Goodwill Bathroom light fixture before and after!! Love me a project!

Wanna see what I've been doing?

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I went to Goodwill with my little guy the other

day and found this fixture for $3 bucks!

I know it's brass, but I was attracted to the porcelain ends.

See, aren't they pretty?

I bought it for my boy's bathroom to replace one of these.

This is not a pleasant light fixture to meet at 6am....

200 watts glaring in your face that early is not nice!

Sooo....to make this "new" light fixture work in their

bathroom it needed a make-over!

Yea...a PROJECT!

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First I went to the store and picked up three of these....

They were only $3 bucks each at Walmart!

Next I took the porcelain pieces off and taped off the receptacles with tape.

Next, I roughed up the surface with a regular old

sanding block.  This is to help the primer to stick.

Speaking of primer...

this is what I used,

Krylon, indoor/outdoor white primer.

I gave everything a couple of good coats

of primer.

I let it all dry really well

and gave it a couple of coats

with Krylon Brushed Nickel.

Here it is all painted and put together.

OH, did you know you can buy the little

set screws for the globes?!

I bought them at Lowes and also gave them a coat of the

brushed nickel. You get them in the lighting dept.

See why I just loved the little porcelain ends..

they look so much better with the nickel!

I got it all installed on a Sunday afternoon after church..

it took about 15 minutes!

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Here's some pics of it all installed...

Now, I just need to do something with that big ol' slab mirror.

:-/

Hope you guys like my

before and after of my Goodwill goody!

Have a blessed day
Missy

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Spray Paint Party @ Thrifty Decor Chick

 Before and After Party at Thrifty Decor Chick

FALL DECOR...part 2 & Treasures and Trinkets Linky party!

I have been busy as a bee getting ready for fall and I want to

see what you guys have been doing too. SO link up your fall goodies or any goodies for that matter and let me see what cha' got!

:o)

I have some wonderful friends that I purchased sweet corn from

this summer and they lovingly donated some corn

stalks for foddershocks.

Gotta love free!

 

I decided to put them on each side of my front door.

I had them out in the yard at first, but they

were competing with my topiaries, so I just

moved the topiaries into the garage and went with the foddershocks!

Here they are...

I already had my scarecrow that's in front of the foddershock,

so more free fall decor!

Do you know where foddershocks originated?

The Amish (and farmers) used to take the leftover corn

stalks from the fields and cluster them together

in these teepee shapes for the cows to feed on. Who knows who decided they'd make cool

fall decor, but I'm glad somebody did it, cause

I Love em'!

Here's my little scarecrow....I got him

on clearance at Home Interiors...I think he was $9.00 and

my mums are from Lowes...another $9.00.

See the little pumpkin?

He is actually a foam type jack o lantern...

I just turned the face around....I've had those

things for years!

The sign on the front door also was a clearance item

from Home Interiors....something like $5.00.

I had it hanging on the door by itself, but it looked too skimpy

so I did this...

I put an apple wreath behind it...sorry the pic

is dark, I was took this one by spotlight at night!

Here are some more pics of my fall decor..

I spent $23.00 on everything!

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Hope you enjoyed my day and night tour of my outside fall decor.

If you haven't started to decorate, now's the time...

fall is coming!

Yippee!!

Blessings and Hugs
Missy

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Decorating for Fall!

We had three glorious days of cooler weather and it

put me in the mood to decorate for FALL!

We've had 40something days

of 90+ degree temps, so those three

days were a welcome sight!

I AM READY FOR FALL!

(but let's get one thing straight...

I am NOT ready for winter, so don't even hint at it! If you
even speak of it, I'll pretend I'm not listening!)

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I spent the last two days decorating.

I started by going to Walmart and the Dollar Tree

to pick up SUPPLIES.

I bought these from the Dollar Tree

and these from Walmart...

1st primer

then, these wonderful

brushed metallic paints in scrumptious

fall colors...

Sparkling Canyon

Champagne Nouveau

and of course, oil rubbed bronze.

(already had that one in the supply closet!)

I took all my little pumpkins and gourds...

and gave them a coat or primer

like this...

I didn't even wait for the primer to dry before

I started painting them with my brushed metallic paints.

see...

oil rubbed bronze

sparkling canyon

champagne nouveau

I painted LOTS of them...

THEN, I used them all around the house

like this...

I put them on my mantel in

my glass hurricanes made from Dollar Tree

vases and candle holders.
(still gonna add some faux cranberries for a pop of color, unless you can give me another wonderful idea as to what to put in there to add some color!)

Have you seen  the hurricanes?....

they're all over blogland and they're

VERY EASY to make!

(I made three)

You start with this hurricane/vase

and candle holders..

(both from the Dollar Tree)

Then you just use two part epoxy and glue them together!

(from Walmart)

and you get this....

Told ya it was easy..and they're only

$2 bucks each!

Now back to our fall decor.

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I also used my pumpkins here....

Aren't they the cutest!

I paired them with pine cones and leaves....

Can't you just feel the chill in the air!

FALL....it's coming!!!

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Stay tuned to see more Fall Decor...

only this time it's

OUTSIDE!

Blessings and Hugs!

Missy

Yard Sale Find & Treasures & Trinkets Linky!

It's that time of the week again...

time for Treasures and Trinkets Linky party!

Link up something you love,

link it back to me, and you can even grab my button

if you so desire!

(it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside when

I see my button on your blog!)

I wanted to show you what I picked up at a yard sale recently.

It's this great old, glass cake dome...

Isn't she lovely?!

I got her for $2.00!!

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(and yes, I did a little happy dance when she said how much!)

I was really excited to find it because

my mom had bought me this cake pedestal a while back at TJ Maxx....

