Thrifty Finds

Hello everyone! Rhoda at Southern Hospitality is hosting a new party this week. I, like everyone else at this party, loves to go to yard sales, thrift stores, and just all out big sales. Heres a few things I have found in the last couple of weeks. We are redoing my daughters room. I will have more pics once we are completely through. But so far, we've been pleased with the results.

The first thing she needed was lamps. I found this one at a thrift store just up the street from me. It was a horrible brown/bronze color. Not very attractive at all. Sorry, I forgot to take a pic before. I do that sometimes. I painted it a nice shade of pink, which is the color we are adding to go with the green in her room. It looks totally different now.


For the other side of the bed, I found this little table that was perfect for a nightstand for only $6.00 at a yard sale. I haven't painted it or anything as of yet. Still deciding if I need to or not. I had the other lamp and spray painted it to match the thrift store lamp, then got coordinating lampshades.


Here is a pic of the two lamps together, what do you think? Can we get away with it? We might get the letter L monogrammed on the lampshades to bring them together even more. What do you think?



Lastly, the comforter was a find at Dirt Cheap. Its a small thrift store, so to speak, but usually its hand-me-downs from other stores like Target, etc. The comforter is a Martha Stewart find for $20.00 brand new. The pillows are from yard sales that I had put up for several months. I thought they went with it nicely. The pillows were .50 and $1.00 a piece.


Well, thats just a few thrifty finds of late. Be sure and check out Rhoda's blog at http://southernhospitality-rhoda.blogspot.com/ for more Thrifty Finds.

Debbie

Whats on your wall Wednesday

I'm joining Barb at http://gritsglamour.blogspot.com/ for Whats on your wall Wednesday. This is the first time I have joined this party, I thought it would be fun. Of course I love pictures of my family first and foremost but I love decorating, period. So, heres just a few things for this first Whats on your wall.......

This is one of my favorites....my daughter's wedding picture. This picture was in the brides room on an easel. It now hangs in my family room.



And these are my favorites of the other three.....these still live at home, also in the family room.




My fireplace is one of the favorite things in my family room. When we first moved in about 6 years ago, I loved magnolias, still do, but I would love to put a family picture at the beach there.....




I love to decorate with plates, as I have seen other bloggers love that also, these were a christmas present a couple of years ago, I love these displayed in my kitchen...

Of course they are roosters too...a definite plus!


And last but not least.....this was a present from my oldest daughter when we moved in...it just needs some more things around it, I'm just not sure what I want to do. Any suggestions would be appreciated. It's also in my kitchen.



Thanks for visiting my walls today. Be sure and take a look over at Barb's for some more walls to gander at. Debbie

My plate is full this week

Hey guys, Sorry its been so long since I posted, but with my grandson home, I've been helping out my daughter as much as possible. Also, this is Spring Break for my children. You won't believe this, but yesterday, me and my husband took our youngest daughter to see the Hannah Montana movie, yes, my husband went too. We all loved it, no kidding, it was a really good movie. I guess you just never know till you try. Anywho, tomorrow we will go down to Gulf Shores for a day of fun. It's suppose to be a beautiful day again tomorrow. I will be back in a couple of days. We are redoing my daughters room, so I'll have some pics later this weekend hopefully to show you. Have a great week and here's a few pics of my grandson to keep you entertained......

Wide eyed and bushy tailed


Laid back


Totally out of it


He's in a slight trance and loves to smile at this point


I'm so proud of this little one......can't you tell? Debbie

Happy Happy Joy Joy

My grandbaby and daughter are finally home from the hospital. They got in around 5:00 this evening. What a joyous occasion. Thank you everyone for your prayers during this time. You could say you helped bring him home. Thank you so much. Debbie

Bunny on a Stick

I decided to join in on the party for Bunny on a Stick Show and Tell. When I seen these little bunnies, I knew I had to have some. They are just adorable. Go to Barb's party to see more of these cuties at Grits and Glamour.

So here's mine. I love topiaries and moss. The pots also have the moss on them.


Oh look, here's another one....


A matching set. Here's my table centerpiece with these on either side.


Don't forget to check out Barb's blog for more of these cute things. Debbie

Flaunt your Red

This is my first Flaunt your Red hosted by Nancy-Southern Lady.

Go check out her blog for other Flaunt your Red and an awesome blog.

I've noticed a lot of us girls out here in blogland have roosters. Well, I am no exception, I love roosters. Here is my favorite that my mom gave me several years ago. It has a little red on it.



Next, this is the rooster lamp my hubby got me. Most of the time I just have to suggest that I want something, and he will do his best to get it for me.



Here are some more roosters on plates. They are surrounded by red.


Here is a close up of one....



Here is a cute little birdhouse that just had to be put in my decor....



This floor lamp, I am really proud of what I paid for this one. They still have it at Target for $69.99, got it at Dirt Cheap for....drum roll please..... $12.99. Still in the box and nothing wrong with it. Gotta love it..... also love the pillows on my chair. Love to use throw pillows anywhere.



Last but not least, here is a metal piece that hangs in my family room....the flash brightened it a little......


Well, I hope you enjoyed a little tour of my reds. Don't forget to check out Nancy's blog and more Flaunt your Red. Debbie

Changing the use of things

I did not start this blog just for the birth of my grandson, but it just happen to start up at the time where he was the center of everything. I thank you for listening to me and praying for him at this time. He will be coming home soon, hopefully next week and I will let you know as soon as he does.

But now that things are a lot better, there are a lot of other things I do like to talk about. Like.... decorating, trash to treasure, shopping and just about anything you can think of. I would like to start with this for now. I found this at a yard sale one early Saturday morning, of course it was not black and needed a major cleaning where it had been sitting in a corner somewhere for who knows how long.


I spray painted it black, love that spray paint, and believe it or not, I found some round red candles at a yard sale still in the packaging to put in them. I've got this hanging in my foyer right now, but my mind started running ninety to nothing.

The word is cloche. I love them, don't have a one, so I thought about it. They are very hard to find around here, but I'm hopeful. With my mind whirling I took one down and turned it over and voila.....there was a cloche. But I needed something to put it on. See, its not very big but oh so cute. So today I was going around to some of my favorite shops and I came across this......

The lady said it was suppose to be a margarita glass but the hole is so small and its not very tall. I was thinking this might work perfect for a pedastal for my cloche.

And it fit perfectly. I paid $2.00 for this and I think it looks great. Now I have to find something to decorate with inside of it. Any suggestions? I would love to find a little birds nest to fit in there with some little eggs. I'll keep looking till I find the perfect thing! I have two more of those little cloches too. Debbie