Summer Projects Part 1

    I have several projects going on this summer and I kinda doubt I'll get to all of them but as they say, you've got to start somewhere. So here is where I started.
   A while back I did a post about a couple of mirrors I found at a flea market up in the Berkshires. I have decided to keep the larger mirror somewhat traditional with the idea that it will act as a fireplace center piece. It has a leg and I'm considering drilling hooks into it to hang stocking from during the holidays. It's was an ugly white color so over the Fourth of July weekend while at my aunts house, I stripped the paint. For anyone who hasn't has the pleasure of working with paint stripper let me tell you, it sucks. In my case after stripping the top layer I discovered a second layer of a different type of white paint that the stripper had little effect on. It took most of the day and I did employ my boyfriend for some of the work since it requires a decent amount of elbow grease and I have next to none. By the end of the day I had a very ugly, somewhat stripped mirror. Now I just need to figure out what color to paint it.











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Super amazing Flea Market finds!

For those of you who don't know. This past weekend I was in the Berkshires for The Planting. I took up almost all my plants to live in the garden of a friend of my moms. I will devote an entire post to that but what I really want to gush about is my trip to the flea market in Hillsdale NY. I found two vintage wooden mirror frames. One with the glass and one without but I was able to snag them both for $12 ( my haggling skills need some work) but I'm so excited about them. I plan to strip them both down to the wood. The bigger one will get a fresh coat and maybe some distressing to give it a snappy chic look But the second, tinier mirror is gonna be something special. I'm not sure what yet but I'm waiting for inspiration to hit.







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