Every Ride was Closed at Dinseyland!

Oh how I love a good makeover!  Nothing pleases me more than finding a hideous piece of furniture that would soon be headed for the dump and to make it over into something that someone will treasure in their home.

My most recent makeover is just that (I hope)...

I went to our citywide garage sale last month and had seriously been looking forward to this day like I was an 8 year old headed to Disneyland for the first time!  Unfortunately it was not what I had anticipated :-( 

It was like going to Disneyland with the thousands of people and every ride being closed for repair.  The streets were packed and I couldn't find ANYTHING.  It was beyond disappointing.  

Just as I threw a fit like a 2 years old and called it a day  we were headed home we passed two houses where I found a couple items that were perfect for my needs.  The first was this desk that I scored for $15 and the second were these 2 horrible chairs sitting that were destined for the dumpster.

I had been looking all over for a chair to redo ever since I remade these chairs and I couldn't resist the price tag of $5 for this ugly things.  I knew they had beauty hidden underneath.

I had sample pieces of fabric lying around that matched perfectly with a little sample jar of CeCe Caldwell's paint.

I still have one more identical chair that I am hopefully making over today to show you soon. 

Hope you all are having a fabulous and productive weekend as well!

Linking up here... and sharing this post over at Mom's Fun Money 

Dining Room Complete

I realized after showing you my table makeover that I haven't shown you my completed dining room...

I have given you the low down on every project in this room, but now you can get the completed look :)

First we have the tea light wall art that I paired with a photo that was taken from our wedding {lemon drop martinis YUM}

On the same wall I have my gate turned herb garden and I am so excited to show you this most recent picture because my herbs are growing!!

Here is the completed look...

A far cry from this!  The black table, green curtains and white walls are GONE!!  Whoo Hoo!!

This post will be featured at Mom's Fun Money this week.

I will be linking up to here...

My New Mantel

I am so excited to show you our new and improved mantel! 



It still has a long way to go, but it is a far cry from this...

We have one of those fabulous homes with the cut out hole above the fireplace for the TV.  Of course it doesn't work for a flat screen so my dear husband modified it to allow our TV to work here. 

The problem was I always hated it!  I wanted a real mantel, not a TV.  I never thought my husband would actually go for my suggestion of moving the TV, but not only did he agree; I came home to find the TV moved and my mirror hung! 

We moved the TV to the other wall above this dresser - I would show you pictures, but we still have some wires hanging ;-) 

No idea what I am going to do with that huge hole over the mirror...but for now the over sized rustic box will work.  Anything is better than those darn TV accessories!!

Now if only I could muster up the courage to talk my landlord into painting the mantel and our kitchen cabinets :-) 

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