Some of my favorite ornaments and what I got for Christmas!

We have a very ecclectic tree.  Ornaments comprise of ones my children have made from school, since they were three and four, to ornaments

From our honeymoon

Our first Christmas together

My daughter Cassondra's first baby ornament

My daughter Megan's first baby ornament

My son Adam's first baby ornament

Some beautiful ornaments my husband bought in Russia

Of course I love the sparkly too..

Oh, and my wonderful, dear husband got me a Canon Powershot SX40HS - that's why these photos are so wonderful!  So much better than my old Kodak... 

A few Christmas photos.

I wanted to add a few Christmas photos so you could see the hutch all painted (Annie Sloane - in Graphite) and the buffet I redid all decked out in holiday decorations.  I really love the hutch and now I have somewhere to store my Christmas dishes (during the holiday) and some antique glasses I purchased a while back.  Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas this year, I know we did.  

The buffet is finished

before Annie Sloan chalkpaint

Well, I feel like I finally accomplished something today. I finished the buffet that I purchased from my sister. My husband finally went back to work after injuring himself in July, so I really felt I could devote a good chunk of time to accomplishing this. Its all decorated for fall. I just love the way it came out. I really want to paint my dining set now. The base of the buffet is painted in Annie Sloan chalkpaint in graphite, and over the top is old white. I sprayed the hardware with brushed nickel and semi gloss black to give it an aged look.    Here's the before

Let me know what you think.

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Bedroom in transformation

I've been wanting to do something with our master bedroom for a long time now - actually since I sold my home and moved into, my now husband's home.  The whole house was really void of any character, color and decorating.  Our bedroom is quite small, but cozy.  These before pics are awful, because I literally had stripped the room of any pictures and had just "thrown" the down comforter on the bed - for those cold nights.  My husband is away 3 wks out of the month, so that comforter comes in handy!

Here is the before pic of our bedroom:

Here is the after.  The end tables - I spoke about in a prior post.  I had purchased them from my sister.  I painted them with Valspar paint, and sprayed the hardware in brushed nickel from Rustoleum.  The wall paint is from Valspar also in Sleek Grey.  I still need to add some artwork and a window treatment - oh, and new carpeting! 

Here's what the table looked like before..

Dresser turned paper storage

Finally I finished something!  Had the day off so I thought I would revamp the dresser I had bought a while back on Craigslist.  I really needed some storage for my 12x12 papers and some other things for scrapbooking, etc.  I'm an avid scrapbooker so I have accumulated alot of papers. 

Here's the before and after.  I was kind of going for a whimsical look.  I like it.  I painted the dresser with Rustoleum 2x and sprayed the handles in brushed nickel. Added some scrapbook papers to the front with modge podge and Voila!  Nice litle addition to my scrapbooking room.

Back from vacation

Well it sure is good to be home!  My husband and I took our kids to No. Myrtle Beach, SC this past week.  What a welcome and overdue vacation!  Wanted to share a few pics from our vacation and I'm definitely ready to get back in the saddle to revamp some pieces to show you.  I have one I will post tomorrow of a dresser I had done but did not get a chance to photograph it yet.  If you remember from a previous post - here.  Of course I had to throw in a single photo of my adorable grandson Carter Timothy (son of my eldest daughter Megan).  Enjoy!

Update: China Cabinet & Buffet

I am sooo excited I cannot contain myself.  I talked about a beautiful china cabinet and buffet I saw on Craigslist the other day; you'll see pictures on my previous post.  Well I am so happy to tell, we are picking it up tomorrow morning! 

The thing is, these are such beautiful pieces of furniture, would you paint them?  I want to lighten them up for my dining room, but I hate to put paint on them they are so beautiful on their own; seems sacrilegious to paint them.  Would you paint them?  I appreciate anyone's input on this one.

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A china cabinet and buffet

I nearly fell off my chair this afternoon when I saw this posting on Craigslist.  What is killing me is my husband has made me swear off buying any more furniture until I sell off what I have already.  As you know I have been a professed Craigslist stalker.  Every day I think I am on there scouring for new things to paint.  But this one is too good to pass up.  Aren't they beautiful - and only $120.00! 

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China cabinet and buffet - $120 (Saratoga Springs)

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1930s china cabinet and buffet. The buffet has two large horizontal drawers and two vertical storage areas at either end. China cabinet has has three shelves and a drawer. Both are in good condition.

Little Brown House - Headboard to Coat Rack

I had to share this post today.  I just love the transformation and am such a big fan of repurposing.  Sharyl at Little Brown House transformed this headboard into a gorgeous coat rack.  Head on over to Sharyl's blog and check it out. 

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Craigslist Chairs

Hope everyone is having a beautiful Saturday!  Just wanted to share a rather recent purchase I made from Craigslist.  I purchased two absolutely beautiful chairs for my livingroom.  When I viewed the pictures online, I had no idea of the detail on the upper part of the chair, I loved the carved rosettes.  And the kicker!!  The chairs were only $75 for both!  I am slowly adding furniture to our livingroom, waiting to get just the right look.  I recently painted the walls with Martha Stewart Living - parchment paper.  I love the color and so did the hubby.  


Here are the beautiful chairs I purchased.

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