Redecorating

Do you ever look around your house and think "I'm a little too old for that?" Recently, I noticed that the object where I hung my keys up was a dolphin. I'm 35 years old. Why do I have a wood shaped dolphin holding my keys? I started Googling ideas and nothing jumped out at me.

In the meantime, I started following a few garage sale groups on Facebook. You can put ISO ("I seek out") and list the items you're looking for.  I posted that I was looking for a key holder.  A few people sent me some key holders that were absolutely nothing I was interested in. Then this woman sent me a picture of an empty picture frame with hooks. I thought this is genius!! Now, I just had to find a frame I liked. Best place in Fort Wayne to look at a variety of frames for me is Gordman's. All I knew is that I wanted something old looking. I found this frame at Gordman's. Loved how it turned out.

P.S. I threw the dolphin away.

I found this picture frame (see below) posted on one of the groups and instantly fell in love. The frame is awesome and the colors would match my bedroom perfectly. The woman had posted the dimensions and it just seemed too big for where I wanted to put it. But, over a few days, I couldn't stop thinking about it. I decided I'd figure out somewhere to put it.  So, I bought it for $20.  My next task was trying to figure out how to hang it because it doesn't have a normal frame back. I went to Hobby Lobby and got red ribbon that matched and tied the ends to the chicken wire on the back and hung it up that way. Totally in love with this. I put earrings and necklaces on it.



Since I've lived in my apartment, I've had one of those round tables with the glass top and the cover that goes over it.  I decided I was over it.  Plus, Amelya walks under the table and the cover had her hair all over it. I had bought an Ikea table from my friend before she moved to California. It's white and has shelves with baskets. I started thinking about getting a white nightstand. Again, I went to Facebook and asked if anyone had one. Some woman posted the nightstand below for $20! Sold. I picked it up Friday night and I love it (the stuff on it below is not mine).



When I went and picked up the white night stand, the woman had some amazing stuff hanging on her walls. She told me she was going to be moving so she'd post more things on Facebook.  She posted three or four different mirrors. I snagged these two blue ones. I'm picking them up Wednesday. I think I will probably paint them white and hang them on the red wall in my living. But, I haven't decided quite yet. All I know is I love them. I paid $50 for both.


Because I've also been selling things on Facebook, I have not paid $1 out-of-pocket for any of these things. I sold my round table and canisters yesterday so I now have $50 to buy these mirrors Wednesday. Why not get rid of things that you no longer use/want and buy some new stuff? My apartment already feels a lot different and I love it!

**UPDATE**

I decided not to paint the mirrors white, but gold. Best decision ever. I also went back to the same woman's house and bought an oval mirror she was selling. Here's all three together. Thanks to my dad for painting and hanging them. 

Major right? 

Over the weekend my mom and I stopped at a flower shop that was going out of business. Much to my surprise they had this gem of  a gold floor lamp. Guess how much? $15 = sold to me. 

It's much prettier in person. 

Stay tuned cause I have one more project! 

My last project was for my bedroom. Of course, Pinterest was my go-to for ideas. I've noticed a lot people selling old windows. I saw on Pinterst where someone took an old window and put decals on them so it looks like you're looking outside. I decided to do dandelions and trees. I went to this cute shop down on Main Street called Maisie and Maude. I couldn't believe that they had an old 6 pane window that was red. Guess how much...$12! Then I went to the Dollar Store and got the decals. 

Here's the finished project. 

Amazing, right? Downfall is that when I hung it up, you can't see the decals as well. Either way, the window is amazing to me. Here it is hung up (I promise it's not crooked). 

I had gotten a couple frames a few weekends ago so I stopped at Joann Fabrics and got some scrap booking paper and used the paper as the "picture." I love how these turned out. 

And, last, my dad took my old toy box home and repainted it and fixed the structure of it for me. I got this stuff called Rub N' Buff in gold and rubbed it on the edges of my toy box. Loved how this turned out too 

Oh, I got these two pillows on a garage sale group on Facebook for $5.00.