Updated NutCracker

I found these three things for a dollar each at my local thrift store.....I had a vision!

I covered the little Christmas book with the top from an old Shiny Brite ornament box, using a clear matte contact paper. The tray was painted and covered with a red dotted fabric....the most fun was painting and embellishing my little nutcracker.

I have picked up three more nutcrackers...along with special embellishments for my next playtime with Nutcrackers.

 

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Office Space...little things

Little things...the details are what make decorating a room fun for me. I take a slow approach. I will be working in the office...then I decide to arrange things differently or to bring something in from another room.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This lamp has a rice paper shade (flea market find).....with a pretty oversize Conso tassel (Tuesday Morning Outlet)....set on a (red) typewriting textbook (which is the same one I had in high school...Trader Bakers)...and there is the fabric ( Vogue Fabric booth at the Houston Quilt Show several years ago) which I draped over the window.

 

 

 

 

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Black and White Office with Color

I love the idea of a black and white office.....but I really like color. I took color cues from my "Turtle Rose" quilt. I found the great orange chair, made the Rose Tile pillow, painted the little leaf shelf....so much fun. It almost makes working in the office bearable.

 

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Red Metal Kitchen Cabinet

This is how I found it. A green metal kitchen cabinet at the St.Vincent DePaul Thrift Store in Owensboro,Kentucky. It was the right measurements! It was the right thing! It had cabinets below! It had a countertop! It had sliding glass in front of shelves on top!

It was exactly what I wanted! It was $40 bucks!

Deb was with me and she said, "Oh my gosh, Terry, it is perfect!

Yes, perfect!.....except for the color...it needed to be cherry red.

......so, now it is! Check.

I needed the lower cabinets hold all my kitchen machines....blenders, crockpot, air popcorn popper, yogurt maker, mixer waffle maker and vegetable cutting machines. Check.

I needed the counter top for our coffee station. Check.

 

I wanted shelves in back of sliding glass doors to display my Bull and my china. Check.

....and it wasn't too tall, so that I could display my kitchen toys on the top. Check...and check!

YAY!

So, Deb says that I always find just the right thing all the time, like magic. The truth is that I've been looking for something like this as I went on junking adventures for the last 12 years...so, Yay!

Enjoy the Hunt!

Terry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Magazine Basket ReDo

Okay, so I have been a turtle in my shell for awhile now. The past year has been full of family drama and  big health (life) scares. Things have settled down and things are much much better.

I am now working with an iPad instead of my PC. I have used Word Office Suite for the past ten years. I was really good at it. I wrote three books, did blogs, made packaging and design work and magazine articles. I have to move forward and learn everything new......so, I am making this blog in the Blogger App for my iPad......we'll see.

I just wish that they would make a Rosetta Stone for Microsoft to Apple.

Here is my latest upcycled project. It is a small thing, (but as I said, I'm testing a new format and I'm trying to make the test easy.) It is a magazine rack which I picked up at Trader Bakers for $1.25. I love the form and especially the little wooden beads. The painted part is a cute old fashioned design, but the color had to be changed. The condition is also great.....yay!

The only thing I needed to do was to paint a little bit with red and white paints. Easily done in front of the tv one evening while watching a rerun of Elementary.

How cute, right?

So, the red beads made me think of cherries. I have a cherry print fabric.....

....I may not even make a liner for the basket.....maybe I'll just cut the fabric into pieces and stuff them into the divided sections and then come up with a brilliant cherry project.

Some projects just continue for awhile....

Enjoy the Process!

Terry