Forget Me Nots Find: New Piece

A friend of mine asked me if I've been to Forget Me Nots a local thrift shop. She said she found some nice stuff there, so I wanted to check it out. I finally did, twice now. There's are few pieces that caught my eye, and there are few unique and antique finds. However, I found some of the prices a bit high for a few items and some pretty fordable. The first time I was there, I saw this chair, I really liked it. The chair had a 40% off tag and well that made it seem more pretty. So the second time I was there, I had  wanted to get it.. I felt as if the chair had been waiting on me all those days since I left... So I like to think. When I asked for it, the lady which seem to be the owner of the shop came out of her office and said that today this chair was an extra 30% off. Making the total to 70% off. Not bad for my first time purchasing from there! 

I'm thinking on changing the fabric later on. 

As much as I wish to be buying this beauty from Ethan Allen, I'm pretty content with my second hand find!

Happy Week Everyone!

   

Table Project

(Heavy!!) Pedestal Round Table: $30

To begin with this project I used an electrical sander to make my life much more simple! I had to start with a small size, I want to say I used a 80 size, I did it for a while since as you can see the middle part was lighter then its sides. After most of the scratches and mix matches of colors were even, I used another size, I believe it was 100 to smooth out the entire surface. Also, to have an even more smooth surface a 220 worked great.  Next, I will add the first coat of polyurethane and once it dries a second coat will be necessary and maybe a third one..
We'll see how it comes out, so far I'm liking this projects!
XO

New Years Decor

Images via Pinterest

Enjoy tonight everyone!

HAPPY NEW 2014!!!

Christmas Decor: Table Centerpieces

Last weekend I helped in decorating a couple of tables for our church school Christmas program. Here are some pictures for you guys. 

The red and gold theme came from our chirstmas tree decorations. This is what I'd call decorating on a budget. All the decorations are actually ornaments, even the "runner" which it happens to be snow flakes, then on top I added different sizes of sphere ornaments.
On the first set up I added a deer and two gold pine cones from Target. I also decided to add a candle in the middle of it, in case they needed to turn the lights off during the program. As you can see, the second set up it's very similar. I had this gold decor piece at home from few years back that I almost spray painted white, I'm glad I didn't though. I think I got it at a thrift store somewhere in GA. I also added a candle inside it.
All these different ornaments can be purchased at any dollar store. Adding a runner contrasting the table cloth can make it extra special!

Christmas Spirit