Great finds...and nowhere to put 'em!

Once in a while, when I'm scouring my local thrift shops, I find something that speaks to me and I fall madly in love.  I buy it of course, especially if it's a great deal because that's all part of the fun, but here's the problem...when you live in bungalow, you lack serious space, so I never have anywhere to put this great stuff!  Here's some of my latest finds that I have lovingly tucked away in our un-finished upstairs for future use.  At least I hope for future use:/
By the way...I have a future "master bedroom vision" for my upstairs that does not include stored goodies of past findings and it looks (in my head) something like the color palette and feel of this...

bedroom design

http://www.houzz.com/photos/39931/Suzanne-s-Bedroom-Makeover-Win--bedroom-philadelphia


With this color vision always in the back of my mind, I stumbled upon this lovely soft gray grasscloth wallpaper at the Habitat Re-store (one of my hot spots.  I snatched that up quick!  Not sure how much it will cover, I need to measure it. It's so very "coastal glam" (a term I've coined.haha..) that would be so serene in a master bedroom.

$1.50 per roll,  Thick, heavy, real, actual, grasscloth:)  I'm in love...now...as to where it will hang...hmmm...no clue.  But here is a similar bedroom palette with grasscloth walls so you have a visual of the texture.  Fab!

traditional bedroom design by chicago architect COOK ARCHITECTURAL Design Studio

I also found this cool bamboo folding chair at the Goodwill for $12.00 a while back.  I winced a bit at the price because it could use a little stain touch up and I wouldn't exactly say it's the sturdiest chair I own.  It has a hair of a wobble.  But, a little tlc and tightening and it'll be so great.  And where will it go you ask???  Ummmm...not sure, but I'm thrilled to see Ballard Designs carries these chairs for a pretty penny so I think I scored here!

Ballard for $109

http://www.ballarddesigns.com/bamboo-folding-chairs/42008

Yay! $12

Lastly, the Goodwill scouring has provided me with a super retro hanging globe light for $5.00.  This is the find that I absolutely have no clue if I will ever use, but I love a little piece of nostalgia and it was in great condition so hey, why not!  Price-wise I felt a score and since I saw this website had an identical one for $52.00.  Yay again!

http://www.laurelleaffarm.com/pages/lamps/ball-hanging-lamp.htm

Major Project 1...The new shed

A huge storm swept through in the summer of 2008

Leaving our, already vulnerable, historic barn in shambles 

The clean-up was a very slow process, but we saved what we could.

Let me just say that my husband has NEVER built anything like this.  A stud wall, yes.  A building, no, just learning along the way.  The goal was to salvage what we could since we desperately needed the storage and were on a serious budget.  Afterall, this was/IS! a piece of our property's history, so we decided to build a shed and found a design that fit our needs with what we had left to work with.  Board-wise it wasn't enough for the roof unfortunately.

So, here is where we are with the new "shed" which actually ended up being just a hair bigger. 

But after months in the making...

it's pretty much at a  standstill. Ha ha.

But, slow and steady is more our style I guess. 

Stay tuned for more pics as we progress.  Happy holidays!

If only we had extra barnboard...maybe we could just whip this up too (wink;)

http://www.riseoverrun.biz/the-backyard-house.html

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One of my holiday favs - The "fancy chandy"

I love chandeliers!  Even if I have to make them myself.  Since a traditional bungalow leaves little room "decking the halls", my dining room's basic black chandy is a chance for me to add a little bling during the holidays.  Even at work we managed to hang a pre-lit wire tree upside down (the biggest we could find of course) and hang a little sparkle:)