October Already

I had planned on taking a few days off from painting and my two days turned into a week, bad bad Tobey. But I did manage to get a

lot done and have cleared out the garage some.

I set up at the flea market and sold quite a bit of stuff, but then I went to two storage wars and bought more. I know I know, I just can't help myself.

I did a little bit of travelling this weekend all by myself  SHOCK no hubby no bulldog. Was very strange having a few days to myself. I got a speeding ticket one day and a flat tire the next, so maybe I am not meant to be on my own lol . I never never speed, first speeding ticket in 35 years. I tried pleading and playing the tourist card (but officer I have never been here before), but this guy was by the book and he was not buying it. The flat tire was on the way to storage wars so I missed out on buying a storage locker. (Do you think my hubby sabotaged my tire lol )

  I did manage to buy a few things that people were selling from the storage units.

 

I got this chandelier that plugs in to an outlet for $5.00

Works great for our bedroom which was dark with just the lamps on the nightstands

And the hook was already in the ceiling so landlord can't freak

 

 

And I also picked up a few more metal wash bins from Rusty to New

I got the driftwood at a flea market for free and picked up some pumpkins while I was in Penticton

(This was just before the speeding ticket, expensive pumpkins lol

And I have been buying so many fake bird cages I figured might as well have some fake birds too

Found these two little guys in a thrift store in Summerland, aren't they cute (they are wood)

 

 

I love these old fans picked this one up at the flea market for a couple of dollars

 

 

I can't resist cute frames and these mirrors look so good painted up

 

I also picked up a new hutch which will be for sale, and I am selling the dining room table that I had bought a few months ago

I bought a gorgeous antique table and 5 chairs that a friend had for sale

I can't believe I am going to paint 5 more chairs lol

But when you see this table you will know why I could not resist it

 

Dressers are ready to be painted and I am trying something different with the smaller one

hope to have them done within the week

 

hope every one's week is going well

 

Happy picking Happy Painting

 

hugs

 

 

and Maggie

 

 

Thrifty Thursday

Its been a while since I have posted a Thrifty Thursday so I guess I am long over due

 

Hubby and I are taking off on the bike for the weekend, and our lil Maggie gets to hang out with the pet sitter. Don't be sad for her, Megan spoils her and probably plays with her more than we do.

 

I picked up a sweet deal the other day and have a few more painting projects lined up, but now that I have a new supply of Anne Sloan paint I am ready to get at them

well that is after our biking weekend

 

I saw these for sale online and thought that these beds would be great to make into benches

and the dressers came with the deal

Can you say score !!!!!

After we got the beds home, hubby and I had a better look at the beds and we thought these beds would be great in a spare room, so I am not cutting them up into benches YET

I left the mattress there (it was yucky)

Everything is going to get a paint job and the dressers will be up for sale

One can own only so many dressers and my house is dresser full

 

 

Here is a peak at one of the dressers, the other one is identical in looks just a little smaller, I love the handles.

 going to steal two for the bottom drawer from the other dresser

And I will have to put new knobs on the other one

 

 

 

I found two of these cute wooden ladders and I plan on taking them back to Ontario

I am going to lay pieces of barn board across them and use them as shelves to display stuff in the sales barn

 

 

Remember my old hutch that went to live with a new family

When I emptied this out I filled 4 small storage bins

This held a lot of stuff, I hope I don't regret selling it

I sold it because it was all one piece and hubby did not want to haul it back to Ontario

well I fooled him i found one that is two pieces

and after its restoration it will be going back to Ontario with us

poor boy the things I do too him

 

 

Here is the new hutch, it needs a little bit of work and I am going to make some changes to it

I like the idea of cupboards but I think these ones may have to go

I will have to play with some different ideas

 

 

 

 

I also found this cute wooden Pepsi crate to go with my cooler

Thanks to the girls at the Iron Orchid

 

 

 

 

 You can find their store and their site on facebook

 

 

 

Isn't this the cutest little table

The top is leather and I want it white

so Anne Sloan claims you can use her paint on anything

so we will give it a try

will let you know how it turns out

 

 

I also picked up 4 of these chandeliers for less than the price of one

I want to paint the chrome on these and make them look more shabby chic

I don't have the most patience when it comes to this kind of things so wish me luck

I am hoping to hang two of them in the house

 and the other two will go in the sales barn to give it that glam look

 

Well, hubby is pacing behind me, we are off on the bike for a few days

hope everyone has a great weekend

I probably won't be able to treasure hunt too much with us being on the bike

But you never know what I might make him strap on too it lol

 

 

happy picking , stay safe this weekend

 

hugs

 

 

Thrift stores and yard sales

I apologize for not posting in over a week, hubby and I decided to take an unplanned vacation. Aren't those the best kind though, you just throw stuff in a bag hop in the car and go. Hubbies bike is having some repairs done to it so we took the car. I love going on the bike, but when we go in the car I can buy stuff lol

And you know I love to buy stuff

I want to build a house right here lol

 

 

Maybe we could build here too

Beautiful water lilies

 

 



British Columbia is so beautiful and we have been getting some incredible weather these two weeks that hubby has been off. So we decided to go see more of it, and check out some place we had not been too. I was also out of Anne Sloan paint so a 3 hour trip to The Passionate Home was in the plans too.

We had hoped to check out the Antique store in Langley while we were there, but he was closed Sunday and Monday

I was so sad , how dare he close when I want to shop

We were in two towns on Sunday and Monday when you think everything would be open. But unfortunately those are the days that most of the thrift stores are closed. How dare they close when I am on vacation and want to buy stuff lol . I got to peek in the windows and drool though, they might have to clean their windows when they open.

This sign should say, all of our thrift stores are closed on Mondays, don't visit here on Monday

They even have an empty spot to write it

Do you think my hubby called ahead and paid them to close

 



 

I did find one cute little shop open in Princeton and I bought this cute lil red wagon

Hubby did not want to be seen with me pulling this down the street

so he went and got the car

you think he would be used to me embarrassing him by now , silly man

 

This place had some interesting items and an interesting owner

I bought a cute vintage Pepsi cooler and a silver plated lazy Susan

Lets just say they both needed a good cleaning when I got home

 

 

We saw a few signs on the highway that tempted us and had us hanging for an ice cream come from this place

I have never seen 24 flavours of soft serve

But just like the thrift store conspiracy, this place was open but the soft serve machine wasn't working

It's a conspiracy, I tell ya

 

 

All cleaned up, isn't it cute

My son works for Pepsi so I had to buy this, that and it is baby blue to match my kitchen

 

 

I love the patina on tarnished silver and usually do not clean it,

 but this one was disgusting so it got a little bit of silver polish

and a good cleaning

 

 

Here are a few treasures from my weekend trip, I also bought a new hurricane lamp and orange lantern (which I collect) and the picture I bought for the gorgeous frame

 

 

isn't the frame gorgeous, I have been collecting frames to do a frame wall when we move to Ontario, any extras will be used to make chalkboards

 

I have picked up a few things since we got back home, but I will save them for another post

The weather is still gorgeous this week and we might be taking a bike trip this weekend

So I am filling up the garage this week with projects for when hubby goes back to work

he works for a month with no time off so it give me lots of time to work in the garage

But for the rest of the week we are going to enjoy the nice weather

 

 

Hope everyone is enjoying this warm weather, and having a great week

 

Happy picking and painting everyone

 

hugs