Sweet Side Table

Good morning Friends!

It's going to be a beautiful day here in Florida.. sunny and 87.  "Mr. Ruffles" has the day off of work today, so we are headed off to the greenhouse this morning, and then to the Leesburg, FL bike fest this afternoon. I'm so happy the weather will be sunny and warm out for our day.

Before we leave, I wanted to share with you the side table re-do I completed yesterday.

Here are the "befores":

And.. here are the afters:

She's so pretty now!! Yay!

French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday

Miss Mustard Seed for Furniture Feature Friday

My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday

Corner Cabinet

I'm sooo excited!! I finished the corner cabinet I just blogged about a day or so ago... yippee!!  I can't wait for Mr. Ruffle to get his butt home and put it in the dining room for me.. hehe...

Here is the before:

Nice piece of furniture.. just VERY dated.. small ew, cuz I still like it.. just not brown.. LOL

And... AFTER:

Gorgeous white and a new glass knob...

Quite a change, eh?!

Just adding this to my LOVE, LOVE, LOVE collection.. teehee!

Edit (04/07/11)

Well, we have the corner cabinet in the dining room now. Can you believe it's the ONLY corner in the dining room? And.. if the corner was a 1/2 an inch bigger it wouldn't of fit!! Oh my gosh, yay!! It fits!!

(Note the corner of the counter into the kitchen.. such a tight squeeze.)

I don't have it completley decorated, mostly because I need to go antiquing again so I CAN fill up the 3 shelves inside. When is an excuse to shopping EVER a problem? hehe..  I did, however, go to The Home Store yesterday and found these really cute wire baskets. 

 The baskets were already lined. On one, I took out the liner to show the wire off - very pretty!  And the other one, I hot glued some lace around the edges and added a few cream colored buttons. Just adorable!

This afternoon I sewed up 2 little pillows.

The heart on in the basket above, and this one to go into the bigger basket:

I used leftover grain sack fabric and some really pretty rose fabric I found at a quilt shop. I turned the fabric inside out to get the faded look. I just love how it turned out.

I also found this tall metal painted bucket at The Home Store yesterday.  They are really getting in some awesome finds!! I could just spend hours in that store... wait.. I do!! haha!  I added the real pine branches I found on clearance from Jo-Ann Fabrics ($2.97 a bunch). I know it's not very spring looking, but, I love the frosted look of them with the white bucket.  Its sitting on the floor next to my new corner cabinet.

Hope ya'll like :-)

Linking up at:

Tuesdays Treasures @ My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

Twice Owned Tuesday @ House of Grace

White Wednesday @ Faded Charm

Piece of Work Wednesday @ Primitive and Proper

Furniture Feature Friday @ Miss Mustard Seed

Simple Creations Link Party @ Simple Home Life

Ahh... finally back to work, er, make that fun!

We're FINALLY all moved in!! Needless to say, much of our stuff is still in boxes and strewn around the house.  After, and I mean right after we moved into the new house, we jumped on a plane to visit my 96 year old grandmother on one side of the state of Michigan.. and then drove 3 hours to visit my 3 year old grandson on the other side of the state! Here's a pick of my darlin' lill James:

Pretending he's a dinasour.. of course.. hehe

Well, a week has passed and I'm finally able to dig through the jungle of a garage and get to some of my projects. Yay!  I finished 2 chairs and started to paint my corner hutch.  Here's a peek of my lill hutch:

This corner hutch was my parents.  They gave it to me when they sold the farmhouse. So, it's been around for a number of years.. Can't wait to show you the end result! Guess what color it's gonna be.. hehe

Here's the 1 of the 2 chairs I finished.  I bought it at a thrift store for only $7 bucks! It was pretty icky looking when I bought it, but, knew it had potential.. boy, was I right!! LOVE this chair now!

The before:

And.. the after.. TA DA!!

Sooo cute!!

And, this is an awesome "beachy" looking chair.. kind of reminds me of an art easel..  I painted it a really light pink and shabbied it up a little bit.  Sorry - I forgot to take a before picture.. sigh.

I sewed the little pillow on the seat the night before, and thought it'd look really cute with this chair.

What do ya think?!

I'm linking up at Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday, Common Ground for Inspiration Friday, Whatever You Want Wednesday @ Free Pretty Things for You and Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays @ Coastal Charm.

The Move

I just wanted to add a quick note here to my new blogland friends... We have been packing and packing and then.. we packed some more!! My SO got a new and better job an hour and a 1/2 north of where we are now, so, we are moving.

It's not something we were planning on, so this move has really taken it's toll on our achy muscles as we are trying to get it all done in a 2 week time frame. I haven't been able to paint or sew at all, and it's really driving me nuts!!!

Tomorrow the movers finally come. So, you would think I could take a day off afterwards and start painting again this weekend.. but, Wednesday we are taking a little trip back up to Michigan to visit my grandmother (she's 96!) and my sweet 3 year old grandson.. Although I really want to start painting and crafting, I am super exited to see my gramma and my lill James :)

So, I'll have to wait 1 more week to get back to paintin' unpacking.. hehe!

See you all in a week...

