I'm taking a quick break from the house to show you 3 of the makeovers that I got done from the church sale. I don't know if this is the way it works with the rest of you, but my whole house ends up a mess and rearranged when I try to add some new items to the house. I have to move one thing to make room for another, which means moving yet another thing, then I think that something may look better in another room, etc..... UGH! I end up doing more work than initially planned for.
Anyway, I told you I wasn't too thrilled with the way those two lamps were turning out. And in the end, I just didn't like them. So, I tore them apart and made a new lamp out of one, and am using the base of the other for my tin candle holder. For the lamp, I used the wood legged base and part of the wood top, then I added an old grater I had for the middle(hubby was kind enough to drill a hole in the handle for me), then I rewired it with new lamp parts and added a shade. The shade was actually given to me last year by a neighbor, but I never used it. It was a yellowey/cream paper shade that was just screaming to be made over. And yes, I made it over. I painted it brown and painted the berries on it and it looks so much better. Then I just added the berries to the top of the grater.







My house is turned upside down right now, so there are no full room shots, but I'm hoping to get everything redone by the weekend and then I can finally share house pics next week! Of course I have two big pieces from goodwill still to redo(which I haven't shared with you all yet) and some small stuff from the church sale, but I'm working as fast as I can.
Have a productive day,
Tiff
makeovers look great. Looking forward to the house pictures. Love your decorating, Janie
ReplyDeleteWhat a creative way to use a grater. I love your lamp. Fantastic job. You have been a very busy girl Tiff. I need a few things made over if you run out of things to do of your own.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing more pictures of your home. Enjoy your day.
AMY
Great makeovers. Awesome job with the lamp.
ReplyDeleteI never would have thought about doing the grater for a lamp. I also never would have picked up the wooden cabinet because of the wood stain, not thinking how beautiful it would be painted! And I must admit that I love the shelf painted red with the little doggies, nice to see my dogs have a new happy home, however, that green shelf would have been mine to go with my dish collection had I seen it first. Good job on all.
ReplyDeleteYou've done a wonderful job. You are so creative. I would never have thought of the things you did, and they turned out wonderful. Thanks for sharing your talents with us.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Marcia
Everything looks wonderful. I used to constantly be moving things, but began to think that perhaps it was the sign of an illness... LOL, that and I pitied my husband coming home after night shift....it was downright dangerous!! :)
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the grater as a lamp, that's GREAT!
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