Coastal Charm

Saturday, February 5, 2011

My Little Yellow Shutter

This little yellow shutter has been with me for a few years now...bought it back in the days of when I had my antiques business in full swing...think I picked it up at Canton Trade Days in Texas. I really liked the size of her...she fits just perfect here behind my kitchen TV...I use her there for a really good reason...she covers up all those ugly cable and power cords and I think she's really CUTE!!!! I just added the wire to her today...thought it might just add a little POP...we all need a little POP every now and then. As you see she holds invites...save-a-dates-baby announcements etc...so maybe you can get you a little yellow shutter for all your ugly cords...just a thought! Hope your weather is getting better for you, if you happen to be covered in all the snow that fell this week...the sun finally appeared here today after 5 loooong days...I can tell you...I was sooooo happy to see it come out.
Take care and I'll see ya soon,
Linda

Here she is all filled up!

                                             See that sweet little baby? That's our newest member
                                             in our family and I'm going to meet him in two weeks,
                                             can't wait to get my hands on this precious child!

Now here she is in her correct spot...no cords showing
at all!

My sis and her grandchildren...I just can't wait to a have a few of my own!

Love anything chippy like this OLD SHUTTER...how about you?

Linking her up here...
Weekend Wrap Up Party
The Sunday Showcase Party
Sundae Scoop
Just Something I Whipped Up
I Made The World Cuter Today
Metamorphosis Monday
Make It 4 Monday
Motivate Me Monday
Amaze Me Monday
Junkin Finds Friday
Letting the Creative Juices Flow
Tuesdays Treasures
Vintage Inspiration Friday

Thursday, February 3, 2011

I'm A Glazing Fool

As I was painting and glazing my end tables the other day, I found a planter with some fake grass that was in really bad need of some TLC...had my paintbrush with glaze in hand...so guess what?...she got a glazing makeover! The planter was white and I planned on painting it a coco brown color, but I decided to see how she would look with a little glazing and to my surprise...she looked really GOOD!!!! My goodness...this stuff is just way cool...yes you can call me A GLAZING FOOL!!!! Hope all of y'all have a wonderful weekend...I will be cleaning up our home office and maybe I will get a few minutes by the warm fireplace with a cup of HOT CHOCOLATE.
See ya soon,
Linda

Here she is sitting on my newly painted table.

She has a little bit of a stone look.

                           Now most of you know...she was a NIFTY THRIFTY find...got her
                                       at a local thrift shop a few months ago for around $2!
                           If you like buying thrifty items or doing thrifty DIY projects...then be
                              sure to come this week and link up at my NIFTY THRIFTY
                                         TUESDAYS PARTY...hope to see ya there:)
Linking up to these FUN parties...come and join me!
Frugalicious Friday
Feature Yourself Fridays
Show and Tell Friday
Frugal Friday
Favorite Things Friday
Inspiration Friday
Junkin Finds Friday
Between Naps on the Porch

Sharing Some LOVE

The BIG SWEETHEART DAY is fast approaching us and this gal has not put out the first VALENTINE decor item...how sad! At my NIFTY THRIFTY party this week I had lots of y'all sharing all your beautiful valentine decor, so I thought I would share some of my favorites. If I'm not going to get my act together and get creative, then the next best thing to do, is share some LOVE from a few of my NIFTY THRIFTY gals. Go by and check out what they have come up with and tell them I said HELLO!
Wishing all of y'all a wonderful day,
Linda

Stephenie at DECORATING ADDICTION put together this NIFTY THRIFTY
display in her kitchen...sooooo SWEET!

                                    This idea is just so dang cute...go by and see all the neat
                                things that Julie at LESS THAN PERFECT LIFE OF BLISS
                                                                    had to share!

                               Love what Laurie at HANDY MAN, CRAFTY WOMAN did
                                       with some candy hearts...I have all the items needed
                                                       so I might just do the same!

                                         I have these frames too...just need to find them in my
                                                 decor closet, so I can do the same thing that
                                                 Shantel at IT'S A PRICELESS LIFE did!

                            Petie at INSPIRED NESTING had a sweet sweet idea with this
                           LOVE NOTE...what a sweet story she had to share with all of us!

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Mr.CC is in TROUBLE

Okay...I know all of you want to know just why this sweet hubby of mine is in TROUBLE...because I have the PAINTING BUG and I might just cost him lots of moola, with all my painting supplies! After painting the bedroom at our beach condo and falling in love with the color, I just wanted to keep on painting and I did just that. The end tables in the living area at the condo have been around for a few years know and were showing some signs of "OLD AGE", so makeover time it was. Yes...that was one my tables that you saw sitting out on the balcony getting a sanding job the other day. I decided that I wanted to use a olive color for them and I went with Laura Ashley-Olive 4 and I'm very happy with my choice...that makes Mr.CC happy too. I have never used a glaze, but after seeing all beautiful pieces that Kim has used this product on...I was set to give it a try...thanks Kim for the intro...I LOVE this stuff! I used the color mocha and I looking forward to trying some of the other colors too. If you have never used this product...then you must jump in the car and hop over to the nearest Lowe's and pick you up a bottle...this stuff works wonders. I'm now back home and looking around to see what my next victim will be...any guesses? If you are in the middle of this huge snow/ice storm...please stay in and stay safe...please know that all of y'all are in my prayers.
Now y'all come back...real soon,
Linda