the junk in our trunks

Friday, February 8, 2013

Little Things

Today I want to share two little projects.

First is this coffee table I found on the side of the road. She was pretty, but her legs were falling off.

So I went a whole new route with this table.

The after was inspired by my children. I painted the frame green with chalk paint in the center. I used white acrylic to paint the jars and the marbles. I have chalk ink, (my favorite purchase EVER!) to fill in the marbles, with each child's good choices and kind behavior to their siblings.

I can easily erase the colors when each one fills their jar. Hopefully I won't have to add Kolbe any time soon. The kids love it and we have had no yelling in two days.

I bought this next piece for $3 at a garage sale, I thought the flowers where so pretty, but didn't quite go with soooooo much gold.

So I added a little green, and I LOVE it.

Hope you enjoyed.

One last thing, I found this beauty,( I can not wait to start working on) at the same garage sale. It actually was hiding behind a bunch of boxes in the garage. It was not for sale. They said it was their grandmothers old cooler. With a little sweet talking, they sold it to me for $30.

This guy made my day!

Have a great weekend.

Monday, January 21, 2013

Seeing Green

I can not find my before, so here is my after.

Inside the drawers I painted some Peacocks to add a little character.

Thanks for taking a look. Have a good one.

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Dreaming of the Lake & Dumpster Diving

I went and did a little garage sale-ing this weekend. There was a huge dumpster in front of one of the Estate Sales. I drove up and instantly saw these pulls sticking out of the top. So I climbed on up and found nine of these beauties.

Attached to these awesome solid drawers. The ideas started flowing.

As I was searching I saw the top of what looked like a table, I was super excited to see what this might be. The nice man putting on the Estate sale offered to help me. When he pulled it out I was so thrilled, I felt like a kid at Christmas. He said it was in his dad's garage the last 60 years. They thought it was trash.

I found all of the drawers and the top is beautiful. I started working on it as soon as I got home. I can not wait to see what he is going to look like.

Now for a finished project.

This is my before, cute but a little boring.

I thought I would add a little something to dress her up.

I think she looks quite adorable.

I actually repainted the body, due to the fact I have six kids constantly touching everything.

I went with a cute image found here vintage-beach-signs, and made a few changes.

I used chalk ink to do the drawing and put a clear coat over to protect the surface. I think it would be great inside or out. Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.

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