I pulled a white peasant blouse (sales tag attached) from the grab bag. The batiste-like fabric features self-fabric ribbons and eyelet cut outs. The neckline is machine smocked . . .
. . . and the hem has a sheer underlay.
Very pretty and would make a perfect sundress or wedding party dress for a little girl.
Come in to my workroom dubbed Art Dream Workspace. It’s a dream that is now a reality. Oh, more still needs to be done (curtains, more storage, etc.) but I am ecstatic!
Where to begin?
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The two biggest priorities were that family could spend time together in this room and because this is a very small room, and as you can see every inch is used, storage and organization was a must!
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The breakfront secretary cabinet was a $25 USD Craigslist find that I painted with MMS Linen and Luckett’s Green Milk Paints. It’s full of jars and baskets that hold bits and pieces, glue guns, hole punches, stickers, yarn and crap galore.
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Even the top of this cabinet is used for storing driftwood finds.
It’s still warm out, but I’m getting that fall-like feeling. The trees in our yard are trying to tell me to put away the daisy wreath. 😕 One problem: I don’t have anything “fall-ish” for the entry door.
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With wire and a glue gun; anything’s possible, LOL. Right? What I had was a faux fall leaf stem that I had already cut up, a grape vine branch and old left over Indian corn. No matter how I grouped them, nothing clicked. They just looked plain tired.
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Looking through my stash (junk), I came across the wood seat I had saved from another project (Sweat Equity Chairs). Hmmm. Possibilities. . .
After wiring and hot-gluing the floras to the wood seat I had a presentable – well maybe eccentric – wreath for our entry.
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You can see the old nail and screw holes in the seat if you look close. I didn’t have to drill. Yea! It was very easy and took only 30 minutes!
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What do you think?
Have a good week! – – Joanne
Looking through blogs, I found lots of inspiration (One Lucky Day and Indestructibles) on how to repurpose my saved soda cans and scrap pallet left over from building two tables (see Pallet + Plywood Workspace Table and Pallet Project: Kitchen Island/Worktable here). Using supplies I had on hand, my main goal was to construct layered wings by recycling soda cans and somehow attach my completed piece to a pallet scrap.
Had a great time traipsing through junk and thrift stores this weekend with my better half. We found a lot of cool things.
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Couldn’t pass up this little ‘settle bench’ shelf/drawer.
I’m thinking that it’d make a sweet ‘washi tape’ organizer by placing a piece of dowel rod across each of the three curves.
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Hmmm. What can I do with horse show ribbons?
If you have any ideas I’d love to hear from you. I picked up several.
Wonder who ‘Lady’ was? Obviously she was someone’s beloved horse who placed fourth in 1966 – almost 50 years ago! Love the rosette medallion.
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Not sure what the intended use was for this handmade solid wood cubbie bin.
Was it a mail sorter? Probably a tool bin.
The name plates are long removed.
Ribbon wheels, fabric squares, small craft paints would fit nicely
inside the 12 cubbies, don’t you think?
I don’t think the drippy duck egg blue paint or the exposed wood detracts.
Its rustic-ness actually looks warm.
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Looking forward to an upcoming weekend junk trip get-away in June. Can’t wait!
Have a great week! – – Joanne
The cutting, sanding, painting, shelf and sewing table installation into the “used-to-be-closet” is just about complete. I used paint I already had on the walls and ceiling to prepare the space. (More on demolition here).
Loose junk is hidden away in a vintage oak slat picnic basket (collecting these is a guilty habit). A variety of mason jars hold buttons. Fabrics are kept in see-through baskets (Garden Ridge). The thread rack (Wal-Mart) and piece of scrap peg board for my sewing tools were spray painted to match.
