~Cabinet Makeovers~

Hello everybody! It is a beautiful day here! The sun is shining.....and I am heading out to the garage to do a few makeovers! :)

Thought I would share my latest couple of projects with you. I bought a couple of unfinished wood cabinets at Michaels. They were $39.99 and I had my trusty 40% off coupon! So a fairly thrifty project! If you have one check out your local Michaels Arts and Crafts Store. They have so many unfinished wood items that you can prim up!

Here are the two cabinets before~

And here they are after. They will hold most of our DVD collection~

The red one is basecoated Black (Michaels Brand Craft Paint) and then the topcoat is Rookwood Red (Americana Brand Craft Paint). Then I sanded, distressed and covered with a Dark Walnut stain (Minwax). I also painted, sanded and stained right over the hinges! Some of you may prefer to take the hinges off. But I really like the look of them painted and roughed up a bit!

This one is basecoated Black (Michaels Brand) and the topcoat is Tan (Michaels Brand). Then I sanded and distressed it and covered it with a dark walnut stain as well (Minwax). I also painted the insides of both cabinets black. Sanded, and stained those as well. I just forgot to take a picture with the doors open! Ooops!

One thing that I do with EVERYTHING that I paint/makeover....I ALWAYS ALWAYS paint everything inside, outside, bottom, top, back etc. It really makes a huge difference and I think it makes it look more "professional". Even though you may not see the back or bottom of something I really think it is important to finish the whole piece and pay attention to detail.

This is just a silly picture that I took while I was lying on my couch the other day (I am battling a sinus infection) sometimes I just need to "take a load off". I looked out into my kitchen and saw a perfect star on the ceiling. No there is nothing there that would cast a shadow of a star on the ceiling, it is just the way the gourds and pumpkins are arranged in the basket. I thought it was cool, I guess I had an "artsy" moment! Haha!

Today is Sesame Street's 40th Anniversary! We all watched it, we all loved it! Some of us still watch it and still love it!! What a great learning tool it has been for SO many kids. So many generations have enjoyed it!

Happy Anniversary to Big Bird, Grover, Oscar, Bert and Ernie, Cookie Monster, Elmo, Snuffy and the whole Sesame Gang!!

Thanks for 40 years! Here's to 40+ more!! :)

I hope you all have a wonderful day! Our weekend forecast sounds wonderful! Yippee! I am off to do some more makeovers! :) Until next time. Take care. ~Sarah~

P.S. I am SO frustrated with Blogger lately!! All of my text turns out all goofy! I just can't figure it out! Looks fine before I post it, then when I post it....it's all messed up! Ugh!! Any advice would be greatly appreciated!! I have Live Writer and that works fabulous...UNTIL I try to post my blog.... then I get an error message and it won't allow me to post! So then I have had to do one blog TWICE! Oh Calgon take me away.....Blogging should NOT be stressful!

Thanks for listening to me ramble!! :)

Some Halloween Photos

Happy Halloween Everyone! It's very late but I thought I would share some Halloween photos with you!

Here are the pumpkins we carved~

















View from the top~

One more~

Here are a few indoor displays~

My doughboard~

My little chair in the foyer~

Our food table~

While we are out trick or treating I saw these bushes someone had all lit up! It was SO pretty! I think they look like fireworks~

Can't seem to get the text to show up in the right place tonight, I am too tired. I hope you can all find your way around my post! :) I also hope you all had a happy and safe Halloween! Until next time, take care. ~Sarah~

~ Antique Mall Finds~

Hello everyone. Thought I would share a few new goodies I found at the antique mall the other day. The 4 gallon crock has cracks in it....but I don't mind. I got it for $15 If you ask me, cracks add character! :)

The antique mall was having a sale so I started a collection of jugs! I love the maple leaves on them! I also got the faux bittersweet sprays. And the twigs were already included with the one jug. Freebies are always good! I will post pictures when I get them all nestled in their new spots~

I also got this jug. Can't wait to use all these jugs in my Christmas decorating!

Got a couple makeover candidates the other day. Can't wait to get to work on the wooden bowl. It is BIG! I got it for $10!

Hope all of you are having a wonderful day where ever you are. It is a chilly, gray one here. My workout is done for the day, I have a roast in the crock pot and I am all ready to relax for the evening.

Stay tuned for makeovers. Hopefully I can get to a few of them this weekend! Until next time. Take care. ~Sarah~

A Few Things To Share

Another rainy Fall day here today. Great day to take it easy and watch some football. I haven't posted for a little while because we had a visitor from a "little" virus named H1N1. :( Everyone but me has or had it. Some are on the mend and some are still fighting the cough that seems to linger forever. I am crossing my fingers that I can continue to stay healthy. Do you hear that sound??....that is me knocking on wood.

