Thrift Store Find

I found this wonderful chair at my neighborhood thrift store...I was so happy to find it because I was in need of a nice chair for my daughters desk that I purchased on craigslist.

They had an array of chairs but none of them spoke to my heart until I saw this one and it said "I am the one you're looking for!" the chair looks a lot wider in the picture then it is in person.

The chair must be an antique because it is small compared to today's dinning chairs and the craftsmanship and sturdiness of the chair is excellent and so was the price at $8!

Once I cleaned it up and spray painted and put on some new fabric for the seat it looked GREAT and as I suspected when I first laid my eyes on it.....It looked as though it was meant for my daughters desk!

Here is a close up of the detail of the chair I just love the lines on this little chair it is so feminine.

I love the chunky legs .

Here it is all wiped down and ready to be painted.

TaDa! here it is all painted and in it's new home and serving a new purpose.

Don't cha just think that it was made to go with the desk?

**Pictures of my daughters finished room soon to follow! **

God Bless!

"From Scratch Saturdays"...Baby Wipes

I'm sorry about the late post but my Internet was not working after we switched providers but without any further ado..here is this weeks "From Scratch Saturdays" project...Homemade Baby Wipes!

I have been making these for about 2 months now and I love them! They last us for about a month...because I use them for wiping hands, noses, feet, tears, messy faces and bottoms.

They are so easy to make and all the ingredients are common when you have small ones at home.

Simple Recipe Taken From The Duggar's Book "The Duggars 20 and Counting"

•Cut a whole roll of Bounty paper towels into thirds (we've found that Bounty is the only brand that works. Use an electric knife for best results).

•Place one of the halved rolls vertically into an empty and thoroughly cleaned one-gallon ice cream bucket. In a large measuring pitcher, mix two cups water, two tablespoons baby oil, and one tablespoon rubbing alcohol (some families also like to add a tablespoon of baby bath).

•Pour the liquid over the halved roll of paper towels in the ice cream bucket, and soak for 30 minutes. Remove the cardboard center. Feed the top corner of the paper towels through an X-shaped slit you've cut in the lid of the ice-cream bucket so you can pull out and tear off one “wipe” at a time."

God Bless Ya'll!

Yippie Ya Yay....Look What A Find I Found Today!

(Excuse the mess on the table...I had to clean out my side board table so that I could sell it and also so that I can get my great-grandma's dishes out so that I can display them in the cabinet.)

Oh my goodness I am just sooo excited to have found such a wonderful treasure!

While searching on my most favorite yard sale website in the entire world I came across this beauty right here. There is a story to tell about how it all came to pass but unfortunately I am pressed for time so I would have to tell ya'll later about how I came to find this sweet little china cabinet

I still can't believe how much I paid for it......can you guess? I bought this China Cabinet for $85 dollars!!! and it is solid oak and very sturdy and it fits perfectly in my dinning room (like it was made to be there) and my great-grandma's dishes look like they have been waiting for this china cabinet forever!

I'm one happy momma right now :-)

God Bless Ya'll!

The Big Reveal!!!!!

MY BIG REVEAL!!!!!!

 

Oh I am just so excited to show ya'll my Big Reveal!!!! I have dreamed of this moment for so many years and through God's blessings we are the proud owners of a........................................................ NEW KITCHEN!!!!!! 

We have lived in our home for 6 years and for 6 years we have lived with this outdated and non functional kitchen, we made due with the provisions that God had given us and I tried to make it look as nice as possible by decorating it.

I only had use of 3 somewhat workable draws but all of them were falling apart so if you were looking for a utensil 9 out of 10 times it may have slipped through the crack in the bottom of the drawer and ended up in the cabinet below!

Here are some photos of the old kitchen

This kitchen was the original kitchen of our home it was built when they 1st built these townhomes about 37 years ago.

The faux brick....well it was brick but it was inlaid into the wall and it was very icky! I cleaned it but that did not help much! Yuck!

All the cabinet doors had been painted about a dozen times or so by people before us...there was mounds upon mounds of paint on the cabinet doors.  The cabinet doors were press board or something but the cabinet itself was wood......rotten wood!

Here is the kitchen all ready for the tear out!

Notice the fluorescent light fixture in main part of the kitchen, it was not very good on the eyes.

This is the eat in part of the kitchen, notice the very old light fixture above.  I tried to clean that thing but there was so much grime and grease on it, it was almost impossible for it to be totally clean.

