Quick and Easy Update

A few days ago I bought a new tool

because I thought my dining chairs needed a little facelift.  The electric is so much easier to use than a regular staple gun, I love it! 

I found a great tablecloth at Kohl's that has just about every color you could imagine and decided it would add the perfect splash of color I was looking for.

This is what my chairs looked like before

and after

I thought about changing the fabric on my arm chairs but decided I liked the way the new fabric looked with them. 

Stay tuned to find out what I'm going to do with my new tool and this great chair I found for only $10!



Temple Rubbings

Yesterday I went to an estate sale not looking for anything in particular, and instantly fell in love with a set of vintage temple rubbings.  I was told they are original pieces from Thailand dating back to the 1960's.

 Over the years, the Thai goverment became aware that the rubbing process was damaging the wall carvings and the artform was banned.  I'd like to believe mine are authentic and that I have a little piece of history hanging on my walls...

 but even if they aren't I still think they are AWESOME!

 

$5 Table

Last week I was shopping at my favorite thrift store and found a table that I thought would be perfect for my patio..

With a little spray paint, scrapbook paper, and Mod Podge I turned it into this

Pretty cute, don't you think?

Flea Market Finds

I saw these pet food canisters on Frongate's website a few months ago and thought they were such cute way to store dog food.

Not wanting to spend $60 on dog food storage I decided to make my own. 

I went the vintage route and found this old trash can for $10..

and freehandedly painted the words on myself.

Using a stencil would have been ideal but I was too impatient to put that together :)

Another great find was an old crib

which I turned into a rack for hanging purses using nails.

  Eventually I'd like to replace the nails with knobs or hooks, but they work for now!