The Treasure Trove That Is Grandma's House

Being a collector of vintage Pyrex, I love treasure hunting. Usually this means combing thrift stores, which is something I've recently introduced my daughter to and now Jason is mostly wondering what we will ever do with all the "old stuff" we find together.

Just this weekend I scored some fantastic pink Pyrex for $2.50. That's for two pieces. It's okay, Jason didn't really understand my reason for the happiness jig either. But he smiled and said, "Don't you already have that one?"

Which I did. Pictures to come.

Recently, my grandma has been inviting me over to her house to dig through her treasures. Which is mega because grandma's house is always the right price. So I thought I'd share some of my thrift and grandma's house finds.

My last trip to grandma's was fruitful with the aforementioned birdcage (I'll show it soon), a beautiful quilt and this vintage Lusterware bird wall pocket that I love (Jason hates):



and a clearer shot:



Isn't it beautiful?

*I also wanted to answer a question that I was asked by Le Meems, I never use pre-made stencils or molds in any of my projects. All of my designs are done freehand. If I do use some kind of stencil it is one I created myself by drawing freehand first.

I like to live dangerously, you know.

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Have any of you found any mega treasure scores lately?

PS - I totally bragged about being mega knitter way too early. Last night I had knitter's block and couldn't even manage the most janky of simple cast on's. Knit fail.

Living Room Redo - Eight Hours, Bachelor Pad Furniture and Spray Paint

Jason and I moved into our house three years ago. We moved in, we put everything in its place and with the exception of some painting, we haven't changed things around much.

This wild "everything needs to be new" hair that I recently got meant that I needed to change that and as soon a possible. So I took the day off work, picked up a couple cans of spray paint, dug out his old bachelor pad furniture and went to work.

Eight hours and a shower later, I fell exhausted into my big ol' chair.

Some before shots:





Notice how I show the room at its worst for the "before"? Like the before beauty shots where she never has any make-up on, bed head and the worst break out ever. I should probably be ashamed of this picture, but you see, this is truly what the room looked like moments before I started the project. And besides, it just means that I have this cuteness running around my house:



It was that very mess maker and that very mess that prompted me to make this painting that would set the color palette for the room:



So I cleaned up the mess and did a little rearranging (the worst part of the whole day):



The good news is that the entire project cost me less than thirty bucks because I had these bachelor pad beauties hidden away:





There is nothing like Target's Mission Style cheapness to bring out my creativity. And my Krylon.

So much Krylon, in fact, that every time I blew my nose it was a rainbow of awesome for days following. But totally worth it.

Note my little love birds left in wood grain. I love wood grain:



And the whole deal:







This is where my knitting magic happens:





You might also notice the new TV. Jason was so wowed he thought the room needed a new TV. Or he needed a new TV, I'm unsure.

Stay tuned for a few more additions including a great birdcage that is in the process of the Krylon makeover as we speak. Or maybe the saga of the $4 thrift store dresser turned media cabinet.