Warning: Boring Blogger Ahead

Just so you know right up front, I'm pretty boring today. In order to avoid some of the carpet-laying mess, I got up really early, got to work really, really early, and came home early. Then I took a nap. I ate dinner. I looked at a pile of old quilt magazines. Boring stuff, huh? My house cleaning exploits are more fascinating, I bet!

So, having nothing much to talk about today, I thought I'd show you one of my refurbished thrift finds. I'm pretty pleased with this one. I've had a photo of this over in my side bar for a few days now.

I found this little shelf at the Goodwill store for a few dollars the day I went to that new quilt shop a couple weeks back. When I found it, it had a TON of little cup hooks screwed to the bottoms of the two shelves--I can only think they were for keys or something of that sort because they were much too close together to hold cups. I removed those, spackled in the holes and added a couple layers of slightly different shades of off white paint using both a dry brush and wet brush technique. When I bought it, it was more shabby than chic; I wanted to retain the shabby look but spruce it up a bit. I think it turned out pretty good. Here's a photo of it hanging over my stove, all dressed up:

Gosh, that reminds me! It's been several days since I've been to the thrift store--I think I'll need to make a trip soon. Especially since I have a large black plastic bag full of stuff to donate that I cleaned out of my cupboards and closets! I call it recycling. Thanks for checking in on me!