Things that go Bump in the Night!

Two nights ago we were rudely awoken, at 3am, by the most horrendous sounds of crashing and smashing. Not fearing for my own safety, I raced through the hallway, heart racing, into the living room where I suspected the noise came from. I will let the pictures tell the rest of the story.....



I heart this urn!


This was it after I painted the base white and added fairy light twigs.


This is a mirror I painted. I had placed the urn on a small glass-topped table in front of this mirror.



The offending culprit! A steel hook that supposedly will hold up to 20kg, snapped right off.



This is the scene that greeted us....cue look of shock and horror.



Cue tears...sniff, sniff.
Hubby and I spent the next half hour cleaning up every last sliver of mirror and glass.



I have replaced the urn with one I already had. Unfortunately most of the fairylight branches snapped in half. I am now having fun looking for a new mirror (every cloud has a silver lining right?!)

Kitchen Before and After.

Here are some photos of our kitchen now that I have finished tiling the splashback (backsplash;o)). I am having troubles with the photo uploader (anyone else having their photos appear as numbers and letters or is it just me?) so I can't put any text between each photo. I guess it speaks for itself. Maybe you could play "Spot the Difference" . The finishing touch will be a light fitting and possibly some sort of pelmet over the window.

Look, it's a Nook!

Just a little nook look today. (Nook is one of those words where the more you say it the weirder it sounds - hmmm weirder, that sounds weird too. Sorry, bit tired today)

The chair is one of our dining chairs that I am STILL in the process of reupholstering. I need to add the shiny chrome studs and do something to the gold caps on the base of the legs. I used grey vinyl to cover them as it will be more practical than fabric. Thanks to Sandy at The Shabby Cottage for painting these 6 chairs for me.
I got the black frames for a song at Spotlight and painted the letters, then backed them with grey card.
I love the 2 wee light grey jars on the table. They look like miniature ginger jars.

A Little Tacky?

We don't really celebrate Valentine's Day in our house. We pretty much stick to Christmas, Easter, Birthday's and Anniversaries...sad but true.
........So I don't know what happened this year, but on Friday, hubby presented me with a gift before going out of town on business for a couple of days. This gave me time to get creative with a gift for him. I knew full well that spending any amount of $$$ would NOT be received as an expression of love in any way, shape or form at the present time, so what to do???
Yesterday I let my youngest loose with a piece of wood, my hammer and some upholstery tacks and she created a great picture of a butterfly and a heart. I was so impressed that I got to work on a creation of my own. It is romantic, in a masculine sort of way, and I think he will be able to find the perfect spot for it on his office wall at work.

Thrifty Thrifting

I went along to a couple of thrift stores today and for less than $10 this is what I came home with....

And this is how they looked after some white paint......

On a Craft Roll

Here we go with yet more craft ideas. Right now I think I am using crafting as an escape from all my boring housework. When I am gluing or painting, drilling or cutting, it seems like there's no such thing as ironing, or mopping, dusting or folding, and that's how I like it! Of course reality always hits hard and I can't stay in denial forever..... but maybe just a little longer.

Shells glued onto sandpaper.

A cute frame I picked up for 10 cents at a garage sale.

I have yet to put my own photos in this frame but the black and white are passable 'till I get around to it. I had the wooden plaque, the shell and the stick-on letters lying around the house, so no expense here.

How cute are these tiny flower pots!! I have a few ideas what I could do with them.

I painted the shelf today. It was apple green before.