End Table Redo

I'm linking this to Shabby Nest's Frugal Friday!
I found this little guy at my new favorite thrift store...




I'm not liking the color, but I'm loooooving the lines

So I sanded him down



Sprayed him with a coat of white spraypaint, just for a base



And then painted him with interior paint in white. (Not pictured)

Then I took these stencils and using a silver/grey (grey,gray?) paint, I made him pretty




I bought a new bauble knob from Lowes and stuck that on there.



And now I cannot get enough of my table!!! I love love love it!! SQUEEE!

Fall/Halloween Decor

RHONDI at ROSE COLORED GLASSES
is having an AUTUMN PARTY

Just wanted to share my fall/halloween decor in my dining room, I know it's early for Halloween, so I tried to keep it more along the "fall" lines...but YOU KNOW it's soooo hard for a crafty girl to not be able to decorate according to the next holiday especially one as fun as Halloween!! I would also like to add that I got everything for the cheap, either at thrift stores or the Dollar Tree. The most expensive thing was the tablecloth that I bought for $5 at my favorite thrift store.

The Bar...




Side Table



Dining Table







(I love love love really old vintage books and I bought these today for only $1 each!!)


EEEEK! I can't wait to put more stuff up! My husband has laid down the law and said I'm not allowed to put up anything really "halloween" untill October *sits in corner and pouts* But I think this will do for now.

More Thrifty Finds

Everyone needs to run...not walk...to their local Target! I found these in the dollar spot there for $2.50 each!



Then get in your car and FLOOR IT to big lots. All of their Jennifer Ferrell stuff (which is pretty nice designer stuff) is all on sale for 70% off!! They had like furniture there that was normally $200 and is now $60! Crazy! I didn't get anything huge, but I did walk away whith this uber cute bowl and filler/smell good stuff!



I got each of these for $6

I just threw one of the packages in the decorative bowl



I love deals!

Turning a $7 Giant Frame Into a Beautiful Chalkboard

I found this framed "Artwork" if you want to call it that at Good will for $7 and I saw it's potential. Something about the frame called to me saying "Amy, please take me home and give me a better life."



YIKES! This needed my help badly!

I cleaned it up a little first with a dry rag, took it apart, and then sprayed 2 coats of white paint on the frame.







When I had opened it up, there was a very stiff cardboard backing that I gave 2 coats of black chalkboard paint.



I was going to leave the frame pure white, but then decided to age it a bit. I first took an ordinary kitchen sponge with the soft sponge on one side and scrubby side on the other and some gold paint.



I put some paint on the soft side of my sponge and smooshed it together so it soaked into the sponge a little bit.




Using my sponge I wiped paint onto my frame, and then wiped it right back off again with a clean part of my sponge, that way not too much gold paint stayed on the frame.




Then I took the scrubby side of my sponge and lightly roughed the frame up a bit.






When everything dried I just put her back together again and hung her up in her new home in my kitchen, and I think she looks mighty fine if I do say so myself!

Thrift Store Before & Afters

I am obsessed with going to thrift stores and Goodwill, buying ugly things and making them pretty so I just wanted to post of a few before and afters.

I bought this little diddy for about $2

Just a little black spraypaint...

Soooo much better! I love how shiny the black is!

Not a huge change for these next 2, but I bought them both for $2.50 total

I just re-sprayed them with a new silver

Good as new!

This next one was an idea from http://thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/

This sad mirror in a frame I bought for $1.99

Cleaned, scrubbed and re-sprayed

Now it holds candles on my coffee table! I love lit candles on top of mirrors! So pretty!

I LOVE thrift store finds!

I love love love browsing thrift stores, buying ugly things for really really cheap, giving them a facelift at making them beautiful.

I was browsing at one of my favorite spots a couple weeks ago and came across a very sad looking short bookcase. It was falling apart and parts were lifting up. It looked like wood, but upon further inspection it's actually that fake wood, pressed cardboard stuff with a wood-like covering on it. Well, I saw it's potential, and scooped it up for $7 (I'm bummed I didn't take a before picture of it). I stopped by Walmart and bought a small can of Peacock Blue paint, got home, re-glued some pieces, sanded it down and gave it two coats of the pretty paint and turned a pitiful little bookcase into my new accent furniture.



I still have to put books and things in it and decorate it cute, but you get the idea!