Living Room Update, Thrifting and Deals

September 17, 2013 By Meegan 14 Comments

Hello Hello! Have you been as busy as I have been? I can only imagine that you have. I am now I am happy to share a living room update, thrifting, and deals.

I have been to just about every thrift store around looking for a new coffee table. Ours is just a little too large for our space. One day I dropped Hubby off at work, saw a Garage Sale sign, and I pulled right in. Looky what I found!!

Yep, I found a new coffee table for $15. He had it marked for $20 but I got it for $15-SCORE! Still wondering if I should paint her. What do you think?

After visiting and looking through several thrift stores the same day, I found this beauty for $3:

It’s a true vintage mirror. It was leaning up against the shelves, on the floor. Just waiting for me to pick her up. I saw the shape and the price and I KNEW I needed her.

I know I shared my living room update a few weeks ago. I mentioned then that I was looking for a new rug.

I shopped and shopped for a new rug. While I looked and browsed I found these candlesticks:

Don’t you love the color blue and the mercury glass together? SO pretty and again, calling my name to buy them…

Can you see why I NEEDED them?? Look at that price!! Target was good to me that day.

While still rug shopping, I bought 3 rugs. Tried them all out, and nothing seemed to work until I found this lovely…

Again, at Target. Doesn’t the rug look great with my $15 coffee table? Love it!!

With the coffee table and new candlesticks, this place is looking great!

Doesn’t she look lovely with the bookshelves???

Here’s the difference:

Yep, I would say I made a great choice. It is light, with a bold print, and just the right colors to add in our living room.

I would say my living room update, thrifting and deals were a great success, wouldn’t you???

What good deals have you found recently? What have you been looking for for awhile to change up your home? For me it was a rug. I am so happy to have finally found one just right for us.

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DIY Book Page Wastebasket

September 10, 2013 By Meegan 5 Comments

I have been thinking about this DIY Book Page Waste Basket for months now. And have been wanting to make it for awhile now.

I finally got around to it. And, loving the results! It was easy and didn’t even take me too long.

Here are all the details how to make your own DIY Book Page Wastebasket…

Field Trip Friday-My Thrift Finds

August 16, 2013 By Meegan 6 Comments

I just love a good field trip, don’t you?? Today I am taking you on a thrift finds field trip. Yep, today is Field Trip Friday-My Thrift Finds! Woo hoo!

Okay, let’s get going…

One thing I CAN NOT resist while thrifting are green or blue bottles. I mean, how could I? Look at them in all their gorgeousness. The bottle on the top left has her own little feature at the end of this post…

The croquet box is quite incredible and was my grandfather’s. I actually used the mallets from the box to play croquet with him when I was a child.

I found each on of these bottles at a thrift store within the last year and a half. Without even trying, there they were staring me in the face. Saying, “Buy me, buy me!” How could I resist, especially since they were each a $1 or less, right?

Oh, and then the plates! I just love pretty plates! And if they have a cute tea cup with them, even better.

I just love the look of these on my coffee table. They were each less than 75 cents. AND, some were even a dime apiece!! SCORE!

Need is my wooden tray. Oh how I love this tray! It sells at World Market for $24.99. Yep, the price is still on the bottom. What did I pay for it? $3. You read that right, $3. LOVE IT!!

Did I need a tray? Probably not. BUT, how could I pass it up? It pairs perfectly with my glass dome purchased at TJ Maxx on clearance for $8. A glass dome is JUST what I needed, wouldn’t you say?

My tray also looks beautiful with my shell and coral collection. Gotta love me a wooden tray with shells.

BUT, my best thrift find this past month was…

This amazing beautiful jar. She is big, she is green and she was half off the day I stepped into the store. See the $1.50 tag? Well, it was half off of that!!

Here she is in all her glory! Still wearing her tag, I might add . Yes!!

Thanks for joining me for Field Trip Friday-My Thrift Finds. I love having you here! I hope you come back next week for a VERY special field trip from one of my new blogging friends. Her name is Anne and she blogs over at: Design Dreams By Anne. You will love, love her home tour!!

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Make it a Field Trip Friday!

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DIY Personalized Beach Art

August 14, 2013 By Meegan 4 Comments

Last week I did a Guest Post for my friend Barbara at Chase the Star. I am so excited to share it with you here today, too!

I love anything DIY, don’t you? I had so much fun making this DIY Personalized Beach Art. I saw something similar at a farmer’s market a few weeks ago, and I could get it out of my head. So I gathered my essentials and started to work.

I thought I would share my DIY Personalized Beach Art with you today.This is my DIY Personalized Beach Art. It’s really easy, rustic and looks great in any home.

(Easy and looks great are what I love!)

1.I bought a frame at the thrift store for $3. Not my choice of picture-But I am ready to fix that.

I turned over the print and used the backside for my DIY Personalized Beach Art. You could do the same for some of your vacation spots or places you’ve lived. Use your imagination and have fun!

2. I got out all of my fave colors of paint, along with all of my stencils. I love blues and some greens. Perfect for beach art, right?

3.Using the lighter colors and a sponge brush I painted the background. It’s not smooth or perfect. Just fun. I used antique gray as the main base color, with other colors coming through. After the paint was almost dry, I got to work with my stencils, again using my sponge brush. I began listing all of our favorite beaches, so it would be personalized. Using different sizes, fonts and colors I went to work.

4.I didn’t want it perfect. I left most of my imperfections. I wanted it to be a piece of beach art. As you can see with the lighter colors I outlined with a pen. Yep, a regular green ink pen.

This is a closer look, so you can see the imperfectness of this project. Exactly what I wanted.

On some of the beach/island names I layered the stencil, for an older, worn look.

Another close up, so you can see that I didn’t clean up a few of my messes. Then it was looking a little worn. Again, exactly what I wanted.

And here she is. My own DIY Personalized Beach Art. I love it. I hope you will make one soon and let me know all about it!

Do you have vacation spots, places you have traveled, or even places you have lived that you could make your own piece of art? I bet you do, and I would love to see them asap…

Thanks for joining me today. It is always a pleasure to have you here.

Make it a great day!

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Living Room Update, Thrifting and Deals

DIY Book Page Wastebasket

I have been thinking about this DIY Book Page Waste Basket for months now. And have been wanting to make it for awhile now.

Here are all the details how to make your own DIY Book Page Wastebasket…

Field Trip Friday-My Thrift Finds

DIY Personalized Beach Art

I love anything DIY, don’t you? I had so much fun making this DIY Personalized Beach Art. I saw something similar at a farmer’s market a few weeks ago, and I could get it out of my head. So I gathered my essentials and started to work.

I thought I would share my DIY Personalized Beach Art with you today.This is my DIY Personalized Beach Art. It’s really easy, rustic and looks great in any home.

And here she is. My own DIY Personalized Beach Art. I love it. I hope you will make one soon and let me know all about it!

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