White & Barn Wood Lockers

I'd been on a hunt for a set of sweet lockers for a long time..I've found many, but the prices were always too high for what I was willing to pay. Then one day a dear friend let me know of a set that was on craigslist..

They were perfect..well I could see they could be Perfect!

You like?

They didn't start off this pretty!

They were covered in who knows what.

I prayed that whatever I was scrubbing off of these guys wouldn't kill us.

I do these things to myself...

Saving the torn, broken, unwanted things,

they make me happy!

Can you Imagine for a moment, 

the joy God feels when He can take our broken lives, 

swoop us up and save us?!

All my projects remind me. 

I hope they always will.

I taped off all the tags, handles and gave them 2 coats in a white enamel spray paint.

I love the power of paint!

Every time when I pull tape..I sing! 

It's my favorite part. 

As you can see the sides of these lockers were by no means pretty.

A stack of the greatest salvaged barn wood has been waiting for a project just like this!! 

After pulling a ton of nails, rough sanding them, hubby helped me attach them to the top and sides.

  

White & Barn Wood

I think they were meant to be together! 

They add some much need storage to this family of 6...and I think 

they sure are Pretty!

Love,

Naomi

A date with a vintage ironing board!

I have a sweet friend...her name is June, and she is pure joy!

 Let me tell you, she knows the Word...you need something, she will quote a verse for it. She is 92 and full of wisdom!! I sure miss her..a group us ladies would meet up every Thursday for breakfast, well recently sweet June hurt her back and has resulted in her moving into a retirement home. I need to go visit her today...

When she moved she sold pretty much all of her belongings...I can only imagine how hard that would be!!

This vintage ironing board...well lets just say my heart skipped a beat when I heard it was on the list to be sold. Miss June used this sweet thing for all her ironing..isn't it lovely?!

I pulled off all the covers that covered it..at first, I was just gonna leave it natural. 

Then one day my sister called and had been to an amazing place full of treasures (which you so need to take me to, sister) and she told me about a vintage ironing board where the top was painted in stripes. Ahhhh...stripes!! Lovely..right?!

So this morning...I had a date with this vintage ironing board!

I gave the top a quick coat of white paint.

Added masking tape to make stripes, and topped that with chalkboard paint!

Pulled the tape..and got out my favorite blade. Yes it's old and so needs to be thrown out, but we have finished some great projects!

Do you like this new vintage ironing board? 

I can pull it out anytime I need that extra surface space. 

A bit of fun, and every time I'll see this piece..it will take me back to those sweet Thursday mornings listening to Miss June share her heart for God! 

Will you join me in praying healing over my sweet friend?

I would love to be able to have more Thursday morning breakfasts with her!!

Thanks for stopping in, I hope you were inspired!

Who says an ironing board need to stay an ironing board?

Have a blessed day!!

Xoxo,

Naomi

Decisions..sometimes waiting is best!

Happy New Year!!

Last year I painted everything in sight WHITE!!

From walls to furniture and everything inbetween. This is one of my favorites...

I'm still debating if I want to add more layers of different colors? I kinda like it just the way it is. I'm letting it just be for now. I gave it a thin coat of paint, and scraped off most of it in areas. That's it! Nothing more..if I can ever decide if it is finished, then I'll wax it. 

Thoughts are to maybe layer with grays, then some days I crave color and think of blues. For now, it remains in White!!

I'm finding myself waiting on a lot of things these days...I used to make decision on a whim, and now find myself scared to make them!! What's up with that? Age? With somethings, It's not really a bad thing..I guess. Ha!!

Well, thank you again for stopping in and reading my little blog. I'm off to play in my teeny tiny studio..here is a little sneak peek for ya...more to come on this fun little space!!

Enjoy your day, be blessed!!

Love, 

Naomi

What is it about old Buildings?

When you you see an old broken down building...do you catch yourself wanting to go explore it?

I always do!!

This past weekend, I had the opportunity peek around this sweet building.

The walls..sigh!

The perfect old world patina..although the bees in the walls, well..they kept me from going in!!

Along with the idea that I would fall through these floors and snakes were probably living all over this place!!

All this and I still had to keep snapping pics. What is it about old buildings?

My imagination takes me wondering who lived here or what it's purpose was.

I happened to find this sign above one of the doors..No. 1997...sigh..a number dear to my heart, the year we married! Now my heart wants to ask the owner if I could have it..I can see it added to our gallery wall. Can't you? Or maybe a tag on a sweet basket?

I loved every moment of wondering around this sweet building..

Yep...it sure has my heart, along with every old building that I come across!

Love, 

Naomi

Thrifting!!

