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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A niche...really?

When we first looked at this house, we all kinda joked about these little niches that sat tucked on either side of the front door. "How weird," I thought. Why in the world would someone need such a thing? 

The people that lived here before us simply hung a single picture in each one. It was fine, but still looked a bit awkward and somewhat out of place...

For a while there I went back and forth with what I would do with the spaces, but once I recieved Fleming's little housewarming gift, I became pretty certain about at least one of them...

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Mirror Wall (...in the works)

If you remember, I've been wanting to create a mirror wall in the dining room with all my thrifted mirrors. Here's where I am so far with that...

I love the fact that it has such potential to continuously grow.
If fact, I'd love to fill the whole wall up.

That buffet you see is from a little shop around here that sells redone furniture finds.
It was a steal!

I'm getting pretty close in here...

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Fun Find: Chair Back?

Funny. I've had this old chair back/bottom/idk for several years now. I think I picked it up for a dollar at one of my old stores. It's been hidding beside my washing machine in the old house...hoping I'd find a good spot.  Sad to say, I couldn't ever decide exactly how I'd use it.

It finally hit me here in our new house...

This is our downstairs spare bathroom. It's tiny...basically a powder room with a tub, so it's certainly not going to take much to fill it. It ended up that the new chair bottom magazine rack was the perfect addition.

But, I gotta ask, how would you have used it?

(More on this room next week...)
Happy hunting, y'all!

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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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Gram's Shelves

So, when we first started in Gram's room, this was the condition of his shelves...

Since then, I've made some changes...

The chalkboard paint I showed you earlier in the week worked wonders, and it was exactly what I was hoping for...something I can change whenever I please by simply erasing.

Hahahaha...and there's a lot more where that came from....
On to the next project.



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Wednesday Redo: Old Doilies

In the Christmas mood yet? I have to admit, I'm getting there...and if I keep seeing fun projects like this, I'll be there sooner than not!

How cool.
I love this.

Check out Becky's blog, Beyond the Picket Fence and find out just how she did it.

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Wednesday Redo: Thrift Store Art

How very appropriate...

So simple.

Se easy.

So cheap.

Can't help but bring back memories of this little nursery project...
Check out how Erin & Stef did theirs on Oh So Lovely.

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Out in the foyer

A good reminder...for everyday.

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The Chalkboard Wall

I didn't do a whole lot of changes on this wall in the big girl room, other than the occasional chalkboard change...

And, when it is, it ususally doesn't go unnoticed.

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Wednesday Redo: Thrift Paintings

It's always super fun to see the artwork in a thrift store. I'm always trying to come up with ideas on how to use it somehow.

What a great eye Melissa had when she transformed them!

Find out exactly how she did it on her blog- Ador.

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Frame it.

So, the needlepoint made it up this week in the big girl room. (Turns out I was wrong about calling it embroidery...sorry about that.)

Anyway, it's up along with this sweet, sweet cross-stitch I snagged up some time ago for a couple bucks. The frames I had...and used to be in the old guest room before it became a nursery.

I used Command strips for all of it but one of the large frames. (You know how I love those...)

The verdict is still out on whether or not Ross loves it...as she hasn't made much comment. Any day now...surely. :)

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How To Make a Vintage Banner

Remember those old sheets I've been collecting? Well, I finally finished my first project with them this weekend. (Quick side note: I've seen these banners done several different ways...in other words, there might be a better way out there. This is simply how I did it.)

First, I made a pattern...by hand drawing my shape.

Then, I traced and cut out all my pieces.

Next, I measured how far down I'd need to fold the fabric in order to fit a piece of twine through it.

I folded it down to my pen mark and sewed it down- backstitching at both ends. (An expert sewer would have ironed each piece down, then sewed. But, you already know, I'm not an expert sewer...so I didn't do that.)

This is what it looked like after I sewed it from the back.

And, lastly, the best part... I simply fed a long piece of twine through each piece...

and hung it on the wall.

Still working...but I'm pretty excited about it thus far...

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