Organized Clutter

The bottom half of an old barn Dutch type door became the perfect backdrop for a Potting Shed sign stenciled with a new garden stencil from Funky Junk Interiors'  Old Sign Stencils .

 I have planted annuals in old coffee pots for years now.  But, last week, I got the crazy idea to add wood stakes to the bottom of three old coffee pots.  

I decided to give this old bench a thinned paint whitewashing as well as the lobelia frame  from the other day.

This techno-heat lobelia planted in a small galvanized pail, hanging with wire inside a square, weathered gray frame from a limb of a birch tree was one of my most popular blog posts ever.  More on a Techno-Heat Lobelia here.

One of the garage sales I hit on Saturday had a lot of great stuff.  It was not dirt cheap but very reasonable.  Like the crates were $7 and $10, the galvanized containers $6 and $7, the stool $6, the vintage enamelware pot $7, and the trellis's two for $5.

I purchased this little dresser at the consignment shop for $5.99 last week.  I planned to fix it up for my daughter.

I am so happy that once again the garage sale season has kicked off and thrift shop inventory has picked up as well.  The following items will be probably be appearing on my blog in the coming weeks or months with a makeover or in my decor. A vintage highly carved glove box.  There was a pair of purple ladies dress gloves inside but I think the box is older than the gloves.  I won't be painting this.  Maybe just a little clean up and hemp oil for to bring out the wood grain.

Here are the befores:  a paper plate holder, a wooden vase and an over the sink shelf, purchased last Saturday at a church rummage sale.

A thrift shopping trip earlier this year netted this one Demco retro deco style metal bookend from the 1970's.  This before pic was quite blurry in my dark laundry room.  The color is beige.    I had purchased my first can of Krylon Chalky Spray Paint in Colonial Ivory and this was a good opportunity to try it out.  

Spring comes late to northern Minnesota.  Our snow was gone early this season, but the temps had been cold until the end of last week when we finally got a taste of the 70's.   My husband and I raked our lawn on Saturday, and I dug in my flower beds a bit, and as usual, I was mortified.   My junk yard looks so awful before the green grass, summer foliage and blooming annuals and perennials fill in around my junk, and the transformation from junk yard to junk garden occurs. Here are some examples: Today - Junk Yard