Antique Chair Find - GLORY

Its been awhile, my deep apologies for all 2 of our readers.  However, I have been compiling a list of things I would like to do to the little green house in the upcoming months.  Some tasks are daunting, but I think we can manage to scratch a few off the list. 

This list is in no particular order.  I made this for you Tom :-)

-Paint bathroom door.  We painted to bathroom but got tired after the door, this one needs to happen soon.
-Paint entrance and bedroom hall.  The question is which color do we pick???
-Do SOMETHING, ANYTHING about the hideous light fixtures throughout the house.
-organize the basement...yikes
-Finish curtains for master closet.  The upper storage does not have doors.  Quite unfortunate.


In the meantime I thought it would be delightful to share my new favorite thrift store find.  These little wonders were waiting for me in Sara's second hand furniture.  I'm no furniture expert, but I can tell they are antique based on the quality of materials, light ware in fabric, and chair style.  I spotted them from the road, pulled over and looked in the window.  I was certain they had my name written on them, and by George, they did for $100!!!! 

Here is a picture from the thrift store.

Here is how they look in my living room!

I put up some pictures on the over sized window ledge to make it feel like home.  All in a days work...very satisfying.

And just in case you were wondering, that is a window I made into a coffee table.  Well, Matt made but my brain conceived the idea.  No big deal. 

A Series of Fortunate Events: Hardware Discovery!

1. I decided to organize the supplies left over from the previous owner in the basement.  This endeavour lead me to my first fortunate event...

The discovery of original hardware!  The previous owner replaced these beautiful clear knobs...

with these HORRID brass ones...

2.  After the discovery of 8 original knobs I decided the hallway cabinet would be much happier if he was embellished with his original decor.

3.  Just changing the hardware made a world of difference.  It made the chipped paint look oh so Shabby Chic!  Thank you basement clutter!

Cheap Bathroom Do-over

The first project to tackle was this little beauty...

The good thing, she had potential.  A lot of it.  The first thing to do was take down that horrid leaf mirror that matched the woodsy/cabin motif.  Next, we decided that the pine paneling would have to go or be painted.  Eventually, I would like to cut the paneling down to make 4 ft. wainscoting, but for now we painted all of the paneling white. 

The painting took two days.  We also painted the laundry shoot in the floor, changed the toilet seat cover, painted to the light fixture.  I can't believe the difference just one gallon of paint will do. I can't wait to finish the room.  More pictures to come. 

Pre-Wernsing Pictures

My husband and I just recently bought a house.  The bones of the house are excellent but our list of cosmetic updates grows longer every day.  The renters left this house in disarray.  Here are some pictures of the house on our first visit.