Happy June my friends!

Can you believe it's already summertime?

I've been busier than ever,

and it's all been great!

A week ago I flew up to get my

5 year old grandson from Michigan.

He stayed with us for 8 days.

Here is is making me breakfast!

I just love my little honey pot :-)

We hit Magic Kingdom, Sea World two times,

countless hours of swimming, some shopping,

and, of course, he needed to use ALL of my

tuppeware for gecko habitats.. hehe!

So sad to see him go back home to Michigan,

especially every night when tucking him in

he'd turn to me and say, "Love you Punkin''..

Ahh.. I miss him.. 

~

I do have some exciting news to share with ya'll.

Kathy of Vintage Finds Magazine

featured me in her June 2013 issue!

She met me up at my booth in Traditions Antique Mall

and then followed me back to my new house to 

take some pictures..

Yep... I said it..

My NEW HOUSE!

Yay!! Mr. Ruffles and I are now proud homeowners!!

I'm SOOO beyond happy, it's insane! LOL

It's pretty awesome, and quite an honor,

that Kathy wanted to feature my home in  her magazine.

My dining room:

If you see the magazine displayed at your favorite 

antique mall, make sure you pick up a copy

and check it out!

Thankyou Kathy, you did an outstanding job!!

~

I also finally got around to painting the

table my grandmother gave to me before 

she passed away a couple of years ago.

I love how it turned out.

We use it on our new sunroom

in our new HOME!!

(I can't stop saying that! LOL)

Table before and after:

~

And, here's a couple of pics I took

of our dining room.. 

in 

our

new

home!

(I just had 'ta.. one more time)

~ Sherri ~

Feeling Blue

Noo... don't be silly.. I'm not sad!

 

I titled this post Feeling Blue

because I decided to try out a

really light shade of blue on this

cute little side table I bought:

 

Here's the before...

 

 

 

And.. here's the after!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I switched out the original wooden

knob with a pretty crystal blue one too!

 

 

 

 

 

 

And, staying with the "feeling blue" theme,

I painted this frenchy looking chair

and recovered it with some gorgeous

Ralph Lauren fabric.

 

 

Here's the before..

mmm... gold.. LOL

 

 

 

 

And, after!

 

~ Sherri ~

Hometown Hutch

I found this hutch for sale on Craigslist

a couple of months ago..

when I got it home

I looked it all over

and on the back was

the original tag that said

Grand Haven Michigan.

 

Awesome!!

 

Since Grand Haven is only a few miles

from where I grew up!  My family actually

camped there every summer;

at the Conference Grounds.

 

Here she is in all her brown glory:

 

 

 

And.. now here she is in all her

awesomeness!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I changed the bottom knobs out

with new ones I found at

Michaels eons ago..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Love her MUCH better now!

 

~ Sherri ~

 

 

 

Linking up at:

Liz Marie Blog

Shabby Art Boutique

French Country Cottage



 

Barstool Makeover

I bought these 3 barstools at Traditions Antique Mall

(where my booth is located) during their outside fair

They have every so often..

 

 

 

 

 

Obviously they were crying for a makeover!

 

 

 

 

 

So, I was happy to oblige..

3 layers of dark grey, light grey and whitewash..

 

 

 

Then, I painted this graphic I found at

The Graphics Fairy

 

 

 

 

 

Sooo much better!

 

 

 

~ Sherri ~

 

 

Linking up at:

Whatever You Want Wednesday

Savvy Southern Style

DIY by Design

Catching Up With Ya'll.. Booth Pics & Antique Bed Makeover!

Yep, it's been a minute and a day

since I last added a blog post.

 

My apologies!

 

Since before Christmas I've been SOOOO busy!

 

My brother visited from Germany

for a few days before Christmas.

I had such a good visit with him,

we did some catching up,

shopping and an entire day

at Universal Studios riding roller coasters!

 

After he left, Mr. R and I visited Puerto Rico

again for the holidays.

 

 

The picture is the view from our hotel room.

We stayed for 6 days this time,

and wish we could've stayed longer!

 

I finally got to see the rain forest, too.

A couple of years ago, we took my son,

Anthony with us.  We booked a tour

to visit the rain forest, but, it ended up

being cancelled due to rain..

