Antique Pie Safe Cupboard

I was on my daily scouring of Craigslist and i saw something with potential.  Okay I was in love, it was a beautiful piece broken and all.  I emailed and she had it.  I waited over two weeks to email her again and she still had it.  I think people thought wow that has a lot of work.  But not me, I negotiated on the price and my wonderful hubby picked it up! It was in bad bad shape but I knew it could be gorgeous!

My husband put the top on it, fixed the broken door and then added the chicken wire to the doors, and fixed the bottom door. The side of the cupboard was broken and chipped so he had to fix that too.  

Fixed doors and chicken wire! We sanded and then put a coat of Annie Sloan Old white and Old Ochre.  I love the progress.

Heck, I love the outcome!!!  What do ya think?  I think it turned out pretty darn cute and I am so glad it's in my house! :)

Chicken Wire Office Light

We were out thrifting a few weeks ago and saw this poor light that was just so darn ugly!  When I put it up on the check stand to pay, the lady looked at me like I was, well insane.  She was probably thinking in her head I wonder what this lady's house looks like.  Hahahaha.  It was put in our storage area with some other lights that are waiting for their chance to shine! ;) Today I went on a bit of a rampage organizing and cleaning our office.  This space was so cluttered, dark and very unwelcoming and it wasn't a used space.  We needed a light but didn't want to have to hassle with electrical work.  That's when I remembered the ugly covered shade.

I first cut all the material off, scraped all the hot glue off and spray painted it in aluminum, it was white and stood out like a sore thumb. After it dried I wrapped some good ole chicken wire around it and had the hubs drill some holes for hooks and viola, we have a light that I love! I know for a fact that I will be using this office/craft room a lot more.  I am going to post more pictures of the new organized office/craft room when my paperwork that is sitting on the floor gets filed in our new filing cabinets. 

Reason number 999 on why to not buy a new home and to find one that we all pin on Pinterest!  Builders don't  put lights in, they put switches to an outlet. Which makes a ton of sense, I bet 100% of people use lights.  :)  Oh well I guess if they had put a light here this beauty wouldn't be hanging.  I am so happy with this room!  

Hope you all have a wonderful week! 

Welcoming Fall

I have been out. We traveled quite a bit this summer and frankly I really just needed a break from technology. I was feeling uncreative and just blah. However, I am back and feeling good about life. Other than I have a lingering cold.

We have finally had our first cold days of the fall season and it put me in the mood to decorate! It really felt more like winter since we woke up to a dusting of snow this morning. Gotta love Colorado!

We recently finished this little beauty. The desk was refinished in antique white! We took it to our last show but it didn't sell so it found a home with us!

Look at the curves and the distressing!  LOVE IT!!!!

The lantern I found at a flea market it was broke but I knew I could use it somewhere and guess what? I did! I picked up the old galvanized roaster pan at a yard sale for a buck! The Cinderella pumpkin, baby pumpkins and gourds sets the fall mood on our new table.

I welcome fall and am thankful for the new season giving me some renewed energy. I have a lot of projects that we just finished for our house and I will be showing them all through the week.