Picture Frame Before/After

Since I started my job at Goodwill, you can imagine all the cool stuff I find. One thing was this awesome little oil painting. It was in great shape, just needed a little cleaning and a coat of aqua paint.Vintage frames have great designs but usually they're made of gold plastic. Don't pass a frame by just because of color though, paint it!

Vintage Finds = Cool DIY Projects to do

I was fortunate to pick up this chair for only $9.99 at Goodwill! I am going to paint it white, and get it reupholstered with yellow and white fabric. It is quite comfortable, and such a bargain, considering all the accent chairs that we were looking at to purchase new were $200+

On another trip, I found these awesome lamps for $8.99. They are an identical pair, one pictured here. They are really huge, probably 2 1/2 to 3 feet tall. Not sure I am feeling the shape of those shades. They at least need to be recovered, but I am thinking white drum shades will make them look a little more modern. The bases are a little rusty, but that's nothing a little elbow grease and spray paint can't cure.

Orange Candle Holders

I had been lusting over these orange candle holders at Pottery Barn. But I'm a tightwad and the smallest size holder ( 6 inch or so) was $20. I think the biggest was $35 or $40. Thanks but no thanks..

Then I saw these cheapo brown candle holders at Walmart.com . They had a nice shape, and were $18 for the pair, and they are nice and tall. I bought them along with a can of orange gloss spraypaint and went crazy.

If I did it over again, I would prime them first, but I think they turned out great! I am on the lookout for a couple more candle holders with a unique shape to them, but paint them in the same orange, so I can play around with different arangements.