fun finds!

Matt and I went on a little excursion to the States yesterday.  We hit our usual spots:  parcel pick-up, Trader Joe's, Value Village (I go to V.V. while Matt goes to Trader Joe's - perfect!) and to the fabulous Grandiflora where I buy my Annie Sloan Chalk Paint...and sometimes a few other goodies (furniture knobs for one).  It's such a tempting shop - they have fantastic stuff...both new and vintage, home and garden.  I highly recommend you stop in if you're ever in the Lynden, Washington area!

Matt usually digs most of my purchases (after all, he hand picks things for me at garage sales, V.V. etc...!).  However, the milk glass collecting he has grown a bit tired of.  Not because he doesn't appreciate the look of it (I think?), but as many of you out there are sure to 'get' first hand, it is an addiction!  A very pretty drug.  A cheap drug.  A very useful drug (for food, for candles etc - we will be using almost all of my collection for both at our wedding...so there!  haha). 

Because Matt doesn't share my excitement at finding these beautiful milky white goodies, I wanted to start sharing my 'fun finds' with you!  Milk glass...etc!  Here are yesterday's goodies - all from V.V.: 

Super excited about this milk glass urn...it's quite large: 

Milk glass beer steins!  Man is beer gonna taste good in these bad boys (Matt has already advised me he won't be using them!):

One day I'll take pics of the buffet in our kitchen...it is full of these guys which hold all of our dry goods:

A little wrinkly but adorable and even has pockets in the sides (pockets are a fav of mine on dresses):

  

So, the journey was a success!  And no big bucks spent (haha except at Trader Joe's!...gotta stock up!).  Although, for only the 2nd time out of many, many trips, Matt and I were asked at the border to go in and pay tax and duties :(  There's no personal exemption for trips under 24 hours but usually the border guards are very forgiving and allow a certain amount of goods and bevies in tax-free.  Ah well, ya can't win 'em all!  ;)

xo Tanya

rustic black side table

This side table started out as a really plain thing on plastic casters:

I decided to remove the cheap casters and painted it up in a really distressed style to give it some good character (I had to varnish the top first to seal in the stains).  The drawers are lined in fun alphabet wallpaper.  I'm super pleased with the result - it went from drab to having a fun farmhouse feel :)  This little guy is for sale and measurements and pricing can be found HERE.

Linking up with Thoughts From Alice for 'Sundays At Home'.

xo Tanya

how many vintage suitcases are reasonable for a girl to own?

Fewer than I have that's for sure!  Ahem...13 trunks and suitcases to be exact...time to sell off some of these goodies?  I think so!  For sale:  1 trunk and 4 suitcases (a girl's gotta start off slowly right?...they're just so darn great for storage which our 1908 house is desperately lacking).  The trunk and 3 suitcase set were due for a face lift so I recently painted them with Pure White Annie Sloan Chalk Paint and sealed them with clear wax.  The set of 3 even has the keys!  Visit my For Sale page HERE for pricing if you're interested in purchasing them.  *3 suitcase set and trunk have SOLD...blue suitcase still available*  Here they are (before pics at the bottom):

 

 

Trunk before:

3 suitcase set before:

xo Tanya

happy valentine's day!

I hope you all had a wonderful day with your hunnies ;)  Here's a pic from a lovely Valentine's post by Thoughts From Alice.  You can check out the rest of the post and pics HERE. 

xo Tanya

oval coffee table with drawer

This oval coffee table is a great size for a longer sofa and has a convenient little drawer for storing remotes, magazines etc...  I painted it in Pure White Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, distressed it and finished it with clear wax.

I picked up the fun moss balls at Michael's.  I bought several of them to use as decor at our wedding in June.  That's right - getting married on June 7th!  Lots of planning, but I'm trying to stick to my motto of 'Keep It Simple'!!  We're having a very small ceremony and reception with a total of 22 people.  It's a DIY event right down to the food (wish us luck!) so we're going to keep it very casual.  I'm currently on the hunt for a long white pretty summer dress.  Getting excited!

Here's the coffee table with a 'before' pic at the bottom:

*SOLD*

xo Tanya

french provincial buffet

Here's one of the projects I completed recently for Matt and I.  We've had this buffet for several years and it's SO NICE to finally have it painted!  I did it up in Old White ASCP and finished it with one coat of wax on the bottom half and three coats on the top.  I have a burlap runner on it that I recently sewed.  I think it looks great under the stained glass window :)  I really thought I took a before picture of this one but unfortunately I can't find it - boo.  It was quite a transformation!

 

cottage style panel bed frame

How's everyone's year going so far?  January is flying by!  I've been busy working on a few pieces of furniture that are on my to do list for Matt and I.  I'll be sharing them with you shortly but for today's post I have a twin bed frame I completed for sale.  I painted this one in Beluga black acrylic paint and finished it with clear wax.  I love the cottagey feel to it.  It would be terrific in a little boy's room (and would go fabulously with the blue dresser and nightstand I finished a while ago HERE!).  If you're interested in purchasing it check out my for sale page HERE for measurements and pricing.  *SOLD*

Before:

xo Tanya