Wood Boxes and Crocks

I have found lately that I have a very weak spot for old wood boxes and crocks.  Yep, every single time I go to a craft/antique mall or a yard sale then I find myself drawn to those two items.  Well, this past weekend was no different and I can hardly wait to share what I found.  I went to the Fall Open House at North Shore Primitives and found the most precious little scarecrow around.  I also met a great fellow blogger (Bonnie from Slow Lane Ramblings).  It is always great meeting bloggers and even more wonderful when it isn’t expected.  She recognized me from my blog and came up and introduced herself.  What a sweet gal and you gotta love her even more when she is shopping for the same prim goodies as yourself.  Nothing better then having met someone that has the same love of primitives as you do.  Anyway, I bought the scarecrow and all the ladies inside NSP asked me where I found him and if they had anymore.  The neat thing is that he is one of a kind so I was lucky enough to find him and grab him first.  I will post pics of him on my next blog so be watching for him.  Once I was done there we headed to a craft/antique mall and I found some great treasures there as well.  I found this wooden box and fell in love with it.  It was a little dirty, but nothing a good spray with the hose wouldn’t cure.  I got it home and sprayed it out and let it sit in the HOT sun and it was perfect afterwards.  Here is a picture of it. 

Don’t you just love the Statue of Liberty on the box?  Here is a closer look on the side.  I just love it!!

I also picked up this crock while I was there and you probably saw it in my previous post (Bathroom Makeover).

Here is where it ended up……

along with my other find which I bought at a yard sale for $5.00.  This box…… yep, I told you I love old wooden boxes.

I also found this at the yard sale.  It is an old chicken coup and yep I snatched it up real quick.  My Mom has one above her washer and dryer and she filled it with lots of cute prim things, but she paid a much higher price for her coup then I did for mine.  Are you ready for the cost of mine?  Well, I bought it for only $5.00.  Yep, you heard me correctly and it still has the rusty little feed cans in there that were used for the chickens.  Neat ~ huh?  I was talking to the owner and he said that he moved into his house many many years ago and he was only the second owner of the home.  Well, he found the chicken coup in the chicken barn in his backyard and the family explained to him that it was over 100 years old.  So, I have a great chicken coup for dirt cheap.  I of course had to clean it, but after a good spraying with the hose….. it is as good as new.  My hubby asked me what I was going to do with it and at the time I wasn’t sure.  I tried hanging it in my family room, but it stuck out too far so I have decided that I will hang it on my front porch and with each passing season I will fill it with certain things for the season.  Fall is right around the corner so it will look great with a prim sign and some pumpkins and gourds.  I can hardly wait to get it up.  Here is a picture!!

Don’t you love it?  Yep, I can hardly wait for Fall now.  It is going to be sooo cute!!  I also picked up this cute little basket for only 25 cents.  Pretty good deals don’t ya think?

I am also so excited to share with you that I FINALLY received my APP magazine in the mail last week.  Talk about a GREAT magazine.  This is one magazine that you can look at over and over and read from front to back.  It is not loaded with tons of ads and it is jam packed with great and helpful articles and loads of prim perfect pictures.  All the guys and gals involved did an absolutely wonderful job.  Two thumbs up to all of you and if I had more thumbs then I would give you more thumbs up (lol).  Kudos to you all.

My last very important piece of information that I wanted to share with all of you is pictures of these crocks.  Some of the pictures are of poor quality, but I am sure you get the just of them.

Those crocks are just a few of what I found out on craigslist.  This man has been collecting these crocks for over 37 years and is selling them.  Well, me being the crock addict that I am wants to go and check them out.  So, once this weekend arrives I will be heading over to his home with my Mom and hubby in tow to check out his collection and see if there is anything that I can find.  I actually see quite a few that I could take off his hands, but of course the price has to be right.  I asked him why he was selling his collection and he told me this……… “Last year my daughter went to the dentist for a root canal. Thru her open tooth she contracted mersa which migrated into her spine. Within 4 days she was paraplegic from the waist down. She has 4 children and limited income. I have been collecting for over 37 years and we decided she needs an electric wheelchair and other items more than we need to keep our collection. So in all I am more than happy to have enjoyed each and every antique long enough and am willing to part with them to someone who also will get to enjoy there beauty along with the history that each has endured.”  Pretty sad and tragic story.  It made me want to win the lottery and buy all of his crocks not only to help him, but to make my home look pretty too.  So, if I can go and buy a couple this weekend, get paid again and buy a few more then that would help him and help my collection too.  I would absolutely LOVE to take out part of a wall in my family room and make some shelves in the wall and then fill them with crocks and jugs.  Oh geesh…… that makes me all giddy inside (lol).  Hopefully someday soon I will have enough to do that.

