The weather has been perfect the last couple of weekends. Perfect for all day yardsaling. Unfortunately, I am running out of room in our carport and decided that instead of going to yard sales for more junk bargains, I REALLY needed to stay home and work on dwindling down my stash.



I woke up around 8am on Saturday morning, did a quick run through the house to make sure we had clean underwear and a hot dog for lunch, and made my way outside to enjoy the beautiful sunshine. 8 hours later, covered in paint, I made my way back inside to soak for an hour in a steamy hot bath! Yard sale makeovers are hard work! LOL



First I drug several projects out into the yard. I told the kids to run inside if someone drove up thinking I was having a yard sale. Yea, it was THAT bad.



While I worked on my bigger projects (Kendall's bed and a new "pottery barn style" coffee table), I pulled out my tote of smaller projects. I have a hard time waiting between projects (OCD) so I like to work on smaller ones while my kiltz or paint dries between coats.............and because if I came home with ONE MORE thing to add to this box Josh would scream bloody murder and haul it off to the dump.

My hot, soapy water. I always clean my projects really good before I sand or kiltz. Nothing like spraypainting a bug on a nice white shelf.

I loved the base of this lamp and the lampshade was in great condition.

A few weeks ago, I went yard saling with my parents. Bless their hearts, they may never take me again! We ended up going to the Family Dollar store to buy straps so my dad could haul home a huge shelf for me on top of his SUV...plus a mini kitchen island and a ton of other great buys...all shoved in the car with the three of us and a 2 year old in his car seat!!! =)



At one sale, I picked up this picture and let me tell you...it is SUPER heavy!!! I loved the detailing on the frame. It was a set, two pics (one of a duck, one with deer) and both marked $5 each. Before I could give the lady the money, she said "I'll sell both of them to you for $5 total". Poor sweet lady...she lost herself $5 because I was more than willing to pay her asking price. She may have felt sorry for us since she could probably barely see my dad and son in the car amongst my other deals.



Isn't this frame beautiful? Not a cheapo plastic one either.

There is a little space in our carport next to the side door (at our "new" house) that will be perfect to use as a catch-all for our shoes and backpacks. I have been on the lookout for a little shelf to use for our muddy shoes and found this one for ONE DOLLAR!!!



Looked through my stash of mistint paints and found a color that complimented the brick on our house. My little painting helper tackled this project and did a really good job!

My junk tote is slowly emptying......almost time to fill it up again at some more yard sales!



See the sunflower mirrors?

Picked these up for 50 cents each at Goodwill.

I didn't take a real before picture of this one...just look close in my junk tote. See the ugly green 25 cent picture glued to a brown tray behind the beautifulsoontoberedone frame? Yep, that one.



Black spray paint and some chalkboard spray and 10 minutes later....

I follow about 30 "trash to treasure" blogs and almost every one of them has done a chalkboard redo. I decided to keep my eye out for the perfect ugly picture to use as my chalkboard. I scored a few weeks ago when I found this huge pic at a local yard sale for $2. I LOVED the distressed frame! This was such a simple project. I've finished 5 more since this one. Sooo easy and so fun.



My ugly pic with a great frame

$2.00!!! and look how great the frame is. I love this distressed look. Didn't have to prime, paint black, paint white, then sand....it was already done!

Picked up this set of tv trays at a yard sale a couple months ago. Paid $2 for the set of four plus the holder. They stayed in the carport forever while I tried to figure out what to do with them. While waiting on some other projects to dry (OCD, remember) I pulled them out and used some leftover red and black spray paint. They will work great this fall for the kids to eat on during football games!



Kendall is the best little helper! She is always wanting to help me when I paint. Here she is in charge of scrubbing the trays down with hot, soapy water.

Lightly sanded and then sprayed the trays red. Ran out of paint so used black on the holder. You know, I never run out of black spray paint..I buy it by the case!

Last Sunday we met my family after church at the Glenwood city park for lunch and birthday cake. Here are some of the pics....


Taylor and Kendall
Sweet TayTay

Last weekend, Kendall's gymnastics class showed off their newly learned skills at the Hot Springs mall. She has had a great time with summer gymnastics. Tomorrow is her last class until next summer. She starts barrel racing training on Friday afternoons after school.


Getting ready to perform....