Spring Mantel Love

Hi everyone and happy Tuesday to you! Nice weather we are having here in Pa. in the 70’s, and I’m so enjoying it!
I’d like to share with you my spring mantle and if you have been following me for a while you know my mantle and I have a love/hate relationship with each other! It’s a long mantel about 7ft so it’s hard sometimes to not fill it completely up with “stuff”! I am hoping that by painting the brick Cottage White it will somehow bring everything together. See the ceiling fan in the mirror? We just bought new ones to replace this one and the two out in the kitchen and other room off the kitchen, I so can’t wait to see them up! I was just going to paint them but Mr. K said let’s just buy them so I didn’t argue on that one ladies!

I took this one after I added the eggs on the book!

The blue eggs I bought a few years ago and the ones on the book are the ones I made.

The pink dogwood branch is from DT and the bottle is from Marshall’s.


The mirror behind the candle is from GW, in fact all of them are, and that’s not dirt on it, it’s the glass and it is so heavy so I’m thinking it’s an old one. The candle holder is from DT and I painted it white.T
Also in my Copy Cat Post I forgot to mention that the nailheads are silver and I bought them a Hobby Lobby!
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Thanks for stopping by and I’m so glad it’s almost Spring and I know you are too!
I’m joining these parties today!
Spring Mantel Party @ Fox Hollow Cottage
Your Cozy Home Party @ My Cozy Home
Nifty Thrifty Tuesday @ Coastal Charm
Tuesday’s Treasures @ My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
Winter Blue Wednesday @ DIY by Design
Spring Mantel Party @ The Lettered Cottage

 

 

 

Rondell♥

Marty’s Egg-cellent Cloche Party !

Hi all, I’m joining Marty’s party for the fabulous spring cloche party!
I have to put this up a little early because I work today and I don’t want to miss out on any fun! I used the cloche I bought at Homegoods when they had their grand opening, I looked high and low for a faux chocolate bunny but couldn’t find one anywhere, so I used a brown bunny from GW. I love the word chocolate on it but it does interfere with what I have inside so I turned it around.

Isn’t he cute, I don’t think I even paid a dollar for him! The ceramic egg I made in the early 70’s in ceramic class. Glad I kept them because they do come in handy during Easter! The milkglass cakeplate is also from GW.

The wood barrel was 25 cents about 12 years ago at the fleamarket.

I think it looks pretty neat under my subway art!

I’ve been wanting to show you this little wire crate I bought for Buster’s toys at either Marshall’s or TJMaxx, I always get those two confused.LOL

It says Dog’s Doodads on the metal tag, everything in there is torn and chewed but Buster still seems to like them!

Thanks as always for stopping by, always love having you! Don’t forget the Linky Follower at the very top of the post in the sidebar, I really don’t want to lose any of you
I’m joining A Stroll Thur Life Cloche party
Rondell♥

Spring Copy Cat Party!

Hello Peeps, it’s time once again for DebbieDoo’s Spring Cop Cat Challenge! Between these copy cat parties I’m always on the look out for a good Copy cat, I usually do that with my Pottery Barn Catalogs but this time I chose my Ballard Designs catalog to copy from, it’s on page 85 if you want to take a peek. A few months ago I had bought a .99 cent bulletin board at GW and there it sat until I could figure out what I wanted to do with it, then I saw this page and knew this was how I’d do it!

Mine measures 17x23 and I figured I made it for roughly about $3.99 , theirs however cost $49.00 for a 15x20 smaller than mine! I added my own take on it by using a black ribbon to hang it with. Also the little girl’s picture is me taken in Kindergarten

I have to get some push pins so for now I’m using straight pins, Ballards has them for $18.00 for 12 but I think I’m going to go on Etsy and look.

Took me about a half an hour to do as far as stapling the burlap to the back and I also used a yard stick to try and keep the nail heads even! I had a picture of everything before I started on it but accidently deleted it on my camera..darn!


Sort of wasn’t into this because today is my mom’s birthday and I sure was missing her.
I’m joining DebbieDoo’s Copy Cat Party
Under the Table and Dreaming Sunday Showcase Party
Rondell♥

Hobby Lobby Again and I was Featured!

Hi everyone, sorry I’ve been away for almost a week but I’ve been working and there just wasn’t anything I felt was interesting enough to post about. On days like that I mostly visit as many blogs as I can or you can find me on Pinterest wandering around.lol
I did finish this other little tray that I bought a good while ago at GW, I use it on the table in my entryway, I had it painted blue but just felt it would look better with the homemade chalk paint I had left. On the distressed parts I used clear Minwax that I added black craft paint to and I love how it turned out, I still have to do the end table hopefully sometime this coming week I’ll get that done!

I was also featured on Domestically Speaking Popp Spotllight, YEAH!!! I’m thrilled to say the least, here’s the picture MaryAnn featured! Thanks you so much MaryAnn!


I was at Hobby Lobby again, 3rd time there and I love it! We went there first this time instead of last so I got to look around more. These are the cute knobs I picked up this time, I might use them on my tv stand I’m not sure yet though.

I picked up this cute little vase for half off of $2.99, really getting into this color! Rabbit is from Target, $2.50!

Awww, tulips don’t you just love them? Somehow they just say Spring to me!

Right now I have them on my little stepladder with a black ribbon tied around the vase!

Another pic of them, the ruffled burlap tablerunner is from raggy girl vintage.

I bought this green K letter and thought it would look good on my front door but it’s to small looking and looks lost so maybe with a wreath around it?

We were ready to leave and go to Marshall’s when I spotted something for this little guy, don’t you just love his hair, his dad’s was the same way!

