Sprucing Up the Bathroom

This weekend seemed to fly by so fast and not all of my projects were completed.

I've had a wood shelf around for a couple of years and thought about hanging it outside but decided to put it up in our bathroom instead.

Here's a picture of our bathroom before we started....

Items from Goodwill: wire shelf & the vintage Jergen's lotion decanter.

Towel bar that holds a towel that we never use..and the cross that doesn't quite seem like it's in the right place.

And a big, white plastic hamper....

When the towel bar came down, it took off some of the sheetrock...

But after a repair to the wall and some touch up paint, the shelf went up with the accesories..

I found this little wicker hamper at Goodwill last year and had it in the laundry room, not being used..I had a wet wash cloth hanging on it so it looks a little off but it's perfect...

The only thing I bought for this sprucing up, is the clock that I got at Target yesterday.

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Watering Can Finds at Goodwill

I've had this bakers rack for many, many years. And in that time, it's been in many places - in my home and outside my home. A couple of years ago we got a new patio table and while I really wanted it to be white, we couldn't find a white table.

So this bakers rack didn't really fit in with the new, black table. I decided to spray paint the bakers rack black. But first, I want to show you my collection of watering cans that I got mainly at Goodwill for a couple of dollars.

I looked on the bottom and the $4 price is still there, got this one last year.

And I got this for for $3, can you believe what some people give away?

I got this one last week for $2, the paint is kind of weathered but I don't mind that. Besides, it's going outside at my place too!

This one I just got on Sunday for $1! Kind of dirty and kind of rusty -and the price was right!

The bigger watering can, I got at a rummage many years ago. the smaller one I got off eBay.

And here's my bakers rack now in black with my watering can collection. I think the most expensive one is on the bottom shelf and I got it at Target many years ago. Otherwise, everything else cost a couple of dollars.

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Snowman Ornament Wreath

If you're like me, through the years you have accumulated more ornaments than what you know what to do with. This year I decided it was time to go through all of the Christmas decorations and clear out(donate to Goodwill) what I haven't used in several years.

And because I'm a pack rat, I couldn't give everything away, I decided to make a wreath with some of my many snowmen ornaments.

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Jewelry Chest Gone Shabby Chic

Here's a closeup of my jewelry chest, not sure why I didn't take a full length picture. Maybe because the oak was looking dated and I really wanted to make it fit into the cottage look I'm trying to bring to the bedroom.

I didn't take any pictures of it while I worked on it for fear that I might jinx myself and be so ugly that I wouldn't even want to drop it off to Goodwill!

The process was actually quite easy and really didn't take alot of time.

The hardest part was sanding the legs, I didn't want it to look like it was sanded but rather that it has been around a long time and have lots of wear. (Not sure if DH understands my thinking.)

But it's done now and all my jewelry is back. All that's left is to put the handles back on.



I love how it turned out, and I didn't think I could do it!

In the very near future we plan on painting the rest of the bedroom furniture. And have it all come together, along with the shutters (that are still in the garage).

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Metamorphis Monday - I'm Flexible!

You know you're flexible when you can buy Halloween & Christmas decor in the same place. My wonderful Goodwill store is just starting to put out the Christmas decor. Even though I have too many Rubbermaid containers with Christmas decorations in our storage unit, that doesn't mean I'm not always on the look for more.

On Saturday, I found this brown metal cart for $3. I knew I could update it with spray paint. (When I put this in my cart, a lady in the store gave me one of those looks - you know - "Why in the world would you want that piece of junk look!)

I spray painted it pink and will be on my covered deck next year with flowers and vintage finds.(DH thought the table was perfectly fine in brown - interesting.)


It even folds in half, we think it might have come from a hospital? Anyway - I think it's sooo cute!

And I've been reading all of your blogs where you've changed the fabric on your chairs. So I bought some fabric almost a month ago and today DH and I updated our chairs. I knew the chairs were getting dirty but I didn't realize how bad they had become.


And here's the after - the fabric does have small moss green dots in the pattern. I plan on recovering the pillows in the living room in the future.

Check out this outside metal snowman - $3 and it looks brand new.

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PS - I'm on vacation tomorrow - I can't decide if I should go visit Goodwill again or not....DH - what do you think?