...super quick garage sale makeover...

5.26.2011
Recently the boys and I were garage-saling (sailing?...no, that would be weird...) and I came across one house that was selling some awwwwwesome vintage goods. After speaking with whom I thought was the owner of the house, I found that she (who happened to be the owner's mother) was clearing out her barn. She had recently sold all of her animals (after becoming a vegan...makes sense...) and no longer needed her gear. So....these are two of the little items I was able to pick up...for $6.00...oh, yeah.


A ginuwine (yes, I know that's not how it's spelled) cow-milkin' stool and an egg basket...like I said...awwwwwwesome. The stool was in pretty bad shape...the joints were all loose and it was knicked/chewed/cow-milkin'-stooled up. My wonderful husband (amateur woodworker and all around super-cool dude) fixed 'er up for me...glued all the joints up, filled in the huge gaps with wood filler and sanded down miscellaneous paint spills & what-not.

I wasn't sure exactly was I was going to do with these things...I just knew they were going somewhere, sometime...

Fast forward about 2 weeks...
I'm surfing Pinterest & I come across this...

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Oh, yeah. Problem solved...

I covered the stool with two coats of black spray paint and 1 coat of poly sealer...then I simply scrubbed down the egg basket and...


Took all of about 15 minutes (minus paint drying time)...





$6.00...and now my bathroom looks even french country-er...love it...

Picked up any fantastic garage-sale items lately???
I've got a few more up my sleeve...can't wait to share them with you!

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