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Today Debbiedoo blogged about her sisters wedding candy table- so I recalled my friend Mary's daughters graduation candy table- take a look.  I think she did an awesome job also.

keepsake pillow tuturial

Hi again- While moving i came across all the sweet momentos that I have saved for one reason or another - lets give you a few examples- my girl scout pins. the huge number one mom earrings my son bought me for Christmas at the school bazaar. Little cake toppers from my shower, small little animals I had since I was 6- so they have all safely been tucked away in a hat box- 

so the other day I was at my favorite thrift store and I see this little pillow .95- cool, lets make a memory pillow - it took no time at all - 
  

Items needed

Momentos of your choice- think outside the box- you may have your sons old army guys put them on a camouflage pillow.
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hot glue gun
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The Master Bedroom

As promised I finally got around to finding the before pics of our bedroom-  this room is the only room in the house so far that shows my love for Vintage style- I think we all have a need to surround ourselves of proof that there were those who came before us.

• Here she is in her 1973 blue on blue on blue-  guess what I LOVE BLUE-- but not that shade. so out came the old shag carpet and the drapes that were very dry rotted. and the old light fixture too- ( put that in the crawl space- who knows, when a idea might creep in my head) If you peek out the window you can see the patio - that too had to be torn out- but yes, I kept some of the old wood- those ideas will pop up on future blogs.

another feature of this room (pictures will come with the remodel of it) the master bath- full walk in closet with full vanity and a separate room with shower and les toilette in a
                                                                room adjoining that.  very cool for a home built in the 70's.

 so this is our room now ....It is the most beautiful soothing blue-from Sherwin Williams-called Rain- it is in eggshell ( i have also bought Rain in flat- to paint strips at a later date)

I love my headboard it is over 100 years old-  If you ever get to 8 mile in Detroit- go to Freds Unique Furniture- oohhhhh lala!!  this also has a foot board that curves but the sides where not long enough.( they really didn't have queen beds back then)- another future project.

 I would like you to get to know me better so i will describe how I shop and things that make my heart swoon!! 
The side table was a thrift store find for $10  it is in perfect shape- I haven't the heart to paint it- this is my side of the bed my two storage Paris books homes my belts and other small items -the Vase is my very first and only Waterford- given to me by my mil- Karen, the roses inside are from my other mil Lorraine I added the lighted sticks it white and brown - the small statue and candle is in memory of my daddy- 9-23-10. I cannot believe I have not had my daddy boy for almost 2 years  (i tear up just typing that)  the wedding hands are a wedding gift from my sil Linda. the doilie it sits on my mother crochet at least 60  years ago.  Funny the color is back and still one of my favorites. There is also a small blue vase I put my mothers lip stick brushes in it- they are funky green color and you push a button on the bottom and the brush retracks- very very old- at least 70 or so years and still has her lip stick on the brush- I love them she used those daily-
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 This is hubbys side table- my father redid this table back in the early 80's for me- it was in his buddy's basement just a wreck but it is a beauty now-and I will never ever part with anything my daddy boy made for me!!  the red clock my daddy brought back for my Grandmother while he was overseas in Germany for WWII . The statue is a lovely piece I rescued from a former house cleaning job she had broke in two but perfectly so I just piece it together no glue required.  I also love my candle holder hanging above- another thrift store find- It was once electric but i removed the guts and wires and voila a sexy vintage looking chandelier. not bad for $7

Not sure if this pic fits the theme of my room- but it is my all time favorite movie and my hubby bought me the full size movie poster and framed it himself as a surprise for me on one of my anniversaries.   I smile every time I look at it!

This dresser has been in my mothers house since her boys where little- my brothers- I haven't the heart to repaint this either I am such a chicken.  anyways - I just put some of my favorite pics on it along with this beautiful porcelain rose- i picked up at the g.w.  and the vintage birds i found at a tag sale.

I wanted you to see a close up of this small frame- one of my little mini projects that just pop up in my mind.
 It is a frame that had our seat number to a wedding we attended- the little things i hot glued around it are all little bubble gum machine toys i got when i was 6 or 7 back in 71-72 - like I said i am very sentimental -

Another gift from daddy boy -he was a diy guy before it was trendy- this was a buffet that had coats of paint on it sitting on my brothers front porch- daddy brought it home -fixed it up and gave it to me! I think my sil was sad but what can i say im daddys little girl!!  i frame lots of old pics -fleur de les  -all over my house- i love em!

This is my wedding gown from 6-26-92. The dress is a mermaid dress size 3 and all the beads that are sewn on it by hand for hours and hours by my mil Lorraine -  I loved that dress so much that I never wanted to pack it away- so believe it or not- I wished for a dress makers mannequin and about 2 weeks later i was driving down a street and there was a yard sale with the dress mannequin sitting there  $5 -- now talk about luck- 20 years later and there she still is 4 houses later!!

my mothers jewelery- one from the 40's the other from their 25th wedding anniversary. I think 1953.  I wear both every now and again to formals.

