The Story of a Garden Box

About a month ago, maybe two...I was wandering through a huge flea market looking for an old tool caddy.  I wanted to fill it with all kinds of autumn goodness and then give it a new home as a centerpiece for the dining room table.  Of course, we all know that when you are looking for something very specific, when you can see it in your minds eye...

chances are, you're not going to find it

But I have learned that that's okay.  Something even better always comes along!

You see...

...as I was looking for that very specific tool caddy, I ran right into this.

YES!!

This will do just fine.  Even better.  So it came home with me.

I cleaned it

I painted it

I loved it!

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I wiped it with stain

I sanded it a bit

I loved it even more!

And here she is...filled to the brim with autumn goodness.

Looking even better than my mind's eye had imagined. 

She landed here on the coffee table while I was making a burlap runner for the dining room table.

Guess what?  Dear husband walked in and said " I love that box right there where it is.  Can we just leave it there?"

Of course!

Because even when we  think we have the best thought out plan, something different just might be better!

Have a wonderful day!

xo and God Bless,

Kathleen

Fall and a Chalkboard

Remember the mirror that I bought at the yard sale a couple of weeks ago?

You can see it here.

The plan was to turn it into a chalkboard, so now it's just that ~ a chalkboard!  I finished it up last week.  I removed the mirror and painted the backer board inside with chalkboard paint.  Then I wrote "Happy Fall" on it and added it to the mantel as part of the fall decor.

I also added a few dollar store crows - love the dollar store!

and this cool fan that my brother-in-law gave to me.

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  We all had a yard sale together several weeks ago.  We were sitting around a few days before the day of the sale discussing all of the items that we had to get rid of.  He mentioned that he had this old fan he wanted to sell.  His wife said, "no way that thing is so old, you can't sell it.  Just throw it away."  I said, "you better not throw it away - haha, I'll take it."

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and that is how the fan came to live on my mantle

It's crusty and old but that's just how I like it!!

Happy Fall!!

xo and God Bless,

Kathleen

I'm linking up with Between Naps on the Porch for Met Monday

be sure to go over and visit everyone!

A Perfect Rainy Day

it's been raining...all day

I kind of like that though. It's cozy and it's gray and therefore a very good reason to light those delicious smelling fall candles. I did a little fall fluffing around the house ~ which I will show you when complete.

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I also had a little bit of time to pop into the local flea market. And when I say little bit of time, I mean little like - 25 minutes to peruse the whole huge place. That's not a lot of time considering the size of this flea market. But, that didn't stop me, AND my two little helpers came along - aged 3 and 7 months. Yes, we had quite a time. I just wanted to find Ironstone but my little 3 year old wanted to play with the antique fire trucks...yeah...not a good idea. Anyway, in just under 20 minutes...

I found this old book, and look...no cover...so wildly popular right now

two...yes 2 burlap coffee sacks {both for just 50 cents}

and YES, Ironstone too!!

All of this for just $5 ~ quite thrifty, no?

Be sure to come back tomorrow...I'm going to show you my yard sale furniture makeover I told you about here

Have a great day and stay dry if it's raining where you are!

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xo and God Bless,

Kathleen