Candle holder..ebay

Seriously I think I'm addicted to Ebay!! This is my newest win, a prim candle holder, for only $8.99 with shipping...love it.

New Treasures Part 1

Went to a Antique mall the other day and picked up a few treasures. Hoping to go back in a few weeks as they actually had some crocks for decent prices. I couldn't carry anything else or I would have gotten some more..lol.. The grater was only $1.00 and very old & rusty, other booths had them for $4.00 and up so this was a good deal.

This candle holder was only $1.50, very heavy treenware. Not sure if I will paint it or leave it this color yet.
Old rolling pin with green handles..$4.00 and very heavy. I replaced mine with this one in the crock in earlier post. Looks much better as it looks old compared to mine..lol
My find of the day! This crock is in perfect condition. I know it's not old but I love it. It was 20% off so I only paid $11.20. It sorta of matches my Pfaltzgraff dishes so I put in the china cabinet with it...looks really good in there. Have a few more items that I picked up, but they need to be made-over so will show you when they are done.

New Arrangement

Was moving stuff around today and I did this little new arrangement. I got the washboard off of ebay a few weeks ago and the rolling pin is mine from my kitchen drawer. I don't know how long the towel will stay there until the puppies realize they can pull it out. I want to stitch a prim saying on it though.

I won!!!

I won a great giveaway over at Farm Field Primitives and I got my package yesterday. Above is what I won, aren't the prizes wonderful. The box smelled so good when I opened it up from the package of rose hips. Everything has already found their places in my home. Thank you again Melissa.

Stairs are done!!

This is a picture of what the stairs looked like when we moved in after we ripped up the ugly 70's orange carpet!!! They must have put a 2nd coat of stain on after they put the carpet down as towards the edges of the stairs it was darker. Can't see it in this picture.


After picture, I lightly sanded them, then stained the step part and painted the riser white after much arguing with dh about it. He wanted the whole steps stained, but I won!!! I gave in and left the railing black, I wanted to paint that white also..oh well. Looks good anyway.

Another angle and the new braided runners I got off ebay. Just put them on this morning so they are still a little curled around the edges from the package, I'm sure they will lay flat in a couple of days. Now I need to get a rug that matches for in front of the stairs. I love the way these turned out although it was a lot of work. The stain took forever to dry, but it was worth it.

Long time..but still here

Hello out there in blog land. I'm still here, just been real busy around the house trying to get some stuff done. I've redone my staircase, sanded them down and restained and painted them. I'm waiting for some braided stair runners that I bought off ebay for a great price and then I will snap a picture to show you all. I'm also in the process of redoing my mantle that I bought at a yard sale last summer, sanding & painting; still needs some more sanding then I can paint it and bring it back in the house. Another project I am currently working on is my laundry room cabinets. They were white but I've seen all the wonderful job you guys are all doing on your cabinets so I thought I would try and make mine more prim. They are almost all painted but I have to go buy the stain to put on them. If they turn out great I will also do my kitchen ones the same way. Some many projects ..so little time between work and the puppies are still keeping me busy. They are getting bigger but still need constant supervision, they are into eating everything and their playing gets a little ruff some times.
They are 4 months now, I don't have a recent picture of them both together, but they both look like this guy, this is Kody, Riley is sitting behind him eating grass as usual and would not look at me. It's so hard to get a pic of them together. Had a yard sale a few weeks ago and got rid of alot of stuff and made some money in the process, between my Mom & myself we made $250.00, not bad for a days work.
I am on vacation next week and hope to get my projects finished up and over with.
Went to a local country shop in the mall this past weekend and picked up 2 items, still looking for a place for the picture. Have a great day, until next time. I'll try not to make it so long.

Bench Make-over

I've been wanting to paint this little bench for awhile now, and yesterday I finally got it done. It was just a plain stark white before ( sorry forgot to take a before pic). It looks so much better then before and certainly better then it's showing up in this picture. I have this is my mud room, love how it turned out.