Helloooooooo out there

Yikes!!!  I've been missing in action!!1

Sorry my bad.

I caught a cold and then salmonella and then shingles to top it off.  It was a try two get one free thing.

But before that happened I found these two lamps at Goodwilll for 1.29 each. 

I actually bought them for my niece but she didn't want any more lamps.  Soooooo I claimed them.

A little white paint and they are happening already. 

As the paint was drying I wandered around my lawn and found a water lily had bloomed.

So I took this amazing picture of it. 

So now that the lamps are dry and I know where I want to put them.  I need shades to just bring that bad boy home.

I searched online for days, this was my laying flat and subconscious days.

I finally found them and then had to wait some more. 

I found things to amuse me.

Meanwhile my half dead tomato plant that I threw in my file cabinet planter decided to take over the world while I slept. 

When I did wander out side I was taken aback and a little terrified.  I've seen "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes"  and I think it started this way. 

Then as I went back to the safety of my home my shades finally arrived.

They were perfect!! 

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I did a full picture of both of them but the window above the bed has the window fan in it with cardboard and duck tape and I just really didn't want to blow the illusion of harmony.

Even though I just told you about it, hmmmm, ok ignore what I said and look at the picture.

Oh I also broke down and bought some pillows for my couch. 

I still have intentions of making some pillows but sometimes my intentions end up as pavement to a hot place.

 

PS  we did some beach time too :) 

So there is my account and hopefully I will not disappear again for awhile.

Starsky and HUTCH and other 70's things

So do you remember this thing?  I can almost hear the slap bass when looking at it.

Don't worry it's not a high dollar one, it's mostly particle board and plastic molding.

Got your gold swirlies in the glass and more intricate plastic on the bottom. 

Not to mention this obnoxiously large and heavy piece of particle board and plastic on top.

I will tell you it took quite a while to unscrew the fifty million screws holding that baby on.

I will tell you it was worth it!!  After painting for a week and then trying to smash the glass without putting my eye out.  For some reason it wouldn't break, even when I smacked it with a hammer.

I really, really want to start on my living room but I have this vow about not starting something until I finished the other.  So here is my greatly improved hutch (minus Starsky, sadly, I had a crush on him when I was little) 

 Now, I can just crush on this,

Off the HOOK TAAAAAAA-DAAAAAAAA!!!!

Big ole difference eh?

I am not completely done, I still have to put the handles on and build a "X" wine rack for the middle shelf.  Where I have the wine now.

I spray painted the handles grey.  I wanted to find some other handles that were more modern, but after searching I can not find the same size of the ones it came with....boo 

Found this amazing fabric at Fabri Guru, so love that site!!

Fabric I can afford, with reasonable shipping and great patterns. 

Think I paid about 4 dollars a yd for this.

Ok so my staging is lacking, pizazz,.....and elegance,....taste, whatever.  It's what I had on hand and wanted to get this posted.  I will do another pic when I am able to do fabulous. 

So let's add this up, shall we?

Thirty-something for the hutch and ten bucks for the fabric.  I already had everything else!

Under 50 dollar hutch, can I get a whoot, whoot?

Another Goodwill Treasure Hunting Find

Ok, so ever since Sunni over at Life in Rehab shared her amazing ideas and tools with me.

By tools I mean "Goop" and I do not mean the stuff you clean your hands with.

I say that because when I went looking for it, that is what my friendly Walmart worker lead me to.

I finally found it at Homedepot.  Since then I have been searching for things to glue to things.

This hurricane style vase with the giant G was only 1.29......It did not matter it had a giant G on it or it had a slight chip on the edge.  I knew I was going to glue things on it.  Muwaaauhahahahahaha  I had gone glue crazy O.o 

Finding this discarded broken necklace was the beginning.  I removed fake jewels and glued them to the rim. 

Then  went back to Walmart and bought some vase filler that went with fake jewels.

Then I let the glue fly!!!!

Can I get a

Taaaaaaaa-Daaaaaaaaa! 

And a thank you Sunni (go to her blog and see things first and then check back and see if I stole any of her ideas :D lol) 

Can't even see the giant G any more.

Mark it off as a win! 

I'm still thinking about putting some glitter on there, or maybe fill it with black sand with an awesome white candle.  Or maybe fill it with brighly colored candy, or chocolate......(drool chocolate)  Ok, maybe not something I will want to eat.

I don't always steal other peoples ideas.  Sometimes I am inspired to make something original.

It's usually not fabulous or something I can teach.  Half the time I'm not sure how I did it.

With the weather warming up, we've been leaving the door open to let in a breeze.

Hence unwanted visitors......take a guess what that is. 

Maybe if we look like them they will obey us and leave..... 

(please know I an not talking about teenagers but insects)

Or maybe not.

They call it Mellow Yellow

Remember this relic from age that brought you polyester pants suits, hot pants, bad hair and comb overs.  Apparently a lot of people want to forget that era.  I found this abandoned thing at Goodwill.  It must of been there quit awhile as I got it for 99 cents.

To be honest the only reason I bought it was the 99 cent price tag.  But not any more, I will now keep an eye out for these forgotten reminders of a past some purposely  forgot. 

Do you see the potential?  All I had to do was remove the top part by cutting the wire and unscrewing it in the middle.  I screwed the piece under the wood back in with wood screws (it was a nut and bolt system).

Fill in the holes with a real easy tip.  Shove a chopstick in the holes and break off.  Take some wood glue and sawdust and make a paste and shove in the holes so the hole is fully filled.  Then wait until dry, find something else to work on so you can forget about it later.  Then sand it down,....tada no more hole. 

I did toy with the idea of this.....I just loved it but I needed something more practical. 

Ok, I did also think about possibly tile to cover the top of the table.  I really wanted to make sure it would be water proof.  But that would of been too much time and money. 

After filling in the holes and then sanding it down, this is what I came up with.  Total cost?  99CENTS!!!!!

All the paint I had here at the house sooooo

TAAAAA-DAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!! 

It came out better than I expected :) 

The top was painted grey and then I used my yellow paint pen to draw the dandelion.

Then I sealed it up with a few coats of clear. 

Yep, definitely best dollar I ever spent.