DRAWERS FROM A TOSSED OUT DRESSER CAN BE UTILIZED FOR ADDED STORAGE

Hi there....welcome happy you could stop in . Hope you are enjoying the Fall weather and Halloween festivities. How many of you have scrapped a dresser that had perfectly good drawers? Well I am guilty of that in the past. Today as I was rummaging threw the back shed I came across a pretty little drawer that I had saved. Then I thought this would be perfect for a dense area in the kitchen that I had been figuring out what the heke I was going to do with. Just so happens that this drawer is the perfect fit. So............

I cleaned her up , sanded a bit and dressed her in a lick of paint!

 

I used black and then waxed it with some white

 

 

It slides out easily and for now can hold all my baggies, foil etc.

 

 

 

 

The middle handle hold a dish towel perfectly for a quick hand dry.

 

 

Drawers can also be hung on the wall as a shelf. What fun repurpose have you done with a drawer?

 

Have a wonderful day!

Lisa

 

 

 

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Soooo.....I think I may be a dishaholic, How about you?

Hi and welcome! The weather is starting to change here and I have been out thrifting! I don't know about you but I can not resist vintage dishes, I just love them ! Seems like I can not collect enough. So yesterday I came across this set of 4 dinner plates.....oh did I mention they were Christmas ones? I am a holiday Junkie and Vintage Christmas dishes are so beautiful!

 

I just had to do a little table setting sample! At 5.99 for all 4 who could resist? 

 

So this is the way I explain my love addiction of dishes to my family.......My reasoning is that I am collecting something that does not take up very much space , they pile on top of each other and I can display them whenever.  Don't you agree? Come on now I know I am not the only dishaholic  around.

 

 

 

 

Thank goodness there are no Dishaholic meetings!  

Lisa

 

I saved this poor closet door from the junk graveyard!

Hello there , so very happy you could stop in for a visit today!   I have been doing allot of house prepping you know the kind when you start rearranging for the up coming holidays. I secretly think about where I will put the Christmas tree this year. That's something I don't discuss with the family they just wouldn't understand that type of planning. I move stuff around here so much I am often scolded for it but they just don't understand that a blogger of this kind is always at change.

I had been shopping for one of those old vintage doors to add to my livingroom but no luck around here so I had this plain white closet door that I stashed away so I gave it a lick or two of paint !

I used a vanilla color along with some expresso color until I achieved the vintage faux look I was looking for.

 

 

This door is just a solid wood flat wood door. I crafted a wreath and a cranberry burlap garland to decorate it with.

 

I made some faux corn husks out of brown paper bag and the flowers are made from burlap also.

 

I also used a stencil for fun.

 

See something you like but don't have access to it try making it yourself you just may be surprised!

 

 

 

Sweet Tea N' Salty Air is celebrating Fall......come on in and celebrate with us!

Welcome to Sweet Tea N' Salty Air's virtual Fall tour....I am so very happy to celebrate with you! There is a bit of Fall everywhere except outdoors that is! Living in Southwest Florida we don't have the color changing leaves but we do have pumpkins and wonderful varieties of crisp Apples...and soon we will have a weather change.

 

 

I just had to pick the light blue pumpkins for now when we get closer to Halloween I will by the Orange Jack O Lanterns for carving. Seems as though younger children just don't except any other but orange pumpkins. I think maybe as a blogger and loving vintage /farmhouse/country style I may forget fall is really about the oranges, reds and yellows.

 

 

On this table I have a small vintage cabinet decorated for Fall surrounded by some fun Fall décor.

 

 

I have the Apple theme on the shelf behind my stove.

Don't have any Fall dishes? I have a stash of just plain ones that I decorate with paint when needed such as these painted Fall leaves. Don't think you know how to paint? Easy enough... just go online for images and you can paint from there.

 

The fire place has a brown paper leave , white rag garland with lights. My large goose takes center stage accompanied by some pinecones and Foe pumpkins. I crafted the pumpkin seed picture from some old wood.

