things we did on our vacation

we took a week off and tackled a few projects around the house
first - hanging the vintage light fixture in the dining room


Probably from the late 60's or early 70's, I found this large wrought iron light fixture at a yard sale last summer. It's not exactly what I was wanting but the price was right.
I painted it silver and then finished with an antiuqing glaze.

Next project - little white painted cabinet
It has served me well over the years and it's a nice small size but great for storage.
I no longer cared for the white paint and it didn't work well in the dining room.

Sanded, painted and glazed -
The cabinet fits nicely in this little space between the kitchen and dining room.

I love the dark paint color and fits with the vintage tarnished silver collection and the light grey wall paint.

a basket full of found treasures that have been gathered over the years

"The Granny Cabinet" as my husband calls it was hung in the guest bedroom.
Now if only I can find the box of stuff that used to go in this cabinet. That is going to take some time to find since this is the first time in seven years that it has come out of storage and hung on a wall.A
In it's former life, it was a painted medicine cabinet with a mirror that has lost quite a bit of it's slivering.
I stripped the white paint when I bought it at least 30 years ago and took the silver off the mirror. The mirror has a nice bevel edge and was worth keeping for the glass in the door. Now, I wished I had the old foxy mirror but tastes change over the years.
I added the vintage wallpaper to the back yesterday.

It's kind of funny how the furniture morphs into different looks over the years.

When I get the glass cabinet end tables finished, I will post pictures.
My husband said they have a "greasy industrial look" not quite the look I was going for but I am happy with the results.

And will also share the outdoor shrine I made for lost and then found objects that have been dug up while gardening. It's still a work in progress.

Comments

[Toni Brown]

great admiration for how consistently, and how well, YOU put YOUR hand to everything ... your house looks so welcoming in the photos you share, and I just want to sit somewhere petting Ralph The Dog while you tell stories about things ...

hey, Patty, are you still journaling? or has sewing/jewelry creating taken your muse by the hair?

[Debra]

Oh very cool! Love that light, and the black paint of the little cabinet. I have some black in my home, and really love it. I can't wait to see the found outside stuff-I did that too a few years ago, and set them all in concrete. Found a huge old cow's tooth and lovely china shards-old metal-it all looks great together!
~Debra

[Leslie]

Have to say the light fixture isn't my style but I love the little cabinet in the dining room and your floor is gorgeous. Marvelous grain. Is it original to the house? Also like the granny cabinet. And the basket of found stuff looks great. I need to do something like that for all the odds and ends I've accumulated over the years that don't really fit any place particular.