Pre Farm Chicks

My first item purchased on our drive to Farm Chicks in Spokane. This was at a second hand/hunting/gun store 45 mintes from Missy's.
I am going to keep the very worn green leather on it. I like the aged look to it. I am going to paint the wood though.


Doll carriage and blue metal high chair. I stared at it for a while wondering what I could do with them. They were a good price but did I 'need' them?
Then Missy had a great idea. The blue high chair would be cute in a bathroom for towels and such. You could hand things on it, put a pail on the seat. Same for the buggy. Sold.

I didnt buy this sled but I had to take a picture. I had never seen an 8 seater sled before. At this store I did buy a large rectangular light fixture that was very Anthropologie. It is wrapped up because it is made from abalone shell.

What else? I bought a red shortening pail and steel pitcher that would look great with flowers, a Civil War era quilt top in reds, whites and blues (for 10$!!), and 2 small blue vintage suitcases for covering in fabric.

Oh, Missy bought 2 metal beds and a sofa table.

I passed up 8 fiddle back chairs and an old egg crate.

See you tomorrow with the goodies from farm Chicks.

What Time Is It?

I bought a dresser that had a large round mirror attached. I took the mirror off and stored it away.
The mirror broke. Well shoot. Not to fear. After I took the glass off I was reminded of a faux mirror I saw in a Pottery Barn catalog.
I drilled a hole in the center to mimic where the hands would have been. Sanded the heck out it and I am pretty pleased with myself.
The circle is made of 5 horizontal planks and not one large piece of plywood. Cool.
Its pretty big, about hip height. Wish I had somewhere to put it.

Market in the Window

More yummy new stuff for the shop, Laughing Daisy. Missy sewed basket liners out of vintage linens. See them there under the table? I found a similar basket today and will see if she will show me how to make a liner.
On a trip to Boise Missy and I saw these great lamp shades. We knew we had to make some. Missy's is hanging above the table. The shade was stripped and wrapped with white 'rags'.
I made one for myself and love. I'm not sure how to use it in my house but will come up with something.

Spring Display

Jennifer does such a good job at displaying all our stuff.
The large green screen in the background sold. I have been looking for another set to do in cream.
I am working on a small wooden bed/cot. I need to make it a custom size matress and then cover it with blue ticking.

Blue Secretary

An egg blue secretary desk. It was white. I sanded it a bit, painted, sanded more and finished with a walnut stain. The hardware was nice and didnt change it

The inside needed to be painted too. I thought it would be nice displayed open with a vignette on it.

Hobo Bag

I found this very shabby and chic leather bag while junking. The top layer of leather has come off most of it. The handle was replaced by rope.
Can you believe they wanted 5$ for it? Can you believe I bought it?
I took it to Jennifer's not knowing if she would 'get it'. She did.
Right now it has some twigs in it but I think it would also look neat if a vase of flowers was in it. Like giant hydrangeas.

Sunny Saturday

I picked up a few of these blank wood stools. The first one I just painted but this one I knew I wanted to cover. It got a few layers of batting, linen and a double pink doily on top.
The barn was a bare wood and I thought it needed to be blue. I thought it would be neat to display items in.

A black hutch that was a crummy faux oak. I painted the back walls a mustard. I thought if it was black it would be too cavey. I changed out the hardware to black rings.