White Wednesday

One of the fun things {actually probably the ONLY fun thing} about cleaning out THE PILES in my garage...

is seeing what is behind them. Here is a second White Wednesday post about what I have uncovered.



Sea fans, giant clam shell, star fish, and deer horns inside of an old green terrarium...



White metal "Flower" flower frogs. The metal flowers were put inside a vase ~ and then the live flowers were arranged around them...using the metal stems to hold the arrangement in place.




Look at this poor old deer. He is so old he now has a white face just like our beloved old dogs.

Don't you wish they still would give you the bushel baskets when you buy apples at the orchard? I love the bushel baskets almost as much as the apples...a paper bag is just not the same.

Was Pink, Now Green, Tiny Table

Now it is green and redone... with a little tape measure edge...



but this tiny table has had a hard, hard life. I found it on the side of the road.

I took it to shows {just to put things on} for a couple of years, until it finally just fell apart. I told Mr. Anything Goes Here to throw it away a couple of weeks ago....



but, he rescued it instead... glueing it all back together.

I didn't like it any better than I had before, but since he went through all that work {even though I told him not to} I decided to paint it a pretty green.



Look at its slightly pink and very dirty top.



Transformed into a distressed, "shabby chic" top.



Now at shows it can hold up things with pride, and someone may even want to buy it!

Projects 2 and 3: "Losing the Piles" at a Snail's Pace

It is a cute little table, but the top is broken and not attached. This finish is TOO shabby.



The wall shelf has nice lines, but has paint-can rust stains on each shelf. Junky add-on back and funny add-on bottom shelf.



Repaired and repainted, the redone pile is starting to grow....



{Among the stuff, you can see some of the accessories I will be using in my display when I get ready to sell these redones.}



and it all looks better than this, don't you think?

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Project 1: A Dresser Re-Dressed

"Tackle the easy ones first." This is project #1 of my "Lose the Piles" Project... click on Piles to see them.



This is the first step in attacking a huge pile of projects that need to be done before the snow flies here in Northern Illinois.



This little $6 dresser didn't need much... just to be freshened up with a new coat of paint...I am a "Navajo White" Girl.



Now it is repainted, sanded and waxed...ready to be find a new home. It is a cute little size, with a Frenchy shape.

Why did I take the SAFE white color choice? It is about appealing to the most customers. If it doesn't sell with a simple redo, I'd try something more flashy.




Just a personal pet peeve... repaints where the drawer sides are not painted...doesn't it look much more professional this way?

ONE down ~ 6,357 more projects to go...

Progress: Worktable Revealed!

I know it may seem like a small step toward dealing with all the furniture piles in my garage....



but I haven't even seen my worktable since about April... much less been able to WORK on it....



NOW at least I have a place to work... and it is fun to look at, too. I missed it...

{The foot. What do you think it is? Answer at the end of the post.}



hiding behind all of that stuff in the next picture. Even that is better organized than last week. See all the bookshelves lined up back there waiting for their redos.



Here's a question to self: Why did I think I needed 30+ chairs to redo...??????? {Very, very hard to store and stack neatly.}

{Answer to "The Foot" question: The foot is someone's plaster art class project. It is big, very stylized, and has an Art Deco 1930's look.}