siding, painted white and then distressed. I love both of them! One has a vintage screen door on the front to close it off and this one does not.
So you know what that means...I had an excuse to rearrange my studio all over again!

This is an old vanity that I have had for several years that was in the back porch entry way, but I put my chippy, new, old table there and brought this one in here. I purchased it at a garage sale for $2.00. 

Even the floor lamp doesn't escape some vintage lace treatment. 

One of my ribbon centers and my inspiration board.

The lighting in this room stinks. I had to jump through hoops to get halfway decent photos!  I reallyyyy need to take a photography course to find out what in the heck I am doing. LOL! 

One of my stacks of vintage tablecloths, pillowcases, lace etc. 

One can never have too much vintage lace. :)

I found these iron fleur-de-lis several weeks ago at Hobby Lobby in their 90% off pile so I had to add them to my studio.

A wonderful lavender sachet that came from Little Cottage Shoppe. I ordered several of her Jeanne d' Arc scarves that she was selling at half off and she included this in one of my packages. Love it! 

This is the cabinet with the screen door on the front...love it! 

A closeup for you of my berry box filled with goodies that I purchased from Becky over at Timewashed! I LOVE the detail and care that she puts into each package. I really need to hang these up so they can be seen. Of couse I haven't actually used anything or even opened anything that I bought from her yet. Do you do that too? I just love pretties!!

My inspiration board with some fun goodies on it.

I love little button cards with the buttons still attached. 

One day while looking through Pinterest , I was inspired to round up all my old salt and pepper shakers and fill them with glitter. Sure makes for a pretty picture. :) 

More glitter love... 

Pretty boxes...this particular day the lighting was extra horrible with shadows and everything. hee hee  

Little metal tins that I found at a garage sale a few years ago for 25 cents each. I LOVE THEM, but sold most of them and all I have left are these two. WHAT was I thinking?? Oh, the life of a creator and seller. 

The crowning touch...my Goodwill chair!! I didn't have to do one thing to this except wipe it down cause I always do that. It is PERFECT in this room. I took out the huge, BLACK, clunky, rolling wheel computer chair and put this in and was instantly a happy camper! We rolled the black, ugly chair out the door to the roadside with a free sign and the neighbor snatched it up! She said her daughter is thrilled with her new desk chair. :) I love to share, don't you? 

Here we are again...back at the beginning. ha ha!! Guess I didn't need this in here again.
I hope you enjoyed your tour of the south end of the studio/computer room. One of these days I will get the other end redone and show it also.

I will say this about "redoing" things. This room was a porch when we moved here back in 1982. The inside walls {that we covered up with paneling and then wallpapered} are a light gray board and batten!! Every day I would like to rip this paneling off and have those walls showing, but I just haven't gotten around to it yet. Maybe one of these days. It also has a cement floor underneath the berber carpet...gray...oh the things I could do with that. LIVE and LEARN ...or so we hope. Ha! Happy weekend!!

 

Creation of a tattered garland...

I saw a garland on facebook that someone had made and it gave me the motivation that I have been needing
to make one. I have been wanting to do it for a few months, but just never sat down and started before this,
so start I did and am I ever glad!

I am loving the way it turned out!

The sky is the limit on these fun beauties! Any color, any fabric, trim etc.

long...short...old...new...

A work in progress in my dining room

How fun would these be hanging outside in the summer

just because...
OR ...for a garden party, in a potting shed, on a porch ...anywhere really!! :)

I do believe I will be making more.
I want to make a soft pastel one soon and I can't wait to see how it
turns out.

A few of them just might land in my Etsy shop as well so be on the lookout
if you are interested.

Happy Sunday!

