Something to Crow About

Come on all you rooster maniacs, let's have some lunch...........




Shhhhhhhhhhhhh.... don't tell anyone, we're having chicken salad !





I found the black chargers at a garage sale for .50 each, the perfect accent for these hand painted rooster luncheon plates..







These dinner plates were from a store here in Atlanta called Old Time Pottery.






















Thanks for coming by!


Thank you Susan at BetweenNapsOnThePorch.blogspot.com for hosting this weekly event. Please visit her Blog for many beautiful tablescapes!


You'll also see me over at Rhoda's Fall Party.....Southern Hospitality

Mirror, Mirror beside my bed....

Here's a little "granny" to "glammy" transformation to brighten your Monday: I got this little night stand at a garage sale a while back...




You know I'm addicted to spray paint.... as many in our little "blogland circle" are...

....in fact, at Walmart they insisted on seeing my driver's license. Apparently, I had so many cans of it in my cart, they thought I may be getting "high" off of it. Well, in a sense, I AM !!!!

For this project, I chose a metallic silver.......

I know it doesn't show that well in the photo, but in the sunlight it sparkled.







Here's where it got "glammy"..... a trip to Michaels....coupon in hand.....






Bought a couple of packs of these............



And behold.............




Mirror, mirror beside my bed........









Next time I'll show you were this ended up!



Stay tuned for more great makeovers over at our fearless leader's blog, Susan at Between Naps on the Porch!I'll be joining Kimba at A Soft Place to Land.... Do it Yourself Day as well.
I will also be linking up to Rhoda's Thrifty Monday party, I know you'll seeing everyone's great finds there as well!

Morphing Week by Week...

My porch has been going through a lot of change lately.....


Here's the porch set when I first bought it 3 weeks ago, from Craig's List:


Two weeks ago I vamped it into this: I love this look for summer with red and white geraniums and for spring, I think it would great with red and yellow tulips....







But this week I wanted to fall into autumn by bringing in a new fabric and some warm touches of fall.....



















Hey there....come sit down and have a cup of cider!

























































Thanks so much for coming by to visit me, please check out all the beautiful posts on Susan's Between Naps on the Porch blog!
And I'm also hanging out at Rhondis Rose Colored Glasses. Come join us fro a Fall Partay!

Have I told you about my b.f.f. Craig?

I have been spending way too much time with Craig.... of "Craig's List" lately... but it's so much fun and you never know what you might find. Better than Ebay, because it's local and there's no bidding to do, (however, once I decide I want something, I will most always try to get a lower price). I won't give up my garage sailing excursions on the weekends, but Craig's list is great for the midweek "gotta get me a treasure and transform it" cravings.

This was my last "goodie":






A full sized wicker sofa and chair.... $50 for both pieces.


Those cushions had seen better days ... I debated on wether to take them or not. But figured I could recover them until I replaced them.


Here's the chair and a little can of "magic"...

Like the wand of a magician.................and { Pooof !!!}

It transformed my front porch into a "second" living room!



Duchess approves!





I didn't end up using the cushions it came with... they were too uncomfortable and old. I had some cushions I had bought for my wrought iron chairs in the back porch that I never used, and they were the perfect size , so I covered them in " fabric" I had bought at my local thrift store.


The bottom fabric was a curtain in it's former life, $4.50.



I used red sheets to cover the other pillows.... $ 3.50

Here's a little side table I found at Goodwill the day after I bought the couch.... $11.00

After a little spray paint.... it joined the party!



The black pillows with the twine detailing I had gotten in a "bed in a bag" set that I had not used in 6 or 7 years. I found them in the back of my closet and was thrilled that it gave the "new" set the punch it needed.







See the little wicker coffee table? Found that the same day at a different thrift store.... $14.00!

Had to go back to Lowe's for more spray paint and voila! Looks right at home here. The best part is that I use it mostly to prop up my feet and Duchess loves to sit on my lap and work at her full time job..... napping!






I made a couple of smaller pillows from the curtain fabric as well.........







Here's my front door with it's summer arrangement. I love the geraniums and I like it with my new furniture...




Tomorrow I will be bringing out the Fall decor.... I'll have to say goodbye to the geraniums until next summer...






Hi guys! Thanks for dropping by..............

S