Owl Book Ends

I had to share these cute little owl book ends I found for under two bucks at a thrift store. I have looked up similar ones at barnesandnoble.com and they are close to $40. That's crazy. I knew they had potential when I saw them - just a little white spray paint and they look modern and oh so cute! So excited for these things - my little boy loves owls and now he has two that will go in his room!

{The Owls BEFORE their makeover}

{And After}
 

Dresser projects and a good find.

Hey guys!

I know its been a couple weeks since I've posted. I'm sorry. I've had some family stuff to sort out and have been staying with family for the past 2 weeks. I have been itching to show you all some things I've been working on. I will have access to my husband's nice camera tomorrow and will hopefully find time to take some detail shots of some of my projects. Here are some finds that I picked up last week.

Antique Dresser - I've already finished this one and will hopefully have some after pics soon!

Waterfall dresser - still deciding on color

And lastly, this gorgeous antique mirror. I found this thing for $15. Can't really decide if I'm going to paint it or not - I kind of like the gold. What do you guys think? I need some ideas.

A few setbacks and a thank you.

For the past several days I've been itching to get started on new paint projects. But truth be told I've had a few setbacks this week. Last Sunday night I fell down the stairs at my parents house and hit my tailbone and lower back pretty good. I'm okay, but just now realizing the soreness is not going to go away overnight. And THEN, early Tuesday morning I woke up with the stomach bug and was on the couch for two days - which was pretty miserable. But I am feeling much better and slowly my back is feeling much better. I promise I will have some good posts for you guys to read soon!

In addition to my setbacks, I also just wanted to thank everyone for all the sweet comments, and for just taking a look at my blog and being a follower. Its been a eye opener to think that people actually like what I do and what I have a passion for, and that a large amount of people share my passion. Its been great hearing your comments and thoughts on paint color, furniture detail, etc. So thank you all so much for just looking, commenting, and being a follower! It means so much! 

Sincerely,

Kelsey ;)

Next Projects

So, my painting has kind of slowed down a little bit - with Christmas approaching I've been super busy out shopping and doing things around the house with decorations and such. So this will be a short post with pics of projects to come.

The chest was a craigslist find around the Asheville area and the old chair (which I love) is a beside-the-road find that I found from my hometown area (gotta love FREE stuff from the road) :)


You'll just have to wait and see how they turn out! Still deciding on a fabric for the seat of the chair...

Bird's egg blue.

So here is my reveal of one of the dressers that has been sitting in my storage building out back. And painting it this bird's egg blue was perfect. (Had it leftover from a room my mother painted) The pulls/knobs are original but just painted. I think I used Krylon spray paint in Ivory. I've been loving their spray paint recently (And I'm not really a fan of spray paint), but I love how its been looking on projects I've been doing lately. Krylon is the spray paint of choice now :)

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