A normal Fall usually sees me making spooky preparations for Halloween, even if it's just a fake raven with an eyeball dangling from it's mouth or a few carved pumpkins.
And some years, like this year, I use whatever is handy just to give the illusion that Halloween is right around the corner.
(What that really means is I'm too lazy to look for the orange and black bins that house the appropriate October 31st decorations).
Thursday
Tuesday
$10 Pallet Topped Side Table
Once upon a time I picked up a side table at a garage sale because I thought it was interesting.
If I recall correctly the lady told me her son or husband had put the table together from other parts of tables and spare wood.
She was sort of apologizing for it, but those facts just made the table more interesting to me, no apology necessary.
If I recall correctly the lady told me her son or husband had put the table together from other parts of tables and spare wood.
She was sort of apologizing for it, but those facts just made the table more interesting to me, no apology necessary.
Saturday
Wooden Paint Drag For Paint Layering/Distressing
Recently Carlene from Organized Clutter did a post about a product called a layering block.
I had never seen or heard of such a thing before she introduced it.
I was intrigued.
I was also not near a craft store at the precise moment I wanted to try the product, so I made do instead.
Making do meant making one.
I'm calling mine a wooden paint drag because the wood block needs to be pulled across the item to give it a distressed look.
It's done with paint and without sanding.
I had never seen or heard of such a thing before she introduced it.
I was intrigued.
I was also not near a craft store at the precise moment I wanted to try the product, so I made do instead.
Making do meant making one.
It's done with paint and without sanding.
Wednesday
Maple Syrup Tool Tote, Thrifty Style Team
I've got a thing for totes, and for being thrifty.
Metal ones, wood ones, ones with wood and metal, and especially free or cheap ones, which I like to refer to as the "thrifty" ones.
I picked this one up at a garage sale a couple years ago. It was filled with tools, which makes sense because it's a tool tote, duh Bliss.
Thursday
Readers Share Their Painted Door Mats
In July I decided to try my hand at painting a faded but otherwise intact oversize front door mat.
The mat was a more expensive one that didn't last any longer than the cheap ones, and I didn't want to toss it out so figured I had nothing to lose.
My mat would have actually looked better if all the color had worn off leaving it a solid looking gray rather than the half worn off look it had going on.
But painting it worked, and I was very happy with the outcome. You can see the whole easy process by clicking here.
I didn't know that posting about my door mat was going to inspire others to break out a sponge and give it a whirl, but it did, and I'd like to show you some of the door mats that readers brought back to life.
The mat was a more expensive one that didn't last any longer than the cheap ones, and I didn't want to toss it out so figured I had nothing to lose.
My mat would have actually looked better if all the color had worn off leaving it a solid looking gray rather than the half worn off look it had going on.
But painting it worked, and I was very happy with the outcome. You can see the whole easy process by clicking here.
I didn't know that posting about my door mat was going to inspire others to break out a sponge and give it a whirl, but it did, and I'd like to show you some of the door mats that readers brought back to life.
Saturday
Rootbeer Mini Keg Turned Canister
Fusion Mineral Paint has some new colors, and I'm a lucky duck to get my webbed feet on some.
13 colors total, and I headed straight for the orange.
I've been waiting for something with orange, as well as a green that is less bright or emerald-ish, because you know... I don't often use bright colors even though I like them.
13 colors total, and I headed straight for the orange.
I've been waiting for something with orange, as well as a green that is less bright or emerald-ish, because you know... I don't often use bright colors even though I like them.
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