Vintage Inspiration Party

Welcome back to the Vintage Inspiration Party!

The VIP is the place to share anything old, treasured, passed-down or tattered, and you can also share projects that were made to look old, including repurposed and upcycled creations.

VIP Paint Tote (Very Important Parts)

I spotted this wooden tote at the end of a driveway at a home that was having a garage sale. 

It was with the pile of free stuff.

Free?  Why yes thank you very much. 

I hopped out and walked directly to the tote and picked it up.

Then I went to pay for something that was free because I had to know why it was in the free pile.

I mean holy moley - totes are like wooden gold to me, there is always a use for them.

Sun Room Window Box Fail

You know how one thing leads to another?

And sometimes the road where it leads to is to a road you should not have taken?

Well that's what happened on the road to window box FAIL.

Vintage Inspiration Party

Welcome back to the Vintage Inspiration Party!

The VIP is the place to share anything old, treasured, passed-down or tattered, but you can also share projects that were made to look old, including repurposed and upcycled creations.

Old Furniture Came Calling

Last weekend a text came in from Daughter #1: 

I pictured her and her husband driving along, spotting stuff and thinking of me.

Mud Pie Station

 Last year this time I made what turned into my all time favorite project.

A mud pie station.

Since it's ready to be hauled out of the shed and into the yard so baking can begin, I decided to re-post it in time for other people to cook one up for themselves this summer.

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Sometimes I have these crazy thoughts, lets call them pie in the sky notions.

I see something somewhere that I have never seen before and I get all pie eyed with wonder.

Vintage Inspiration Party

Welcome back to the Vintage Inspiration Party!

Between Memorial Day and July 4th, a lot of patriotic decor and crafts start popping up around Blogland, so you'll see a red, white a blue theme in the features this week.

Minnesota Rhubarb Dessert

Rhubarb.  

Growing up in Southern California I never heard of such a thing.  

My mid-western mother surely had, but I'm guessing there wasn't an over abundance of rhubarb in the produce isle in our suburb of Los Angeles. 

Rocking & Rolling Dresser By Jen

Have you ever inspired someone before?

Maybe you have and you don't even know you did?

I was fortunate enough not only to inspire someone, but also to find out that I did.

And I'll tell 'ya - that feels all sorts of terrific.

Vintage Inspiration Party

Welcome to the Vintage Inspiration Party!

This is the place to share anything old, treasured, passed-down or tattered. You can also share projects that were made to look old, including repurposed and upcycled creations.

Divided Drawer Key Holder

I've had this old drawer on a wall by the mudroom door for about 20 years and it hung just about over my head, I couldn't even see what was inside the top cubbies. 

It's been taken down to paint the walls several times, and without batting an eye, it went back up.

Dirty Laundry.... Sign

I'm gonna talk a little dirty.

Dirty laundry that is.

Vintage Inspiration Party #189

Welcome to the Vintage Inspiration Party!

This is the place to share anything old, treasured, passed-down or tattered.  You can also share projects that were made to look old, including repurposed and upcycled creations.

vin-tage (adj.) 1.) used to describe something that is not new, but that is valued because of its good condition, attractive design, etc. 2.) used to describe something that has the best qualities or characteristics of the things made or done by a particular person, organization, etc.

Let's see what your party hosts have been up to......

Bliss @ Bliss Ranch - Playhouse Conversion: Phase 1 - Ceiling
Carlene @ Organized Clutter - New Patio Look
Betsy @ My Salvaged Treasures - Farmers Market Sign
Angie @ Knick of Time - DIY Barn Quilt

 

Have A Daily Cup Of Mrs. Olson shows us her interesting plant containers

q is for quandie has the vanilla mint project going on...on her vanity that is

Simply Vintageous is making art with the help of IKEA

Scavenger Chic upcycled shutters into a lamp, and then turned them into a lantern

Anne's Attic Design

This weeks featured shop is Thrift Store Addiction

If you were featured this week, we'd love it if you'd grab our button and share the news.