 This is looking from my bed, The outside statue --tag sale she wears my moms pearls. and my renaissance flower crown-

This is our infrared sauna - i did a separate future post on this and the decorations on top-

I am still looking for the perfect chandelier for our room but I couldn't pass up this $20 craigslist find- i did spray paint the gold- silver. i think it puts out a nice starburst!

another wedding gift from my sil Debbie- it is our wedding invite put onto a pillow- really before its time- considering it was the early 90's I know she had to order it through the mail

sweet g.w. finds- and another of my mom's crochet works 
 P.S.  that is my mom on the box- 1940's

little vignette of my granddaughter ,my princess, Teaghyn Lou!! -( Lou was my fathers name she was born 2 -months after he died- the kids gave her his name as a gift to me) oh man grab the tissues!!! 


                Thanks for stopping in and getting to know me a little better- 

1.                 Have a wonderful night- please stop back in!

Tom's Office

Do you love the retro green carpet and yellow walls!

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can u imagine having those curtains! blah!

the carpet is gone!! yep I kept some to make area rugs- hey vintage is hot right now!

our bff Eric installed the new ceiling fan!

Here she is in all her glory.

So we decided while the three rooms where all in relativity good shape - like Ryans room, we would only have to paint, carpet and put up new lighting and window treatments- this is the before and after of Tom's office-like I said the pictures where before I knew I was starting a blog!

Again let me say "I'm sorry for the crappy pics-but you get the idea- (I hope)  same carpet as Ryan's room. Sherwin Williams HGTV HOME  cascade green RR-08 paint and ceiling fan -home depot, the custom blinds where made in the USA .  The pull out couch was a steal from Meijers and the cute dresser belonged to Tom's Grandpa- my sweet M.I.L. painted it a cream color - Tom needed a place of his own for his trophies- he is a great bowler the big trophy was the winning from the Mid State Masters plus $2,500 check not bad!!  plus a plague from his first 300 game and i also found his first baseball trophies from the early 70's.  also in a future post I will show you the table tom built from the kids broken hockey sticks.  I love it!  

Thanks for stopping in Our master bedrooms is next then you will see the real remodel hell we are living in!!  Have a great week-end.

Dawn--is dreaming!

The first finished bedroom at our house!

So as promised, I will be happy-nervous to show you my canal house we purchased last Oct. I think it would be best if I show you some befores and afters.

This is my son Ryan's room( before)- So this room may bring back memories for any of you ladies that grew up or maybe has a aunt or grandma that still has 1970's decor- the walls where a beige and the carpet was a burnt orange and brown shag it was totally groovy man! NOT - but I did roll up and keep some of it because my hippy bff said they would make great rugs- "that people would fight over". So the roll of old carpet is still sitting in my basement.
I was so impressed with the large closets and the beautiful closet doors- still thought I might update them at this point.

Next came the clean up- ugg the carpet stayed looking fine but the padding- it was rotten literally fell apart into crumbs..

So I had to make my choice on carpet- I really wanted to do hardwood. Unfortunately under the carpet was just plywood :( . My D.H. thought that our fur baby Dragon would tear up hardwood and carpet is always warm on the tootsies in the winter- He won the battle we ended up putting the same carpet in all three  bedrooms and the downstairs basement bedroom that we built  (coming up in a future blog).  I love the color of the new carpet it matches dirt and dragons hair doesn't show up. This is a win win for me!

• sorry about his desk it looks as if it part of the floor.
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   We painted his room Sherwin Williams Steady Brown 6110, ordered custom made wooden blinds and hung drapes on either side. Bought his ceiling fan from Home depot.  His bed and night stand where a craigslist find.  As you can see Ryan is a minimalist so I was lucky to get one pic on his wall and that is only because its Yzerman- and Ryan is a hockey player.  We did choose to keep the wood trim and closet doors dark - I originally thought we would paint all the trim white- but I loved the caricature it kept with the original era of the home. I did change the door knobs (I found new ones at hobby lobby)  Well, I wish I would have had nicer pics but this was before I knew I was going to start a blog!! 


Thank you for stopping by- My next post I will add a few more rooms. But for now its good night it is 1:30 AM and I feel the need to lay my head on my pillow!

hanging basket from dated to zazzy!

So I decided to show you all how I took my garage sale find from dated to zazzy. this hanging basket was a mere .25 the rust on it was free!  I primered, spay painted a lovely blue and then coated it with a  paint sealer. that's it... total cost .25 and about 20 min of my time! You can turn most any trash to treasure.  I think it will be lovely in the kitchen that we will remodel this March!