Hydrangeas ~

Thursday I went outside to snap some photos of my beautiful

fall hydrangeas

If someone had been driving by

they would have wondered

what in the world is that woman doing

contorting her body like that. {lol}

I was bent all different directions to get different shots ,

standing up,

squatting down,

leaning over...

but isn't that half the fun of photography...I think so ~

strawberries and cream~ {I made up the name because of the color}

lime sherbet~

{another made up name}

Hydrangeas are my favorite fall flower and

I adore them ~ This is a peegee hydrangea bush. The flowers start out a

creamy/light green color and then turn from light green to pink.

When I cut them and bring them in the house

I just stick them in a vase and they dry exactly how they are. I don't put any water in the vase. But I will say from my experience over the years, you have to

pick them at just the right time when the petals almost have a

leathery feel to them or they will wilt when you bring them in.

In the house they will eventually turn a light tan as they dry.

Enjoy my lucious fall hydrangeas

Blessings~

Ivory Dreams ~

I am enamored with neutral colors lately. I love this candleholder ...I purchased it new at Home Goods several months ago. Love the vintage corsage also~

I stopped at a garage sale last weekend at 3 pm on a Saturday and could not believe this old lace was still there! I paid $2.00 for the whole lot. There are yards of it on two old cardboard pieces.

My dear friend and I went greenhouse hopping today and she brought me this ribbon. What a nice surprise! Three spools of it for a total of 30 yards!! I love it! Thank you pookie!

Part of the decor in my newly painted back porch/entry way~

I just noticed the tiny candle on that large candleholder. It was the only candle within reach at the time and I intended to change it for a larger one and forgot. Just imagine that it is larger and looks better ~ LOL

The lace in this photo hides our black washer hoses and red faucets ~

I am still working on finishing touches on the porch, but I love how it is coming along. Have a wonderful day.

Blessings~

Some Days Just Don't Go as Planned ~

Ever had one of those days...where you know exactly what you want to do and it just doesn't happen? Everything you do seems to go wrong? That was my Saturday. I had every intention of getting my stairway painted and that did not happen.

No glorious picture here...just paint chips. Decisions to make and frustration setting in. When I want something done I plunge in head first and most times it works...not this time.

*FIRST MISTAKE* ~Trying to be the thrifty gal I am , I mixed two gallons of paint that were maybe 3/4 full of their original paint thinking that way I would not have to purchase any more paint. When I started painting it was not the color I wanted at all. Then to make matters worse, I was using hubbys telescoping pole with the roller attached to the top and I kept banging into the wall trying to get it up in the stairway (this is sounding pathetic I know)

*SECOND MISTAKE* ~ I swung the pole out over where I *DID NOT* have drop cloths down, over my new hardwood dining room floor and paint dripped everywhere! At that point, I was ready to give up! So after cleaning all that up that is just what I did...some days are just not worth the effort . I was just sitting on the stairs looking pathetic when hubby found me.

His solution: *Let's go to town and find some paint... *But I am not in the mood to buy paint now ...*oh come on let's go. So off we go where I find myself in a real dilema! Do you know how many colors of white are out there? *OH MY GOODNESS* ... Snow ballet, Moondance, Sentimental, China White, Whispering Wind, Garlic Clove, Queen Anne's Lace, Delicate White, Antique White, Country White, Rice Paper, Princeton White, Berkshire White, Milk Bubbles (I like bubbles maybe this one? ) Windsong, London White, Clean and Crisp, Ice Touch , WHITE (or this one)...and hundreds of other whites! I gave up and came back home without paint in hand so needless to say the stairway is once again on hold! Whatever happened to just plain old *WHITE*...I *WILL* get this conquered eventually ~

Upstairs Wall Progress ~

This is what I have done so far on the upstairs wall that I wrote about a few posts back. I am not sure that I will leave the greenery swag up, but until I figure out what else I am going to do for sure I will leave it there. What do you think? Leave the swag up or take it down? I am also going to put up some empty antique frames with fabric or tulle swagged ...that is the plan anyways. I am in the process of painting the frames an antique cream color. I do love this mirror up there. Progressing slowly but surely ~ Blessings!