Thursday, December 29, 2011

Refinished Milk Paint Vanity

If you're new to Saving 4 Six, I was given my grandmother's 1920s bedroom suit.  I refinished and milk painted the dresser already.  You can see that post here.  The bedroom suit had been sitting in a barn for about 15 years after going through a fire and suffering some water and smoke damage.
This is what it looked like before.  The soot was pretty thick on here.  You can see the marks from the doily that was on the vanity during the fire.
I got it all cleaned up and then started painting the drawers and bottom of the dresser with milk paint.
Milk paint is my new friend.  It is extremely durable and goes a very long way.  I bought one pint of the milk paint and was able to paint the dresser and vanity with just that one pint.
This is after I had roughed it up a bit
Next I sanded down the top
 and applied several coats of danish oil to it.
We finished it off by polishing it with wax.

This is the mirror before.  It too was still covered in soot and needed some cleaning up.

The mirror got several coats of milk paint and a little roughing up and now it looks beautiful on the vanity.
The last part of the vanity is the bench.


This is the original bench that came with the vanity.  It was numbered the same as the dresser and vanity.  It was really interesting to see all the layers of material on the bench seat...some very unusual polyester and every shade of pink imaginable.
I milk painted the base of the bench...LOVE milk paint.  Then covered the seat with a piece of material and a staple gun.

The outcome is super cute!
Ok, so it's darling in My Princess' bedroom!!
 





I love that My Princess gets to have and enjoy something that was her great grandmother's.
Blessings,



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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Wednesday's What I Found - Thrift Store Fashionable Finds

Ok, it's confession time...I wear my PJs more than I don't.  I do not wear them to the store however or out of the house except maybe to the garage or back yard.  My goofy sister and I were going shopping one day and she came out to my car in her PJs to see if I would say anything...I was speechless, literally.  I was thinking "Oh DEAR, has she gone this far!!"  We stay-at-home and homeschooling moms teeter on the edge of sanity sometimes but that's a whole different series post.
When they let me I do leave the house, I like to look nice.  Gravity has had a strong pull over the past several years and so I'm trying to adjust my wardrobe but of course on the frugal budget.  If you're new here, I'm a HUGE thrift store, ReStore, salvage store shopper.  I've showed you some of my shopping deals in the past but this time I thought I'd show you how I put these thrift store finds together into some fashionable outfits.  Last week, my local American Cancer Society Store had 50% off everything in the store...I hit the jackpot!






Someone my size must have been getting rid of their entire wardrobe because I was able to get Aeropostle, Gap, Liz Claiborne, and many other name brand items for no more than $2.50 each.



Not too shabby for $4-$6 per outfit, huh?
Blessings,

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Saturday  Funky Junk Interiors, I Heart Naptime, Be Different Act Normal, Young An Crafty, Six Sisters' Stuff
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Monday, December 26, 2011

Garlic Parmesan Bread

I was searching "Yummy Food" on Pinterest one day and came across this bread.    It looked like monkey bread only with garlic and cheese.  YUM!!  I tried the recipe and liked it but it wasn't my favorite so I've made it several more times and adjusted the recipe to to my tastes and ease.

This is the recipe I came up with and really like:
Thaw 2 loaves of frozen bread dough and let raise as directed.

In a small bowl, combine 1/3 cup melted butter, 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley flakes, 1/2 teaspoon basil, 1/2 teaspoon oregano, and 2 cloves minced garlic. Set aside.
Divide dough into thirds.  Tear off small pieces and coat them in the butter mixture.   Place in the bottom of a greased bundt pan until you've used up one of the thirds.  This should cover the bottom of the bundt pan.  Generously sprinkle Parmesan cheese on the layer of dough and then begin another layer.  You will have 3 layers in all.  Cover the dough and let rise for 40 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until bread is golden brown.
Delicious!!
You can find the original recipe at The Pastry Affair. 
This is my adjusted version.
Grab a blanket, snuggle on the couch, and enjoy this yummy snack.  It's perfect for a cold winter's night.
Blessings,

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Saturday, December 24, 2011

Merry Christmas

From the SIX in Saving4Six...


Merry Christmas!
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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Laugh Often - Love Deeply

Every time my mom is over she is eying my "Coffee Corner" sign and requested one for Christmas.  She doesn't have a coffee corner and so I needed to come up with something along the same lines but different so this is what I made:

I can't wait to give it to her.  I know she's going to love it as much as I do.  Now, I hope she doesn't see this before Christmas...don't you tell her!!

If you want to know how I made this, here's a little tutorial:
I took a recycled piece of decking and randomly dry brush painted it black.

Then I mixed black and red paint together and dry brush painted over the black.
I made stencils on my Cricut and then painted the letters white.
After everything dried, I sanded the whole thing to give it the rustic look.
I attached the star in the center.  I had salvaged it from a broken plaque.
That's how you do it...I will probably be making me one like this soon.  I think laughing often and loving deeply is the only way to go!
Blessings,

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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Wednesday's What I Found - Super Easy Snowman Saw

Ok, I got these round sponges over the weekend with the strong desire to paint me some snowmen.
 So, I was literally walking around the house this morning looking for something to paint snowmen on!!!  When I spotted these handsaws that I picked up at ReStore over the summer, I knew they would be perfect!

I dry-sponged (got the sponged wet with paint and then dabbed it off on paper) the entire saw giving it a snowy look.
Then I painted my snow mens' bodies.  These sponges make it really easy...although my first one turned out a little chubby...oh well, he'll fit right in around here!
After the paint dried, I took a paint pen and wrote my phrase..."Let it Snow".  You obviously could use whatever phrase you like...that's just the one that popped into my head.
 Next, I gave the snowmen arms, buttons, and faces with permanent marker and then top coated it with a clear coat.
This didn't take anytime at all and will make a nice gift, I think.

I painted another one to have something on hand just in case I forgot someone on my list or maybe I'll keep it for myself.  It looks nice next to my toolbox!


Blessings,


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