Weekend Finds

This weekend I had a chance to go estate sale shopping. It's one of my favorite pastimes when we had the antique store, so I couldn't pass up the opportunity.

It's usually hit or miss at most sales, but I scored when I found this vintage highchair for $20. I can't wait to paint and distress this piece!

Then I found this vintage variety of white dishes and platters to use for decorating. They will be a great addition to my mismatched collection.

Finally, for Eleanor's current Mickey Mouse obsession I bought her the sweetest vintage books.

I hope you had a wonderful weekend.

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Empire Buffet Makeover

Hey there, it's been awhile! I am so excited to share with you what I worked on over the weekend! I inherited this antique empire buffet from my beloved grandmother last year. I originally planned to keep the natural tiger oak wood but it was just too orange for my taste. The piece had a few veneer issues that clearly needed covered. With a little hesitation I finally decided to bite the bullet and just paint the piece white.

Now I love the updated buffet even more than before. 

I decided to distress the piece and update the hardware.

It's new home will be in one of the upstairs bedrooms. Our future plan for the room will be a playroom for Eleanor and the buffet will serve as a TV console and extra storage.

Have a great day!

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Spring Dining Room

I just wanted to share with you a little spring decor that I added in our dining room this past week. I found the large birds nests at World Market last year and just knew they would be a perfect addition to my spring decor. 

We've updated several things in our dining room lately, including our china cabinet makeover, an ironstone plate collection on two walls, and a relocated cabinet across from the buffet.

In case you missed the makeover post from last week you can click here to see what the china cabinet looked like before I painted it. It really is a huge before and after transformation! 

For a springtime feel, I simply added green moss to the nests and the table centerpiece, added succulents and birds nests with speckled eggs in the china cabinet, dried hydrangeas, and classic white plates.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

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Spring Porch

Good afternoon! Today I thought I would share the progress of our spring porch. We are coming up on a year since we moved into our new house and we finally have the back porch projects finished. This past weekend we were busy hanging drapes and putting the new black sofa together.

 It's so nice to have the back porch all cleaned up and decorated for the warmer weather. We enjoy sitting outside at night watching TV, just lounging and relaxing.

There is a variety of vintage and newer pieces mixed together with DIY projects to create a comfortable, extended living space outside. 

For example, the wooden bench and chippy shutters were flea market finds, the iron tables, rug, pillows, and sofa is new, and the rustic coffee table was revamped by us. 

I can't get enough of bright potted flowers and ferns this time of year! They really help freshen up the back porch.

This decorative mirror and boxwood wreath are perfect for this black iron table.

We bought canvas Sunbrella fabric and cut to length for instant outdoor drapes. We tried drop-cloth fabric drapes at our old house and loved the look, but they mildewed and were a mess. So we decided to go with real outdoor fabric and just make our own this go around. 

Not only do I love the look of the drapes, but they are perfect for sun control and allow privacy too.

I'm sure we will be spending a lot of time out here this spring and summer.

I hope you have a blessed Wednesday!

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Vintage Egg Prints

Since it's Easter week, I thought it would be fitting to share with you my recent art purchases from a flea market. They are vintage egg prints that I had framed for our living room. 

The speckled eggs are so subtle in color, yet they have a beautiful sage green background that makes them stand out. 

Lately the simplicity and beauty of nature has inspired me in decorating our home. The framed prints make a great addition hanging on either side of the cased opening leading into the kitchen.  

I also bought these vintage fern prints from the same vendor. I had them framed in a chunky gold frame for our kitchen dining area. You can see more details about that space here.   

If your interested I found these (1, 2, 3) free vintage inspired bird's egg printables for instant art. 

Wishing you and your family a blessed and happy Easter!

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Spring Kitchen Nook

Hey there. I hope you've had a wonderful week! I don't know about you, but I'm really enjoying the warmer weather. It's been super busy for us around the store lately, which is always a good thing! Now I'm ready to kick off the weekend.

First I want to share with you a little more spring decor from around our home. I freshened up the kitchen nook table with crisp white dishes and napkins along with birds nest. I added some color with the green vase and floral stems.   

When we built our house I knew I would need a narrow kitchen nook table to accommodate the space. That was no problem since we already had the perfect size table in our store. It was originally made to be island height, so we just shortened the legs. I love that the table was custom made from a customers late father. It was bare wood when we bought it, so I just painted and distressed it to go with our decor.

The wood dining chairs were a great find years ago and the cream head chairs were recently bought new. I love to mix old and new pieces throughout our home.

Another thing I love about this space is the natural sunlight. I'm still debating about hanging linen drapes on these windows.

Click here for more details about the bench makeover.

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Spring Mantel

To celebrate the start of a new season that's upon us, I thought I would share the Spring Mantel at our store. It's nature inspired and all freshened up for Spring. 

The gray painted and distressed wooden pallet became the perfect backdrop for the mantel display. I used branches, logs, birds, green moss, and a succulent for a natural theme.

The folded book was so simple to make. All you need is a cover-less paperback book and five minutes to fold sections of pages... and that's it!

Sweet little birdies perched on branches.

I bought the wooden nest letters and simply painted them to coordinate with the backdrop. 

I love the aged look of this mantel in our store. It's salvaged from New Orleans and has tons of character, years of chippy paint and the curved detailed top is just gorgeous. 

Have a wonderful week!

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