 

Ya, I thought that was crazy too.. you can't

visit the rain forest .. when it rains! LOL

 

 

 After we got home I had a TON to do

straightening and "fluffing" my booth

at Traditions Antique Mall.

 

Thankyou to everyone who visited and

bought from my booth! I appreciate it so much.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now my booth is all ready for Valentines Day!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I just brought this antique vanity

into my booth a couple of days ago.

 

She's a beauty for sure!

 

 

 

 

 

 

I picked this gorgeous antique bed

up right before we left for vacation.

 

Sooo pretty!!

But, ya know I just have to make her

Prettier!

 

 

Here's the before:

 

 

 

 

And.. here's the after!!

 

 

 

Yep.. I'm pretty much squealing

with delight on how she turned out!

 

 

 

 I painted a light pink on the flowers,

and a silver on the leafing..

then added more white on top

and shabbied all over..

 

 

 

 

 

 Gorgeous details all over this beauty!

 

 

 

 

I almost forgot to show ya..

 

My favorite Christmas prezzie

I received was from my mom.

 

Well, actually, my mom and my brother!

 

My brother lives in Germany,

and last year he sent me some

antique sacks for Christmas.

 

I used 4 of them to cover my dining room chairs,

and with this one below.. my mom sewed me

a flea market bag!

 

 

 

 

It's huge and I just LOVE it!!

 

 

Can't wait for Renningers Extravaganza

next week to fill it with all sorts of goodies!!

 

 

~ Sherri ~

 

 

Linking up with How Sweet The Sound ~ Pink Saturday

 

From Blah to Ahhh!

I bought this Chandelier off of Craiglist last week.

The lady who was selling it said she had no way to

get it down.. so sweet Mr. Ruffles was coerced into

coming with me to take it down.

He got to take a week off of cooking!! haha!!

 

We got there, and he climbed up the ladder to take

the chandy down, only to find out who ever put it

up last time had bent the plate and all the screws

up into the ceiling.  It took him almost all of

45 minutes to get it down..

Of course, he was rolling his eyes at me the entire time

AND told me I was BUYING his dinner.. not cooking it! LOL

 

Here's a picture of the chandy after we finally got her home:

 

A couple of days later

I took all the crystals off

and gave her a good bath.

 

Then, took her outside to spray paint

all that "gold" into white..

 

Cleaned all the prisms..

 

And, now look at her!!

 

 

 

I was going to keep it after seeing

how much she sparkles and shines now..

but, poor Mr. R didn't wanna change out

the one I have hanging in the kitchen.

 

I figured I'd give him a break for once.. hehe.

I did tell him, though, if it doesn't sell in my booth

by winters end, it's coming home with me!

 

He actually agreed!!

So, if you're interested in making Mr. R's

work load a bit lighter by buying this

gorgeous chandy... it is hanging up in my booth

at Traditions Antique Mall for a very great price!

 

 

 

 

Just look at those pretty crystals shine!!

 

The last picture I snapped with my phone.

So, sorry about the cruddy shot..

but, thought'd you'd like to see her

hanging up in my booth.

 

 

~Sherri~

 

 

Armoire ~ Before n After

Ola! LOL 2 posts in one day!! Yay!

 

I wanted to share with ya'll

this armoire I picked up off Craigslist

a couple of weeks ago.

 

I got started on it right away, got 2 coats

of paint on it, only needed to get 1 more on

then shabby it up.. and guess what?

 

I got sick. Ugh.. and man o man did I ever get sick!

From the bathroom back to my bed, for an entire week..

 

So, my pretty armoire had to sit in the garage

all by herself.. unfinished.. boo hoo..

 

Anyway.. feeling back to my old self again

the last couple of days, so, after redecorating

my booth yesterday.. today was dedicated to

finishing the armoire..

 

Here she is!!

 

Before:

 

 

And.. After!!

 

 

 

 

 

I painted and shabbied right over the hardware.

I love this look!

 

 

 

Oh my goodness.. did my heart ever skip a beat

when the original key fell out of the drawer

onto the floor! Yay!!

 

I tied the key to some ribbon and it hangs from

the hat compartment door.

 

 

The inside was quite dirty and gross..

So, I cleaned it up and painted it pink!

 

 

 

Yep.. sh'es a keeper!

 

 

 

 

              Before                    and                       After!