Weekly Finds 1-8-16

Weekly finds sure make up for last week.  This was a trip to the second hand store with my sister over the New Year's weekend while up north.  She got there before me and when I walked in the door she said there was nothing..... So here's my nothing

two mirrors with fun frames.

2 old jars that caught my eye

Salt and Pepper Grinder

A metal little house and 6 glass candle rings

A wood candle stick and a metal deer candle stick.

A heart engraved candle cup for the tall candle stick

The candle ring under the cup.

I got a buffalo plaid flannel shirt for myself also.  And with helping my sister see things through my eyes she walked out with her arms full as well.  

Then I visited the second hand store in town and found a few more treasures.

A Hobby Lobby stack of drawers with fun jewel/metal door pulls.  

I wasn't sure what I seen in this but it jumped in my cart

Square frames only because I have a thing for square frames....

A cell phone holder

And then I spied these butterflies.  I've painted them in the past and sold them at Jazzed Up Junk sale, they are super cute painted up with chalk paint for a little girls gallery wall.

Now the kicker...... there were 27 of them and I bought them all.  Then I wondered who had 27 butterflies????

While I was there I seen a sofa table that recently someone just asked me to watch for.  I had forgot about that conversation so I went back after work to look at it closer and dang it if I didn't find a couple more items that needed a facelift.

A couple clipboards, one says Max so of course I needed to bring it home.

A chunky sturdy shelf.  I'm not much of a shelf person but this will be perfect mounted on the wall on my side of the bed at a table height.  The space I have on my side isn't big enough for most tables so this will be perfect.

Great detals

And this hanger thing.... I have no idea what it is but it will hang on a tree branch holding a few fun items this summer.

The sofa table..... way too high priced for a broken stapled together still broken falling apart piece of furniture.  Some times those prices are just way off.

What did you find this week?         Later...

Weekly Find - Last one for 2015

My last treasure find for 2015.  This week there wasn't anything out there.  This should be a week of cleaning out the old to put in the new but those old items must not have been delivered to the second hand stores yet.  Except for this gem.  I'm not a chicken fan but what's not to love about this handmade pieced together wood sign.  

I love everything about it and might not change a thing.  Now to figure out where to hang it.  At home, up north, in the garden????  If I don't paint it I'll have to come back and share it's new home.

Happy New Year to all - may 2016 find you new treasures to paint, distress, wax and enjoy. 

Later.....

Plain Box Gone Leather

This is a plain box I found at a second hand store.  I really like boxes and blank canvases.  It was a silver gray like a shiny metallic silver.  

Now it's gone Red Leather.  This was painted with Annie Sloan Emperors Silk and Graphite.  I've tried to find a good red in chalk paint and so far no luck besides my first love Emperors Silk.   

This would be my 3rd quart of Emperors Silk and I've used every last drop from the quarts.  This box isn't the true red that she is since it's blended with graphite but it's still a pretty red.  With the texture and distressing it makes a faux leather look.

A view from the top

I found that Miss Red Leather liked showing off for the camera.  Look at her close up.

Oh boy she's liking this attention.

A Shiny Silver to a showy Red Leather that is begging for attention.  

How can you not like her?         Later.......

Coco tray with fun legs

While asking a question "what's your favorite color and do you decorate your house with it?" during the paint class I learned that most people don't have a lot of color in their houses.  They might have blue as a favorite color but they don't have any blue in their house.  The most common color they decorate with is tan/brown/neutrals.  I find that interesting, I might like those colors and have them in my furniture/floors/walls but I need color most of the time.  So since I had a gift certificate for Annie Sloan Chalk Paint that was going to expire I picked up a quart of Coco which is a tan/brown.  

I started with this silver tray with fun legs.  It was okay silver but what's to lose with painting it?

Painted it Coco with clear and dark wax gives it a new life.  The detail is more noticeable and his legs....... oh the legs...... are beautiful.  

I piled it full of my coasters made from a white birch log painted with Amy Howard Chalk Paint for that color I need.

I do really like the Coco and could see it used on a larger piece of furniture.

When Chalk Paint is used on the inside of a bowl or try it's not recommended for food.  This tray can be used for any non-food items or wrapped food items.  

Just load it up with the coasters and show off the legs.

Later.....

Worn Leather Recipe Box

One of my weekly finds was a metal recipe box.  Plain metal green box that was begging for a make over.  

Here is the before photo.... top boring green metal box 

Now with it's make over of black and gray chalk paint it deserves center stage on your counter filled with family recipes or spices or just full of junk you're trying to hide. 

A raised design gives this box a worn leather look

A little clear and dark wax for the aged look.... it might be difficult to let this little gem leave the house.  

Before and after

Remember chalk paint goes on any surface.... including shiny metal recipe boxes.  Later.....

Weekly Finds

I'm always on the lookout for fun jars, the two Atlas ones were jumping in my arms at a second hand store and the Patron bottle was thanks to a girl at the end of the bar who finished it and seen my eyes light up.  She asked the bartender for it and then walked it down to me.  

Two metal curtain tie backs and a broken wood handle.  As John would say "who buys a broken wood handle..... and who thinks to take a broken handle to a second hand store"  Me "I do"

Large wood bowl

Fun metal candle wall hanger from my sister-in-law who thought of me while at a metal junk yard.

A glass photo frame from my sister who thinks she can't throw it away so she believes I can do something with it.  

A metal/wood chair from my sister-in-law who rescued it from the same metal salvage yard.  It has good bones she says.

Sometimes texture isn't a good thing.  

And a table from that same sister-in-law who thinks I can find a second life in all things.  Hummmm she might just be right.

What were your finds this week?    Later.....

Weekly finds

I'm going to try really hard to take pictures of my weekly finds before I do anything with them.  This is tough for me to do for five reasons.....  

1) then my husband may come read this and see what I've snuck in the garage.

2) I can't usually keep my hands off the new items and I forget to take the pictures

3) my darn phone is so full of photos that I run out of room and I'm too lazy to delete them.

4) I usually don't think that it's going to change that much so I skip the before

5) It's so gosh darn dark this time of year.... go to work in the dark come home in the dark....

Here are my finds from the last couple weeks. 

Ugly gold french horn decoration..... {thinking white and decorated for a front door}

Super ugly cookie jar {thinking white for my cupboard for the holidays}

Silver basket {not sure just liked it}

Silver tray {liked his little feet}

Silver pitcher {love the handle and feet......real silver????  not sure.... painted it already and yep it's real silver..... oh well}

Super heavy, super big plaster wall hanging  {can picture this painted fun and outside on a fence in the garden}

Silverware box {I love these and I've done 4 of them already.  I kept one for myself and sold the rest. I may sell mine and keep this one since it has a drawer and opens up.  Good money box}

Wood tray with beautiful painting....not  {love trays}

This is my roadside find.... Tall one drawer side table with big ole' hole in the side of it  {hole can be fixed}

Great carved coat rack with loose pegs {of course I'm going to buy this}

Different shaped bottles {won't paint them I like their shape and color to add to my table decor right now and hold flowers from my garden this summer}

Wood bowls {yes I love wood bowls}

Milk Sign {not sure it will work but I have a vision}

Wood candle sticks {good bones and shape}

Metal hanger for flower pot, jar, candle, holy water(??)...... {good garden find}

Not one but I pile of them.....

A pretty vintage card box {love it's color, picture, and vintage look.  I will do nothing with this}

Sometimes you have to take what's inside to get the box..... gold mirrored ornaments

Hank the antelope {white}

Wood detailed mirrored wall hanging {??}

Broken table {broken legs and back but it's got good bones}

What can you find to transform into a new life?          Later.....