Now let's see what vintage-inspired decor you have to share this week!

Link Party Guidelines

– You are welcome to share anything vintage or vintage inspired. This includes yard sale finds, repurposed and upcycled creations, family heirlooms - including vintage Etsy & Ebay items you have for sale! If it’s been around awhile or just looks that way…share away!! No food links please.

– Pin away, but please be sure to pin directly from the original source, not from my blog. – Be sure to have a visible link to Bliss Ranch within your post (text link is fine).

- By linking up with the Vintage Inspiration Party you agree that your photos and links may be shared on Pinterest, Facebook, and other social media sites. You may be included in a round up to promote the party or individually with a link back to you. We love what you share and the extra exposure is a benefit to everyone. 

An InLinkz Link-up

Family Room Area Rug

Area rugs.

For me, those are in the same category as paint and couches.

I have trouble picking them, hate them when I get them home, and usually end up doing whatever it is at least twice and keeping one that is just "ok".

If we're talking about paint the agony mounts, and it wouldn't be out of the question for me to paint a room in the morning and by dinner it's another color that's better - but still not right.

Cedar Planked Playhouse Ceiling

What do you think of when you hear the words cedar planks?

Do you think of a cedar chest used to store treasures?

How about an aromatic closet or maybe the outside of a hot tub in the woods?

Vintage Inspiration Link Party

There's a new kid on the block, the link party block that is.


When one of the awesome hosts of the Vintage Inspiration Party found herself with just too large a serving of life on her plate, something had to go.

So she went to clear her plate and I arrived.

And I'm happy to be here.

All the instructions for what the Vintage Inspiration Party is can be found below,
 as well as the features from last week - it's a little bit country and a little bit rock-n-roll, or in home decorating terms, a little bit Farmhouse and a little bit Frenchy.
So read over the details, I know you've got a project that fits the bill, so link it up!

Weathered Gray Table With Fusion Mineral Paint & Giveway

There are a couple things going on in this post today.

A blog hop with projects from some awesome bloggers, a Fusion Mineral Paint giveaway for you to enter, and there is my project table that had a rough start when it entered the family.

Spoon Hooks

The other day I posted a coffee sign I made for some friends that was a combination sign and a place to hang their hat.

Or if you read that post, a place for me to hang my purse when I came over.

Served Daily: Coffee Sign

I like to make signs for my friends that serve a purpose that benefits me.

Selfish I know.

And I wanted a place to hang my coat or purse when I came over, so I made them a sign.

My Blog Critic

The Bliss Ranch blog has a new reader.

Not only is this reader a smart azz, he's a critic and comedian both, probably learned it from his parents.

The guy felt the need to send me an email pointing out some incorrect information I had written on a post last week about why the ranch and my life will be fuller this summer.

Laundry Room Utility Panel Cover

I've been working on a laundry room, all the live long day.

At least that's what it must seem like to #1 daughter who has been waiting since Christmas of 2013 for a laundry room makeover we gifted her with.

Fuller House, The Bliss Ranch Way

Full House.

Fuller House.

Not THAT full/fuller house, MY full about to be fuller house.

Fuller yard is more accurate. 

The trees are just starting to leaf out, the grass is getting close to needing it's first mowing and the crapping quackers are getting neighbors.

Human neighbors.  A family of four to be exact.

Four Vintage Crates From One

Do you follow the Thistlewood Farms blog?

Last year about this time Karianne had a coffee crate in her attic waiting for a redo - and in her post she cut the thing in half to make two crates.

I thought, HEY that's pretty smart, that way both crate ends can be turned into something. 

So I tucked that idea in the back of my mind till it was time for me to do the same.

Playhouse Revival, The Clean Out

Winter is over, which for Minnesota in April all that really means is the snow is melted and Spring yard work can start.

Last year that wasn't possible till the middle of May, so I do feel a bit ahead of the game this spring.

