Frugal Treasures Tuesday #20

You've all been so busy and the links this week were awesome, as usual! : -)  So let's check out the features from last weeks party:

One More Time

Frugal Treasures Tuesday #12

Hello Ladies,
Welcome to another lovely spring day.  I'm in the process of packing for a vacation so won't be around much for a few weeks.  Good news we are having the party this week!  But starting next week, the party will be postponed for a couple of weeks.  I will, however, post the features from this weeks party next Monday!  While on vacation I will send some pics of my shopping stops and frugal finds as well as the beautiful views of the state of Oregon!  I'll also let you know when my new grand-daughter is born with a quick pic! : )

So now on to the feature links from last weeks party.  Your favorite by number of clicks is a 3-way tie this week:
Kathy @ Sharing Shadymont for her great frugal scores.  I especially love this tablecloth!

Desk to Nightstand Complete!

So I've had this idea in my head for over a year and finally did it!  I was given a desk identical to this one from a friend in a dark walnut stain.  I had removed the drawers but added back 2 of them for this pic.

My sil was given this one for my teenage nephew's bedroom when their home caught fire.  They were going to strip and stain this a dark stain to match his bedroom so . . . I suggested we just do a switch. :  )
Since I no longer need a full desk, I was going to paint and sell it.  But then one day after thrifty hopping and failing again to find a tall nightstand to fit my high bed, it hit me . . ., cut the desk in half!  So I measured, marked, and taped and then had a friend come and cut it for me.

Ta da!!!  Perfect size and height with three deep drawers. 

 So then I did some light sanding to knock back the shiny surface.  Then on with the chalk recipe paint in aqua.

I then added the royal on the top to match my bed and also on the drawer knobs.

Then I painted the knobs the same as the top, royal blue. (tip- sticking knobs in piece of styrofoam helps keep your hands free of paint)

Once the paint had become a little tacky, I took a dry brush and drug it through the top to bring some of the aqua through.

 A little light distressing and  . . . Voila!!!  I really love the color combination!

 This is a hint of where I'm going with my bedroom theme.

The lamps will be different and so will the bedding.  The fabric tucked over the pillows is the basis for my bedroom color scheme and will be my window treatment and accents.  I must admit that I'm not very happy with my bed frame now; seems like to much of the same color.  We've got sunny days all week so think I'll be repainting or at least re-working the coloring of the bed frame.  I still have some more furniture to be painted for the bedroom, a corner amoire and a mirror!

Thanks for stopping by to share my progress.  I love hearing from you so please leave your thoughts and tips.
~Bee~

Linked to the following:
Monday Newbie Party @ Debbiedoos
Nifty Thrifty Sunday @ Nifty Thrifty Things
Show Me What You Got Tuesday @ Our Delightful Home
Party With My Peeps @ How to Nest For Less
Nifty Thrifty Tuesday @ Coastal Charm
Thrifty Love Party Friday @ Cap Creations
Make the Scene Monday @ Alderberry Hill
Masterpiece Monday @ Boogieboard Cottage
Tuesdays Treasures @ My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
Jillify It Party @ Jillify It
M-I-Y Monday @ An Original Belle
Metamorphosis Monday @ Between Naps on the Porch
Weekend Warrior @ Ask Anna
Wow Us Wednesdays @ Savvy Southern Style
White Wednesday  @ Faded Charm
What's It Wednesday @ Ivy and Elephants
Creative Inspirations Wednesday @ Embracing Change
Delightfully Inspiring Thursday @ Delightful Order
Transformation Thursday @ The Shabby Creek Cottage
Time Travel Thursday @ The Brambleberry Cottage
Thrifty Thursday @ Thrifty Decorating
Furniture Feature Friday @ Miss Mustard Seed
Show and Tell Friday @ My Romantic Home
Feathered Nest Friday @ French Country Cottage
Inspiration Friday @ At The Picket Fence

Bathroom Cabinet Update!

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Well, the weather's been wet and my energy level has been low.   So I didn't get around to starting the Frugal Treasures party this week.  But I did want to give mention to the link which got the most links.  Last weeks most clicked link goes to:

Caps Creations for her great thrifty finds!  She really scored on these jars, as well as, some cast iron skeleton keys!

I would have to say my favorite was when Sherry @ Decorating With Cents took an ordinary glass vase and created art!  Awesome job!

So that's it for this week.  Sorry for not having the party link but my health tends to ride with the weather.  And right now, it's damp and blue just like me. : )  I hope you'll come back next Tuesday for the party!
But, on the days we had some sun, I did manage to finally makeover my Tri-mirror medicine cabinet for my bathroom.   If you missed that post you can find it here.   It's not anything special, particle board covered in a wood look laminate.

But it provided much needed storage, so I figured I'd give it a facelift!  So I taped off the mirrors and got it ready for priming.

After the primer dried I painted the cabinet box a sage green.  I then painted the mirror frame one coat of black and went back over it with Valspar oops can from Lowe's in a dark raspberry color.

I think it came out pretty nice.  What do you think?   It became too cloudy to take pics of it on the wall so will save it for the reveal of the completed room, which by the way is almost completed.  Have you noticed from my post that I'm doing 2 rooms at the same time? lol  The bathroom should be done by the weekend.  But I've come to a stand still with my bedroom until I get a working sewing machine and the correct size bed rails.  I should have the desk turned nightstand finished by this weekend also.  Here is where I am so far.

Well, thank you so much for visiting again.  We have sunny days coming this week, so maybe I can get some things done; if I get my energy level back up.  Hope your week is going well! : )
~Barbe~

I'm linked to these parties:
Furniture Friday @ Decorating Insanity
Feathered Nest Friday @ French Country Cottage
Thrifty Love Friday @ Cap Creations
Center of Attention Sunday @ Center of Attention Deficit Disorder
Sleepy Sunday Party @ Randee's Organized Chaos
Nifty Thrifty Sunday @ Nifty Thrifty Things

Bedroom Makeover Updates

Hello and happy Sunday!  I hope you all had a great weekend!  My weekend was pretty productive and I finally got started on my bedroom makeover.  First I painted the main wall a beautiful robins egg bluish color (Valspar - Lake Country).

After that I painted my bedframe, this is only the first phase of it.  Here is the before pic:

Here is the after pic of my bed and below it the inspiration I found for it.

This pic shows the wall color more true!

I found this inspirational french armoire on Pinterest from Paint Me White

I love the dark undertone in this paint technique! 

Frugal Treasure Tuesday #2 Is Here!

Update:  Yippee!!!  Frugal Treasures is up and running!  Whew!  That took longer than I thought.  Thanks for your patience and support!

Barbe 3/7/2012

 Do you ever just have one of those days  . . . 

sure you have; we all do.   Well, this is definitely one of mine!  I ask for your patience as I explain.  Yes, . . . you read it right, the party will be delayed. *_*   There were some glitches on my blog with comments and links.  Then I didn't realize my subscription was expiring for Linky Tool! *blush*   Sheeeesh*  But the good news is all will be fixed by tomorrow so be sure to come back on Wednesday and we'll be able to party to our hearts content!
Unfortunately, things continued to go wrong . . .  I thought I'd be sharing the completion of this little table I showed as my next project at the end of the 'Rainy Day' post.  But after sanding and priming the top dried and left me with this you see in the bottom photo:

 You'll notice a slight raised areas and bubbling.  This was the beginning of the problems.