Antique, vintage colander lights! new and old

I went GA GA over this project.  How about this antique, vintage colander light?
You can use old or new colanders to create this project.

Funny thing about this light, is I saw one just like it recently at an antique mall.

I stopped dead in my tracks and said to Mike, LOOK how cool is that!?

So one of the newbs {Dumped and discovered} {full tutorial here} from my newbie party had linked up her latest and greatest project.
That very same week I saw one.



An old colander turned light fixture!
They did a great job!

They bought a simple light fixture kit from Lowes hardware.

And well, yes the rest is history...



C A Y U T E!

I meant CUTE, just stressed it!

How about lit up at night?




I have to say I really want one now...hmmmm...wonder what Mike will say?

Go check out Dumped and Discovered for some more awesome projects!

Have a great day everyone!
THERE is still time to get in on the 'Giani granite paint giveaway!


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Are you Nuts?

After a while it becomes a task to think of titles for posts.  I tend to title whatever the first thing that pops in my head!

Continuing on our decorating with sentiment....

This by far Mike said is his favorite thing ever that his Father recently passed down to him.

My husband is a really simple guy, simple pleasures, and loves things that are conversation pieces...could be a buck, but if it is cool, he loves that!

So check out this little guy, he is a nut cracker, hence, the title of my post. I know, makes no sense, but humor me please, I need to grab your attention some how.

This is OLD! I believe my FIL said it was for sure over 100 years old.  Heavy little guy too!

 There is where the nut goes! I may have to try it out sometime.

I found a good home for him and Mike can enjoy looking at it every day.
Have you ever seen one of these nutcrackers?
We really have no history on this cutie..

While I am at it, how about seeing my FREE coffee table tray.

I say free, because I had a coupon to PIER I for $20.00. This tray was only $9.99, originally 39.99.  I really like it, it has that rustic look, and all my favorite colors.

So far so good on my moss ball, I am keeping it alive.

Have a wonderful day!

Thanks for stopping by and your sweet, kind comments.

I always tell Mike all the nice things you say, he really does care, even if he rolls his eyes at me behind my back! He so knows better to do in front of my face!
 ahhhh Men, they just don't get it!

NEWBIE PARTY GOING ON

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Joining Kim for her 
WOW us Wednesday party 
Swing into Spring
Funky junk interiors
Tatertots and jello

Bedroom makeover!

I will be sharing this fun project with Kristin's painters tarps summer blog party edition.
Debbiedoo's has her summer paint project edition
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Never have I had so much fun transforming a room as I have now.

I am not sure if it was all my Gramps positive energy floating around,

or that I just truly have fun decorating.

I know for sure it is BOTH!~

 Let's start with the curtains.  Painters tarps, painted and stenciled.  I will give a tutorial soon.

 Mike thought I was crazy...this is his old red wagon, that has been sitting in our garage for years...what a perfect time to dig it out.It is about 40 years old.  And it is serving a purpose...LEGOS!

 Now this was fun.  Once a pine toy chest turned FUNKAY! I bought the trespassing sign and just sanded the heck crap out of it, I wish things could rust overnight, but they can't to my knowledge.

Tutorial on the chest coming soon.

And yes  some rust too!

And here was Jack when he came home from school today...He is inspecting that everything is there that should be.
I forgot to show you a few other things...

These are my Granfathers gloves from when he was a child..I think this must have been an ashtray, it's missing the center piece.

Oh and here is Jack's before bedroom:

THINGS I did for this room makeover:
The bedside light
The burlap curtains
The chest
Brought in the wagon, that was my husbands when he was Jack's age.
Brought out old time memories and keepsakes of my Dear Grandfather

SCENTSY GIVEAWAY HERE

Some people call me "MAURICE"

