A happy Sunday to you!
I’m sure tired today it was one busy weekend starting Thursday night when Michael and Carrie came home from Annapolis. My youngest was best man in his friends wedding, my first outdoor wedding and it was so nice and pretty! Here are a few pictures:
The bride and groom!
The Terrible Towel…all are big Steeler fans!
The Best Man & Maid of Honor!
My son’s and I (Chris & Michael), now don’t forget I have two more kids but they were at another wedding!
The Bridal table…notice her colors, aqua and green!
The Bride’s Maids bouquets! I’m sure they are Hydrangeas.
Floating Candle centerpieces!
Birdcage card holder and guest signing table!
Mr.K and I, we were married 4 years this past May 26th and we both forgot about it until a couple days later…we just blamed it on age.LOL
After church we drove home so that Mr. K could get into more comfortable clothes, on the way back we stopped at a yard sale just up the rode from us, I spied this bench and just knew it would be so pretty painted white with different fabric for the seat…she had $20.00 on it but I got it for $15.00!!! I’ m pretty sure I’m going to take out two chairs from the dining room table and use this instead, that’s the plan right now anyway and yes, I stopped like I was dressed to get this bench. LOL The sun is shining on it in the picture but it’s an orange so it’s from the 70’s.
One more thing before I go, I saw this on this great blog Three Ring Cottage Gina had come up with such a neat Pottery Barn idea! I already had the pickle jar which had been filled with old cookie cutters, emptied it out and bought pea gravel and a candle from Dollar Tree and here it is! Love it, thanks for the idea Gina!
I hope everyone has a wonderful summer evening where ever you are!
Rondell♥
I’ve been busy this morning trying to get things done before I head to work this afternoon, I was reading blogs while having my cup of coffee and I got so motivated to do something so I decided to clear out my entryway and use what I have on hand here.
The first two pictures are before pictures of my entryway so very hard to take pictures in here, I can never get a good angle of it and the weather always is a factor but if I waited on Mother Nature I’d never take pictures! The first picture is a more recent one…
I even changed things around when I was prim as you can see.
Here is the after…the chair is a really chippy off white, I have two of them that were given to me and they have been in the basement for a little while and really never thought I’d ever use them. They look like there are from the 30’s or 40’s and I can see from the picture that I have to take the suitcase off the chair looks just too big! I’m liken it though, like I said I can’t get everything in the picture, above is a chippy, green peg board and I have a straw beach bag from the Bahamas hanging on it but now even that looks to big. Next to the chair is a washstand I found at Goodwill for $15.00 last year, I don’t know if I should paint it white or not.
I went shopping Friday with my friend Linda and found this neat suitcase at TJ Max for $12.99 with the Eiffel Tower on it and just fell in love, but again to big for the chair…darn! I didn’t even realize it until I viewed the picture on here.
I also got to go in Pottery Barn for Kids and found the letter K on sale for $8.99, they sure are expensive but beautiful things in there, I didn’t get to go in Restoration Hardware to look around but maybe next time!
Here’s the K next to the very first thing I painted…the lamp, I need a new shade for this lamp too.
I painted this black frame today also
Used this antiquing medium that I found at Jo-Ann’s with a linen white.
This is how it turned out, pretty neat I think for the first time, I used a folder that I bought at the Dollar Tree and cut it to use for a picture. You can’t tell by this picture but using the medium brought some of the black out on the frame.
well, just got home a little bit ago from work so I’m finishing up this post, did you think I’d let my entryway alone? Nope, tweaked it a little when I got home and now here is how it looks right now. I switched the washstand and the chair.
What do you think?
Should the suitcase sit on the floor or chair?
I know I need more “stuff” like rugs, lampshades and I know I need to paint so many more things, I’m really stumped on what shade of white to get…anyone know of any? I know everyone talks about a Heirloom White on blogs…what shade of white should I go with?
I hope everyone is having a good evening where ever you are♥
PS. What size picture do you use if you are using Live Writer? I so appreciate it if you know and leave a comment for me!
Rondell
Hello everyone,
Today was my first estate sale this summer, I was there early to try and beat the heat! Still got hot though.
I found some neat things but the prices could have been a bit lower, nothing was marked and I don’t blame them since there was a ton of stuff inside and outside, shed and basement, I wasn’t interested in tools or Christmas decorations or Halloween stuff and that’s what they had alot of. There was alot of things I could have bought but I’m really, really trying to buy only the things that I love and want in my home plus there is a garage sale tomorrow!LOL
They had one lady there who told everyone the price of what they wanted not once did I hear her say anything was under a $1.00…sort of turned me off if you know what I mean. Like this pitcher, myself I thought it should have been .50 but nope…a $1.00! I liked it though, I think if you enlarge the picture you can see the cluster of grapes on it.
