Fun, Fab & Free!

I have to thank my new friend Amy from Maison Decor for inspiring me to do this blog. I have a little anxiety about putting my first one up. My 6-year-old son, Sullivan, dropped my digital camera and until I can afford a new one I have to use my crappy camera on my phone. So the pictures aren't great, but hopefully you will still like what you see!

This was a great "side of the road with a free sign" find... my favorite!!

This is how it looked when I first got it home. It was a bit of a challenge getting it in over the table already in the back and past my son's head and over the back seat of my Jeep. But as I always say, "when there's a will, there's a way"!

The guy we got it from built it as a pantry to keep his paints and stains in. Here it is primed, with Zinsser Bin Primer.  This primer works great to get rid of any odor or stains that may otherwise show thru your paint job.  It's also great for any glossy surfaces, your pain will stick, not peel!

Paint finished (Martha Stewart- Tidewater), ready for distressing, my favorite part!

Since it was already a maroon color underneath, then we added the primer (which gives it another layer), the distressing looks awesome, lots of depth.

This is now in my dining room, I think I will keep my sewing supplies in here! The mirror was from a yard sale ($3), the large bottle was found in my basement, the McCoy pottery was my grandmothers', the metal box came from a junk shop ($4), the other two items came from yard sales.

Thanks for checking out my first blog post, I'm so excited to be part of Blogland! I would appreciate any suggestions on how I can improve and become a pro-blogger : )

Now linking to:

Funky Junk Interiors
and 
Miss Mustard Seed's Creative Blog