Country Living Fair

I went to the Country Living Fair again this year and this time I brought my favorite little shopping partner with me. It was a beautiful day and once again, the vendors did not dissapoint. So much eye candy...enjoy the pics.

these numbers are on my wish list.

I have to make this sign!

I met the owner of French Laundry, Debbie Jones. I just LOVE her fabrics and her products. I would have a whole housefull of it if I could. I bought the bag I am wearing with the horse on it. It's hard to see here, but so cute!

So inspiring!

Saw this a-d-o-r-a-b-l-e vintage camper. I must have one someday!

Check out how cozy the inside is.

and the sweet little kitchen. What a perfect way to camp!

I'll share more of my finds from the Country Living Fair soon. One of them is going to be another light fixture that hubby needs to hang. That is 2 on his "to do" list now...He loves having a list :)

Thrift Store lamp + old potato sack = Chic Lamp Makeover

One of the items on my "New Years to-do list" (we all have those right? even if we don't write them down) was to work on getting some new lamps. I am a bargain shopper and lamps are not cheap! I went to Goodwill, the lamp graveyard, and found this brass one for less than $5.

I had a white drum shade from Target and I covered it with one of these potato sacks I bought at the Country Living Fair for $5. I just cut it a little larger than the shade and folded the sides under and hot glued it on.

I painted the lamp a Metallic Bronze and added some ruffle trim to it from Hobby Lobby (also hot glued on). And I have a new lamp for under $20 including the drum shade. I might go back and paint the lamp using a looking glass spray paint once I get some to lighten the look a little, but I'm still deciding.

For now, I am quite pleased!

Here she is at night.

Linking up to Transformation Thursday at Shabby Chic Cottage

Metal table makeover

Before Here is this little metal typewriter table that I found at the Country Living Fair.


After

Here she is after some Bahama Sea spraypaint.

I rubbed on some walnut gel stain to age her a bit.

She now lives in my sunroom between my new white Ikea chairs. I will share more about those later. This table and that color make me smile! I think I will keep her...

My Finds at the Country Living Fair

I got this awesome old rusty gate there and right now it's sitting on my outdoor mantle. I am going to add a wreath or sign to it, but haven't decided yet.... The other idea I had for it is to mount it between two wood posts in the backyard somewhere and plant some flowers around it and make it a "secret garden" gate. I love this "gate to nowhere" look. We will see where it ends up, but I love it!

I also snagged this old metal typewriter table. I have been looking for a cute metal table like this one for awhile now, and was so excited when I spotted this one. I will paint her a pretty shade of blue and she will live in my sunroom. "After" pics to come...

I picked up a few more blue jars because I love them and this bird ornament made out of beadboard. I also got these enamel numbers to go on the jars or on some baskets in my bathroom. The 95 is for the year we got married and the 73 is when my hubby was born.

I just love me some feedsacks! I picked up two of these burlap potato sacks. I will make some pillows out of these mixed with some softer fabrics. I don't know if I will keep the pillows or sell them. We will see how they turn out.

And that broke my Country Living Fair budget, but I picked up so many ideas at no charge and my wheels are still spinning...

Now off to paint that table!

Country Living Fair Inspiration

I was so inspired at the Country Living Fair on Friday. The day started with getting to meet Sue Whitney, one of the junk market ladies. She was so nice and is the editor of Country Gardens magazine now. I must start getting that one. I love her style!

She did a demonstration on setting a harvest table "junk market style". This is her table that she was working on.

The booths were amazing and filled with inspiration. Sit back and enjoy some of them...

I am loving this cool, unique lighting!

These chairs sold for around $1200 and were flying out of this booth. No, I did not get one.

It was such a fun day and I hope they come back to the South next year. I will show you my finds later. I am so excited about them! Happy Monday.

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