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Fall appears to be here.
This has been a productive, yet quiet weekend. Husband spent a good part of the day raking leaves, we don't have ANY tress in our back yard that shed yet he raked up bags and bags of leaves. While...
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Another piece with history
The minute I saw this cabinet over at Maple and Magnolia, I was struck by how similar it was to my surveyors cabinet. I thought it could be a Canadian piece.Same side panels Same drawer pulls. Imagine...
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Jessica at from the ground up awarded me with The Versatile Blogger Award. I want to come up something witty and articulate to say to thank her, but all I can come up with is....Really? Thanks!...
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Maple Table Redo.
BeforeAfter.Sprayed Krylon "Meringue" over a basecoat of "Cloudy White" Can't decide on a drawer pull.Paternal Grandmother's earringsPaternal Grandmother's earringsAnother attempt at stenciling.Inside...
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Junkers Nirvana
Last week I discovered a junkers Nirvana right at my front door, 20 minutes south of it anyway. I called about an ad I saw in Kijiji for this:What intrigued me about the ad was that they said this was...
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Give away at Daphne Nicole-Lynda Cade ends October 31st
Don't forget Countdown to Christmas give away at Daphne Nicole-Lynda Cade.
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Antique light globes
For many years Husband and I rented. Because of the nature of the communities we lived in, buying a home wasn't an option. When we first moved south , relatively speaking, about 13 years ago we...
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Dresser Redo
I bought this dresser several months ago at Salvation Army. It sat around doing nothing for several months, because I couldn't decide what to do with it. Finally I was inspired by a great design...
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Chairs revisited.
Last month I shared with you all about my 10 dining room chairs. I think I am down to 9. This chair is not going to make it as a chair.I then shared how I painted these two and didn't like the...
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Milk Paint
About a month ago I got my order of the milk paint sample kit, it contained sample of every colour available. I finally had the opportunity to use it last weekend on the new kitchen shelves I picked...
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Milk paint - the kitchen shelves
Finished!Left the rough edges aloneJust putting stuff up there to see what I like. Looking better, but not quite there.It takes me forever to get vignette done. Mother could put one together in...
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Look what I got!
Picked this settee up at a local thrift store the week before last. It is in bad shape, fabric is torn, something has been chewing on the wood, but isn't it gorgeous. I bought this off a local buy...
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One project closer to completion.
We bought a bifold closet door some time ago from the Restore. We had planned to use it on the front closet but decided to go a different way with that . I claimed the door for another idea I had....
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Parlour stove crown!
I picked up this parlour stove crown at my favourite antique/junk shop about 6 months ago. All this time I have been pondering how and where I will hang it. I finally decided how to hang it, A few...
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I have been featured twice!!!
How exciting to be featured....twice this week.My pallet kitchen shelves were featured on "Scrappy Saturday" over at Candace Creations. This is the second time to be featured by Candace and I am so...
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What do you get when you cross Bondo, milk paint and cute little napkins?
A pretty trayI took this at 7:00 this morning while getting ready to go to the hospital, otherwise I may have had the forethought to turn the book on. I bought this tray sometime this summer. It was...
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Side table no 1
I got this along with 2 others last August and paid $10 for it. It is in great shape other than a couple scratches on the top. In preparation for a larger staining job. I decided to strip and stain...
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Great weekend scores!
I went out to Junkers Nirvana again this weekend, this time looking for barn boards. He has a beautiful sway back barn, of course we didn't touch that. Instead we pulled boards off the side of an...
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Another awesome pallet project.
Found this on Houzz last night. I love it!! It is priced at $98!!! Oy!eclectic wall shelves design by miami design-buildDave Kellumeclectic wall shelves design by miami design-buildDave...
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Dining room light.
When we moved into this house it had original light fixtures in three of the rooms. The dining room was one of them. It had very pretty and heavy glass light globes on it. One globe broke just...
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Shy Blossom!
Do you want to see what I have been working on? This is another Kijiji find. It was listed as 70 years old for $40. The cabinet sat on Kijiji for a few weeks before I asked about it. She brought the...
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High chair, step stool.
I started this project ages ago, but it wasn't going well. I put it away for awhile and brought it out last weekend to finish. The fabric I used was the retro tablecloth I bought at a garage sale...
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Interesting lighting
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View Article25 Random things about me.
I know I have probably missed the 25 random things party, but thought I would post anyway. I have been away so long, but I have not been idle. Work has been crazy busy since December. Looking...
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I have moved over to Restore and Renew. Please join me there. Donna G.
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