Commode

 

This is a craigslist find. It was another one of our little adventures driving 45 min away because we couldn't believe someone posted this and didn't want it!!! I think these commodes are the cutest things ever.

 

 

 

The door always seem to missing on these, not sure why, but I have yet to find one with a door intact. It still looks cute with the door missing, it would be cute with a basket in it for storage.

 

We left the hardware orginal and added the top two pulls that we had from another piece because it didn't have hardware on the top drawer. I think it looks pretty good.

 

We stripped the top and the drawers and left it wood.

 

The paint is original just some distressing...love how it looks!

Pink handkerchief dresser

 

The handkerchief dresser is one of my all time favorite pieces of furniture. I love the two little drawers on top, it gives it so much character. My daughter has the same dresser in pink like the one below, I thought it was so cute, that we did the same thing to this one.

We got this find down at dells architectural.

 

Here are the before pictures...

 

 

 

After...

 

We painted it pink with a little distressing.

 

The dresser originally had wood knobs. We changed them out, I think knobs is what gives the dresser personality. On the top drawers we put glass knobs. On the bottom drawers we put porcelain knobs. (I think the pictures are kind of deceiving, in person it is a lot cuter.)

The Market- February 2013

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!
 

We have a TON of new items at the Market.

 Including a bunch of new furniture and
 vintage Valentine's for that special someone

We are open February 7th, 8th, and 9th

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Floral Quilt

 My husband and I went on a trip down to Florida. On our drive down to Fl, we stopped at an antique shop in Alabama. I wanted to find something unique for my mom. I couldn't find anything really cool, but I did find a quilting book. I thought it was cool, it was a Better Homes and Garden quilting book from the 70s. I LOVED the quilt on the cover of the book. I said to Chris (my husband) I have to get this book so my mom can make me this quilt. (This is another one of her many talents.) It was only $2 so I was totally getting it. When we got home I gave the book to my mom and said I want this quilt. She told me there is no way she could me it. I was like really? The pattern is in there. She said it was way too hard. I was so bummed. So I never thought in a million years I would be getting this quilt, because I don't know how to quilt, I wasn't going to make it. But my mom (without me knowing) was busy learning how to make this quilt. She said there were a few times where she almost throw it away and was so frustrated with it, but with some encouragement from my grandma, she finished the quilt. She surprised me with it on Easter. I was so shocked, I couldn't believe it!!! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my quilt. It is so beautiful!

 

 

This is the book I got her...

 

This is the quilt, it looks just like the one in the book.

She did a great job of matching the fabric,

it looks almost identical. I LOVE IT!

 

1800's dresser

There is this AWESOME place called Dells Architectural Antiques where we live (Eau Claire, WI). It has everything from vintage toilets, old windows, cabinets, hardware, to old fire places. If you are looking for it, chances are they have it. I think it is one of my all time favorite places to go. I could spend hours there searching for different things and wondering about all the history of everything. My mom has been down there a few more times then me, haggling with the owner to get a good deal. One day my mom and I went down there to ask if he had any "junky" furniture that he would sell. They took us down to another building that they own and we got to go through it!!! We were like kids in a candy store!!! We found 4 dressers that we feel in love with. One was a dresser that was from the 1800s (that is what the owner said,  pretty sure he knows his stuff).  When it was time to haggle the prices, the guy that was helping us got the owner (because he makes all the final decisions on the price of everything, you always get "Have to ask Jeff." Just an FYI if you go down there.) So Jeff came and saw that it was my mom and laughed...that is how many times she has been down there trying to get a good deal...lol.

 

So this is the dresser, of course I do not have before picture...but when you see the top, how aged it is, it really did need some help. Trust me, we would just paint a beautiful dresser that old!!! So this how it turned out...

 

We left the top and first drawer wood. The top looks so industrial with all the history of the dents and use of it. I personally love that!

 

 

We were inspired by the knobs we found

for the idea of this dresser.

 

We wanted to "modernize it" a little so we thought the teal color would do that. We distressed it a little. I love the old key holes on it, I think it adds more character.

This is the website for Dells...to give you an idea of what they have...dellsarchitecturalantiques.com

1st Before and After

I finally did it, took a before picture!!! It is just a little piece that we did, but it is still a before and after... there will more better ones I promise!!! It was a table my husband found, it was pretty rough (as you can see in the picture below)

 

 

BEFORE.....

 

 

 

AFTER...

 

 

 

We painted it that fun teal color and stenciled a flower on it. I think it would be cute in a little girls room with some little chairs or someone just starting out for their first apartment.

 

I also want to thank everyone for actually looking at our blog! We just hit 1000 page views! I know many bloggers get way, way more hits than that everyday, but I am just happy you all  are checking us out.

 THANK YOU so much!!!

Winter Blues

In Wisconsin in the middle of January there isn't much of thrift sale"ing" or flea marketing. The only thing that we have been thriving on in these winter months are the over picked Goodwills and Craigslist. So when my mom and I were finishing up Christmas shopping right before our Christmas party at my grandmas in the town she lives in, we found this little thrift store tucked on the corner. We were pumped!!! (That is an understatement, I think the lady who owned the place was a little scared of us, we were just a little excited finding all the cool finds...lol.) We got there about 10 min before she closed, we told her that we wouldn't be long and we only took 10 min, I think that was the best 10 min she ever had in sales...lol. We found the cute little table below with a lamp attached, a mirror, (waiting for a makeover), some awesome vintage skis, and I scored some vintage Christmas ornaments!

 

 

 

So this is the lamp table (I know, I know, no before pictures. We have slowly started remembering to take before pictures, we get too excited and start on our projects right away, then go oh crap, we forgot to take a before picture).

 

 

 

My mom redid the lamp shade, we both went to the fabric store and decided which fabrics to use, we wanted to go for that "shabby chic" look so we went with floral and pink ticking. I just love the knob that keeps the lamp shade on, it is some kind of bird, I think it adds that uniqueness to the piece. We spray painted the pole white, it was a brass color before.

 

Then we painted the table a pale pink and distressed it.

 

These are the skis, aren't they cool?