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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.

Bring Spring & Summer In with Thrifted & Antique 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…”

 

Bring Spring & Summer In with Thrifted & Antique FindsRight 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.

Bring Spring & Summer In with Thrifted & Antique FindsAll 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.

Bring Spring & Summer In with Thrifted & Antique FindsWhile 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.

Bring Spring & Summer In with Thrifted & Antique FindsOn 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?

Bring Spring & Summer In with Thrifted & Antique FindsThe 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?)

Bring Spring & Summer In with Thrifted & Antique FindsI really like all of these elements placed together.

Bring Spring & Summer In with Thrifted & Antique FindsThe tray was a thrift find for $1, as was the turquoise vase.  The other 2 vases were also from Barbara.

Bring Spring & Summer In with Thrifted & Antique Finds 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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Eye-Catching Birdhouse Ideas

June 14, 2013 By Meegan 9 Comments

Happy Friday!!  It most certainly is for me!  I was asked to curate a “Birdhouse Ideas” clipboard for my blog. I am thrilled to have this honor.  I found some easy and eye-catching birdhouse ideas.

You will be impressed and inspired by the talent and creativity so many people have.

Bird House Ideas

I have always liked having birdhouses in and around our home.  My like has now grown to love of birdhouses.  You will see why in the next few pictures…

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Back To School Folder Covered With Duck Tape®

August 15, 2013 By Meegan 4 Comments

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I am so excited for school to start!  So many of our grandkiddos are starting school next week.  One thing on my list was Duck Tape® .  I know, that might be a weird item to be on this grandma’s list, but…
Just in case you didn’t know all the amazing things you can do with Duck Tape®, listen up! You can use Duck Tape® to create, embellish and decorate! You can make things for teachers as welcome gifts! You can make a custom name plate for your children’s desk or classroom cubby. Older students can cover their books in paper bags and embellish/decorate/customize with Duck Tape®! Or maybe a customized Duck Tape® mirror for the middle schoolers locker?
Can’t you just hear and feel the bustle of back to school when you visit Walmart?  I visited my local Walmart yesterday, because I wanted to make something special for one of the grandkiddos.  Not only did I see amazing prices everywhere, but look what I found!

Back To School Folder Covered With Duck Tape®

Yep, you got it-buy Duck Tape® at Walmart! Not just the typical silver Duck Tape® , every color and pattern that you could ever want or need! This was right near the painting aisle. I spent several minutes just browsing through all of it.

Back To School Folder Covered With Duck Tape®

Once I was done looking there, the Walmart associate showed me ANOTHER Duck Tape® display over by the crafts!!

Back To School Folder Covered With Duck Tape®

The creative juices started flowing, and I knew what I wanted to make for the grand kiddos for back to school!

Back To School Folder Covered With Duck Tape®

I bought a paper binder with brads and pockets and my favorite Duck Tape® for a certain 7th grade grandson. He is on Student Council and needs to stay organized. The spattered paint Duck Tape® will be perfect for him! Gotta love Duck Tape®!

Back To School Folder Covered With Duck Tape®

I started by covering the folder with strips of Duck Tape® . I layered them just a little, so the folder wouldn’t show through.

Back To School Folder Covered With Duck Tape®

I covered the folder using my strips of durable and strong Duck Tape® .

Back To School Folder Covered With Duck Tape®

I made sure to cover the pockets as well. To keep it durable and long lasting throughout his time on Student Council this year.

Back To School Folder Covered With Duck Tape®

Using Duck Tape® there is NO WAY this folder will fall apart, rip, or tear!

It is the best thing ever for covering this folder, making wallets, creating flowers, or even repairing a down jacket!! (Shhh..don’t tell Hubby I told you that he fixed his jacket with Duck Tape®)

So next time you run in for a gallon of milk or a loaf of bread, head on over and buy Duck Tape at Walmart too! Keep it on your shopping list-you never know what you might come up with! Maybe even a Back to School Folder Covered with Duck Tape®

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Happy Back To School!!