I purchased a Halloween pinkeep from Lisa. I ordered it and two days later it was in my mailbox! Thanks Lisa, I love it and I was SO excited that I could get it before Halloween...you are speedy!

I hung it off of one of my cutting boards~

I also thought I would share my new dishes! I am so excited to use these for Thanksgiving and Christmas! They are a great neutral color called Mocha. By now I think you all know how much I love browns, reds, mustards, black...all the rich, dark colors are my favorite.

Here are my heirloom pumpkins! Aren't they great?! I had visions of putting these into my wooden wheelbarrow with some straw, berries, gourds etc. But with the family being sick and it being so wet and rainy out that hasn't happened. Maybe before Thanksgiving I will get them displayed. But for now here they are all wet and drippy!

I love to imagine these displayed on a huge farmhouse table with real bittersweet, leaves and candles running all down the table.

That is about it for today. I hope you are all doing well and staying away from all of the nasty germs that are floating around out there. My best friends right now are...... Hand Sanitizer, Clorox Wipes, Bleach...you get the picture! Until next time, take care. ~Sarah~

~Pumpkin Patch Eye Candy~

Our trip to the Pumpkin Patch was wonderful! Here is some Pumpkin Patch eye candy for you to enjoy! Fall is truly the MOST beautiful season!

I call this photo: "The pumpkin nobody wanted" In amongst all of the chaos and hundreds of people and thousands of pumpkins...I look over and here sits one lonely pumpkin. I would have bought it but we had already paid for our pumpkins and the line was way too long. I hope someone took him home~

Mmmmm~

There were SO many Mums~

The sun was setting on the scarecrows~

I hope you enjoyed your virtual trip to the Pumpkin Patch!! Until next time. Take care. ~Sarah~

A Trade With A Prim Friend & A Little Shelf

Just a little post tonight. Sitting here under a warm blanket. It is a chilly night. Feeling blessed to have a roof over our heads, a furnace to keep us warm, our family sat around the table and had fettuchini chicken alfredo for supper. So many things to be thankful for.

Tomorrow is pumpkin patch day, it is supposed to be perfect weather. We are keeping our fingers crossed and my camera battery is charging! I think I just might treat myself to a caramel apple or a funnel cake! Yummy! :)

I wanted to share some goodies that I got from a sweet friend of mine. I have never met this friend in person, but I can tell you she is such a caring person with a heart of gold. I am so glad to have "met" Dana. I was going to order some of her pumpkin tarts. I sent her an email and she suggested we do a trade! Trades are so fun! So of course my answer was yes!

Her candles, tarts, pantry cakes etc. smell wonderful! Look at all the handmade goodies she sent me!

Here is where I put three of the little pumpkin tarts~

Right next to my Ball jars filled with dried gourds and acorns~

Here is a little shelf that I got at the antique store for $10.00. I feel a makeover coming on! I am thinking of painting it black (go figure)! Afterall is there any other color!! :)

I also redid my kitchen table centerpiece. I used one of my large resin bowls and filled it with pumpkins, gourds, acorns, leaves etc. I love how full it is....it looks like a true "Harvest".

Time for bed, tomorrow will be a busy day! Thank you to everyone who visits my blog! I appreciate all of your kind comments so much! They are a joy to read! Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, take care. ~Sarah~

It's Friday! A Few Goodies To Share!

Happy Friday everyone! Another chilly morning, but I think it is supposed to warm up and be a pretty nice weekend. We are going to try the pumpkin patch outing again, beings the last trip was postponed due to SNOW! Icky! What is Mother Nature thinking?

I just had to share the few goodies that I got in the mail yesterday! This package made my day! I had ordered a sign and a candle round from Kath. I couldn't be more pleased! Her work is amazing, I think I got them hung and displayed right out of the box!! :)

I decorated my doughboard for Fall~

Isn't the candle round beautiful~

Here is the matching Give Thanks sign. The pictures do not do it justice. The lighting is off in these pictures. Not sure what was going on. But the sign is the most gorgeous Fall colors. I love the font and it is primmed up and finished just perfectly~

She was even kind enough to tuck this little sign in my box! What a surprise! Can't wait to put it out for Winter! Thanks Kath! For everything! :)

Here is a shelf that is in my basement. Notice Kindra's wonderful Fall Welcome blocks~

I am going to end my post with this bright and sunny picture that I took before the snow fell. I left my bee skep out, I just stuck a crow in it for Fall! I hope my Mums survive all of these frosty mornings and chilly nights. Fall....Please come back~

Happy weekend to you all! Until next time. Take care. ~Sarah~