My Favorite Thrifty Find

Well, I figure for my first real post I would participate in a Party. My favorite thrifty find was FREE! I was able to score this baker's rack from someone who was finished with their yard sale and wanting to throw everything that didn't sale out with the trash. I am not sure the price she had on it, but to me it was a great find.

I love that it is bigger than most I have seen. I kept it green for a long while. I didn't have a perfect spot for it, so for about the past two years it has spent a lot of time in storage. I recently moved and found a place for it. I really was not into green anymore and it was a little (okay a lot) worn, so I gave it a little make over.

I painted it black. This is my temporary decor thrown on it until I unpack more of my accessories. Then it will get the royal treatment. It is a focal point in my kitchen. I have to add, the pair of black candle stick holders were a great find for 75 cents. They are favorite because they look great no matter where I place them.

I sanded and restained the wood and I really like how it turned out.

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We're Home

We had the best time. I think I need a vacation from my vacation. We have stuff to unpack and then I have a home to put together. I am not in any rush though. I have all winter to decorate. I would rather enjoy the rest of Summer and my favorite season Fall. Of course a new blog design was in order. I will post some of our adventures when I find a few spare moments. I hope everyone enjoyed July. Sheesh, where does the time go!

Happy Trails

I will try and remember these happy faces and how much I LOVE them tomorrow. The three girls and I are flying to visit my parents. Hopefully we have some pretty patient people sitting by us. Maybe I will bring this picture along and say that they really are normally like this.

If I have computer access, I will post our adventures from a far. If not, we will be back around the beginning of August.

"Panning for Gold"

We were in need of a nice drive so we visited a former gold rush town. It seemed to still be a bit ghostly, but the ice cream parlor was great.