DIY, Decor and More
One thing that surprised me in the reader survey results is that you guys like to hear about thrifty finds. I wasn’t sure if you enjoyed those posts, but now I know. Each year it is hit or miss with the yards sales. This year there were a lot of misses mostly because of bad weather and Saturday morning conflicts, so… Read More
This antique wooden plane is getting new life as a hat rack. It all started when my husband needed a new tool and asked me if I wanted to go to the tool store with him. I have no idea what prompted me to say yes, but I did, and off we went. As he looked for the tool he needed,… Read More
A few weeks ago, my computer crashed. It just stopped working all together. I took it to the professionals and they gave me a grave look, shook their heads, and told me it was the motherboard, which is the mother of all bad things that can go wrong with a computer. They told me it wasn’t even worth it to fix… Read More
I made my list, set my budget, lathered myself in sunblock, donned my straw beach hat and comfortable walking shoes, grabbed my sunglasses, folding rolling cart and water bottle and headed to the largest outdoor antiques show in the country – the Brimfield Antiques Show. Brimfield week is quite an experience with 23 fields filled with over 5,000 dealers. It can be a… Read More
Yesterday, I went to the Vintage Fashion and Textile Show. It comes to Sturbridge three times a year, and it is always on the Monday of Brimfield week. There are lots of vendors and booths selling anything from vintage buttons, trims and clothing to German grain sack fabric by the yard. It is pretty spectacular if you are in the… Read More
I received a $50 gift card several months ago. Don’t hate. It was a Christmas gift. I’ve been saving it to buy something special … something I wouldn’t buy for myself if I had to dole out the cold, hard cash. Well, I finally found it. I bought my first McCoy planter and some pretty vintage curtains. I love the… Read More
Maybe it was the way the sun had been shining for a few days this past week that made we want to browse my local thrift shops. The warmth of the sun reminded me of summer days, and yard sales with friends, and the thrill of a find. Or maybe it was the impending 2-3 foot blizzard warnings, and the thought of… Read More
Paint by Number Wall Update I recently found a few more paint by numbers on Etsy (one of my fav places to look for them). They were not framed. I thought it would be easy to find inexpensive oak frames, but I couldn’t find them anywhere. Well, what I mean by anywhere is Walmart or Target. I thought about hanging them… Read More
Thrifty Finds: Vintage Glass Bottle Stoppers I was on the way to the grocery store when I spotted a Barn Sale sign. Can you hear the screeching tires? I’m kidding sort of. I decided to check it out. I came upon a bag of antique glass bottle stoppers for $20. I had no idea how much bottle stoppers were even… Read More
Collecting Paint by Numbers At the beginning of the summer I found two framed paint by numbers. They were perfect in every way including their condition, colors, subject (sailboats on the ocean), and price. Then they just sat around all summer in a corner because I didn’t know where to hang them. A few weeks ago I found the little beauty… Read More