See the pierced work along the bottom edge...

oh swoon!

I just love the little metal piece in the middle

that says "cake", just so cute!

I wasn't sure if the dome would fit,

but for 2 bucks how can you lose!

And guess what....

It fit perfectly!

:)

I just love it when things work out!

What have you found at yard sales this year that you just love

or that you've been looking for?

HUGS!

Missy

Patio Pleasure part II :)

You remember when I showed you my patio here,

and asked you what you thought it needed?

One of the things I wanted to add was curtains,

to soften the corners of the gazebo.

WELL...

My mom went to a yard sale and they had an entire bag FULL (I'm talking 18~)

of these sheer tablecloths.

Someone had purchased them for their wedding and when they came in, the

color didn't exactly match their wedding, so they just got different ones.

I love the coppery/pinky brown color!

She got the whole bag for $2 bucks!!! (can you say steal of the century!)

Anyway, she shared and I decided to make curtain panels for my patio corners with them.

:)

See the seam on the tablecloth in the picture above?

Well I folded it down on that seam to make a "valance" for the top of the panel.

It looked like this when I was done.

I found spools of sheer ribbon the exact same color as the panels for $1.00 a spool and cut 12" lengths.

I doubled the ribbon and sewed on down on the top

of the valance like this....

I spaced them out equally, with 8 in total on each panel.

(oh and yes, that is my foot with the pink toenails!)

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I found these cute little buttons for a $1.00 a card

at JoAnn Fabrics..

LOVE that store! :)

I bought the buttons as a decorative touch, they won't be functional...

details are important people! :)

I HAND SEWED each button on....

and yes it took a long time,

but I think it was worth it for the touch of pink it added!

I used one panel for each corner (they were WIDE tablecloths).

The nice thing about the ties is that you can adjust the length (to a degree) to make sure

it doesn't drag the ground.

Here's what they look like all hung up and in place!

OH, did you notice I put a round table under

my birthday chandelier?!

You remember when I won the giveaway from a fistful of weeds?

The shower curtain in the giveaway is what I made the tablecloth from..

Thank you Rhonda!!
You can see it better in the photo above, but I just love it..

it brings all the browns and pinks together!

:-)

I think they turned out just lovely

and the whole project cost

about $10.00!

WOO HOO!

I wanted to add more touches of

pink and also more flowers, but the summer

has gotten away from me.

Oh well, there's always next year!!

I started my fall decorating today, so I'll have

pics of that to show you soon!

:)

blessings and hugs
Missy

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Feature Yourself Friday @ Fingerprints on the fridge

Centsational Girl

Squeal!

Just thought I'd let you know that Sarah, from Thrifty Decor Chick, liked my built-ins so much that she posted them on her facebook page. :)  See why I squealed!   I got the inspiration for the built-in cabinets from the ones she and her dad built for Bub's room...they did a lovely job. 

I just had to share with you guys...I was so stoked about her loving them!!  I know, I know it doesn't take anything earth-shattering to thrill me, but I was just so glad she liked them that much!

Here's the link if you wanna see. :)

Have a blessed day!
Missy

A gift I'll always treasure...that's why I'm making it my treasure for Treasures and Trinkets Thursday!

How many of you have had days that were just horrible?

I was having that kind of week last week..

ALL. WEEK. LONG.

I was in the middle of having one of those days

when I heard the doorbell ring.

Now, to get to my main story, I have to tell you a funny

story first.  I had ordered some priority boxes from

the post office for a future endeavor (you'll find out more about that later too!),

and had been waiting on them forever! I called the post office

to find out if maybe they were there and I hadn't been informed.

They said "no".  Hmm...maybe the order didn't go through I thought,

so I ordered them again.  Meanwhile, I get an email saying something

about them being held, so I called this number explained everything and they released my order.

???? who knows what the deal was????

Anyway, I told him I had placed another order to make sure

he canceled the first one.

Sooo....to make a long story short,

the day the door bell rang, I told Lincoln, my son,

to go get the door.  Well, I heard all this noise downstairs and

went to check it out.  He was standing there among

10 big boxes!!! 

Oh, dear...it was the post lady, the post office sent BOTH orders of boxes!

So here I am going through all these stacks of boxes and

I'm getting a little frustrated, (remember I'm already having a bad day) when

all of a sudden I move a box and notice there's a box in there

that's a little different looking than the rest.

I look to see who it's addressed to and it's ME......

THEN I noticed who it was from and

I just sat down in the floor among all those

boxes to open it up and take a look.

This is what I found....

I promise you I almost cried when I saw it.

My sweet, sweet friend Deborah, from The Fairfield House

had sent me a gift.

She knows me so well..just look at those pink roses on that bag!

I took the bag out of the box and slowly opened up

the little card..  It simply said, "to Missy, Just Because."

I had not been touched so deeply in a long time and
I hadn't even looked in the bag yet!

But when I did open it, I found these.....

Does Deborah know me or what??!!

Pink dish towels and rose covered pot holders!

(See, I told you I was sitting in the floor...

I just yelled for one of my boys to bring me my

camera and I sat right there and started this post!)

:)

I ran right to the kitchen and took a picture

to show you guys just how wonderful they look in there!

See, they match my cookware and salt and pepper holders.

(actually, they match everything in my sweet little pink kitchen!)

Here's where they are now....

They will be living on the end of my island that

I love so much!

I have such wonderful and dear friends!

See the flowers on the island?

Another friend, here in my hometown,

knew I was having a rough week too

and sent me flowers the next day!

I am truly blessed.

Thank you Deborah, I appreciate your kindness

more than you'll ever know!

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Hugs and Blessings!
Missy

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