Ahh there's the cabinets in a pile!  When they took out the base cabinets they just crumbled onto themselves, they were rotted out!  The only cabinets that stayed in tack pretty much were the upper cabinets.

No Cabinets!  Getting Ready For Something New!

 

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HERE IT IS!!!!

Here It Is! My New & Improved Kitchen! With a New Dishwasher....something I did not have before!  We also got a new Fridge with an ice maker.....Yeah! 

The cabinets are Maple with a dark stain.  The counter top is Buttercream Granite Laminate. The paint is Tropical Tan (but it looks like a brown).

We added a nice backsplash and under cabinet lighting, which comes in pretty handy, I found out yesterday! The  under cabinet lighting is really nice cause it has 3 different settings for the lights you just touch the button gently and choose which lighting is best.

We added recessed lighting in the main part of the kitchen (much better lighting then the old fluorescent light we had).  My husband put the recessed lighting on a dimmer (He did a great job!)

A new ceiling fan in the eat in portion of the kitchen, this should come in pretty handy in the summer because our kitchen faces south so it gets a lot of sunlight and it can get hot in the summer months. (My husband put this on a dimmer also) We wanted the switch to do double duty we wanted it to have one switch to control the fan and one to control the light but our house has old wiring and it would of took to much to get that to work out and would of cost more money for the rewiring. 

Another picture of the ceiling fan....I just love it!

We added crown molding in the entire kitchen and also added a more decorative molding around the window and the door.

Oh and here is my sweet lazy susan! I have always wanted one of these things! I got so much baking stuff and all other sort of things that will go so nice in my Lazy Susan!

 

Well that's it ya'll.....that's my Big Reveal!  It was very interesting and rewarding!  Now I can't wait to eat some real food instead of all the take out and sandwiches. 

Thank ya'll for sharing in this wonderful blessing that God has given my family!  We know and understand that this is such a blessing and not just for us but also for the family who will come after us.  We are so happy to have the opportunity to leave something better then when we came! God is so good! Yes He Is!

God Bless Ya'll !

** I'll have some more pics of the kitchen once I add some homey touches to it! 

 

I Wish I May, I Wish I Might, Get Those Beauties I Saw Tonight!

Ohhh My Word......do I have my eyes set on some goodies! I have always dreamed of these two things....A China Buffet and A Cozy Fireplace.

I can't contain my excitment in finding the two things that I have always dreamed of, and to think that they are available for purchase on Craigslist!

Now the only problem that stands in my way of fulfilling my lifetime dream of owning these two things...is.....FUNDS (yes I know that can be a problem or a minor mishap...*I'm thinking positive) to purchase both of these things and the choices are abundant...oh my heart is just a fluttering!

Once I come back down to earth and reality.....I may just have to take the photos of my dream China Hutch & Cozy Fireplace and place them in a frame (sighing).... well it's always fun to "Screen Shop" the internet.

If I had to choose I would purchase the China Buffet before the Cozy Fireplace. Well here are the the beauties that have caught my fancy and have made my heart flutter....and I will show you the one China Buffet that just has me so in love right now! :-)

THIS IS THE ONE FOR ME!...IT TOLD ME SO :-)

THIS IS THE ONE FOR ME TOO....IT SAID "SIT IN YOUR CHIAR NEXT TO ME AND SIP ON YOUR TEA OUT OF YOUR PRETTY DELICATE TEA CUP" ...YEAH IT DID!

They are all so nice but I do have my favorites the one's that make my heart flutter and make my mind daydream.

What have you seen lately that just made your heart flutter at the thought of having it?

Nice Finds

While out and about at Hobby Lobby I found these wonderful plaques with Bible Verses inscribed in them. Much to my delight these plaques were 50% Off! ( oh no! I won't tell you how much they were originally.......that would spoil my Bargain Shopper look I have going.....and we don't want that..now do we ).

While looking at these sweeties on the shelf I started thinking of all the great places I can put these little plaques and because I liked majority of all the sayings ( that figures) I just HAD to buy 4 of them (Bulk is Better.....right?)

I have already placed these little sweeties in and about my kitchen......but I can't show you until I have offically "Fluffed" up this area of the house for SPRING! I will soon have pictures to share with all of my "Nesting Cottagers" if there is such a word!

Here are some not so good pics of the plaques! Either I need a photography class or a new camera but either way niether one is happening soon!