Let me explain.........
I mentioned in my last post that we had some friends over and we played a fun little game.  This was not like your usual pictionary, scrabble, etc.  That would be just too common for Mike and I.  Let me give you a little set up first.....
A couple of weeks ago when Mike was off we decided to hit some antique shops just to browse.  We really do not need anything, but we love to look.  When I found that one piece of art work featured HERE,  I also found a beautiful old family black and white photo in the coolest frame.  We kept looking at it, really admiring it.  However, the thought of a strange family hanging on our wall just kinda creeped us out. We had no history,  Like what if this family was killed in a car accident? , or whatever, they had major issues, etc....we just could not get past something not being right. Now don't get me wrong, a lot of our pieces we have little or none history, however there is NOT a face attached to it, if you know what I mean.   So we left with our one little purchase of $20.00 and felt happy with that.  We could not stop thinking and talking about the picture though.  We loved the idea of an old original photo in a frame.  So MIKE, in his usual EBAY fashion browsing, found a really neat picture in bubble glass of a cute young man making his communion.  He showed it to me, and I immediately loved the background and setting, and the kid was cute too. We both felt a good vibe. Mike won the bid, and within a week, we had a strange boy in our home on the wall.  You can see by the date it is old.  This person may very well still be alive.
Well we decided he needed a name SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO......what we did was have all our party guests, first look at the picture, write  a first name, separate paper, Middle initial, separate paper, and last name separate paper.  Put it in my chalice cup, (first all the first name), pull from the cup, middle initial, pull from the cup, etc. So we all partaked in the naming of this fine young Man.  I found the cup at  the Goodwill for a buck.
First NAME:  MAURICE
Middle INITIAL: P.
LAST NAME: LOMBARDI
How much fun and laughter we had I can't even tell you.  It was hilarious, and everyone had a ball.
We love the name, which by the way Maurice was the one I wrote down.  They all asked where did I come up with that one?  I have no clue, but I always loved that song from way back when where the verse is" Some people call me MAURICE, cuz I'm a joker, I am smoker, I'm a midnight toker (NONE OF that is true for the record) but you get the gist, well the joker part is!
So please give a warm welcome to Maurice P Lombardi.....applause applause....applause.

 Please pardon the glare on these pictures, as I mentioned this is bubble glass, so no matter what time of day there is a reflection.

 Here was my Goodwill score, how cool was that, it just was calling our name!

 Maurice resides on this wall where the three tins are hanging to your right. I think this constitutes for Kim's Party, from Boring to Better.

 I will also be linking to Linda for her Junkin finds Friday party!
Also joining Kristen at My uncommon slice of Suburbia 
Cindy at My Romantic home

All Old and special

We love Old things, have you figured that out yet? Last night we had some friends over and we were sitting around our pub playing games having a ball. One friend said to us, "what I love about you guys and your home is everything has a story and has meaning"! Well that is true for the most part.
Let me show you a cabinet in which I have never shown you before.  Not sure why, I think because it is tucked in a corner, as we have NO space for it anywhere else.  This 1940's piece we scored at an antique shop in South Florida.  We were in our first home, really did not have a lot of extra money at the time. We loved the style, the color and that it would have a purpose for our dishes.  At a price of $350.00 we thought that was pretty good for an old curio cabinet, and we knew we would have it forever.
Now pardon the mess inside.  I have a beautiful collection of dishes, and some gorgeous tea cups that  my FIL just handed down to us.  THey were his Mom's and they are all very old and beautiful.

 I really need to take everything out and rearrange this cabinet...it is on my to do list

 These truly are the prettiest tea cups I have ever seen.

 THis old picture we just scored a couple of weeks ago....$20.00, we love the scene and the frame.

Next week I will share with you a fun game we played at our PUB last night...it of course had special meaning, and we let our friends participate in the ceremony.
I want to thank all of you for the support and friendship you have shown me.  Some I had no idea cared as much, however, your personal emails, and kind words were all so touching.  I have found the balance I so need.  Obviously as you can see I am posting in moderation, and that was the KEY for me. I am glad those three weeks away you did not forget me, and rip me off your blog roll HA!!~
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Show and Tell Friday

Sunday Favorites hosted by CHari athttp://happytodesign.blogspot.com
 

 Show and tell Friday hosted by Cindy from my Romantic home....
http://romantichome.blogspot.com
 Please go check out some more fun show and tells..... 
 
History of the Antique Fire Extinguisher
Nowadays antique firefighting equipment is very much in demand by firefighting memorabilia collectors worldwide. One particular item which always draws attention is the antique fire extinguisher.
The earliest types of antique fire extinguisher date back to the early 1700’s. These antique fire extinguishers were of a primitive design consisting of a cask filled with a fire retardant liquid, incorporated in the internal construction of the cask was a gunpowder charge connected by a light-able fuse. The fuse would be lit which ignited the gunpowder which in turn exploded the cask releasing the liquid onto the fire.
The first modern type of antique fire extinguishers were patented in the early 1800’s. They consisted of a mixture of compressed air and potassium carbonate in a copper cylinder. On operation the compressed air would expel the potassium carbonate at the base of the flames.
A further development of this design was patented in France in 1866, which utilized the the internal mixing of water, sodium bicarbonate and tartaric acid to produce carbon dioxide gas.The carbon dioxide gas was directed at the seat of the fire to extinguish the flames.

Here is our most recent find while in our travels of antiquing.  My husband noticed it from a far and I loved it.  And I thought at 40.00 seemed like a good price to me.  I have since priced them out, and they go up to as much as 300.00.  Regardless it goes perfectly in our home, and again another cool conversation piece! I would also like to give a shout out to all the awesome  and courageous firefighters we have today! What a job, and they do it so well, without hesitation to rescuing lives! WOW, what would we do with out them? Do you know any firefighters?

 

  

  

 

And there you have my Show and Tell along with a little history lesson!!~