NC Southern towns

While visiting my son's in North Carolina, I happened to stop at two quaint towns near by that has some nice shops, not to mention the beautiful southern homes! I did happen to pick up a old homemade rocking horse, I had to do some tweeking but in the end it came out pretty well. Now to add it to my collection of wooden horses! I did change the horse a little when I came home!

Some great vintage finds on the weekend! The slipper chair is covered in either a muslim or linen cloth! I love the old black scale great collectors find..now I can stop looking for them, I have 3!!!! I also think my wisk broom collections is complete now, a friend of mine found these old wisk brooms in a barn sale in North Carolina....why when I go visit my sons I never find great stuff in their area!

Yes, I am at it again...found some really great treasures at a sale today, they just needed some TLC! The larger table had some work to be done on the top but all in all it was worth it! I love the way they turned out, they are really sturdy tables and they have such character...just look at the lines on both! A little distressing and they are good to go! I love how old furniture has numbers on each piece!

Wow, I have not been on my blog in a long time....but I am back! It is that time of year again when the garage sales begin and the goodies are out there to be found...today I found some really cool stuff! Next Saturday, I will be having my first annual garage sale so some of those goodies will be there and some I am keeping! I just love the hunt...yes I admit I am addicted! Here are some of the things I have discovered through my travels! I am going to really try to post more. I need more followers so please join me and add your friends!

I realize that some of my pictures did not come through from my previous page so here are some more pictures....The black horse I had and just added some Christmas decorations around the neck with a festive blanket! The little house I bought at a garage sale, painted and added some trim found at Goodwill! 

This year I was on a tight budget so I decided to check out my local Goodwill store and voila! I found some real treasures there and a real good price (CHEAP)! Let me show you some of my fabulous finds...

The Roseville green pot was $8.00 and the greenery was only 59 cents, I filled the pot with my Christmas greenery with tiny ginger bread men.

My white $16.00 tree not bought from Goodwill but at a local store was decorated by ornaments and white icicles I already had! A garage sale white planter holds the base with a Christmas garland surrounding the planter was 50 cents at another sale!

The green Christmas wreaths from Goodwill were 50 cents each, I just decorated with wooden smalls I had from some old window garland, now to get some plaid Christmas ribbon to hang from the windows (next year plan). The ball jar was only 50 cents, I changed the bulb inside and put a small grapevine wreath to hang from the ribbon surrounded by a Christmas wreath I already had!

The small Christmas tree was only $1.00 from Goodwill also, it had some ugly garland and broken lights on it, which took me 2 hours to dismantle, to turn the tree into a simple tree adorned by wooden stockings and the white wreath was also a garage sale find for only $1.00.

The two small Christmas trees, I had just covered in small lights and stuck in a primitive wooden box. Inside the box I put old spools of yarn and twine to give it a more primitive look! There you have it,my simple Christmas this year. I hope I gave you some ideas for next year... I will try to keep my blog updated for the New Year!

I could not believe my lucky day when I found this wicker table at the curbside! It was dirty and had some ugly paper attached to the bottom shelf but after some elbow grease and sanding, I was able to paint and it turned out pretty good. It was in really good shape, some of the wicker was missing around the legs and trim but the tabletop and shelf below were solid so I was happy with the results! If you saw this in a antique store it would cost around $75.00 easy!