Organized Clutter

One of my bathrooms still has it's original tile, tub, toilet and sink!   It's definitely not for everyone.  At times I want to renovate it myself and replace the coral wall tiles. Over the last 30 some years, I have decorated my 1950's bathroom with vintage decor including lady head vases.

In 2017, I purchased new furniture for my living room, including a  Flexsteel Sofa and Chair and a Half.   At the time I had a white shag area rugs and the floral pillows that came with the sofa. Read on to see how my living room looks today.

Last weekend I attended the annual Little Falls (Minnesota) Arts & Craft Fair . It was my very first trip to the craft fair. I purchased the botanical butterfly wall art above at the fair from  Salvage Sisters - A Repurposed Store .  The panoramic style frame contained distressed paper with a bee and several different black butterflies, along with plant sprigs on the sides. The design was most likely created with rubber stamps and ink. The perimeter (mat) of the frame was created with distressed book pages, torn into varied and uneven pieces.

Welcome to my annual junk garden tour 2022 edition!   I am starting the tour at my front patio area.

I actually saw some of these vintage card files at a local consignment shop a while back, but didn't know what to do with them at first. Then an idea came to me. The metal files are from the county courthouse.

  This is a first! One of my projects was featured in a French crafting magazine!

I have a treat for my junk lovers today! I am sharing my friend Dana's junk gardens and junk outdoor decor.  As you can see, this planter is a multi-junk combo, and very fun. I shared Dana's tastefully arrange junk , back in 2015  HERE.   It was a hit!  This time the junk is decorating her log cabin!

I found this iron birdcage stand at a local antiques and consignment shop. I brush painted it with two coats of  Dixie Belle Chalk Finish Paint in Caviar .

This area, just past my deck, was overgrown with groundcovers, like sedum and creeping Jenny.  The area has always been a problem. The previous owners left part of a cracked cement patio there and put a deck over most of it.   What started out as, me planting a few thyme plants in the cracks, became an overgrown groundcover mess with weeds and grass coming up within the clumps of sedums.  Thank goodness my husband helped me on this job! Be sure to check out the links to flowers, stencils and past projects too!

I purchased this little oval coffee table for $5 at a garage sale last summer.

In May of 2018, I attended a great garage sale (the first one of the season) and purchased this old high chair ($5), in addition to lots of other cool stuff  HERE. It has been waiting in my shed for an upcycle.

 The red border (Asiatic) lilies are blooming! I purchased these lilies at the Littlefork Citywide Garage Sales a few years ago.  Last year, deer wiped out almost all of my lilies before they bloomed.  Below are more pics of the front yard border!  It's already looking great!

 On this Thanksgiving week, I am thankful for all of my blog followers.  I am so grateful that you all take the time to check out my blog posts, and/or   Pinterest , Instagram or Facebook page shares as well! I am also thankful for being featured, from time to time, in print and online magazines.  This week I have a Christmas rolling pin project in the current issue of Flea Market Decor Magazine .  I hope you pick up the magazine that also has features from my talented, vintage, blog friends Sadie Seasongoods , and Lora B .

 Garage sales are pretty much done for the season here in Minnesota.  Here are some of my later season garage sale and thrift shop finds. A wooden calendar with hand painted months and days.  My first thought was to use it as a Church sign for hymns.  Not sure yet, but it's a fun find.  $9.99 at Goodwill.

 I found this vintage child's school chair at a local antique/consignment shop last week for $5. As you know, I love chairs.  I thought I would give this little chair a makeover!

This covered area between my attached garage and front door is an awesome space.  It's perfect for relaxing outdoors.  It's shaded, roof covered, and pretty cool with the ceiling fan above.

I have been doing a bit more garden junk stenciling! I hope you will take a look...

 I have looked at this little table upstairs at  No Place Like Home Again , a local antiques and gifts shop, several times  It was priced at $25.   A couple of weeks ago, I gave it a closer look and discovered it was a flip top table.  I decided to purchase it.

I thought this was a fun find when I purchased it for $5.49 at an antique shop. Pieces were missing, but it was at one time a commercial large paper roll holder.

  I just love vintage kitchen utensils and kitchen wares.  You would think that  I love to cook and bake , but that is not the case. I really just like to collect them, and display them.  Like this plain wooden rolling pin. (The paint brush and paint can were placed there to keep the rolling pin from rolling .)