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Field Trip Friday With Fresh Idea Studio

August 30, 2013 By Meegan 10 Comments

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Yay!!  It’s Field Trip Friday with Fresh Idea Studio.  You will love Therese and all of her talent and creativity to make her house a home.  Now for the delightful home tour from Therese!!

Hi! I’m Therese from Fresh Idea Studio. Welcome to the place I call home.Our New House

We built our house in the Summer of 2012. We moved in the week just before Halloween, so it’s been almost a year now and I have to say it was quite the whirlwind.
Our HousePicking up with the hubs, 3 kids, a dog, cat and fish…even if it was only 4 miles up the road, well…it wasn’t f-u-n, put it that way.

If you’ve ever moved with children and all their ‘stuff’ you know what I’m talking about here but that’s all said and done.

So, come on in and make yourself comfortable my new friends. Let me show you around. Front doorEntrywayThis is our foyer and front room … front room…situated to your left as you enter through the front door.

summer table scape

And, if you walk on back into …Flooringthe kitchen and…

kitchen flooringkitchen sink areadining area you’ll see the…

dining area 2

the vintage chair {aka my $10 GoodWill find, yay!} and a little splash of Fall I just threw into the mix this week.

Fall decorating in the dining area

Anyway, from the kitchen you can get a glimpse of the family room where we love to spend time together with our three daughters.

dining into family 2family room 2

family room 3

And here’s the claw foot bench I redid that I like to keep behind our slipcovered sofa. {I have a thing for benches, slipcovers & bins btw.;)}

claw foot burlap bench AFTErRight off of our family room down the hall, there’s a guest bathroom…

Guest Bathroom Shower

and my home office. my home office

Oh and my desk area is actually a Murphy bed in disguise. Stay tuned for the How-To on that DIY project very soon.

murphy bed desk in home office

And, if we head upstairs…
hardwood stair case

we can take a gander at the rest of the house.

Like our oldest daughter’ bedroom at the top of the stairs to your left.
bold teen room

Jonathan Adler Stool Reveal

And her DIY PB teen Inspired vanity and the cool Jonathan Adler-ish stool I made for since we moved in. There’s also the bright and colorful Lilly-like bedroom our two younger daughters share which is across the hall from big sis.

lilly pulitzer inspired bedroom

Lilly dresser

Or should I say, AK2 & 3’s “hotel room”. {Hotel? really, girls? I promise you there’s no room service here my sweets. ha!} Oh, AK1,2 & 3 is how I like write about my 3 daughter’s on the blog. {Same initials, same monogram; that’s right, I’m a southern gal at heart. We like our two part names and monograms, don’t we now.} But I digress.

Down the same hall a bit, you’ll find an extra bedroom we are using as a playroom for the time being.play room diy headboard

There are a couple more bathrooms, a super messy craft space and the laundry room which I simply don’t have any photos of yet.

And, then there’s the master bedroom and bath down at the end in the back of the house. master bedroom

Master Bathroom tubActually, this feels kind of strange! Having dragged you through our home and into our bathroom and I haven’t even asked you if you’d like to sit down for a glass of iced tea or something. My! Where have my manners gone?!

Seriously, though. I’d love to have you come over and visit anytime! The doors always open.

We have a lot of fun here… and I’m not just talking decorating projects and crafts either. We like to cook up a thing or two and have even been know to throw a good party now and again.

So, let’s go grab a tall, sweet tea and relax a bit, shall we?

relax by the pool

Here’s wishing you Happy Friday and a nice, long Labor Day weekend! Looking forward to getting together again real soon.

Thanks so much sweet Meegan for taking your Friday Field trip down to Florida to see me.

Cheers to you and yours,

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xxoo

 

 

I knew you would all love Therese and her gorgeous home. Thanks again, Therese for being here today and sharing your talents and creativity.  I know we are all inspired!

Come back again every week for:

300x226xfield-trip-friday.jpg.pagespeed.ic.KEQ2k2cu9QBUT, before you leave, don’t forget there is a party going on here.  I can’t wait to see what you link up today!

Tickled Pink Times Two Friday

Make it a Field Trip Friday!

 

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