Orange You Glad It's Friday

"ORANGE YOU GLAD IT'S FRIDAY"

 

One summer, a couple of

years ago, we loaded a

 trailer full of furniture

re-do's and headed to

the Kane County Flea Market

in St. Charles, Illinois. 

 

Where we spotted this beauty!

 

 

Or should I say

 this beautiful pile

of wood! 

 

$10.00 later we had

 ourselves a

new challenge!

 

 It had looked like

they had tried to

burn it at one point.

 

 

 

The drawers had a

 mahogany laminate that

 was beyond repair.

  

Which needed to

be removed.

 

So we had to remove

the wood onlays

After removing the

laminate and sanding

the drawers we placed

the onlays back

into place. .

 

 

My man has Crazy Mad Talent!

We primed the drawers.

 

 

We sanded, glued & screwed

it all back together.

 

 

 

With a little orange paint

 

(or a lot of orange!)

 

 

 

and a little gold paint.

 

We have ourselves a winner!

 

 

 

 

Steve and Jennifer

hand painted

the gold onlays. 

 

 

We love it!

 

 It will be perfect once

we get the room painted.

Of course after we get

our million other

projects complete.

 

First on the list is

type up the list :)
 

 

HAPPY FRIDAY!

 

Christmas 2012

With Christmas right

around the corner I thought

I would share with you

some of our

Christmas decorations.

 

 

 

 

I don't think I have

 ever had a theme for

my Christmas decor.

 

I just spread everything

out and go to town!

 

 

 

I placed a silver tray in

 the entry way to display

our Christmas cards.

 

 

The candle holders are condiment dishes from my kitchen :)

Over 25 years and this tree is still going strong!

Of course we have the homemade ornaments that the kiddos made in school when they were little.

And others that we have

collected over the years. 

 

I picked up a swag of greenery

at our local home improvement store and hung some around our dining room chandelier.

 

 

Along with the greenery I hung tree ornament's at different lengths with some red velvet ribbon.

 

And here is some on top of

the china hutch.

 

 

I also attached some to the top

of the mirror above the

buffet in the family room.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And in this planter box we

made out of old barn wood.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is what I decided to
do with the three wreaths that
we picked up @ Trader Joe's.

 

 I hung one from a picture

in my dining room.

 

And a picture in the bathroom.

 

And a mirror in the hallway.

 

HAPPY TUESDAY

AND

 

Merry Christmas!