Shabby Shed Boutique

We are excited to announce that we are going to be selling our furniture at Shabby Shed Boutique. It is located in Bloomer, WI (about 20 min north of Eau Claire). Randine is the owner and she found us on craigslist. Because when you are first starting out craigslist never fails :). So my mom and I went up to check out the store and it seemed like a great fit for us! So we are very excited! They have several vendors. So there is a ton of different things from vintage, antiques to handmade mittens. So it is true that there is something for everyone there.

 

The store hours are:

Thursday - Friday 12-5, Saturday - Sunday 12-4. 

 You can also "like" their Facebook page

 Shabby Shed Boutique

 

Here are some pictures of the different

things they sell to give you an idea!

 

 

Pink Lipstick Dresser

This is our new favorite piece!!! I am in love with this color pink!!! This piece was a free craigslist find. My husband is constantly looking on craigslist. He is the king of flipping and trying to find a good deal. So when he saw this for free he went and grabbed it right away. He had faith in my mom and I that we could do something with it. It was pretty ugly, it was about four different layers of paint all chipped. The typical piece of furniture that you see on the side of the road that looks like it is ready to go into the trash. It's amazing what a little paint and some creativity can do!!!

 

 

 

 

We left the original hardware and spray painted them black.

 

Don't you just love the flowers?

The Market-January 2013

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

The Monthly Market will be open this weekend.

 January 9th, 10th, and 11th.

 There are a few new things to come check out!!!

 

 

 

 

 

****REMEMBER NEXT MONTH IS THE ART CRAWL! TONS OF AMAZING ARTISTS, LIVE MUSIC, AND OF COURSE SHOPPING!!! DON'T FORGET TO JOIN US FEBRUARY 8TH AND 9TH****

Blessed in 2012

Well it has been awhile since I have posted something, lets just say that December was CRAZY!!! My mom and I have been very blessed in 2012 with our passion for creating ugly furniture into lovely furniture.

 

First of all one of my mom's co-worker's wife asked if we wanted to sell our furniture and other neat finds at her monthly shop call the Market, which I have mentioned it several times by now.

 

Second,  technology is amazing!!! I have watched this show in the DIY network called Rehab Addict and of course you can "like" just about everything on facebook, so of course I "liked" the show with a little help of a friend showing me the page. Nicole Curtis, who hosts the show, posted on facebook to send her anything creative, like art, crafts, etc... so she can showcase the stuff in the latest house she restored. So I sent a few pictures of our furniture thinking never in a million years they will like our stuff, but I had to try right? Well no kidding I got an email back from one of the assistants!!! So next thing I know, my mom, my husband, and I are driving about 2 hours in the first snow storm of the year up to St. Paul to deliver this furniture. (We got around 14 inches of snow that snow storm.) Yes we are crazy, but I wasn't going to let anything come in my way of delivering that furniture. So it will be staged in the Case house she redid in her third season! I will have more details later. So with Christmas and this all happening, we had a busy December!

These are the pieces we took...

 

 

Now that things have settled down a little we are working on some new pieces for the big event at Banbury Place (where the Market is located) called the Art Crawl.  So this is the latest one we have finished.

 

 

We painted the couch table red with some black paint to show through when we distressed it. We put a pull knob on it to give it a little more character.

The Market-December 2012

 

 

I just wanted to share a few pictures of what kind of things that are sold at the market. There are different items all the time, but this is what it looks like for the month of December. I will post pictures every month showing all the new items!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas Proud

If you have ever watched the Nate Berkus show you know that he does House Proud, well I am doing Christmas Proud. Christmas is my FAVORITE holiday, I love to decorate for Christmas. Over the years I have had pretty much hand me down decorations from my grandma and my mom. Now that  I am older I have found my own Christmas style. I have been collecting Christmas ornaments since pretty much after high school. Mostly the European ornaments. I have recently have really gotten into vintage Christmas decorations, like the 50-70s, the plastic Santa's and painted little nicknacks. Here is some of my decor...

  This year with Miss Bailey around we have brand new shatter proof ones on our tree (see the picture on the right, with that little hand...). I am sad I am not putting up my ornaments that I have collected over the years, but I rather not have them broken...lol.

I tried to find the most "vintage" looking ornaments. I got them from one of my favorite stores Target!
The tree topper is from my great grandma Schroeder, my grandma had it and gave it to me. She gave it to me in the original box, I thought that was pretty cool!!!

 

 

We don't have a fireplace to put our stockings on, So I hang them from something to be honest I have no idea what it is, maybe an old lawnmower handle...no clue. I got it one year at cranberry fest.

I got this really cool vintage Santa. I am not sure how old it is, but I got it at the thrift sale that my mom and I found those 5 dressers. I was so excited to find a score like that, I only paid $1 for him!!!

 

There was one more thing that I wanted to put up with the display. I looked at it for about 20 min and it came to me, an old Christmas card and put it in a frame! I always keep my old Xmas cards. I rip off the front of the card if there is no writing on it and keep it for name tags. So I had a bunch to choose from. I like how this one looks old.

 

All the trees and the picture are hand me downs from my mom and grandma. The Santa is wrapped in tinfoil and painted, it was something I haven't seen before so I really liked it. My mom got it for me one year during the "deer hunter widow" shopping.

 

I have this display in my kitchen. I have a little bit of everything on here. I think I am more into Santa's then snowmen looking at my decorations...lol

 

My favorite two things in this display are in the bottom right hand corner. You can't see it very well, but it is a tin candle with Santa on it. It was a gift from my son, Korbin. They have a Christmas store every year at his school. Parents donate new or gently used items and the kids can bring two dollars and get presents for people (each item is a dollar).  I just LOVE it, it is so special to me! The other thing is a homemade decoration from Korbin, it is a present with his picture in it. He made it when he was in preschool. I LOVE, LOVE getting things like that from him. I have a bunch of Christmas stuff he has made over the years up around the house.

The matching snowmen are from my mom. Remember when there were ceramics and you painted them, yup those are it. I think they are so fun and they remind me of my childhood, I will always keep those! The little pink tree, I found at a thrift sale for 10 cents!!! Can't beat a deal like that!

 

I have always wanted a real Christmas wreath! When we got our tree tonight, I told my husband that I wanted a wreath. I said ask the guy if he will throw in a wreath with the tree. My husband is all about a deal so of course he asked and well we got the wreath!!! I just love it, when you open the door and walk in you can smell the fresh pine!!! I hope you enjoyed the Christmas decorations and got some fun ideas!

 

I hope you all have a Happy Holiday and God Bless!!!

 

 

Vintage Junkies~

Turquoise Tables

 I love this turquoise color!  I think painting a small piece of furniture is very fun way to give some color to a room without overdoing it. I think these tables would look so cute in a living room. After we got these tables done, my mom got her Home and Garden magazine in the mail and guess what was on the cover??? Two side tables in this color that were very similar...lol.

So I guess this color is a popular one right now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a custom frame we did. One of my former co-workers wanted something to display her cards that she makes. She is a scrap booking/card making demonstrator. She wanted a picture frame painted in a turquoise color with a distressed look that had chicken wire behind it to hang the cards. I like this so much I think I want to make one for myself to hang in my kitchen to put all my misc papers on.

 

 

 

vintage junkies~