Dumpster Diva Decorating

shabby

shabby

bronze bust

bronze bust

mirror

mirror

frame

frame

cafe

cafe

coffee

coffee

heritage

heritage

vintagecouture

vintagecouture

hope

hope

couture

couture

Sing

Sing

diamonds

diamonds

Door Charm

Door Charm

Glitter

Glitter

dresser

dresser

Initials

Initials

Pink

Pink

chalkboard

chalkboard

Provincial

Provincial

Stencil

Stencil

Candle

Candle

tablecloth

tablecloth

Clip ons

Clip ons

bracelets

bracelets

tea

tea

tea time

tea time

Victory Tea

Victory Tea

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It all came from a garage sale!

This Dumpster Diva/Garage sale queen celebrates decorating and vintage remixing. Lately, I've discovered that I have a lot of sistas!! So I thought I'd share a little peek into some of my favorite finds. Scroll down and check out my my pics.

where I spend my days

You should have seen my office before I cleaned it up! My space hardly ever looks like this. Usually there are papers EVERYWHERE...because for some reason, I have to be able to touch them and see them. If they are all filed away, like they are in the picture, I don't feel in the grove.

I love decorating and everything in my office either came from a garage sale, thrift store or estate sale. Things are somehow more special to me when no one else saw the value in them. Like my "desk" for example. It was covered with a sheet and .25 cent glasses at a garage sale. All I saw were the legs, but it was love at first sight. I casually asked the owner how much she wanted for the table. "Oh, that thing?!! You can HAVE it when the garage sale is over." It had been sitting outside for so long it was the color of a ten year old fence. But after a little paint and sandpaper, it's just the right shade of shabby chic.

The bookcase was another miracle. I had always envisioned a bookcase to go on top of this table, but finding just the right one when I was in the mood to look was about as lofty as thinking I could do a triple axle the first time I went skating...but it happened! The day I went looking for a bookcase, I found one...for $5!!! It was brown in its former life. But that's why I love spray paint. I bought so much at WalMart one summer, the clerk thought I was getting high.

zebra chair
Oh...and my chair...$7 at an estate sale. I LOVE my chair. More spray paint and a little fabric for the cushion, and ta dah! It's my fav and it spins and reclines too.

 

             

 Click on any of the photos to read how-to-descriptions. 

  • Inspiration

    Last weekend I really needed to make something. For me, there are times when creating is a necessity. It's therapy! For some of you, you totally understand what I'm talking about and the rest of you are just scratching your heads, but there is a refreshing that comes from creation.

    I love what the word inspire means: to breath into; to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit as by a divine or supernatural influence. In fact, inspire comes from the Hebrew word naphach which is the word that Genesis uses to describe how God breathed the breath of life into Adam. God fashioned Adam and life came forth. Adam was His masterpiece, his inspiration.

    I like to think that when I create something that my inspiration comes from heaven and life comes forth. Maybe that's why I feel so refreshed. Maybe that's why creating is a necessity for me. What about you?

     

  • Fun with Paisley

    Check out my weekend project. It was super easy. I've had this closet door for awhile in my office but I got tired of the flowers and wallpaper "couture" stickers on it, so I removed them and decided to do a little paisley action.

    The paisley design is a stencil. I laid it over my project and misted bronze spray paint over it. Misting gave a faded and vintage coverage which made it look like it's been this way forever, all worn and antiqued. Then I added a drawer pull and a tassel to embellish it a bit.

       

     

     

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