WHOOPS

Hi
I forgot to add the pics of the curtains drawn

love love love them!!!
will post again very soon
love and kisses
Vicki xxxx

Kitchen curtains

HI everyone,
just a note to show my kitchen curatins... sooo chuffed with them.. they may be a little OTT  BUT hey..

also i can announce that I am in my early stages of becoming a mumma again.... bubby number 2 is due 1/1/2011 wow huh?

anyway be back later with more pics and stuff

love to you all

Vic xxxx

more kitchen pics

Hi everyone,
another quick post... here are a few more pics of the finished section of the kitchen
I just love it
i has made a huge difference to our lives.. oh and here is a before shot also so you can see!!!
its amazing what a spot of colour a lotta love and a change can do

Before

before

after

after (oh yeah the box thing is a garbage bin box)

Im so chuffed with myself (dave helped a little) but i have done most of it myself

I also think its time for us to put our own stamp on the house (after 6 years and no time hahaha)

I feel more at home now and just adore it

anyway have to get back to the finer details of it.. will include more pics later including new curtains....

much love to you all

Vic xxxx

kitchen makeover... a preview

Hi everyone!
just a quick post today.. wow its been nearly 2 weeks Sheesh where has the time gone?

anyway Im painting and revamping the kitchen (hubby did help) and here is a preview of a dear little portion of it.. it's near the stove... just sooo pretty and functionable!

The kitchen is such a transformation with just paint!
will show more later... before and after...... not finished YET!!!!
hope your having a wonderful weekend
love n kisses
Vicki xxxx

bread box... from beast to beauty

Hi everyone
just a quick blog today...
I found a bread box a while back at a garage sale its was.. ready for it?.. are you sitting down? grab your cup of coffee or tea and put it down on the desk...... 20 cents!!!!! yup you got that one right 20 cents.. so I grabbed it and ran.. after a good clean with hot soapy water then tea tree oil spray I made.. it feels a little more loved and MUCH less dirty

I also found a small door knob at the same sale... in the free bin! how could you give away a gem like that? I couldnt but anyway everyone is different

so here are a few pics of before and after.. well sort of i got into the painting faster than i thought to photograph it hahaha

   anyway I think its really sweet and it does the job..

when i rolled the door up and down (it was stuck so i rubbed those bits of soap you have no use for on the tracks and YIPPEE it rolls) i got a bit of an aged effect... sometimes the best things come from accidents... don't you find?

oh we needed it cause our puddy tat was chewing on the bread ... didnt think cats liked bread but hey!

hope your having a great week

I have lots of things going at the moment so stay tuned! including a beroom chair....
love to you all
Vic xxxx

Show and Tell Friday... now (wrought iron) screening!!!

Hi Everyone
Wow its Friday again I can't believe how fast it sems to come around..
I have to say.. and well blame (and thank) Cindy at My Romantic Home for creating my new addiction hahaha I love it!!!!! and the comments have been wonderful THANK YOU XXXXXX
anyway.. I had this stunning wrought iron screen in our cafe, I had little fairy lights on it and it lit up so beautifully.. but as some of you know we lost our cafe to a fire  (2 years this coming November) and we saved alot of things I think many would have thrown out... "just in case" and hope they may come in use one day.. I couldnt bring myself to redo them then sell them.. they had been through so much and I wanted to keep them safe... yeah yeah silly  I know BUT.....I have started to revive them and the uses they have are increaing, I have to toss a coin... and ideas are fast and furious with presenting themselves.

Burnt and very sad looking

detailed top of the screen

I had hoped it would rust but it stated black

the bones are still great...I still loved it

after a clean and paint....

the bubbles and blisters of the heat become features

rather than blemishes and scars that where once reveared,

har to look at and a reminder of a horrific event

now has a new lease on life,

and has become a wonderful new centerpiece a focal point of our balcony

and MUCH more loved than ever before

So there you have it... I am sooo thrilled with the result it isnt funny, I have also learnt that as I restore these things and find uses for them, I fall in love with them more than I ever did. I am so glad I didnt get rid or pass them off as a waste... its very very healing and hey my house is starting to really take shape with it.

I love knowing I have unique pieces and one of a kinds.. don't you? PLUS saves money... that's before the satisfaction of doing it sets in! I find it addictive at the moment

Thanks for taking the time to read up on my shannanigans.. have a beautiful week everyone

til next Friday

love

Vic xxxx

ps never disgard or right off something you have... keep it for a day, look at it a new way, you'll find another use and have the thrill of it again it once gave you xxxx

disgarded stuff make great planters....and a sneaky peak

                                         Hi Everyone

just a quick note and some pics to show some stuff I have found around the house and made them into planters..yup I'm going nuts and I'm happy with the result... isnt improving your surrundings and renovating fun and great therapy?

SO my quest continues hahaha even a tired old cane bike planter got a lovely addition and came in handy

and thats it for today.. I'm working on my show and tell Friday so here is a sneaky peak

a wrought iron screen that was badly burnt in the cafe fire.....

                                       

thanks to everyone who commented on my chairs.. I was very humbled and chuffed

til tommorrow

have a beautiful day

Vic xxx