I rearranged my cupboard and have it on the top shelf to the left.
I think this is milk glass I really don’t know but liked it anyway and yep, it was a $1.00.
I dug thru alot of linens and this runner was the only one that I loved so I didn’t think a $1.00 for it was bad at all.
See the milk glass tooth pick holder? It was my mom’s and I always remember it being on the kitchen table growing up, I’m so glad now that I grabbed it up when she passed away, although I didn’t use it until now…so I guess I’m collecting it milk glass now.LOL
These rose printed pillow cases were a $1.00 a pair…
I saw this seashell stuffed in back of a cabinet and was afraid she would want $5.00 for it…nope a $1.00 too!
I thought these were neat, terra cotta candle sticks covered with tiny sea shells, I think I’ll use them outside.
I think my neatest find of the day was this aqua suitcase for $5.00, its from the 40’s or 50’s, terrible picture of it but was in a hurry.
I’m linking, for the first time to DebbieDo’s Garage salen so stop over to see everyone’s finds!
Rondell
For Mother’s Day my son, Michael, bought me an eBay gift card (love eBay) and I didn’t want to just buy any old thing, it just had to be something I fell in love with. So I searched and searched and came across this Rachel Ashwell shabby chic lampshade and I fell completely in love♥ I received it yesterday. I had originally bought it for the depression glass lamp I had won in a giveaway but it’s to big for it, the black one will do for now until I paint it or find another one! Did I say I love it??? The ruffle on the bottom is so sweet!
I even think it goes well with my denim sofa…finally finding a style that goes with it or that I’m satisfied with. I’ll have to find a different flower arrangement I think but it needed some color and this arrangement was all I had on hand.
Today I sat and picked these white buttons out of a big plastic bag I have filled with old buttons, took me a while but I love the look of them in the old Ball jar.
Really cute don’t you think?
Now what would you do? This owl umbrella stand was my mom’s, I made it for her back in 1975 in ceramic class…should I spray paint it white? I have willow branches in it BTW. I go back and forth with it, mom liked to decorate too so I know she would understand.
I’ve been shopping around my home for some things and while in the basement I found a couple things of my mother’s…I’ll show you in my next post!
You know I love to blog so much, I’ve been blogging since 08 (I think) anyway, thank you to all that follow my blog I so appreciate it, I love getting on here in the morning with my cup of coffee and visiting, laughing and even crying with you…you always make my day! Oh and BTW I love reading your comments♥
Rondell
Hello everyone! Are you all getting geared up for the 4th of July? I can’t believe it’s already July 1st! I work tomorrow night but Saturday we will be on the boat to go watch fireworks on the river, I hope I remember to take my camera!
I thought I’d show you my main bathroom, it’s a bit overwhelming trying to do each room, do you think I should just stick to one room at a time? Has anyone else went thru this redecorating in a different style?
Before
After
Here is a close up of my new shower curtain and shower curtain rings… they go so well with the walls and the aqua! Love the little bling it gives!
The top of a cabinet I found at the flea market for $5.00.
Before
This is the top of it now, (below) I found the frame at Marshlal’s, it’s a blue ticking, and thought of the picture of my 3 granddaughter’s in the bathtub that was taken at my daughter’s, they are now 8, 6 and 5. The aqua shells I got at Walmart, already had the glass jar!
After
Before
After
I love the clean look of it!
I found this seagrass basket at Walmart too and put some hand towels in it!
This too for on the top of the toilet…the aqua cup from GW and also the candle holder!
Sorry for the glare but it’s a small bathroom and so hard to get good pictures in here but this a close up of the picture in the second picture!
Today I took a trip to Goodwill, I haven’t been there for about a week or so and was getting withdrawl symptoms…so this is what I found
a beautiful throw, for $4.00 the colors are pink, crème and green.
I found this picture for 1.99 and plan on taking the picture out and spray painting the frame and just using it that way, I’ve seen that on so many blogs out there and just love the idea!
I almost forgot…this plate for $2.99 at Marshall’s I love things about Paris♥
If it seems like I’m just buying this n that I’m not, I’m following LeAnn’s advice and making it Rondell’s, just buying what I love or need!
I wish everyone of you a very safe and Happy July 4th!
I’ll be back probably Monday…have a wonderful night wherever you are!
Rondell
