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27/09/2021

It’s been a while since I’ve had time to devote to rescues since covid, but this was a fun one I did this summer in slivers of time I had, I thought I’d finally share!
The story starts with a friend purchasing a house, with this lovely gem on the front garden! Oddly she seemed to be looking in the window, so was dubbed Contessa Von Shnoop🤣 henceforth known as Contessa for short.
Anyways..she did not suit my friends garden style, and being broken, she did not have good prospects.
I however loved her on sight! So one generous friend, 3 men to lift her and full trunk later, she was mine!!
I was so excited to restore her I failed to notice we was only 1/2 clothed🤦🏼‍♀️😬
So after my husband forbade me to place her in our garden until she was properly attired, I got to work!! It was deceptively easy to repair her!!
Thankfully she already had rebar that I could work with to keep her head on. So using the strongest cement adhesive I could find, I reattached her head. Then after brushing loose cement and dust off using a wire brush, and wetting the area I was working on with a bonding agent I used quickset mortar to add and sculpt! I redid the hair over the rebar, filled a large crack in her neck, and went to work on creating the rest of her dress to properly attire the poor lady!
I was quite pleased with how she came out!!
I wanted to give her an aged bronze dress similar to in age and color the Statue of Liberty. So after custom mixing a green and teal paint and giving her a bronze overcoat we placed her in the garden. After looking at her for a few days, and several other bronze statues around town, I realized I hadn’t gone quite as aged as I should have.
So I started custom mixing again and gave her a much darker aged bronze dress.
I am so pleased with how it came out! I even tried to carefully make the aging looking look authentic following the way water would drip, off her dress, chest, and hands.💕 and as always on a frugal budget total of $30

02/02/2021

Another smiling face ready to take home her new furniture❤️
These sturdy midcentury modern end tables got a style hybrid treatment!
With cottage style wood tops, slightly distressed white base and sea grass baskets, but with modern black legs and drawer pull.
The wood top was refinished with a marine grade poly to protect from cups rings.

06/10/2020

Just showing off this beautiful rocker, redone for a friend & client. It was used to rock her babies 20+ years ago, and then more recently was used outdoors on the porch.
Well between the weather and years this beauty was showing her age.
So we repaired the rocker, sanded every last inch, primed, sanded, painted, sanded, and painted again. 🤣 it’s a time consuming process but it’s so worth it. Wouldn’t you agree? Looking spiffy in her new coat of linen cream paint❤️

26/09/2020

Yes yes very guilty 🙋🏼‍♀️🤣😂
I’ve been on a bit of a Hiatus because of covid, but that simply means I’m not painting as much.. not that I’ve stopped collecting🤭😬😂❤️

08/06/2020

Not quite ready to reveal my latest project(s) so I’m pulling this one out of the archives! This was the queen of all crazies.. I actually was doubting myself on this one BIG time. But I just couldn’t take that ugly old brass ceiling fan any longer, and a new fixture was just not in the budget.
But I went with it, and am I glad I did!!
NORMALLY I’d remove a light fixture to paint it, but a ceiling fan is a whole different kind of beast! I was soo afraid if I took it down I’d never get it back up JUST RIGHT and it would forever rock or squeak. So I threw my OCD in the closet for a moment and just went for it. I taped a disposable table cloth on the ceiling to protect it, and taped up the base good. Removed the globes, bulbs and fan blades. Shoved paper towels in the light sockets and taped them up to keep paint out. Opened all the windows, covered up my furniture, Prayed really hard my hubby wouldn’t kill me, and went at it with my fav spray paint!! (Rustoleums oil rubbed bronze)
It looks so good!! After it dried, I added my “new” globes (road side find) and it looks soooo much better!! It’s been 2 years now and it’s still running like a silent champ!!

24/05/2020

I’m a bit crazy about my gardens, so when it’s warm enough to be outside my DIYs tend to revolve around them..such as in this case!
I LOVE the look of those English gardens with the big old bronze or cast iron urns on a pedestal❤️
BUT still haven’t found one I can afford! So I decided I’d better take it into my own hands. So I bought a plastic urn off Facebook for $10. Why didn’t I take a before pic?!? It was so ugly too!!
Anyways it was was this mottled black and white recycled plastic, which I promptly spray painted black, now the base.. 🤔
It took a while but when I saw this add on Market place I knew I’d finally found it!!
The lady was sooo sweet and held them a day for me even though quite a few wanted them, she even gave me a piece of one of her plants!❤️ I love people like that!
But I digress!
So these huge cement pots inverted look just like the bases I was aiming to imitate!
A coat of black spray paint and dry brush antique bronze later.. Voila!! It’s exactly as I imagined it!! You’d never know they are recycled plastic and cement!!

15/05/2020

It’s FINALLY warm enough here in WNY to do some gardening. I’m a perennial gardener, so almost all of my gardens are working their way out of the ground. But one thing I love that doesn’t survive the winter around here is succulents.
So they hibernate in my garage until the frost is officially gone, then they come out in all their glory to be admired in my unusual vessels!❤️
I love planting in rescued vessels. For instance, this old pitted cement bird bath! I saw it in the garbage two years ago.. I hit the brakes so hard I gave myself whiplash😂🤣.
It won’t hold water at all because the cement is so degraded but you know what that means!! it’s a perfect shallow draining vessel for succulents!!
And these old decorative birdcages..I see them for sale on marketplace and in thrift stores all the time!! Add a coconut liner and some soil a bunch of succulents and by Midsummer it will just be overflowing and gorgeous😍
And last but not least.. my husband’s first pair of steel toe work boots! They are now nearly 20 years old! And the succulents in them have been there for 13 years!!
My point? Think outside the box! Rescue! Restore! And grow more🌱❤️

14/05/2020

😂🤣 this is sooo my life right now!🤦🏼‍♀️ anyone else?!?

02/05/2020

This awesome swing was roadside rescued about 9 years ago!.. its been rehabbed by us 3 times now (I reupholstered it twice) I don’t have an original before photo, but I do have the latest! It was falling apart, literally growing moss, and had about 10lbs in bird seed stored in it thanks to the pesky chipmunks we have.
So the kids and I cut all the upholstery off and found it made a great chin up bar!😂
Gave it a fresh coat of black paint, and then my son and I got to work measuring and cutting the wood for the new back and seat.
After my Hubby and I screwed the wood to the frame, I custom stained and whitewashed it and gave it a coat of marine grade poly.
Out she goes! hopefully to last for the next 9 years!❤️

23/04/2020

YES!!😂😍💪🏼☕️

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