WELCOME TO MY LAKEHOUSE WHIMSICAL LIVINGROOM!

Happy Friday to you! Finally I have come close to the finish of my kid friendly and lots of fun living room. The theme is Lake House, such as the one that my grandparents owned in New England where the fondest of memories were made. I tried to produce a room where it says a vintage fun place on the lake where grilling had no end and swimming never stopped , penny candy filled the bowls that traveled the tables. Beach towels were always drying in the hot summer sun. Lunches were plentiful to sooth an empty stomach that was swimming since sun up.

 I used things from around the house and also used material to craft projects. Mr. Sweet Tea will no longer have an atlas Shhhhh! He has not realized it yet. I used the pages for tables runners, I also covered a lamp shade and rolled some up to place in a copper tub.

 This was an older pillow stuffed fish from Bass Pro so I gave him a coat of paint and some new eyes I may have gone to far he has gotten the name river monster.

 A floor board became a sign of my favorite swimming place about 10 of us kids would use a big tractor trailer tire tube and paddle away to blueberry Island were the blue berries grew as big as dimes. Yum!

 I used two old books painted and renamed them and tied with a raffia bow

 These fish as I showed you yesterday were made from Muslin I painted them and then gave them a coat of sealer to stiffen them up a bit. I used buttons for the eyes.

I made a lifesaver from scraps of material and a round hoop from a broken lampshade. I crafted the swim sign from a store bought sign. I used an old shutter and placed white lights behind it. I also used my Madeline tin because of the shell shape. Madeline's are a scrumptious tea cake.

I used some map pieces on the wall with a fishing net, a decorated beach hat , an ice sign that I crafted and of course cokes!

This is a grouping of a paddle boat sign crafted from a floor board, A lake house sign made from a scrap of wood and an old photo garland  of vintage beach pictures.

 

 

A lake Side garland made from an old tea shirt, yep mr Sweet Tea's, he doesn't know that yet either.

I had these two beachey looking baskets stored away they seem to match well.

The coffee table is jammed with fun stuff such as a mini chalkboard, a lantern, maps, coasters and......

Of course a scrabble game as we always entertained ourselves with board games after a long day of swimming, I'm trying to bring that back around here.

 

I found this materiel in my stash so a made a few pillow covers.

I covered the shade with map pages then painted it over with a white glue solution. You may see some wrinkles seeing that it is not fully dry. I took a large bright yellow rope and made some sea knots and draped it over it for some fun!

I even had some bright white cape code curtains as my gram had but I hung them a little different than she did I used curtain clips And did some fancy bunching on the top.

I hung some fish on the vintage ladder and placed a glass fish dish and an old tin on the steps.

Everything for  great summer fun! Thanks for coming out to the "Lake" today! Bye for now.....

A SNEAK PEEK AT MY LAKE HOUSE LIVING ROOM WITH LOTS OF WHIMSEY!

Hi there, welcome to Sweet Tea N' Salty Air! I thought I would give a little peek at what I have been up to the last few days. My paint brushes are tired!

One things for sure I have all my fish in a row....drying that is

I am utilizing much of the floor boards for signs.

Stop by and visit on Friday ,I will reveal my fun Lake house living room transaction using things I had around the house and not costing me any money, this room is whimsical and fun , a great place to spend the summer.  See you on Friday!

A PAINTED FARMHOUSE TABLE AND PAINTOVER OF CHAIRS AND A MARRIAGE!

Hi there welcome to Sweet Tea N' Salty Air. So happy you could take a visit here today, Pull up a newly painted dining chair and Ill pour you a sweet Tea! Remember those tired looking chairs in the dining  room?

Here it is all dressed up with a vinyl spackling stencil design such as you seed on the Farm house kitchen cabinets. And here it is all painted black tie.

I decided to leave the wooden seats alone. I just gave the spackle design  a little rub with some light wax. I had bought a Better Homes And Garden Farm table at Goodwill a while back, it also had a wooden top similar to the chairs but I decided to make it look like a real Farm house table. That's Sissy our black lab taking one of her several naps per day.

I sanded it up a bit and used the Rustoleum White that I had left over from my kitchen cabinets and used the same process, a ruler to make the wood lines and a scraper. No sand paper was ever used with this process, you must do the scraping and drawing of the lines when the paint is still wet. Al the area where I scraped I used a all weather light brown sealer.

Love it in black and white!

