AN UNEXPECTED MIRACLE IN THE YARD! A TRIBUTE TO DAD

Hi and welcome to Sweet Tea N' Salty Air! I have something amazing to share with you today! Take a look.........

To what to my wondering eyes should appear ..........about 15 Tomato plants growing on the side of my house in the grass no less! Never I repeat never did I plant these I could never grow such beauties even if I tried! OK this was taken about a week and a half ago .....now this is today......

These amazing plants have grown about 6 inches and are full of yellow flowers! I have thought about moving them or fertilizing them but I decided to let them alone except for some watering. About 2 monthes ago we fertilized with some plain lime. So where do you think these beauties came from? I like to think my dad had something to do with it, my dad...my best friend passed away about 3 years ago and he was a dedicated Tomato farmer.....wow he could grow some wonderful fruits. So generally when I think of Tomato plants I think of him ......making his yearly trip to the farm market to purchase just the right Tomato plants, he would take them home plant them and baby them and see them through until harvest. There is something so solely wonderful about gardening! Sooooo, how did they get here did someone through a Tomato at the side of my home? Did a bird through down? Or is this just a wonderful miracle?  I will keep you posted about the plants as they grow. Will they be Big Boys, Cherry we will just have to wait to see.........

A Tribute to Dad

ADDING A SHELF COULD LEND MORE PRETTY STORAGE

Hi there, remember the kitchen entertainment center that I recently painted white......I decided to add my vintage shelf, I just had to move some of the storage shelves from top to the bottom. Its like a little mini kitchen in a kitchen. And Im the only one that dares go there. Take a look....

 

I love that I can just grab my pitchers quickly we use allot of pitchers, iced coffee, O.J., Sweet Tea etc...

 

I added 2 rag wreaths to the inside of each door.

 

Added some of my favorites, a Vaseline glass measuring cup filled with fresh mint for tea.

 

 

The best part is when I want just close the doors!

 

 

Love green glassware and blue and red, love it all that's my weakness.

 

The bottom is great storage for everything, those doors stay shut.

 

 

These are waiting to get planted, maybe today!

 

I call adding one piece of furniture to another a marriage and I have plenty of those here! I have taken apart baking racks, bureaus etc. So don't toss anything to the curb have a good dry storage place to store your treasures, then when you want them you have them. Come join me for my next post MY CRAZY GARDEN STARTED WITHOUT ME!  

 

 

 

JUNKIN POT LIDS & AN OLD WOODEN LAMP BASE & CANDLE HOLDER MADE THIS 3 TIER TABLE DECOR STAND!

Hi there so happy you could stop in today! Wow ...this may be Florida but it seems more like the North where I am from. Love it though! Sooo, I was looking on the net at the latest farm house type décor and I'm loving those 3 tier table stands. They are a bit pricey so I through the idea around on ordering one from the country door but about 100$ is kind of a lot . So I got my imagination going while I was cleaning out the pot and pan cabinet filling a box with thrift store donations I got to thinking I can make one. Then I started thinking of all the great ways to use it.........

 

 

 

So I gathered 3 different size pan lids unscrewing the tops, an old wooden lamp base & candle holder and an older than hills bundt pan insert which I used as the base. I took them all outdoors and sanded them a bit and gave them a coat of multi purpose white spray paint. This is what I came up with.

 

 

I couldn't decide what I wanted to put in the bowls so I tried some flowers....

Some colorful wooden handle cookie cutters.....

 

Some faux vegetables with some raffia...

So simple and to think this stuff was on it's way out the door.

 

Maybe you have some old pan lids?? super easy project! I used some construction glue to tack it all together. The best part is the decorating is endless, can't wait to

fill it up with some Easter Décor ! Thanks so much for visiting today come back for some more tid bits of fun!

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DONE WITH THAT TERRIBLE WALLPAPER REMOVAL AND PAINTING COME SEE!

Hi there, happy you could stop in! Hope you are keeping warm I see that the North is having some frigid temperatures. I do miss that but the idea of being indoors frightens me. Love going out to the gardens and fiddling around. I have not had fun removing that terrible wallpaper. The wall are all wooden panel and painted they lend a bit of cottage style. Here is where I left off last post...

 

This room is a master suite shower room, the sink and toilet are in a separate room. And this is the after....

 

I used a Cream Of Cocoa color and for some added fun I painted a white worn border with words stenciled such as Shower, towels, soap, hot water all for .25....of course my son asked if he really has to pay, silly!

 

This is a handy piece of furniture it stores extra towels , soaps etc. in the bottom cabinet.

 An old bicycle basket hangs on the glass door bar. Some one is waiting for me to turn on the shower....or not.

The window is small and rather boring it is also frosted so I placed an old shutter in front, I had some left over textiles from the porch so I crafted a little curtain.

The painted on border travels through all the walls.

 

An old wire basket holds bars of soap.

There is also a towel bar way up hi so instead of taking it down I added a little ruffle and a mirror which makes the room look much larger as it bounces light off.

I found this cute mirror Saturday at the thrift store.

 

During the day little peeks of light shine through, we don't get much light from that side of the house due to the hurricane shutters.

 

.25 that's a bargain right, towels, soap and hot water not to mention a ceiling heat lamp!

 

 I through in a little Wash behind your ears sign! So happy to share this with you. I used blue painters tape for the border and it was super easy. I am working on some others projects to share later .....see you then.  Party Time!! come join me won't you?

 

 

 

 

 

Removing wallpaper; a terrible job! but I have an easy solution.

welcome to this terrible no good day! I say that because today will be spent removing wallpaper from one of our bathrooms, yikes I hate that job so very much! But not to worry after many experiments and costly removers that really did not work I have a solution .....just a bit of Dawn dish soap and A good reliable spray bottle and hot water you will be in business. Simply fill the bottle up with very warm water add a squirt of Dawn and just spray on the paper and scrap off with a scraper. My paper happens to be vinyl coated so I have to peel that vinyl off first then just saturate the paper left on and it will peel away very easy.

My my my.......I have my work cut out for me today! But that's ok , Tomorrow will bring clear walls ready for some new paint and décor. This room is just a shower . Please come back next post and I will reveal just what I did in that shower room! Thanks so much for visiting