Outside Christmas Tree

We spent most of the summer working on our back yard area and I knew I wanted to put up a tree.

I needed something to hold the tree from blowing over of falling over from a critter weather it be one of the outside cats, a possum or a raccoon.  Thanks to Funky Junk Interiors I built the tree inside a step ladder.  

Every tree needs a star!

I had a family dinner and had all the kids help me out and paint pine cones I picked up in the yard.

For the garland I used torn shirts.

I built this tool box a while ago and I fixed it to the part of the ladder that folds down to put your paint can on, anyway I put Mr and Mrs Claus in this tool box.  This was a lot of fun.

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From hay hook to towel hook

My dad gave me this hay hook years ago.

It has been well used over the years. 

 I painted it black and used some old square nails to hang it up.

It has been hanging in my bathroom since I 

we built the house back in 1997

Charlie

My mom gave me this sewing machine 25+ years ago.  For the last 15 years it has been stored up in the loft of our barn.  Today Charlie gets a makeover.  I can't wait to get my hands dirty with this piece.

Boy did he need a good cleaning!

 Wow, do you all remember these thumb tacks?  Looks like they use them to shim up the drawers that don't sit straight.

I spent LOTS of time sanding the top.  

The side on the right is done, now time to work on the left side.

 Charlie is starting to take shape.  

I gave the top a new coat of stain plus a nice coat of wax.

I also spent a lot of time cleaning the hardware.  Here is the before and after, they cleaned up nice.

I Love the finish on this top.

I did sand some spots and I also put on a coat of glaze.

I use charlie for a lap top table.  

The printer fits perfect where the sewing machine was stored.

I do have a chair in the works for this table.

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Green Caddy

I Love this little caddy.  There was no need to to anything to it.

It spins around and I keeps everything I need at reach.

There is another story behind these paint brushes.  I bought a stand from a auction and inside were all these brushes and some other painting supplies.  I did not have the heart to throw them out.  I would love to hear the stories behind these brushes.

  I do wonder why they were never cleaned up.

This jar holds not only my paint sticks but a few

 hat pins I bought at a antique show.

Thanks to a blog I follow "Funky Junk"  I lifted Donn'a idea on these jars and painted the rims of them.

I painted the lids black then dry brushed some brown paint then I took some white and just randomly dabbed here and there. 

The jars I painted a cream color, let them dry then sanded.  I did brush paint mine,  some don't like the brush strokes but I do, it reminds me of painting with my grandmother when I was younger.  

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TV Stand

I needed a little change, Fred (the trunk) just wasn't cutting it.

Rick and I have had this old wheel barrel for years. 

 I usually had a plant or two sitting on it. 

The trunk I had there just seemed to clutter things up. 

I like how it opened up that corner. 

 I did hang a big doily on the back to hide all the cords.

The TV is sitting on an old piece of barn wood my Dad gave me.  

I had that piece of barn wood stored in the garage for years, 

 now it has a new home.

To even every thing up I used these bricks on the one end.

I decided to use this to display our old carpenter tools.

The wheel barrel is not level so I needed to use this block to make it all even.

I needed to hide the block so this came in handy. 

The wine bottle is from our honeymoon (December of 1997).

We still needed a little pick me up so Rick cut off a couple of slices of what was left over from our log railing.

Finished project. 

Oh we do not have cable TV, 

we really don't watch much TV and this

 little guy is what we call the New updated rabbit ears!!

Old rabbit ears!

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Not Just a leaf

I picked these up for 3 dollars at the dollar store. 

I didn't really like the way they looked so I revamped them a bit.

I gave them a coat of paint and then I put some jell stain on them.

Mine holds my phone while I work so I always know where it's at.

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