Industrial Stool

If you've ever owned a vintage vanity,

you may understand that a regular 

sized chair simply does not work well.

My vanity looks like a desk, but most

have mirrors & were for women to do

their hair and apply make up.

So to make my waterfall style piece usable,

I set off to Junk Bonanza in search of the

perfect sized stool!

I had measurements & a tape measure.

It didn't take me long to locate exactly what 

I was hoping to find.  The stool had to be 

narrow & short.

I nearly stole this stool, at a mere $12.

That left me quite a bit of mad money to 

blow at the show!

Now just look how perfect the stool is

in it's new permanent home...

I needed a hefty stool, 

not a foo-foo chair.

I love it.

Let me know what you think!

Does it look okay together?

Bundt Pan Pumpkin

I found a chippy old bundt pan for sale &

gave it a coat of orange paint.

Before:

After:

I put a screw up from the bottom, through two sizes of washers,

 then the pan opening, then a washer, into the wood handle.

I wrapped the faux leaf wire stems 

round the pumpkin handle.

This was a pretty easy project.

I think it looks darling. 

Linking up to:

My Romantic Home

Lavender Cottage Garden

Ivy & Elephants

Inspiration Board

I love the idea of an inspiration board.

With all the cork boards I've been stockpiling,

it seemed like a fun project to tackle.

Fall is the best season!

So with that in mind, I snipped out of

magazines & the local paper.

Wagon wheels, roads littered with leaves, pumpkins

and apple pie gave this cork board WAY more appeal.

Then a burlap bow & my own photos personalized it!

Linking up to:

Ivy and Elephants

My Romantic Home