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Bring Spring & Summer In with Thrifted & Antique Finds

May 14, 2013 By Meegan 1 Comment

Good Morning! Today I am going to share a few of my antiques and thrift finds.

I love glass. I love blue glass. I love antiques. I love to go antiquing. I love thrifting. I love what I find when I go thrifting. Hence I love sharing with you some of my antique finds and thrifting gems. Some of these are gifts and others I bought my self.

Here are just a few of my antiques and thrifted items that I have put together in our living room recently. The colors say “Spring is here and Summer is coming soon…”

Right off the bat I have black and white family pictures. They really are all our family. I didn’t purchase these. The frosted blue insulator is one of my favorite antique finds. I love the waves in the glass.

All of these pieces were found at our local thrift store. Yep, even the blue Mason jar was found there for a buck!! Yes!! The 2 vases are from my friend Barbara. I found the candle stand when it was a yucky,dirty brown-of course, I painted it shades of blue.

While I was taking pictures for this post, a package came from my daughter. Guess what was in it?? Two more insulators!! One almost clear, and the other a deep turquoise. My kids know me well. They were both found at an antique mall near my daughter’s home.

On my bookshelf, I placed my galvanized watering can. Hubby bought it for me years ago while antiquing in California. The watering can blends well with the black and white pictures, don’t you think?

The galvanized pot with the blue ribbon is what I used for Easter. The blue bottle is from another antiquing trip in Morro Bay, CA.

The small urn was not found thrifting or antiquing, but at Big Lots for $2. I brought it home,painted it white, and filled it with green moss. (Can you tell I like paint?)

I really like all of these elements placed together.

The tray was a thrift find for $1, as was the turquoise vase. The other 2 vases were also from Barbara.

The marbles and sea glass were purchased at Target on sale. Lucky me! Using different levels and vessels I can bring Spring and Summer into our home with very little cost or effort.

Those are just a few of my antiques and thrift finds. I am still working on a thrifted dining table and chairs that I will share very soon. I can’t wait till you see it!

Until then..

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Easy To Hang Decorative Plates

May 10, 2013 By Meegan 20 Comments

Hello Hello!! I have been missing a lot lately. This flu bug will not leave me alone. At all. We also had 2 of the grand kiddos here for a visit, so I have been recuperating and playing “go fish”. We had fun, but now I am excited to be posting for you again.

Now, on to the most simple idea ever…Easy to hang decorative plates. I mean, easy.

Don’t you just love the look of plates hanging on a wall? I really do and finally found these 3 plates while thrifting a few weeks ago. At 75 cents each, I couldn’t pass them up. I mean, blue plates-I needed them now!!

I could picture them hanging above our pantry door. It is a small space, but needed a little pizzazz. These plates were the answer. I like how they don’t match perfectly. Two are from the same pattern, but still a little different.

Beach Bench Makeover Again and Again and Again!

April 11, 2013 By Meegan 5 Comments

I am really lucky that my friends know my taste. When one of my friends was moving, she gave me this beach beach-which I love!! Since then, I have given this beach bench a makeover again, and again, and again!!

When my friend gave me the beach bench, it was natural. That didn’t last long-when I was going through an “everything red” phase, I painted her red. She looked lovely on our front porch. I smiled every time I saw her.

We then moved into a different home. I got on a kick when I really wanted to see this bench in lime green-and so it was. Again, looking great with plants and a few pillows on our front porch.

We have since moved into a condo. There isn’t a large enough front porch to hold my beach bench. So, I set her out on our balcony. It is a nice balcony, but still not enough room to sit back and enjoy my beach bench.

And I also changed her color once again!! This time: BHG Teal Lake. Love it!!

Since there really wasn’t enough room on the balcony, I decided to bring her in.

I gathered items to make a “reading nook”. I found the bench cushion at Pier 1 to blend with my new colors. She looks happy, don’t you think??

Well, she lasted in that spot for about a year, and now she has found her final home at the foot of our bed.

The cushion was getting faded and worn, so I covered the cushion with an antique quilt from Hubby’s dad. I also added a pillow (another Pier 1 item) that was inspiration for all the blues now in our home. The beach bench still looks great inside and is perfect when Hubby puts his shoes on for the day.

Do you move or change your furniture as much as I do?? I have fun painting and moving items around. Especially my beach bench makeover again, and again, and again!!

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you have been inspired to paint or move your furniture around. The awesome thing is, if you don’t like it-you can always change it back!!

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Do You Have A Laundry Closet??

March 27, 2013 By Meegan 21 Comments

A lot of you have a laundry room. I think that is so awesome. But, for me I have a laundry “closet”. Do you have a laundry closet, too??

I thought since I have to do laundry in a “closet”, I might as well like it. Good idea, right??

I truly love these doors. You would be surprised at how much sound they block out. The doors look so happy with a wall pocket full off pink flowers in hopes of an early Spring.

When I organized my laundry “closet” I found empty boxes and covered them with fabric. For labels I used my cardboard chalkboards.

The box is a great spot for stain remover, extra detergent and fabric softener.

I made these mod podge birdies when I had first started a blog. I mod podged vintage book pages on 2-8×10 canvases. Then using a stencil, added my birdies. They fit perfectly here, don’t they??

Here is another view of the “closet”. I love the added touch of the candlesticks and the vintage scrapbook paper banner. The dryer is covered with a doily made by my grandma. It keeps the dryer from being scratched when I set a laundry basket or other things on top of it.

This makes me smile every time I open the doors. Even if I am doing laundry.

Do you have a laundry closet? Have you made it a place that makes you smile? I would love to hear about it.

Thanks for letting me share what I love to do. I am so glad you stopped by today!

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