Upcycled Photo Display

If you've been with me for a while, then you might remember this old fence a sweet friend gave to me a while back...
She had several... all worn and weathered and right up my alley. In fact, I used them last fall back in our old house HERE.

I kept wondering how I might be able to use them here...
They're fun to pull out occasionally for things, but they seemed like the perfect something for hanging/changing out pictures...and I soooo need that right now.

So, while my dad was here over the weekend, he was sweet enough to help me hang them.

I settled on the wall going up our stairwell, where it's in plain view in our kitchen.

And, I gotta say, I'm pretty thrilled about it.
There's room for lots of play here.

As always, you won't be dissapointed with the other gals...so go check 'em out!

Pendant Light : bigger than the three of us

Fall "Wreath" Frame : Thrifty & Chic

Wine Sleeve : All Things G&D

Vintage Lampshade : lovely etc.

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Remember those niches?

Well, when we last left the niches, I still had one unfinished. 

I had no intentions of styling them the same, so I wanted to wait it out and see what felt best there.

And well, you know I have a thing for hanging chairs...

Hahaha...well, to be exact, old chairs in general...

and it sure enough felt right.

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Y'all are gonna think I'm crazy...

but I added a little something new to our shelf yesterday.

hahaha...
OOOkay, let me explain.
I don't know if I told you or not, but the couple who owned this house before us had 4 children. So, needless to say, move-in week we found a lot of hidden stuff...
ONE of which happened to be a shoe...in a tree.
I spyed it there out of the corner of my eye...and couldn't help but laugh.

Silly, but I guess it was then that I realized how kinda sweet that dirty old shoe was...and everything else we happened to have found stuffed in the AC vents, smashed in the carpets, stuck to the floors, buried in the yard. Maybe it even made me realized how much this house really was loved before us.

So, it made me want to keep a small piece of that...

whatever it may be.

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Fun Find: This Tufted Chair

Of course, I couldn't pass it up.

I saw it there in the Goodwill...holding it's arms out to me.

I just couldn't walk away.

My eyes were immediately drawn to those big green buttons and its lush green velvet. :)
I almost thought it was too good to be true,
and then I saw just one small problem...
no cushion.

Now, if you're really lucky, then you know how to upholster things and you could whip up something in a flash, but if you're me, you don't.
However, I do happen to know someone fabulous who does. So, I gave my gal a few measurements and a small pattern I created by taping paper together.

And, wouldn't you know it, a whole new chair.

Funny. This chair makes the 4th fabulous thrift chair in the room...
And, I'll be derned if that's not something to be proud of.


(P.S. I'll get a family room tour done soon...my "all around" camera lens broke last week...grrrr...sooooo...I'm trying to figure out what to do next...
in fact, if you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them! I've got an old school Nikon D60 and it was the "kit" lens that broke. It's gotta be something similar that would capture a whole room...and I wouldn't mind stepping it up a small notch...)





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Flea Find: Old Wooden Ladder

Yet another flea market find from a few months ago, finally being put to good use... 

beacause, in my mind, if there's a crocheted blanket attached to it, you know something's right.

It's coming together, guys...it's coming together.

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A thrifted frame...

can always be put to good use.

If you remember, Grady and I took a trip to the Wine Country back in October.  Usually on our trips I like to bring back a bold piece of art...and, although I found a few things in San Franscisco, I was devastated that I never found anything in the Sonoma/Napa area.

Luckily, I took a ton of pictures. :)

This one was one of my favorites.  It was taken at Lambert Bridge, a to die for winery in Healdsburg.

After a little tweaking in Photoshop, I printed it out and stuck it in this old, $2 thrifted frame.

There's always a use for a thrifted frame.


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Dressed and Ready.

I had a second to fill the shelves this weekend...although I do apologize, it was cloudy and rainy all weekend, so my pictures could have been better. 

(I should have waited, but I was much too impatient.) 

(closed)

(and opened)

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The Newest Addition...

I wish I had a fabulous tutorial to share with you...

with detailed pictures and a complete how-to...

but I have none of those.

Wood work isn't and probably never will be in my cards.

Instead, I have Pop.
I guess you haven't met Pop before (that's him in the green, by the way).
Despite the incredible pieces of furniture he's created, he's always been pretty modest about his carpentry skills.
But, if you ask me...

a picture is worth a thousand words.

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Welcome to Annie's House

I've had so much fun showing you a bit of Annie's home. It's pretty phenomenal, if you ask me. There's so many elements that I adore...and so many more that you haven't even seen yet! Of course, now that we'll be just around the corner, it'll be easy to snag a few pics of her next party- or redo... :)

In fact, I bet you'll be seeing a lot more Annie to this blog!

(The Dining)

(The Kitchen)

(The Master)

(The Guest Suite)

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