 

The tobacco ladder has some burlap Fall letters

A little brown paper leave with cloths pins adds a tad of Fall. This is our "Pepper" a good old girl.

 

I wanted to make the Pumpkin seed picture 3-d so I added some burlap around the stem and some paper bag leaves. Can you tell that the garland leaves are made from paper bag? I cut them from grocery bags then painted them with some watered down craft paint and gave them a bit of a crumble.

 

 

Our little Natalie came and brought me these huge pinecones....what a thoughtful child. They are the biggest cones I have seen in the south.

 

 

On the dining table I have a huge glass bowl ....actually it is a light fixture that  I painted with some black glass paint.

 

 

 

I bought some plain glass candles so I just added some blackbirds and a burlap bow

 

 

 

Before you leave I have baked a Apple crumb cake and made some fresh cocoa.

 

 

This iron basket hangs over the butcher block

 

NOTHING WELCOMES A NEW SEASON BETTER THAN A DIY WREATH UPON YOUR DOOR!

Hi there, happy Fall! Seems like it was just yesterday we were saying bye to Fall...the seasons pass way too quickly so we must enjoy them while they are here! I don't think there is any better way to welcome a season and family and friends than a pretty wreath....even prettier if you make it yourself. It just shows the love you put out there for your home and friends and family. Its like the cherry on the cupcake !  I have been busy making a number of wreaths. Front door, side door , back door and the front iron gate. The wreath I am sharing today is on the kitchen door from the lanai. It is a steel door like most in these parts I guess due to the humidity etc...  I keep all the basic grapevine wreaths and just give them a spray with some Pledge before decorating.

 

The base is a grapevine wreath , homespun material was ripped and knotted all around and some earthy type pieces from my flower stash were attached.

 

 

 

If you notice the wreath hanger that is not so pretty but great for glass and mirrors working by a suction cup, making hanging a wreath easy just about anywhere. They were purchased from QVC a few years back.

 

 

 

 

 

I took a thin board and covered it with burlap and stenciled Fall and added a wire ribbon to accompany the wreath. Have you hung a wreath yet? Wreaths are so forgiving they look wonderful what ever way you want to design them! Thanks so much for dropping on in today!

 

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THIS OLD GIRL LOOKS GOOD ENOUGH TO STILL WORK THE FARM!

Hi there so happy you could join me here at Sweet Tea N' Salty Air today! Hope you are enjoying the start of Fall. Just the word Fall puts Apples, leaves, pumpkins and rosy cheeks in my thoughts. I have been switching things around to prepare for the very busy holidays that will soon be upon us. I have been creating more work spaces for baking and cooking prep etc. So as I have done in the past turned the dining room into a "butlers type pantry and adding the dining table to the end of a very large living area. By doing that I have added 2 more prep areas that they could also double as added eating areas as well. I host Thanksgiving, Christmas, cookie parties etc. for quite a bit of friends and family. In the butlers pantry I added a very old friend , you may have seen her before in a past post.....

The last time you may have seen this old girl she was a light ginger color with a bird stencil.

DON'T WORRY, I HAVE FALL IN THE BAG WITH THIS "SAGE" WREATH WINK WINK!!

Hi all! So happy you could stop in today, If you stopped in before in the Fall season you know that I love making things with some brown grocery sacs. The bag material is so great to work with, it can be bent, wet painted into something really terrific!

 

 

 

Pine cones, one of my favorite natural resources in the fall and winter, what about you? Our little Natalie was out and about and gathered these huge pine cones. Out of these I will cut them into 3's for some pretty flowers to add to the Sage wreath.

 

I cut quite a few of these leaves and then stained them a green hue.

 

 

Love the fact that when the brown paper gets wet it naturally crinkles into the shape you want.

 

Now I don't advise you to use your electric knife if its the only one you have, I have three ......just in case I burn one out. You can pant them or leave them natural.

 

Attach the leaves accordingly then add the pinecone flowers using a hot glue gun.

 

 

So very happy to share this  craft with you! Thanks for visiting and I am working hard preparing for you all to take a Fall tour real soon here on Sweet Tea N' Salty Air!

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