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Hey everyone! Happy Wednesday! I flew home from Oregon last night. I have been gone from Hubby for 20 days! Whew! That’s such a long time, isn’t it? It has been the trip of a lifetime across the country and back then up to Oregon. I am truly blessed. Lots of pictures to come in the days ahead of all the sights and adventures from my trip.

But today, I am thrilled to share a simple, yet impacting change for Spring. My DIY Spring Refreshed Urn. Easy peasy and the cost??? Very little. Awesome! Let’s get started…

I found this lovely urn filled with flowers and grass for $5 on clearance at Wal-Mart years ago. SCORE! At the time I purchased it, it fit my style and taste. Now, I have tried fitting in every room in the house, only because I really haven’t found a home for it.

I finally decided to pull it apart and use the urn. I mean it’s a great urn, right? SO, I NEEDED to use it somehow. I think it already looks better.

Using a grapevine orb that I found thrifting for a dollar. I am able to change the whole look of my urn.

What a difference! Placing my “new” orb and urn with other thrifted and vintage components, I created a new, fresh look for spring.

Combining the candlesticks, wheat grass, vintage books tied with twine all sitting in a large wood tray is the exact look I was hoping for.

To finish things off I filled a wire basket with pine cones and the grass from the urn. So cool and great for a Spring look!

It’s funny how I can have something so long, tried using it in every room and FINALLY pulled it apart and found a home for it! I REALLY like when that happens. I was able to change the urn to fit my style, as my style as changed, too. Do YOU have something that you can do the same thing with??

Thanks for joining me today as I shared my Spring Refreshed Urn. It is always a joy for me to share things and I ideas that make me smile.

Make it a wonderful Wednesday!

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It’s a wonderful month for romance, isn’t it? Yesterday was the anniversary of my first date with Hubby. That was 37 years ago! I KNOW! Craziness. And absolutely wonderful. With trying to keep up the romance in our marriage it’s important that we feel BOTH feel comfortable in our home.

So before I even started a blog, I decided I would be romancing the bedroom furniture.

This bedroom set is my grandparents. I remember seeing in their bedroom when I was growing up.

The furniture was in it’s original condition when I receieved it. I had thought about painting it several times, but didn’t dare “ruin” the look.

But then, as I wanted to add some lighter touch in our small home, I decided to crack open a can of paint and start romancing my bedroom furniture.

The color I chose was Turquoise Mist by Olympic.

I didn’t want to make it look new, but worn as was the style of the furniture. So I gave it a dry bush coat of paint.. So far, so good.

Using an Antique White Flat paint, I painted the drawers with the contrast color.

As you can see, I also recovered the vanity bench. Much better!

I liked the vanity so much, I painted the chest of drawers. It looks beautiful on Hubby’s side of the bed, doesn’t it?

I LOVE the patina of the handles, so I didn’t touch them at all.

I have since painted the whole room.

Above our bed, I have a quote my Hubby said from our first date on. You can find the full story here. I think romancing the bedroom furniture has worked out well for me, don’t you??

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