Tolentreasures

Camp is generally a disaster.  It's my workspace,  that's all that it was really ever meant to be.  Seriously,  I was going to rent a storage unit to work in  and  store furniture in  when this house became available. But, I am thinking it does me good  to have an event there every now and then.  Sort of like inviting company to your house so you will be forced to clean.  C'mon, you know you have done it. So, tonight I am hosting my  Fall Class Preview  Party  at my camp. And... I have cleaned.  Oh, not cleaned like in  my mother and sister's  "eat off the floor"  clean.  This is "It really is a studio"  clean.  Which in actuality is about how  clean my house always was prior to  the wizard woman that now  cleans my house  every other week.   Not sure what my thought process w...

So, it's Wednesday  and  I am going to clean camp.  Sorry folks,  no before pics,  it was THAT bad!  I put wide tape on my painting table  to protect it.  Works great, but a bear to take off and replace. At least an hour of picking and messing.  but it was done.... I say this because it was the only thing  I regretted in the chain of events that followed that.  Camp somewhat cleaned, tape replaced, sitting down to paint,  JWS walks in with the light that I have  been asking  ok nagging to have put in for a little while at least a month.  How exciting!  We get a chair and he starts.  I turn my back to clean up some more stuff  and  CRASH! This is what ensued!  JWS is only minor hurt. I am struggling holding back laughter.  Honestly,  all I can think about it how long it took to pull  that tape off of th...

    Two more rooms at Camp Two Doors Down, But how they have fought me! I thought that I could wallpaper this ceiling, but that was a dismal failure so tomorrow I begin to patch. This is the inspiration for the other room. But what a fight it has been. Three coats of paint and hot, hot weather. And now I have this. I still need to wash the windows and woodwork. Moved the bed in today and the rails are junk. Tomorrow I look for a metal frame and try to rig that up. I did find curtains at Goodwill today for $3, hoping that those go up easy. I am ready to decorate! Now if only everything else would cooperate! Today, I got the BEST free thing ever! More on that later!  

  It was time.  Time to take a break  and resume normal life. Whatever that is!   I needed to get back to painting things for the shop.     And a friend found me all this and more  at yard sales on Saturday!      Look what a difference a few decoration make!      And... I know, I know.  It is time to take a break,  but I have a couple bedrooms to "do"  before late summer.  Ran across this photo on Pinterest. Can't wait to get started!    

Sometimes the best days are not epic!  They are ordinary days.  Magical, ordinary days. Days spent doing exactly what you like to do even if no one else understands!  I had one of those yesterday.    Lots of little projects and  not allowing myself  to see  "what really needs done"  and letting it spoil the day!    I spray painted this chandelier.  Ready to hang today... more on that in another post.    Sprayed this mirror and finished cleaning and decorating the hallway.      Almost have the kitchen finished.  Logan visited me to show me his  hunting attire for  turkey hunting today.     Dinner napkin valance on the front door. I scrubbed the front porch at the camp,  tidied, spruced, decorated, and it is ready for Jenn's party tonight, almost... JWS cooked that awesome meal above and  ...

Aren't these apple blossoms pretty? I love it when they bloom each year!    One of yesterday's projects was to get this bench put together in the hallway.   I love it there but want to change the pillow covers.  I have something else in mind.  Kamden and I did some yard work yesterday.  This is the best view EVER!  He couldn't wait until we got done to load up the tractor and take it for a ride.  He convinced me to take the training wheels off his bike yesterday.  Wow, did he take off and ride then!       Then we had an early supper  at the park  and he rode some more.  I am battling  a  killer cold right now.  Honestly,  I could barely walk the circle at the park.  Hoping today is better! 

  Chair painting is progressing well.    Some might need a few more coats, But we are getting there,     thanks to some help from friends!   

If you haven't been to a  Habitat for Humanity  ReStore, you don't know what you are missing!  JWS was not totally impressed.  He had the same look and  comments  that my girls have had over the years. It goes like this: We pull into this place,  some out of the way.  They have heard my chatter about this place for the last 20 - 40 - 150 miles or so.  And they look at me,  shake their heads, and say,  "The places you drag us to..." That's why Time Works has been great  therapy well actually, it may have created  a  group of  Junk Junkies!  Friends nonetheless. or  Co-Conspirators or  Partners in Crime... But they get it... the need to dig through stuff for that FIND!  Some of mine this week have been the chair above and the picture above it.  Chair $30 Picture $5   And these lamps!   Perfect for $...

Love these souvenir pieces!    I might see another collection starting...     I found this little girl at a yard sale and  have been waiting for the perfect place for her!  The teapot was a shop find today.  You just never know what you might find in your own shop!    Brushes moved,  curtains, uninspired... but I have a thought!  Paints moved. What a huge undertaking to move all of your craft supplies.  I think it is going to take weeks!      I have a vendor in the shop that "Casually" mentioned he has over 100 chairs to sell for  $5 each. He brought me 10!   See those bright colors on that shelf above? Hopefully they will be all painted  before the camp's first event!    Today,  Kamden and my last paint class until fall!  So the chairs are going to wait for now.