I had a bad day at work and decided to take it out on my fireplace.
Oh well, no going back now. The fireplace is primed with one coat of Glidden Masonry & Stucco primer and still needs another coat. I removed the old vents and plan on installing some new fancy looking ones.
I still HATE the mantel. HATE HATE HATE and more HATE. I bought some really dark gray paint, and will test out a patch after the priming is done. I kind of dig the white though…
The summer season is kicking in at work and from now on I have to work weekends. So it looks like this is the big last trip to get me through the summer. Maybe its for the best…the house is getting a little crowded.
Salvation Army. $4.55 – there was this plastic bag full of these vintage ceramic birds covered in soil. I washed them off and saw that they are from Japan and they have weird numbers. I wonder what they are for.
SA – $3.55 – Owl tea light. I have a couple of these owl tea lights…its looking like a collection.
SA- $1 each. Vintage framed records. I got these for the Boy.
Angel View Thrift – $4.99 – little green patio table. I’m going to paint it white…eventually.
SA – $1 each (thats $4 total for you math wiz). These chairs are awesome. The frame is metal and seats are vinyl – I’m probably going to recover the seats with some fun fabric. I want them to stay out on the patio but haven’t decided how or where…
SA – $3.55 – Blue handmade pillow.
Angel View Thrift – $9.99 – I like the shape – hate the vinyl. Another recover project…
SA – $3 – Nice semi-racist vintage statue. On sale from $18 as a “collectible”. They are crazy at the Salvation Army Boutique.
SA – $3.55 – Brass owl…ummmmmm more clutter.
SA – $4.00 – Hippo planter. Maybe Hippos are the next big trend…
SA – $2 – on sale. A Platner style dish thing.
SA – $2 – vintage atomic dish thing. Whats hard to see in the pic are these little incised star bursts that run along the middle.
Do you remember that awesome vintage Nelson Bubble Lamp I thrifted for $6? I sure do…it was my greatest thrift find EVER.
I love it so much I wanted to hang it in all its glory in the dining room. Here is what used to be there:
Yuck, a cheap mission style ceiling fan from Home Depot. I hate ceiling fans.
With some brute strength and good old fashion finagling we got that sucker down and were left with this…
Yeah! Another monster hole. The previous owners loved to dig giant holes in the ceiling.
Here it is getting prepped for install. I did the unthinkable. I cut the plug so I could make it a hardwired installation as opposed to a plug in…the SHAME.
I had to buy a medallion and a cap cover at the Home Depot. To get the pendant to stay at the desired height, I tied a knot in the cord inside the cap cover. Quick, cheap, and easy.
All in all I spent about $20 on the whole project – $6 for the lamp, $11 for the ceiling medallion, and $5 for the cap cover. It took about an hour and was pretty painless.
BEFORE and AFTER action:
Its a subtle and small, but I really like it! I always imagined a saucer shaped bubble lamp, but this will do. Now since the newly installed bubble lamp is so white and the walls are so white – I’m thinking of painting the walls in the dining room a color – like a medium gray, or a funky wall paper, or Kelly green. It just never ends.
