Thrift store shelf

I love thrift store finds and paint!!

I had originally bought this shelf to stick in my kids bathroom but realized it stuck out a little too much in the narrow space so now it is used in my guest room.

The shelf was $6
My black gloss spray paint was $1 at Walmart

Before

After 

I do plan on hanging photos with ribbon from the pegs to add to it. I'll post pics once I get that done, the hard part is choosing pictures to go in the frames!

Thrifty Bathroom Art

This was for my children's bathroom. I will post before and after pictures of the bath as soon as I frame the contractors mirror but I wanted to show the cute art that I made.

Items Needed:
Picture Frame with Glass
Paper
Printed Letters or Sayings

I bought the frame at the thrift store for $4.99
Green paper at Hobby Lobby at 50% off
I then used a Word format and printed off my sayings that I used in the frame
I cut them to look like newspaper clippings to make it more fun!

The frame before 

My frame after painting

Words on printer paper

Finished art with kids hand prints for a signature!
Now I just need to hang it up!

Everything Oil Rubbed Bronze

My friends and family have heard me rave about this wonderful product so I must share!

We moved into our house that was FULL of brass fixtures, knobs, door handles, etc.... TONS of brass!! I wanted to replace them with bronze but soon realized that was a bit costly and well I wanted new floors so that was done instead. I'm happy about that desicion, however I stare at this brass and I swear it taunts me!!

BUT then I found Oil Rubbed Bronze Spray Paint at Lowes and it has taken the brass by the... well ok let me just show you some of the results ;-)




Before



After

  

These are Candlesticks I found at the Thrift store for $4.

During Painting

After 

Knobs After



Light Fixture After


I plan on painting my door knobs and this chandelier! Once it's done, I'll post the results.

Deco Mesh Christmas Garland

Although the holiday season has now passed I wanted to add my garland because honestly I am still proud of it! I'm sorry I dont have pictures of the process but I did this before I started my blog. However, this how to video Deco Mesh Garland was my guide when I made mine.

When I decided to buy my supplies, they were sold out of work garland so I used regular garland I had already.  So my materials used were:

 (2) 9 ft. garland that had lights on them already and connected them together using needle nose pliers to twist the metal pieces together
(1) 10 yard roll 21 inch poly mesh
(1) 10 yard roll 4 inch ribbon (you can use 6 inch mesh here as well)
(2) 10 yard roll 1 inch ribbon
(2) Large red sparkly ornaments
(4) Medium white ornaments
(4) White sparkly ball picks (these are hard to see in the picture)

I layed the garland out on my living room floor and started with my deco mesh measuring about 6 inches to leave hanging down off the end and then tied the mesh to the end of the garland.

Then I measured 12 inches up the garland for my next spot to tie it in. I did this all the way around the garland and then left some to hang off the other end of the garland too.

I did the same thing with the 4 inch thick red sparkly ribbon.

The small 1" ribbon I tied in doing the loop bows like the video but I alternated every other spot with a bow instead of making a bow at each spot. I liked this better but it's just preference really.

After all that tying, I hung it around the door and then put my big ornaments on to make sure they were in the right place. I used floral wire and looped it through the top of the ornament and tied it to the garland. I put one pick by each white ball and tied them in the garland too.

My door wreath was one I already had from Hobby Lobby but I added the red sparkly picks and the red bow from left over ribbon to make it match my garland.

Here's the end result

I have to say it turned out awesome and I've had lots of compliments!! I should've had a cute santa outfit on my dog for this picture, dont you think?