I had four of the same chairs so I painted up a wooden bench for one side.

 

 

 

I also put the wood lines in the bench and used a scraper on the wet paint.

 

Oh and the marriage I was referring to is this.....

So I have this very huge bakers rack in the dining room that was already black and I also had a very heavy dresser mirror frame from many a moons ago so I was just playing around for a new place to put the frame seeing that one of my kiddies broke the very old mirror and it fit nicely and framed the bakers rack in. I kind of loved the "marriage" so I attached it securely. What do you think ? I attached a swoopy kind of material skirt to the bakers rack so I could use the bottom for storage  for like Mr Sweet Tea's Juicer he bought and only used once!
And you know my old round dining table? well I have put it to good use as our new coffee table in the living room . It works out great Little natalie just pulls up a stool and can sit and color or have a quick snack.

I separated the pedestal base and attached a wrought iron base from a former fire pit. The table is placed in the center of the room. I didn't harm any of the pieces just in case I want to turn it into a dining table again.

Happy week end to you all and remember don't be hasty about throwing furniture  etc . to the curb you can repurpose or paint and make something new again!

WELCOME TO MY KITCHEN WHERE MAGIC HAPPENS, EVEN WITH THE CABINETS!

Hi there, so happy you could visit us here at Sweet Tea N' Salty Air ! As you probably have seen I love vintage farm house style , especially in the kitchen. I have searched and searched for just the right cabinets until I figured out that for about 9.00 for a can of Rustolium White gloss that can be used on metal, wood etc, a good soft paint brush and a ruler one small and one large  can be used to make my own Farm house cabinets. I'm not going to lie it did take a whole day to complete but time well spent! What do you think?

The color previously was a gingerbread.

So while applying the white I I let the base color come through on the stencil/ vinyl spackling  design that I previously did when they were the gingerbread color.

I also used a scraper to draw lines in the cabinet when the paint was still wet using a ruler of coarse so you get the look of old wood panels.

 I also painted the butcher block island the same as the cabinets.

Of course this may not be everyone's cup a tea to speak but I love the farm house look.

The whole trick is to use the scraper when the paint is still wet so I distressed the entire cabinet with a scraper no sandpaper was used in this cabinet redo.

 I had bought a string of LED lights after Christmas so I included them in the kitchen for some whimsical fun!

 I was going to  replace the handles but I kind of like the way they came out so I just may keep them.

 All this work it's time for a piece of delicious Florida grown watermelon, join me wont you?

So lots od distressing and painting and all for about 9.00. This kitchen is a "working" kitchen , dinners are cooked nightly except fri that's date night. Baking is done from scratch at least 3 times per week plus we started to do some pickle making etc. so we indeed need a happy place kitchen .

So this cabinet redo was a mere 9.00 very cheap for a great farm house impact! If you do use this Rustoleum product add just a bit of water to the paint as you go along I found the paint to be much to thick. So If your tired of your drab kitchen cabinets go on and give them a paint treatment. Thank you so much for visiting Sweet Tea N' Salty Air. If you have any questions about the cabinet redo about paint or the stencil sparkling  just email me and I will be glad to answer any of your questions. 

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A CLASSEY PICNIC BASKET FOR THE ABOUT TO BE MARRIED SON & DAUGHTER IN LAW!

Happy May! Thank you for stopping by to visit Sweet Tea N' Salty Air!  We have a wedding just around the corner. my son will be exchanging wedding vows with his soon to be wife, a celebration indeed! 
I recently picked up a picnic basket on my Saturday travels. It is constructed well with wood and is sturdy made, now a days they don't seem to make them so well so I was happy to find this one. So I thought what would be better than a picnic on the beach for two very special newly weds. I can vision it packed with a bottle of fruity wine, some imported cheese and Italian prosciutto on fresh Italian bread. Maybe some candles and moonlight too!

So with my trusty glue gun , staple gun, stencils , spray paint, materials etc. this is what I came up with.

I just had to add the just married banner! 

I used some pretty materials and some of our great grams buttons from her collection.

 I lined the whole interior, Just take a look at the before picture, not very pretty but very sturdy, just a diamond in the rough so to speak.

I so hope that they will enjoy a picnic together, I can't think of a better way to spend the day!

It's a lovely day for a picnic hear! Perhaps my neighbor thought I was on a little picnic in my yard but just a little photo shoot. As always I enjoyed you stopping by until next time enjoy your upcoming warm weather!
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