Category: Thrifting

Succulents in Glass Jars- Year Two

Jackie Hill July 8, 2015 0 Comments
Hi There!   I love plants. I love flowers. I love putting plants and flowers in my outdoor spaces. So, here are way too many photos of my succulents in glass containers. I love them all, they are all too pretty. I gathered all the plants together on the back patio, for a little photo shoot. They are not here all the time. I am in the middle of repainting this table. It is not done, or at least...

A Thrifted Makeover- A cork board? Yep!

Jackie Hill July 5, 2015 0 Comments
Hi There! I have a little makeover for you. I found this cork board by the side of the road. It is pretty big 36 x 24 inches. It was wet and a bit smelly. I sprayed it down with a vinegar and water solution I made, and let it dry out for months. This baby sat in the garage for the winter, waiting for me to get around to it. When I got around to it, I first painted it with Zinsser primer, it took...

Master Bedroom Tour

Jackie Hill January 31, 2015 0 Comments
Hi There! I have a full tour of our bedroom for you today. I had found another dresser on Craigslist, and rearranged our room up a bit. Whenever a room is clean, I like to take photos to show how good it looks. I want you to see how small this room really is. It is the largest of the three bedrooms in our little rental house, but it is still small. I took this photo from the hallway. The wall...

Thifted Treasures makeovers- #1

Jackie Hill January 24, 2015 0 Comments
Hi There! Here is a quick update for a few of my thrifted treasures. Just the little fixes I have made for them to be clean and fresh looking. And how I may have used them in my decorating. This is the first in a new series of postings on my little blog. Do you remember this 70's bamboo table? Dirty? yes. Ugly? depends....   Cool details? Oh yeah, yes. I washed this baby three times with a...

Late Fall Front Porch

Jackie Hill December 19, 2014 0 Comments
Hi There!   I took these photos last month. It was right around Thanksgiving, but this how the Front porch had been decorated all of November and the first week of December. I love all the fall colors and wood tones.   The three picnic baskets were all thrifted, as well as the wood tool box. The blonde drum on the bottom right, is a cheese box. I wanted to paint or stain it, but the blonde...

Thanksgiving Table

Jackie Hill December 10, 2014 0 Comments
Hi There!   Yes, Thanksgiving was last month. And Yes, a real Blogger would have posted her table two weeks prior to the holiday, instead of two weeks after. Just remember the name of my blog...... ;) Here it is the day of Thanksgiving. All cleaned up and pretty. In this posting you can also see a few updates I have made to the dining room. I painted all the chairs this lovely shade of Gray. I...

Open Pantry in the Kitchen

Jackie Hill December 9, 2014 0 Comments
Hi There!   Okay, this will not be the most exciting posting. But it will be another area of the house I have yet to show to you. Our kitchen is small in our little rental house. Not much storage, or much counter space. You may remember the cabinet I painted and put it by the stove, or how I painted a sideboard Red. Both have added extra storage and extra counter space. Only thing was, there was...

Halloween Crafts- DIY Dead and Breakfast sign

Jackie Hill November 2, 2014 0 Comments
Hi There! This is the last Halloween posting for the year. I promise.It will also be a short one, in that I lost some of the photos of the process. I am trying to get better with these crafting postings, so please bare with me.I saw a few of these signs on Pinterest. I am sure you can find many tutorials out there. This is how I made my sign.I found this lovely Country Kitchen art a few...

Halloween Crafts- DIY Black Gothic Accessories

Jackie Hill October 28, 2014 0 Comments
Hi There!I am going to show you how I changed a few accessories I already had on hand for Halloween.In one word- paint!I love to thrift, I love to have garage sales, not just go to them.I had a few things I was ready to let go in the garage. They were waiting for the next sale,  just sitting in a box.All of these items were $1 or less. In fact, all of the glass objects were given to me for...

Thrifting Treasures #5

Jackie Hill October 17, 2014 0 Comments
These are the Thrifted Treasures from the last month.It has been slow, for the past few weeks. Been busy, out of town, blah, blah, blah. You know, life.I know what your thinking. You wish you had seen this awesome duck basket first.And only $5! And comes with cobwebs! I know, I am so lucky.I really was lucky. I could tell underneath the duck was a vintage picnic basket. I paid the $5, and as soon...