Lazy Susan & Vintage Milk Glass

Yep; another stencil project~~

~~a vintage Lazy Susan painted white using my favorite stencil with grey paint and sanding it down to look like aged patina and antique stencil~~

Something to add interest to the little tables I recently did for the booth/shop~~

~~I wish my customers loved milk glass vases as much as I do~~maybe this will "sell" the idea~~

How can you not love milk glass?  ~~they are so sweet, pure white, a beauty to hold and touch~~

We'll see if these finally get a home somewhere~~

If not~~I'll bring them back here and display them with little flowers from the garden all season long. 

Don't you love milk glass?

~Patty~

Here's some great parties to attend:

Lamp and Flat Screen Dresser

When I bought this bicycle lamp is was black metal~~and loving this aqua/green toile fabric~~decided to paint the lamp base to match a new shade~~

~~a ruffle of burlap~~

Here's my newest "Old Dresser"~~I paid $120.00 for it.  I really debated spending that much~~but, I realllllly wanted it for the upstairs guest bedroom to place a flat screen tv on it~~it will fit perfectly.

~~if you look closely on the left of the drawers someone has scratched "MOM" on all three~~hmmmm~~I wonder what that was about!

~~I'll paint it and add different knobs: this project won't happen til after Easter when family has left~~I'll polish her up and she'll look great in the meantime~~

~We're still working on the little kitchen today~~

What's your current project?

Have a great week and enjoy the sunshine!

Parties happening here:

http://abowlfulloflemons.blogspot.com/

Cottage Kitchen Things

I do not have a big, beautiful designer kitchen.  I'm such a coward to show you the current "before" pictures as we are creating my little cottage~kitchen~dream~~BUT~~

~~soon I'll be brave enough to show you the wood "tongue and groove" ceiling we put in~~my little 1930's red~topped island~~and my favorite little 3~tier shelf above my cooking stove~~

~~no~~I don't have a beautiful kitchen.  I have an old house that says "love me as you can"~~I've made it comfy and cottage~y.  And I'm going to picture my little dream kitchen soon (as soon) as I get over the "it's not beautiful to blog about".

  I love it anyway~~

And here's my favorite little things I just found to put on my white~cottage~y 3 tier shelf~~I'm scared and excited to share.  Isn't that ridiculous?

Just sayin~~

Have a great week and see you on the next post!

Jeep Full of Thrifts

Do you like this green paint on the hanging baskets?

It's growing on me~~

I found this set of three baskets attached to a canvas strap that hangs on the wall~~for $5.00~~I'm starting to like the color~~maybe paint large numbers on each one~~

Porcelain doll heads~~(with hands)~~need some ideas here (a dime each)~~

50c unwrapped candle~~

Pretty black reticulated Tole tray (great filler for the booth)~~

~~and this brand new roll of unused York wallcover~~

whimsey with Monkees and ferns (can you see this for a background on little bookcases, boxes, drawers)~~$1.50 for a double roll~~

~~some 25c baskets~

The ottoman with Queen Anne legs for $6.00~~already a plan for reupholster and paint on her "legs"~~

~wire basket, vintage cake storage tin, and a pretty fruit motiff tablecloth~~

A sweet vintage chair for $5.00~~

and this is my question for you~~I bought 3 fishing baskets; they are collapsable~~just the neatest things and all different sizes. 

How would you display these?  They would not hold a plant (and, no, I don't want to display a fish--)

I had no idea how I'd use these, but for $3.00 each (and they're vintage) I decided they needed to come home with me~~

Not sure I will use these myself~~but wouldn't these look cool just hangin' around somewhere?  Laundry room, sunroom (wish I had one), corner of the porch~~etc.

So really~~tell me~~Would you have bought these??

Love your comments~~have a happy thriftin' week!

Party happening here:

http://www.savvycityfarmer.com/

75c Table Frames ~ Plus

Don't you love a great bargain!  Last week I pictured these wooden frames I bought for 75c each~~painted this one aqua and added jute to make a sweet~vintage~looking luggage rack~~

Below are the "befores"~~~

I already had the scalloped table top stuck in the junk room FOREVER~~and attached it to the other 75c frame to make a little table~~

Maybe sweet to hold potted plants on someone's porch~~

(There's Mr Z.~~let sleeping dogs lie~~~;)

And the wooden dress forms~~~

Turned out aqua with stenciled motiffs~~

All of these going to the booth for resale tomorrow~~I love it when I can get some stuff done!

~~I heard there's some parties going on~~I'll see you here:

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