Bedroom Reveal.

The bedroom is done....
I must admit I didn't get to it untill Sunday after church, but now its finnished.

I love it and thankfully Bruce dosen't care what the bedroom looks like as long as he knows where every thing is hahaha men, so easy to please.

I got myself the pineapple lamp from K Mart $20 such a bargin.I covered it in Flamingo wrapping paper my first attempt at decoupaging, and I love it, have thought about painting the base but not sure yet.
I left my chenille bedspread on as the pink goes with the room.

I made a pom-pom banner to hang over the mirrior, and painted a flamingo for the wall.
I have the brass and glass table as my bedside table and moved the desk to Bruce's side so he had plenty of room for his stuff (crap)

I have swaped my dressing table and hall stand around. I love using my hall stand for all my neck laces. I also have my ear-ring holder on the stand as well. More flamingos on the wall. These are fabric wall decals that I have fallen in love with.

My most favorite is my new cane day bed and wall of goodness.

Bruce's daughter Emma saw this Day bed fore sale and let me know about it...I got it for $150 love, love, love it.
It's looks so fab in the bedroom as well.

The wall above was looking a little bare so it was time to shop the house and get creative.

Above is a pineapple print I have had for a while and needed a home. Embroidery hoops with a doily and wallpaper in them. Mirror set of 3 from K Mart $12.

Painting by me, mirrors from set of 3 and brass magazine rack op shopped.

Old Frame that I painted gold, with another print inside, embroidery hoop with wrapping paper and another painting by myself.

I am so happy with how this room turned out....



Now what room next ???????


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Coastel Charm Show and Tell
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Blessings
Mandy

Thrifting....

 I have been on the Op shop hop, and having the best time and getting the best bargains.....

 

 

 

I have gotten lots of vintage sheets and pillow cases, that I love to dress my bed in. I know some people (like my daughters) thinks it is awful to use them but really wash them in napisan and they are clean and so much nicer than you can get today.

 

Today I picked up lots of little bunnies to do up a Easter display, more of that later.

 

 

This necklace is going to be my favorite for Autumn, it goes with some earrings I picked up many years ago from an op shop.

 

 

This week I picked up lots of new clothes, this shirt and another still had the price tags on them so haven't even been worn.

 

 

Jeans jeans and more jeans. I have got all of my winter wardrobe from the op shops over the last couple of weeks.

 

 

Since Christmas I have been on http://changinghabits.com.au/

HCG Protocol, well this has really worked for me and  I have lost 13kgs so far. This is why I have needed so many new cloths and I didn't want to spend a lot of money as I still have a long way to go.

Below is my favorite outfit at the moment, this dress cost $3 and I love it.

 

I know a lot of you out there enjoying the thrift shops as well so I know I am in good company.

 

 

Happy thrifting.........

Mandy

Before and After..

   Remember these I showed you in an earlier post.

Well they have been sitting around waiting to be put together.

 

 

 

Yes you guessed they are chair seats. When I got my red table for the kitchen I didn't realize that it came with 4 chairs. This is how they looked before (below)

 

 

 

 

And Now

Nothing like a fresh coat of paint and some bright covers to give some tired old ugly chairs a bright fresh look.

This is the first time I've done chairs and I'm happy with how they turned out.

 

 

I was thinking of selling them, but when I made all the new cushions and had material left I new they would look great in here.

 

I have been using the stool for awhile now but I'm thinking of taking it out and putting chairs back as we are not having 10 for every  meal at the moment...

 





I love the way the cushions and chairs all match in and bring the much needed colour to these rooms.

Also if you look closely at the lounge chair and the chair in the corner you will see I have placed some yellow sheets on them. I got them from Vinnie's ages ago and love the extra retro look they bring .

 



 

As you can see below I did have the white leather ones here. The new chairs are not as high as the leather ones and I think it opens it all up a bit more.

I am so happy with the way this area looks now.

 

It is a sunny bright area to eat, sew,watch T.V, read in.

Blessings and Have a great week end

Mandy

In the garden....

 Thank you all for your wonderful comments  on my last post...I am tyring to reply to your comments but blogger won't let me email from comments so I don't know what I'm doing wrong,any ideas????
 

 

I Have had a lovely day in the garden weeding, planting out cuttings from my Mum and Auntie that I got at Easter Time....mulching and general cleaning up. I also have backpackers helping me every day, without them I would not be able to keep the garden looking as good as it does.

 

Chloe and Damian get married in this section of the garden in 10 days....Yes another wedding. This is also the only area to get frosted so I'm watering the grass to try to green it up a little bit. It will all look so good on the day I'm sure.

 

 

 

 I do need to add a bit of color though to the garden I think' a few more daisies and flowers should do the trick and give the added colour...

 

 

My cupboard is filling up fast as you can see....Lately I have found some silver salt and pepper shakers..Not enough to do all the tables, but the 3 pairs will add some bling to the bridal table very nicely I think.

 

 

I also have found lots of cake stand plates with the holes in them but the stand part I can not find...I wonder if any one will notice there plate has I whole in it??????? I will keep looking for the stands though but I think every one else looks for them too.