 

Well, I will keep you posted on what I find out this weekend.  Stay Tuned Prim Friends!!

 

Until Next Time ~ Blessings to all.

Bathroom Makeover

I have received several comments from you.  Many of you tell me that you miss my makeovers.  Some of you tell me that you just miss my blogging.  So…… I thought I would not only blog today, but also share a makeover.  Yep, you heard me correctly.  Do you all remember this cabinet?

I bought it for $2.92 right before our thrift store closed the doors for business.  I bought it back in April and was trying to decide where to put it.  I was debating my laundry room or my half bath.  Well, I am pretty pleased with my laundry room so I thought the half bath would be great.  I just knew that before I put it in my bathroom that it would definitely need a makeover.  Here is a picture of it after I sanded it and removed those awful knobs.

I wanted it to be prim so off the doors came and out came the paint to match my cabinet doors that were already in there.

I decided on Olde Brick Red from Olde Century Paints.  Here is what it looks like after the coat of paint and a couple coats of rubbed on Dark Walnut Stain.  What do you think?

Looking good – huh?  Well, I took an extra step with this cupboard.  I knew it needed one more thing and I knew exactly what it was.  It needed a prim coffee stained curtain.  Yep, that is what it needed.  I pulled out the sewing machine and went to work.  I coffee stained some muslin that I had and started hemming my curtain.

Here is what it looked like when I was done with the curtain.  I thought that the curtain needed something a little extra so I sewed on a homespun patch to match the cabinet.  Didn’t it turn out great?

Looks alot better then this before picture ~ don’t ya think?

I can’t stand those ugly towel racks that they put up on the wall.  They must put them on with cement.  Anyway, after the cabinet and curtain was complete….. it was time to decorate.  Here is the finished project!!  I was real pleased with it and it added so much more to my bathroom.

The picture is a little crooked, but trust me the  cabinet is up straight (lol).

Hope you all enjoyed the makeover.  I have so much more to share including a new Fall purchase from the open house at North Shore Primitives, antique store finds and some GREAT yard sale finds.  Those are all going to be happening early next week so keep watching.

Hope you all have a blessed weekend.

Until Next Time ~ Stay Happy!!

Changes in the Laundry Room

Changes are taking place everywhere in my home.  I have arranged, re-arranged, added, subtracted and the list goes on.  I am taking advantage of the last couple weeks left before my hubby goes back to work.  He is so great to have around because he watches Cameron which in return allows me to putter around the house and enjoy some “free time” without a little one running all around.

So, what have you all been up to?  I had a great visit with Shawn’s cousin Stacey and her friend Stacey.  They came for a visit and we headed to North Shore Primitives for a shopping excursion.  It was lots of fun and they enjoyed it as much as I did.  I had to nickname them Stacey 1 and Stacey 2 while they were here which was pretty funny, but we all had a wonderful time.  Of course I invited Mom to go along and she enjoyed the time as well.  What all did I buy?  Well, I purchased some more Olde Century Paint, a couple towels, a mustard runner for my table and some gourds for Fall.  It wasn’t much, but to be honest….. I didn’t need much.  My goal is to tackle a cupboard that I have had for some time and get it painted before my hubby heads back to work.  I want to take down my towel bar in the bathroom and then put the cupboard up above the toilet and fill it with some prim pretties and who knows what else.  So…… be watching for pics on that soon.

So, do you wanna see some changes that I have made to my laundry room?  I finally was able to hem my curtains above my washer and dryer.  Wow, it is so nice being able to sew.  I just love knowing how to do it when I need something so simple made or hemmed.  Anyway, here are some updated pictures of my laundry room.

I also re-arranged my kitchen a little bit.  I had some old antique glass jugs and jars that I put some prim labels on so I had to find some homes for those and I knew that they would be perfect in my kitchen.  So, I moved this old wooden antique shelf from the top of my kitchen cupboard and put it above my stove.  It fit there perfectly and I didn’t even need a nail.  I filled my jars and then placed them on the shelf and this is what it looks like.  I thought it added alot to that area.

My labels were just a tad bit big for my jars so I cut them down and  burnt the edges to give them a more prim look.  I thought they turned out cute!!  What do you think?

Did you notice my new header on my blog?  Well, that is what I did with my farm table in my kitchen.  I bought those flowers at NSP when we went this past weekend.  I just loved how they looked together and they are perfect for Fall.  Yep, it is just around the corner.  I haven’t brought any of my other Fall stuff out yet, but I am sure I will as August comes to a close.  I was just sick of what was on my table and figured that it needed a change.  Here is a picture for your viewing pleasure (lol).