My mother-in-law came to stay with me for a day...she was chatting with me about wanting to find a particular piece for an auction in an upcoming family reunion. Well, you know me, I offered to take her to some of my favorite thrift shops in town to help her find what she was looking for. 

My first stop was our local ReStore..3 steps in and I knew I was once again going to be walking out with a great find!! This mirror was a score at $20! We didn't find what she was looking for until stop #5...but we did find it!! If you have never gone thrifting, you are missing out!!

When thrift store shopping, you know you will usually have something that not everyone else has and talk about great prices! You can refinish and play around with your finds and you if things just don't turn out, you don't lose out on a lot of money.

Some pieces just need a little work to make them become something great again! This piece took me less than an hour to refinish and I think it will look great above our Mantel!!

Here is another after...not bad for a bit of paint!

Enjoy your day and go do some thrift shopping for me!!

Love,

Naomi

Footboard Pot Rack!

I have a little kitchen update for you today...

I am loving the transformation this kitchen is going through.

It all began with here with a lot of white paint.

As you should know by now, I love anything old!!

If it has chippy paint, I am going to love it, that's just how it is around here!

Since we were not going to change out the big big ugly light box in the kitchen, a thought came to mind on how to change it so I'd like it..haha!

A pot rack came to mind..first goal was to find a iron gate, which I ended up finding some really beautiful turquoise one....sigh...but they were so out of my price range! 

However, this headboard and footboard was a score at $10 and it was the perfect size I had been looking for...

At this point turning your head and thinking this woman has lost it..haha. A footboard in the kitchen? Well, why not? It's sturdy, it's full of character...and I like the unexpected!!

A really good cleaning took of most of the chippy paint, which was sad, but it needed to also be safe. I then added a sealer to protect the rest of the paint.

 Hubby, after 16 yrs, has seen some crazy things happen around here..but he did kinda shake his head on this one. He sweetly put it up for me anyway!! 

He is a keeper for sure!! 

Love you my Love!!

 He used eye hooks and chains to hang it. As for now, I hung some of my favorite treasures. 

A big bundle of lavender needs to happen soon.

Enjoy today...

Think outside the normal, everyday items. 

Crazy fun things are bound to happen that will add a smile to your face!!

Love,

Naomi

Burlap Goodness!

It's has been a week of catching up on some fun crafting! 

It all started with a sweet burlap sack

...LOVE!!

This weeks goal was crafts using the things I already had on hand...a pillow and a sweet burlap sack that stole my heart when I seen the word COFFEE printed on it!  So a Pillow got a new cover...

I adore it!! Now not only do I dream of drenching our home in whites, it now needs to contain a lot of burlap goodness!! Ahhh...I know...pure crazy love of wonderful things!!

With the left overs I thought it would be fun to make a Valentine garland.

I ironed on some heat n bond to red fabric and then took backing off to iron it to my burlap. I cut them out and stitched the edges. I also cut out the letters L O V E to iron and sew the to each heart...

They are strung together with twine and waiting for me to get the rest of my Valentine mantel together!!

I hope you enjoyed my crafty, make with what you have on hand, Sweet Burlap Goodness!!

Love,
 Naomi

Dining Chair Makeover!

I'm in the process of bringing whites into our house...today I finally finished our dinning chairs! Let me just tell you...

..IT TOOK FOREVER!!  I've grown tired of all the wood in our house. Wanting to drench our home in all whites is my mission, Remember?!

Our dinning set is completely rustic...most of our house is furnished in rustic pine furniture. Although I still love this style, it is dark and looking sad to me lately. I'm craving light & bright! I love pine...it's forever forgiving when you have 4 kiddos running around. It only gets better with age! You can slather it in a zillion coats of paint and it's forever beautiful. Well that's coming from a girl who loves all things rustic anyways!! 

I started by sanding...all 8!  I figured this would be a simple, quick project. Hahaa..glad  I thought that then, I may have never started. Many days of 1 coat at a time during nap times..each chair took 3 coats (using paint with an added primer)..it's like  painting a chair 24 times...now you see why this was a never ending project? 

I think those projects that take so long seem to be the ones that are most rewarding. I love them again!!

I used the same paint color as I used for our cabin kitchen (Cream in my coffee). It's my favorite!! The seats were stained with walnut...I love the combination of the 2! Since I love all things rustic, they received some fun distressing! 

I love how they turned out...it's already feeling brighter.

For now, our home is one step closer to being completely drenched in whites. It's a bit overwhelming to think of all that needs to change to get the look I'm craving. One project and a gallon of paint at a time.  

Thank you for stopping in...I hope you have a wonderful day!!

Love, 
Naomi