Outdoor messes have to be cleaned up before tackling any other projects, because you know the saying - gotta make hay when the sun shines.  Or something like that.

Speaking of hay....these long packages arrived by my mudroom door last week.

Goodwill Target Nightstand Makeover

Today's post is all about nothing.

Nothing I made anyway.

I didn't make the project, stage the project or even take the project photos.

I didn't buy the small furniture piece either, but I did supply the paint.

#2 daughter announced she was going to Goodwill with one of her BFF's and I wasn't sure when she left if she was on the hunt or going along as an accomplice.

It was both.  She came home with this brand new Target nightstand thing.

Pizza Dog

I didn't think this hot dog idea up, someone else who needed a quick dinner did.

Or someone who likes hot dogs on their pizza..... which would not be me.

But this twist on the standard hot dog in a bun was too easy not to try, besides I usually forget to take photos of the actual great recipes I try and only remember when I'm putting the last fork in my mouth.

So I'm not going gourmet here folks.  Just like the recipe, this post was quick and easy.

After I watched the video and read all the snide or funny comments, I decided what the heck I'm gonna make pizza dog's for dinner and then tell you how they were.

Hidden Cat Food Area

We have a dog.

We have a cat.

About the only thing our dog likes about the cat is to eat her cat food.

Linda Kitty was here long before the dog.  7 years longer to be exact.

Linda (who is named after the lady we got her from) is coming up on 15 years of age and for 8 of her cat lives - the 8 that Mo the dog has lived here - her cat food has been banished to the folding counter in the laundry room.

A Birthday Giveaway

Imma gonna tell 'ya about a birthday giveaway today, but don't start sending me birthday greetings for turning another year old.

It's not my birthday, even though it felt like a special day for me.

Donna at Funky Junk Interiors is having herself a celebration of the yearly aging process.

And it just so happened that my package arrived on her birthday. 

So to celebrate I opened it up......

Paint Details on Pine Blanket Chest Redo

In my last post I got right to the nitty gritty and revealed an old pine chest that I updated with painted memories.  You can read about that {here}.

Today I'll give 'ya the details on the products I used.

I painted the pine box with Maison Blanche paint in chocolate so the letters would be dark.

Flynn & Malone Blanket Chest

This isn't a post about the process and products used for painting an old pine box and turning it into a blanket chest - if you want the how-to details about paint, wax and wood pieces to make one yourself, you'll have to stop back next time.

Nope, this post is about something more........

Once upon a time in sunny Southern California there were two Irish lassies.

Silver Mirror with Fusion Gilding Paste

I've decided never to buy anything new again.

Wait.... I decided that years ago, back when people looked at my creations sideways and probably rolled their eyes when I wasn't looking, as I hung yard junk on our walls.

I guess not everyone finds parts of a wrought iron fence or an old gate all that attractive.

Graphics Transfer With Citrasolv Spool Cabinet

Alrighty now.... for the past week I've been showing you how I transformed a pale yellow toy box into a fool the eye cabinet with fake drawers, and knobs made out of vintage wooden thread spools.

But I didn't show you the graphic that I put on the top.

Graphic from The Graphics Fairy

Spool Cabinet Redo - Fake Drawer Fronts

The front of the old toy box that I converted into a better looking front of the old toy box, started out as recessed panels and ended up looking like a vintage spool cabinet.

Vintage Thread Spools Turned Knobs

At the beginning of the week I posted {here} about a blah old toy box I turned into a cute spool cabinet that happens to hold toys.

Even though the drawers are faux fronts, they needed knobs to lend some authenticity to it.

Toy Box To Cool Spool Cabinet

This project was started about 20 years ago.

All in my head.

Sew What Did I Make?

I don't like to be a tease, but sometimes I just can't help myself.

If you're gonna get all bent out of shape because I don't tell you exactly what I'm working on, then quit reading right now and come back on Monday.

On Monday you will see how these pretty vintage spools of thread.......