Look what I found on the curb today

So, my daughter and I are driving down the road today. {She's driving and she's 16... scary.} I look over and there these lovely pieces sit. I've been looking for curbside treasures for weeks now and, YAY, I finally find some!

I say "oh look" and she says "you want me to turn around, mom?"

OF COURSE!

Do you notice anything missing on this lovely chair? It basically has no back. It stinks too. But... it has potential. As soon as we got home I took it out and put it under the car port and febreez-ed it. Much  better. {I'm pretty sure the cats are going to use it as a bed though.}

Next is another lovely piece. I like it! It's retro!

Look at those funky drawer pulls. I'm thinking I'm gonna keep 'em!

Can you say... peeling laminate?

LOTS of peeling laminate?

Looks like the back is going to need some work too.

I think I'll just pull that back off the rest of the way and mod podge it with a funky/retro design.

Remember the 16 year old? She wants it.

Sneak peeks and mums....

The weather was so nice this morning so I got up and went straight to work....

for about an hour

and then it was hot.

So, I headed inside and did a little cleaning and watched "The Pioneer Woman" cooking show on the Food Network... love it!

I decided to do a little painting inside the house.

More sneaky peeks...

I picked up a little pot of purple mums from Wal-Mart for .99 ...



... dreaming of fall

so I can buy more cute little mums AND paint outside!

Painting supplies

I spent some time today at Home Depot and Lowes.

It was better than shopping for clothes!

Now if the weather would just cooperate and get cooler I could get busy painting furniture.

I got this cute little butterfly stamp and more fun stuff at Wal-Mart. I finally got some letter stencils... I've got plans for those.

Love these FREE paint brochures.  So many pretty colors. Isn't the butterfly beautiful?

Can't wait to use all this!

Bargain of the day!  Oops paint.
.50 cents each. I snatched up all of them as soon as I saw them!!
Look at that red.

Not sure what I'm going to use this on. I'll find something. 

Remember this table?

I'm thinking now that I want to paint it white....

with these cans!

I love paint supplies.

It's my new favorite thing.



Goodwill is so GOOD to me....

I found these pieces at Goodwill a few days ago. Me and the girls just stopped in to kill some time. I made a beeline for the furniture section. They don't usually have nice furniture or if they do it's usually priced too high. I saw these and the price was right! But... I was there just to kill some time, not spend money. So, I hovered over them going back and forth and looking and telling myself I didn't need to spend the money. Finally I talked myself into buying them. Big surprise.
The headboard was $10 and I had been looking for one to paint and sell. It was perfect!

The table was $20. Yes, I said $20!! I have been looking for this exact table for several years. I'm pretty sure it's solid oak and it was only $20!! How could I pass that up? Well, I couldn't.

When the weather cools off {The Dallas/Ft.Worth area has had 64 days of 100+ weather. Fun.} I have big plans for these two.

(I'll get a better picture of the table when I quit being lazy and get it out of the back of my mini-van)

I want one of these....

Goodwill Goodies... and some other goodies

I spent a little time in my favorite place today....

Goodwill.

 I saw this old purse. I think it's kind of cool. It's very roomy. I'm just not sure if I'm 'hip' enough to pull it off.

 Frames! If we ever when we sell our house and move, I plan to spray paint a lot of my frames that I've been collecting and put them on a wall. Some will have pictures and some will be empty. The oval one is a small mirror.. I'm thinking turquoise with a little distressing and stain. Maybe I'll do a wall of mirrors too!

A pair of shorts for Ethan. School starts pretty soon so we can't have too many shorts.

I put this cute little metal basket in my basket because I wasn't sure I wanted to buy it. I only wanted to spend about $10. We have a punch card for every $10 you spend and after spending $100. you get $10 of free stuff. I decided to keep it. At first I thought it would be cute with a few little potted plants in it. Then I remembered I needed something in the shower to keep all my little bottles from falling all over the place. It's perfect!!

{It has a handle, but I took it off for now... this cute little metal basket will probably hold something else one of these days and I might want the handle then.}

 Another view.

{sorry about the yellow-ish color.. no flash}

So, there you have my goodwill goodies.

Total spent... $11.84!

....and now, here is something I'm working on

It kind of looks like a robot sitting on the steps. {I think I've been exposed to too many transformer toys this summer.} It's really too hot here in Texas  to work on it, but I just couldn't resist spraying some paint on it to see what it looked like. Hopefully I'll have a post on this table and two chairs coming soon.

And now for the

Cutest Baby In The Whole World

:O)

Bentley.

My grandson.

We were hangin' out on the floor and I snapped this pic

so I thought I'd share.

Recycled Coasters

Aren't these coasters lovely?

I've been wanting a set of coasters and I found these at Goodwill.

Guess how much they cost?

I got the Mod Podge, some scrapbooking paper and the white spray paint...

{The white spray paint on the holder didn't look very good and I didn't want to

do a lot of sanding and re-painting so I decided not to use it. I probably wouldn't

have put them in the holder anyway because they look so cute on my sidetables.}