P.S. I am going to get sidetracked today and stop at Reninngers, though!! Every 3rd weekend of the month they have a flea market/antique fest. And, I'm not going to miss it... especially since we are moving 3 miles down the road from Renningers!! YIPPEE!!

DML Flea Market Trip

Mornin' ya'll! I thought I'd share a couple of photos of my "finds" to my trip to DML Flea Market.  My day started out with driving out to a couple of community yard sales, when I arrived there were only 2 garage/yard sales going on! And, nothing to really speak of to nab.  So I drove out to my favorite "flea market".  I put it in quotes because it's really not a normal flea market.  It's more of a huge warehouse garage sale type place.  LOTS of big and small goodies, including glass, lamps, craft supplies, wood, some furniture, knick knacks.. what-have-ya type store/warehouse. I LOVE it there.  I can usually get lost for at least 2 hours each time I visit..

Anyway, here's what I found on this trip:

Really HEAVY weaved basket, marked "Made in Italy", planter with the holes (I have a couple of plates and a cake stand with these holes.. and thread colored or white ribbon through them. I will do the same for the planter shown here.) 2 huge shells for my beach themed lanai, a holly hobby wall plate, 2 glass candle holders, an embroidered vintage towel and hanky, some cherub decorations (50 cents!) a sweet little white birdie and a really cute wire plant holder that looks like a tea cart to me.

I will be spray painting this little "cart" white, of course!

"Start Each Day in a Happy Way"

Total cost for this trip and my new little trinkets: $22!

Shabby Dresser Re-do

Whew! Just finished redo-ing my "new" little dresser... Another Craigslist find. The guy wanted $95, I emailed and asked if he'd take $50.. he wrote back and said YES! Yippee!!

Here's the befores: (Yep, I remembered this time!!)

This peice is in really good and clean condition, so that saved me alot of prep time..

Alot of sanding, painting and scuffing up later.. and here is the finished product!

Soooo much prettier.

I lightly sanded everywhere, bought new knobs that were already "shabbied" from Hobby Lobby and added the rose applique' to the top drawer:

What do ya think?

Edit: (7:10 pm EST)

I've been watching TV  thinking about what type of runner I wanted to sew for my new little dresser. My mind just won't shut down! My body, however, has been arguing with my mind the entire afternoon and evening.. guess who won?! haha

I decided I didn't have the energy to sew anymore tonight and will give it a whirl tomorrow. Instead, I did "dress" up my new little dresser a bit and snapped some shots.. enjoy!!

I'm hoping tomorrow morning the sun is shining.. can't wait to see the sunshine through my blue jars..
and brighten up my ironstone..

This rosy runner I bought from Salvation Army for .99 cents awhile back.  It's so long, it does fit from one end of my 6 seater kitchen table to the other, but, I am loving the way it hangs long on the sides of the dresser now.  I think tomorrow, insted of making a completley new runner, I'll keep this one and just add a few ruffles.



To end the night, here is a picture of my dinette area.

Yeah, I gotta get my butt movin' on paintin' the chairs and table!!



Linking up at:

Faded Charm Cottage for White Wednesday
Domestically Speaking for Power of Paint Party
A Beach Cottage for Good Life Wednesday
The Shabby Chic Cottage for Transformation Thursdays
Savvy Southern Style Wow Us Wednesdays
Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday
3 Meadow Lake Cottage for The After Party

Just Afters...

I started to buy some wood furniture off of Craigslist and from Salvation Army here in town.. over the last couple of months.  I would strip it down, sand it and paint it white.. never even thinking to do the "before" photos.  Ooopsy!!

I thought I'd share my "afters" with ya'll anyway.. Enjoy!

3 Shabbied up wooden candlesticks I found at Salvation Army for $3 each.

This rocking chair was also from Salvation Army. It used to be completely black, now, of course, in beautiful white!

Here she is sitting pretty in my living room..

I sewed these 2 pillows previously, and when I put the rocking chair inside, thought these were the little added touch she needed to make her complete...

And, lastly, here's another chair I redid.. she has a "soulmate match" already painted.. just waiting for me to put together the matching seat cover.  These chairs were free! My dad picked them up off the side of the road and sanded them down before offering them up to me.. yay! Thanks Dad!!

And, last.. but, not least.. not in the very least at all!!! My first furniture re-do. I purchased this hutch from Salvation Army as well.  A bit more pricey than I wanted to pay.. but, I really wanted to add a white hutch to my dinette area.  Of course, she wasn't white when I bought her.. but, look at her now!

LOVE

This is the on top of my hutch. I spraypainted the birdcages, added some hydrangeas inside and a birdie peeking inside on top.  I also spraypainted the mirror white. (I scored that $99 mirror at Tuesday Morning for only $7!! It was on clearance, then, around Christmas time they had a clearance sale ON the clearance stuff!!)

Hope you enjoyed seeing some of my "Afters".. and I sincerely apoligize for not having the befores...

Linking up at
House of Grace for Twice Owned Tuesday
DIY Design for Winter Blues Wednesday
Shabby Nest for Frugal Friday
Faded Charm Cottage for White Wednesday