New Treasures for the Store

 Had two fun days of shopping this last weekend,

so here are some of my treasures.

Above: 2 little children's wood chairs,

a watering can, rusty little shovel,

and 3 cameras.

 

Here is a close up of he cameras.

Love that one on the left. have never seen on like it before.

 

On the other chair are two cast iron toys,

an old pocket dictionary, a little typewriter pencil sharpener, and a little box of cards.

(Have not checked out what kind yet) =)

I like a mystery.

 a close up of the cards....

anyone know anything about them??

Here is a totally rusty and cool old camp stove, oven thingy.

 Here is the inside. Will be so cute for display.

  One can never have too many rusty old bird cages.....

 And this one has such a cute pattern on the plastic.

 Here are some other treasures:

Old washboard, brass scale, and 2 leaded glass cupboard doors.

These are really nice leaded glass, and heavy,

but I think I will paint the oak black, and scruff it up some.

It is just to newish looking for me.

What would you do with them??

 Here is a close up of the old nail bag from the last pic.

And here is the inside, all divided up into pockets for assorted nails.

Hmmm. What can we sue it for???

Have a great week everyone.

joining Knick of Time, and Coastal charm for their parties.

blessings

barb

My Newest Treasures

 My newest and most wonderfully great treasure.

 bet you have guessed already what it is.

 yep. a scale.

 a big, wonderful, black, old, old scale.

Have wanted one for the shop forever...

but could not afford one.

Happy dance....finally found one!! =)

 other simple little things:

candle holders. perfect for a crow, or orange candles.

 child's wooden chair....

and small doll buggy base.

We can have fun with this....

Those are all the fun finds I'm showing today.

I have hit the jackpot lately, 

and cannot wait to show you the rest. =)

Blessings and have a super week.

Barbara Jean

Rustic White Day

Don't ya just love this old window box?
It was on the side of a shed at a barn sale.

Perfect peely, and old.

Do you think these would make cute hangers
or wall decor? Outdoors could hang a hose on them.
Inside a towel.
They are actually corner pieces to a closet storage shelf.
Metal, with just a tad of rust starting.

Love perfectly rusted metal?

I got 4 of these beauties!!!
I'll add seats and backs,
or, someone else can. =)

Old marble desk pen holder with clock.
And below is one shelf of a new little goody at the store.
I'll show you the rest tomorrow.

Blessings and Happy White Wednesday.
For more Wonderful whites pleas go visit Kathleen
at Faded Charm.

White Delights, Big Projects, and Bloggy Braggin'

Here are some whites from a big garage sale on Saturday.

I love this marble cross.

I bought two of these children's garden chairs.
Paid too much, but just had to have them.
They will look so cute at the store.
(these are sold)

And here is another chair.
White doll chair.
Already shabbied up!

Here's a stack of lovely white table linens.
Can never have enough of those,
especially when you are fluffing them around displays.

Here are some pretty white outdoor flowers.
More and more flowers and trees blooming here now.

More White Wednesday and
Braggin' on a Blog Buddy.


Here is another wonderful shoe nest done with my Vintage Baby Shoe tutorial ideas.

This one is by Tammy @ Decorating My Life.

Didn't she do a great job?

Be sure to go on over and check out her blog. Lots of sweetness there.

Here is a little red for you...


The next time you see these you will not recognize them.
(they will be posted on Pink Saturday if that gives you any clues.)

And what am I workin' on ya' say?
Here is a peek.

Here is one corner of my workroom.




After 26 years of teaching painting, (14 at this location) I am cleaning out.
We are totally changing my class/work room around at the store.
Purging, and it feels sooo good!

After we moved everything in this corner....

This is what we found.
Yep, you got it... a big leaky mess. The shelves, carpet, all wet. The door behind the shelves has been leaking and we did not know it. So, we are in the process of drying things out and seeing what the damage is.
Have you ever noticed that your project always turns into more than you expected?
Care to share any with us?

And here is another project:
These black shelves just have to go! These are really heavy, duty shelf units and I would just like to paint them, but, they are high gloss black paint.

SO, you furniture painters out here, I want them shabby white. What is the fastest, easiest, cheapest way to do it? (short of a miracle that is.)

You can click to enlarge and on the right side see what they are..
(The shutters are just screwed in as a shelf.)

Thanks for coming by, and for all your words of encouragement.

I'm joining these wonderful blogs for this weeks events.
Please go take a look around and see all the other projects.
Thanks to our wonderful and committed hostesses!

blessings


barbara jean

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