Thrifty Makeovers and A Few Flea Finds

This past week while

"perusing" Marva's Second Hand Shop;

I came upon this little Avocado-greenish...shreky table for

five dollars.  I liked that the little drawer was left unpainted.

 

 Once home; I  carried it to the barn and fired up the electric

sander.  The paint came off so easily but totally  reeked of

strong perfume so bad I could barely stand it. 

   I smelled it a little bit hauling it home but sanding it... Shewww! 

 Oh;  three olde

bobby pins were found wedged in the crevices too. lol

 

 

Because I already saw  turquoise..  a few

traces of green paint had to be left in

the worst dinged up places. You know;

for character.

:) 

 

So the little drawer got a light sanding  too, and

this....

 

is how she looks now.

The darker walnut stain on the drawer,

 made it pop a bit more. 

 

Here it is in my little craft room. 

The lighting makes it look more robins egg blue in there.

 

Then, some of you may remember this birdcage

we found at a flea market? 

Leaving it black for a few photos was fun,

but ...

this

tickles

Edgar Allen Crow "pink."

 

 

 

And here are a few weekend finds.

A 1900 book on "Friendship"

and an earthy brown field book.

It's a ledger inside with very neat, 

handwriting done in pencil.   Plenty of blank

pages to still use too!   It'd make a  really

fun altered book. 

Then;  as always finding  new vintage relatives-

well; they're just hard to pass up! 

I might use the one with the two little girls

in a captured fairy jar. 

--I almost forgot the painty skeleton key! 

 

 

And here is  the next project.

The chair my Sister gave me  years ago. 

It sat in her sewing room and I always chose it

when she, our Momma Bear and I would get together for bible study. 

Later on when  she moved up North she gave me this sweet little chair.  It held

together for so long but one day the bottom fell out.  It made me so sad.

I set it out in the shed until something could be done with it and then lo and behold

one day while out thrift shopping I came across this unused chair seat bottom!  It's carved

and everything!  Anyways, it's now my next project.  I took the old seat off and traced it to this new one.

Myguy  cut it out for me a couple days ago. 

--Still trying to decide what colors to make it?

Will I be brave with this chair?

I still don't know?...

Stay tuned!

 

 

Holykisses xoxo

L