This is an old cupboard someone threw away several months ago. While out on a walk with my friend, we came across it. The back was falling apart, the door was off, the finish was horrible and their had been a can of polyurethane that had dumped inside of it. Quite a mess. It was in [...]
Looking back and comparing my yard to when we bought this house 3 years ago. I can’t believe the differences. This was the fencing of the yard that first summer. We also had one of the huge black walnut trees cut down that was old and unhealthy. This was the far back corner of our yard [...]
Since I have Thunder, an English Setter, I of course am attracted to anything with hunting dogs. Make it vintage and I am especially happy. This English Setter decanter we found in an antique store while on vacation, several years ago. I was thrilled to find it. This first embroidered scene I found on Ebay. [...]
This is the hall tree that stood in the foyer of the house my husband grew up in. It was his mom’s and it was her mom’s before that. When we started dating it was an “antiqued” finish that was green with varnish over it that made it look old. Then his mom painted it bright [...]
Here is the dresser I restored for our new grandaughter that’s was born in July. I sanded off the old finish, cleaned up the pulls and lock covers, then refinished the whole thing. I contact papered the drawers, and voila! Here it is before…. Here it is after. We delivered it to my son and his wife [...]
These are the two adirondack chairs my friend and I rescued from the curb. My husband made a new arm for one and I repaired the backs of both of them. We also had to reinforce one of the legs. Then I primed and painted them glossy red. They still had some years left in them. I [...]
I found these vintage castiron andirons on the curb several years back. My neighbor threw them away. Again, I am amazed at what people will put out to the curb to sit in the landfill. But I am so glad she did because they are mine now. I keep them near my fireplace but every October they [...]
My husband brought me home a surprise a couple of weeks ago. He found this wonderful cupboard on the curb. Someone had thrown it away. In better shape than these pictures show in the before pics. The paint was still in tact, I scraped it to see the wood. The glass was unbroken, even the shelf [...]
Here are some of the beauties still thriving in my garden. Even though I have had trouble keeping them quenched, they are still trying their best to shine. I guess you can’t keep a good garden down. Thank Goodness! I Hope your garden is still bringing you pleasure despite the heat and drought of the [...]
What I realized doing this post is that all my stained glass pieces except one, has flowers on it. Go figure… me,… flowers. This first one hangs in my kitchen. I love it’s simplicity and it’s colors. The light that streams through in the morning is cheerful even on gloomy days. I bought this arts and crafts styled [...]
