Some of you heard our story about Larry going up to check our lake house and the house was about 107 degrees, but for those haven't...The previous thermostat was battery powered to tell it to kick on and off. The batteries had died, so.....heat it did! So, we took an old school thermostat up and changed it out...but alas, now we have to fix the paint job that we just did! We already had a flooded crawl-space at the end of last year due to a pipe that need a simple $0.59 brace to stabilize it. Ah, the joys of home ownership.
Some pictures of the house looking lived in with artwork, etc. Posters of Mont St. Michel, a castle in France that Larry visited when he was a child living there. I need to repaint the one frame to black, the gold is a bit gaudy. Rocking chair beneath them that Larry has had since we met, it was his grandparents. Our table and chair set is from his other grandparents.
Three boat prints that Larry got an our church auction for maybe $15. I can't decide whether to leave as is with old mats and frames or clean them up with white frames and new mats? Love seat and lamp from Nana.
Three metal words I found at Salvation Army for probably $0.25 a piece
Alot of the decor were things I had, but I did pick up a nice load of things at the Lions sale they have twice a year here in town, including several metal lanterns, the old fan, and the mail basket. I love the boat model that is from France. The letter S I found on sale at Kohl's for about $5. The globe $2 at a garage sale. The mirror above the fireplace someone had lying with their garbage and I hauled it home with me...I was pushing the stroller when I found it,but didn't want to chance it being gone when I returned...we were quite a sight, that things weighs a ton!
Blue couch in our living room is from a garage sale $50, and the other was a roadside freebie...if you saw the thing uncovered or tried to sleep on the pullout bed you would understand why, but thanks to my brother for hauling it to his house for us. We have a couple side table and a coffee table too. The coffee table was left in the parsonage in Culver by the previous pastor, the side tables from a used furniture store, about $15 each. We also have an arm chair that was from Larry's parents. Blue lamp was from Nana and the brown one I don't know where it was from, but it was gold and black loveliness and I spray painted it with a texture finish.
I got the styrofoam balls at the thrift store for $0.25 and the twig ball probably about the same, the moss, berries, twine were all things I had in my craft supplies. I made all but the twig ball, from the help of this
tutorial.
The painting above the towel bar was another auction purchase, I am guessing maybe $10. The metal candle stand was a gift way back from my friend Rachel.
The shelf was another thrift store find, maybe $1. The boat was a model that Larry's parents picked up in California a while back. I assembled it and painted it. The small bucket was a freebie from a garage sale and most of the shells are ones I had from our frequent trips to Florida as a kid. The small white frame I painted and added a shell to make it fit the decor. The ivy I had in my craft stash.
I saw this
idea and made my own interpretation of it for our hallway. The hangers were ones I had and a few my mom brought to add to the cause. The pictures I took and printed online.
I used this
tutorial to change some
lovely aluminum miniblinds into custom NO-SEW roman shades.
down.
up
with the original lace curtains over the roman shade...can't decide if I want to keep these up or just the roman shade, but the lace does give a bit of privacy during the day when we ant a bit of light coming in, but not a fishbowl effect. Plus the windows have gotten moisture in between the panes of glass and don't look too attractive.
Our bedroom. I got these great curtains at WalMart...they are light/noise blocking and help to keep cold out too(or so the package claims) They do block light well and the best part, they were only about $10. I decided that I couldn't buy fabric and liner for that price...plus I would have had to make them. Bonus, they were larger than I needed, so there is extra that I can use to make valances in the bath, kitchen...wherever. Our chair/bedside tables were from an antique shop, I think $18 a piece. Figured they work as tables and extra seating when we have guests. Lamp and bedspread from Nana. Bed frame $20 off of Craigslist, mattress, boxsprings our old ones.
The roman shade I made in the girls room. I used a light blocking fabric liner and did the same tutorial. This was the first one I made, and it took quite a bit longer the first time around. The fabric and glue total cost me about $15.
I do have some great retro Noah's ark curtains to hang on either side once the walls are all scraped and painted. The curtains were probably about $5 or less? The beds we have in there were given to us from a pastor friend of Larry's. There is a dresser and a nightstand to go with them, we just haven't brought them over yet.
giving the girls a dark room for napping, don't mind the nasty looking wall...it's our last room since one of the girls is always in there napping or sleeping.
We have plenty to praise God for; the generosity of friends and family and cheap finds to decorate our new digs.
