Monday, January 28, 2013
Baskets from the Junk Pile
We have bulk pickup here once a month, where you can put out almost anything. Sometimes you can find some good things. Our neighbor is moving and after having a garage sale, put many items out for bulk pickup. I hate to have items going to landfills when they could be re-purposed. I find it difficult to pass up good items. I found three planters, a picture frame, she gave me a hutch (needs a lot of work - will see it later), a bed frame(at another house), and a hugh clock face at another house. Great finds - what a week!First to be finished were the three planters. I have pictures of the two wicker types, but I don't know what happened to the third original picture.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
South Beach Dachshund Winterfest
Friday, January 25, 2013
Sunshine = Beautiful Pink Roses
A couple of weeks ago, I shared with you my variegated roses and mentioned I had two other roses beside my barn. Well, today, I want to share with you my pink roses by the barn.
Monday, January 21, 2013
A Cup of Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Most chocolate chip cookie recipes that I have seen use all butter.
Friday, January 18, 2013
Dollar Chair Make Over
Sometimes you find a piece of furniture that's a great price but you don't really need it. Then sometimes you find a piece of furniture that's a great price and you do NEED it. That's what happened to me.
Our other house north of Orlando, came with a dining room set. Nothing fancy but since I did 't want to buy a new one, we would make it work for now. Only problem was that it only had four chairs.
I wanted to find two chairs that would work with the set. They are rather simple, dark wood with black leather covered seats. Shouldn't be too hard to find something that works right?
Snowing in the North - Flowers Blooming in the South
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Friday, January 11, 2013
Delicate Purple Flowers
For the first time since I moved here, one of my tropical plants, which I think might be a Ti plant (Cordyline fruticosa "Sherbert"), is blooming. It has these delicate purple flowers with white stamens with yellow tips. I was so excited to see it bloom and with such lovely flowers.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Corner Night Stand
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| Refinished Corner Night Stand |
Loved the cut out design of this corner stand. As usual I was not sure where it would go, but I knew that I would find a spot for it.
It was white when I found it at a consignment store, but the white paint was peeling off in large chunks. The color under it was somewhere between Kelly green and Christmas green.
Again, I loved the piece, but not the green showing through and I didn't want to sand it and let the green show through. It looked like someone had used latex paint over oil based paint the way it peeled.
Friday, January 4, 2013
Blooming Pink in Florida!
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Happy New Year Everyone !
Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. It has gone by so fast, but the time spent with family and friends was great.
It is hard to believe that another year has come and gone. They say as you get older, time seems to fly by faster, I think they are right.
I only began my blog in late August, and I was so exciting hooking up with other bloggers and linking up to many wonderful link parties and so much inspiration from all of you.
Hopefully this new year will bring even greater growth in my blog and in myself. I have new projects planned and many projects that need to be finished.
I look forward to visiting with all of you and hope you will spend some time with me as well as I continue with my journey.
Best Wishes for a Happy New year!
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