A turtle Easter basket sooooo cute! I’m keeping it in the guest room I’m not sure if Buster would bother with it or not but I’m not taking any chances!

After we hit Marshall’s, TJMaxx, Homegoods and Kirklands, I’ll save what I got at these places for my next post. In the mean time here is a tease of one thing!

Thank you for stopping by and visiting my blog, so glad to have you!
Have a great Saturday and I’ll be joining these party’s:
Spotlight Saturday at Classy Clutter
Showoff Saturday at Nutmeg Place
Restyled Sundays at Thrifting and Restyling
Sunday Blog Love at Cherished Treasures

Simply Klassic Sundays at Simply Klassic Home
Sat Nite Special at Funky Junk Interiors
Rondell♥

Got Some Beadboard UP!

 

Happy Monday everyone!  We got snow yesterday but it didn’t stay so today is sort of a gloomy day. I really am wishing for some green, did I ever tell you that spring is my very favorite season? It is, love the flowers and how everything looks so fresh and clean and mostly so pretty!

Well, yesterday Mr. K worked on the kitchen putting up the beadboard on my kitchen cabinets that I’ve been wanting like forever it seems but now it’s done and looks just like it did in my dreams. As you can see I took these pictures this morning with only one cup of coffee in me and I really did want to throw my camera thur the kitchen window! They can put a man on the moon but can’t make a camera with buttons that say “Take picture of kitchen” and it comes out like a magazine photo. lol This is the left side of where I wanted the beadboard.

A closer view of the left side! In case you are new here I bought the light at Target on clearance for $19.99! Love it when I get a bargain on something I really want! Oh, and the curtains are from Pottery Barn.

The right side! Plus my trim around the window is painted Cottage White!

I think hubby did a wonderful job on it! Now all that is left to do, as far as beadboard goes, is the back bottom part of the bar, it’s all painted and waiting out in the garage

Look at the hinges, they were dark, old brass, still looking good after spraypainting them with nickle paint!

Does anyone have any suggestions on what I can put in these? I’d love to hear! The only thing I can think of is tea towels in black and white.

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I found these two pictures of what my kitchen cabinets used to look like and they are taken with my old camera.

 

 

I also wanted to show you my girls night out, the birthday girl is laying across our legs.

That’s champagne in the glasses, horrible stuff I took one sip and that was enough! I want that picture above my head. lol

My bff and I!

Hope you have a great day and as always thanks for stopping by and visiting my blog!

I’m joining these party’s today:

Show Off Your Cottage Monday

Met Monday

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday

Cozy Home Party

March Before and After Party

Wow Us Wednesday

Power of Paint Party

Primp Your Stuff Wednesday

Rystyled Sundays

 

Rondell♥

Chalk Paint Tray and I Won!

Hi guys! Been a busy week here, have you ever forgotten what day it was? Happened to me and I missed a hair appointment, which I never do, they called and her name came up on my phone and I still didn’t connect with it, just thought she wanted to move my appt. It’s no wonder though, I’m back to picking up the girls from the bus and also was called  out to work on Tuesday so I worked four straight days, not used to that just mixed my days up in my head.lol
It hasn’t stopped me from painting though with my homemade chalkpaint, this time I did a tray that I’ve had for years. Found it at a fleamarket years ago and it was done in a patriotic style, it has served me well and it’s been inside and outside of the house! Here it is on the bar in my kitchen, I used my Cottage White chalkpaint then sanded with my detail sander, love that thing!

I wanted it to look old like it came out of an old shed, here’s a close up of it.

Here is what it looked like before, you can see the difference in the colors, the lightest is the Cottage White Chalkpaint.

I also stenciled it, I don’t have a stencil brush, have to buy one of those, so I used the end of a small, sponge roller and it worked perfectly…where there is a will there’s a way!

I also waxed it with a clear wax and added black craft paint to it and it brought out the  grain of the wood a little bit I think plus it made it so smooth.
I do love that stencil on it,I bought the stencils at Walmart and were about $4.95 for a lot of different ones! While waxing this tray I was looking at the wall right there with the pictures on it and got the idea to put two,open white shelves there, can’t wait to do that! Mr. K will be so happy…not! BTW my counters will be here in a couple weeks, can’t wait!

Which brings me to show you my new black granite sink, Ta Da! The sink I have now is from 1983, stainless steel, can’t wait to get this baby in!

This is with a bit of the counter by it….Thanks Lowes!

Now I’d love to show you what I won from the DIY Showcase blog Party Hop, I was thrilled to win this because their products are so good and they do what they say too…I like that in a product.

Here’s what was in the handy carrying case:

Mr. K was so excited too, the T shirt is an xl so he claimed that! I claimed the wood glue and the super glue!

He claimed the epoxy glue and the Gorilla Tape, we each promised that we could borrow off each other if we wanted to! lol

That’s not all though, I won these fabulous adhesive plate hangers from discChangers.com, all different sizes too!

Can’t wait to try these out!

So nice♥ The Gorilla Glue and Discs were delivered so fast too!

I hope you enjoyed my post today, please leave a comment so I can visit your blog! Don’t forget about Linky Follower too, it’s on my sidebar and I’ll be sure to follow you back if you leave a comment about joining mine.
I’m joining these party’s today!
Show and Tell Friday
Potpourri Friday
Flaunt it Friday
Frugal Friday
Feathered Nest Friday
Fridays Unfolded
Open House Party
Showoff Saturday
Redoux Friday Linky Party

Sunday Blog Love

Simply Klassic Sundays

Whimsy Wednesday

 

Rondell♥