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.}

Finally... a post and some furniture re-dos

Wow.... a post every 3 months. I'm on a roll!

I enjoy looking at other blogs so much that I forget about my own

and

I've been busy,

ok?!

I've been busy painting furniture. Not really that busy though. I have two pieces that I've finished and the first piece, an antique dresser, only took me

a year

to finish!!

Really.

I started sanding on it probably OVER a year ago.

So, here it is....

the before.

She's pretty isn't she? She was in my dad's computer room for a long time and when

he cleaned it out I got to take her home. She sat in my storage building/craft room for awhile.

I sanded her and then, like I said, a year later...

I finished her.

Here she is in my daughter's room.

(excuse all the teenage girl crap everywhere)

I just bought some cheapie black paint from Wal-Mart and put about 3 coats on. Polyurethaned her. Then found these cute ceramic white rose knobs at Hobby Lobby.

 Now we just have to find a pretty mirror to go with her

(instead of the ugly mirror without a frame that's sitting on a towel so she won't get scratched

and leaned up against the wall)

And now for my second piece.

I found him (I call it a "him" because he's not very pretty)

at Goodwill... for FIVE dollars...bargain!

He was $15!

then FIVE!!

He's pretty sad, don't ya think?

I glued and used wood filler on a couple of places.

I had to use a chip clip for a clamp.

Clamps are on my list of things to buy.

Primer... the inside is still just primer, but i would like to paint it a bright color,

maybe turquoise, that just POPS when you open it.

Surprise!

I'm turquoise inside!

And.....

here he is....

 

(I made, or recycled, the coasters. I'll post about them tomorrow.

I promise. I'm back in blogger mode.)

Much better!!

Close up of the knobs... Hobby Lobby again.

Aren't they cute?

One more look at the

Before  &  Afters

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Texas....

Good old Texas...where the tea is sweet and accents are sweeter, summer starts in April, front porches are wide and words are long, macaroni & cheese is a vegetable, BBQ is the state food, y'all is a proper pronoun, chicken is fried, biscuits come with gravy, everyone is honey, someone is always getting their heart blessed, and we are all "fixin" to do something.

(source: Facebook)

  

My first grandchild was born January 25...

I guess that's why I haven't blogged in 2 1/2 months!

I've been too busy lovin' on him...

Anyway, isn't he cute?

His name is

 Bentley Knox Rigsby

and

I LOVE HIM!!