Oh…… did you notice that little shelf in the background made out of old barn wood?  Well, my hubby made it for me and I just love it.  Here is a closer picture of it.  I thought the cup and old forks really added to it.  What do you think?

Well, I think that is all I have to share with you today.  I hope you enjoyed my post and I hope to be blogging a bit more every week and then be totally back on schedule once Fall arrives.  I miss blogging, but summer time is always my time to spend with my family and enjoy having us all together.  Who doesn’t love spending time with their loved ones?!?  I know that I absolutely love it.

I leave you with this…… have you received your Primitive Place Magazine yet?  I have been patiently waiting since the 27th and I am not sure I can wait much longer.  I stand at the front door, look down the street and wait for my mailman to pull up to our mailbox.  I run out to the street, open the box and find nothing.  OMGosh, how upsetting!!  Today was absolutely different….. I about tackled my mailman, took his truck and rummaged through it looking for my magazine (lol ~ just kidding).  Seriously, why can’t it arrive like today?  I am so desperately waiting, I have been camping out at the curb and watching over that mailbox.  Oh heck, I keep thinking someone stole it.  Yep, this prim gal is just not patient at all.  So, here is to hoping that it comes tomorrow.  If not I am sending out the search dogs!!

Until Next Time ~ Blessings, Lisa

Busy Times

Are you all staying cool?  It finally cooled down here in Ohio and I must say that I am thankful for that.  It is actually pretty nice today with a little breeze.  Ah…… gotta love a breeze!!  Anyway, things have been crazy busy here, but I have enjoyed it.  I have been filling orders and making a few new items.  If you are waiting on an order then please know that I have NOT forgot about you, but just running a tad bit behind.  Dan ~ that includes you my friend.  I have also been enjoying some family time with my two favorite boys.  My dear hubby heads back to work the middle of August and Cameron is heading to pre-school.  Yep, we enrolled him into pre-school and he will go 3 days out of the week.  OMGosh, my little man is growing up too fast!!  I know it will be best for him, but the thought of trusting someone else with my child is still hard to think about.  I am just not looking forward to that day, but I know that God will watch over him and keep him safe.

Let’s talk about something fun ~ shall we?  I just recently ordered a huge amount of prim labels from Susie at Yankee Lane Primitives.  I thought to myself that I needed more jars, jugs or boxes in order to use some of these labels.  I had a few jars that I kept, but the labels were just too big.  I then found some old glass jugs at an antique mall and my sister’s fiance’ gave me a few more.  I was pretty happy to receive those.  Anyway, my mind was still thinking that I needed more.  You know that it is bad when you are going through the isles of Wal-Mart looking for jars that could be used in your kitchen.  I was going through each and every isle and then I came across the perfect jar.  I stood there thinking to myself…… could I possibly eat all of those pickles and use that jar?  Without further delay….. I grabbed that 1 gallon jar of pickles and put it into my cart.  Good thing my hubby wasn’t with me or he would have been like “What in the world are you going to do with all of those pickles.”  Well, ladies and gentleman…….. I have put my hubby on a very strict diet of dill pickles (LOL).    He thought it was too funny that I bought that huge jar full of pickles, but he seems to be enjoying that diet.  I told him no more regular food until the pickles are all gone and the prim label is slapped on the jar (LOL~ I am totally joking).  Anyway, I have had 2 or 3 pickles, Shawn has had 3 or 4 and I gave a couple to my parents.  If you live close by then please feel free to stop by for a pickle (hahahaha).  Here is the jar that I am referring to.  Won’t it look great with a prim label and some coffee stained cloth on the lid?

Gotta love how a prim gal thinks!!  Don’t you think that jar has lot of potential?  I know it does!!  Here are pictures of my other jugs. 

What am I going to do with all of these glass jugs and jars?  Well, I am going to change around what I have on top of my kitchen cabinets.  I thought these would look great scattered around up there.

I have also been busy re-finishing Cameron’s bedroom.  He is totally obsessed with Toy Story right now so I thought I would re-finish it while I was able to take advantage of my hubby being home.  I allowed Cameron to pick the color and he chose Candied Yam.  Yep, it is a bright orange, but it turned out pretty and he absolutely LOVES his room.  I went with decorating it the cheaper way.  I purchased posters and puzzles from the Dollar Tree.  Once the puzzles were put together, they were glued and put on a piece of wood.  They turned out real cute and he loves them!!  Here are a few pics of his room and Cameron.

Bright – don’t ya think?  I like it…… I find it cheerful and it puts a smile on his face and that is the main thing.  I love making him happy!!  You know that I LIVE to make him happy!!!!

Until Next Time ~ Blessings, Lisa