Thrifting and Painting

 

Last week Beulah and I 

just wanted to get out of the house

so we went for a drive 

and ended up at a favorite thrift shop.

Where I purchased this 

lovely hand embroidered table

cloth and four matching napkins 

for $4.00. 

Oh, these are the last of my 

summer flowers :)

I'm going to miss having 

fresh bouquets on the table.

Before they were blue

Maybe you noticed that I 

painted my kitchen chairs

white to match the

new paint job on the cabinets.

I still had a little bit of 

white paint left over . . .

I also painted my bed . . .

I told you that I cannot be

trusted when there is a 

can of paint around.

Well, I used every drop 

of paint in that can.

I'll have to go paint shopping

if I decide to paint 

anything else, LOL.

Back to the thrift store

I purchased this little 

clipboard, also $4.

Here it is in the kitchen window.

And this painting . . .

also $4. 

Four dollars must be 

a trade mark for these 

types of items in this store. 

Our temperatures are getting

down close to freezing,

but until they reach that point

I'm enjoying fresh veggies

from the garden.  

 

If you're still here 

and not bored to death by

my post  . . . thanks so much

for visiting. 

Do you have a favorite

from my re-dos or thrift finds?

God bless you all . . .

Your blogging sister,

Connie :) 

$65 Kitchen Make-Over

I am one of those people that cannot

be around paint without

painting something. 

Sunday evening I remembered

a third of a gallon of

white paint left over

from two projects this year.

That's all it took . . .

just that thought

and I ran to the computer

and ordered new knobs & handles

for the kitchen cupboards.

Then Monday morning I got that

 

paint out of storage and started

painting the kitchen cupboards.

Well, here's the mess that 

always comes with a project.

In the eleven years that

we've had this house 

the kitchen has been yellow . . .

Turquoise . . .

 

and Grey.

This is what it looked

like when we bought 

the house.

 

It always amazes me, 

what just a coat of paint 

can do.

The knobs and handles 

costed me around $65.00

and the paint was left over.

So . . . I would say,

"Not bad for a cheap make-over"

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Have a great week!

God Loves You!

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Your blogging sister,

Connie :)

Sprucing Up For Fall

 

I added a few touches of Fall

to the living room today.

I started with this

acrylic painting that I did

a few years ago.

I never was happy with it,

but now I like it with the 

addition of lettering.

In the spring I was cleaning

up the yard and there was

something about these 

twigs that I liked

so I bundled up a bunch to save. 

I just hot glued a few

Dollar Tree leaves to them

and put them in this old pitcher.

The little pumpkins are from

a generous neighbor's garden,

they dropped a bunch off 

at my free-stand.

 

This vase 

and 

the arrangement in it 

is a new purchase

from the Dollar Tree.

(the photo in the background

it a newspaper clipping of our

home being moved from a town

around 40 miles away 

to where it is today)

 

That's it for to night.

I don't tweak the house

for the seasons 

as much as I used to.

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Small projects can make

a difference.

Thank you all for stopping by.

God Bless You 

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Have a nice weekend

Your blogging sister,

Connie :)