 

 

Bruce found the chairs above for me at the dump, so that makes them free. I love them so retro and worn to just the right shabby, they look great out side with my metal table...I find that one can never have to many chairs.....

 

Actully I am selling some chairs, my red leather ones are going. I love them but they are to big for in the kitchen, so I am getting rid of the table and chairs in there and putting my smaller one back in..$4oo for the lot if any one is interested let me know...

 



Enjoy your week end

 

Blessings

Mandy



Favorite Finds.

Hi All,

I wanted to show you all a few of my favorite finds.

I have madly been doing the second hand shops in Toowoomba and I have came across some lovely things. I got the glass cake stand for only $5. I put my dome over it, and sat my silver bird and a ceramic rose i there as well.

 I have seen so many blogs that use the domes for decorating and they look lovely, so I was excited I found this one on my Honey moon at the Woolloongabba Antique Centre in Brisbane. I even saw Sandy from www.paintmewhite.com   There is some great stuff in there to see.

Plates is what I have been hunting for though....

Dinner plates, wine glasses, drinking glasses, bread and butter plates theses are just some of the things I have been buying from the Op shops.

When I walk into Vinnie's and the lady asks me how the plate hunting is going I know that I have been in there WAY to many times....hahah

Their is nothing like having lovely old china plates to eat off..and set the table with. All the colour comes from the plates and light glimmering on the glass makes a elegant table setting.

This set below I got on Friday from a op shop I didn't even know was there.....I know I missed one..

This was only $6 for the lot.

It's not a full set but close enough...

I needed some where to store all this china so I brought down this old cupboard from the dairy, it used to have all my material stored in it...Now though the dairy is always full of back packers and I have no sewing room..I love this old girl though.

And as you can see she is filling up fast with china.

The inside was already painted the teal colour which I'm loving at the moment.



Thanks for spending time reading my blog....

Mandy

HEY MANDY GUESS WHO MWAHAHAH

The Lost Week...

My goodness it is Thursday already and I have been so busy that I don't know where the week has gone.

I do know that my handsome son had a birthday last Friday. I did ring and send him a pressie I didn't forget my first borns birthday..

Please don't ask me why I have been so busy cause if I tried to tell you what, I couldn't. Do you ever get like that..

Friends that I haven't seen for a loooong time say "Hi what have you been up to"

Mandy " Ummm nothing much same ole same ole"

You know they are thinking" Then why the hell haven't you rang or been to visit."

Is it just me or are others like this.

 I don't suppose I could say I find some time to have a quick look in Vinnies on the way to work, no probably not...Ha but I do and look what I found!

For the kids of course... 

I found these bowling pins that William has loved, they now stay in the hallway as that's where he plays with them.

The bargain of the month though was the wooden chairs for The Shed that I shared last week.

I may feel a little guilty when friends drop around and say where did you get that from....At least they still drop around...

Tomorrow I am staying home and will spend lots of time out here in the back garden and even ring a few friends to catch up .

 Then on the week end I will start to get the last of the inside painting done before it gets to cold to have the house open.

At last I have the Internet back on at home, the dramas have been ongoing for about 3months now. I am hoping this will be a better run. Tonight I am looking forward to cuddling up in bed with my computer and stopping buy all my blog friends to say hello. Yep the excitement of it all.

Have a great week end Friends.

Mandy

Sweet 16 th in The Shed....

 I am a little sad as the Sweet 16th is all over.

Sad that my youngest daughter is 16 and yet so proud of the young Lady she is growing into. Sad that I am THAT OLD....

 The Shed also made it's entrance in it's first party. There was last minute building going on. Windows going up.

 Below and above is the Barb-B-Que area and I wanted it enclosed. I have had this sash windows for ever from the house, we hang them on chains to enclose the barby. I love the way they look here.

The other end is the prepping end or work station with an old stove given to us by some friends. Up went some shelves and out came all my bits and pieces. I am having fun decorating this shed.

 We even have a bar at the end. Damien cooking here and Robbie helping.

Below you can see the kitchen area.

Even room for Time out below for us girls while the boys cook.

The 16 year olds kept warm around the fire, and boy was it cold. I think it was the coldest night we have had yet.

The inside was nice and warm and I love the way it all looked and turned out.

 The wooden chairs I picked up from St Vinnies 8 for $100...Bargain

A few old branches hanging around.

More branches to give it a rustic feel..

 If you have a look to the right of the pic below you can see a large number 16 on the wall. Cassie made this from electric power line insulators...Cleaver isn't she.

Lots of bunting around no decorating is complete without bunting.

 Boy it was a big day but by the end the shed looked great.

Damien and Chloe made the birthday cake...They love cooking together so they are the cake makers of the family.

 As the night went on we light another fire near the shed and it kept us all nice and warm. Good old 44 drums make the best fire pits.

There was the cutting of the cake and one very Happy girl.

I hope you enjoyed the tour of The Shed..

Thanks girls for the comments for the name of the shed. May be it will just be that.

The Shed....hmmmm

I know it was an over load of photos, thanks for dropping by.

Blessings Mandy