100 lbs. of Crumbles

This is what I've learned: once people realize how excited I get about half broken windows, rusty hinges, rickety pieces of furniture, old stained burlap sacks, door knobs (you get the picture) they start bringing me stuff! Treasures long forgotten in dusty corners of attics, basements, and garages are starting to find their way to me. I love it when that happens. :)

Here are the "treasures" I came into possession of recently.

Feed sacks left over from a farm. Yes, that does say "100 lbs of Crumbles."

People keep asking me what I am going to do with these sacks....you'll have to wait and see!

From an auction a friend of mine went to, old cake tins.

I love the patina on these, however, so far I haven't had an ephiphany about what I'll use them for...any ideas?

From the same auction...I can ALWAYS use rusty hinges. :)

Kitchen Chairs Upgrade

When I got married I inherited this set of chairs. My husband grew up with these chairs, moved them to college with him, and we've been using them since we got married 6 years ago. They are actually very comfortable, sturdy chairs, but they needed up little "upgrade" to fit in with the farm house table my husband recently built for me.

I roughed them up a little with some hand sanding and then painted them white. Well, actually, it was "December Starlight." Good grief...who knew there were so may different colors of white in the paint store! Lukily it was nice outside and I was able to paint in the yard. Here's how they looked without any distressing, just dry white paint.

After the paint dried I hand sanded them again. This shot is before glaze, after sanding.

Here are some "after" pictures of them in the house.

I do like how they turned out, but I think next time I might go a little harder on the "pre" sanding and a little easier on the distressing. It's hard to paint on a surface that already has been treated, the paint slides off easier and I had to do more than one coat. Lesson learned. :)