Olde Homestead

Hello everyone....I hope everyone had a great weekend...We've been busy here on Coveredbridge Road....

I've been finishing up projects that I need to get done by the end of August...Taking a car load of fall crafts to my local buyer....

I did get a chance to make a sign for above my French Doors leading out into my kitchen...

Olde Homestead with stars on each end..
















This candle chandelier I bought acouple of weeks ago and just got it hung over the weekend..

I hung it above my entertainment center downstairs in our Family Room.
















I didn't get to any thrift stores over the weekend ....just stayed home and got some things crossed off my to do list....

I've been helping Dh outside finishing up on our stone work on our home....starting to close in our carport and making a sun room in its place...I'll take some pics and show you all what the front of our home looks like since 95% of the stone work is finished in my next post...



So its been a good day so far....hopefully the rain will hold off for awhile....

Everyone have a great day and I'll talk to you all soon.

Until next time, Trena

Cupboard for Summer Kitchen

This is another makeover that I finished up today....I bought this cupboard last Saturday at a flea market for $35.00...I didn't care much for the white but I knew I could change that out so I bought it for in my Summer Kitchen.

I took out the glass panels that was attached to both doors and added wainscoting....

Painted the entire cupboard and the wainscoting black.....

This is before..............

This is how it turned out after the makeover....

I put it against the stone wall ...to fill up the space beside my old cook stove....

Until next time....Trena

Shelf makeover

Hi everyone...hope everyone is having a great day....I've been really busy doing makeovers from things that I bought from flea markets and thrift stores..

This shelf was one that I just bought last Saturday ...I was looking for something to go on the wall above my kitchen table and when I seen this I knew it was just what I was looking for....

I only paid $10.00 for it....



The before shot....

And this is after I add a sheet of wainscoting on the back....painted it black....added an overcoat of Burgundy....sanded it then applied a coat of minwax,walnut stain to it....

I have a tool caddy that I want to get done today....so I am off to get it painted outside while the sun is shining nice and bright...

Everyone have a great Tuesday.....

Until next time.....Trena

Counter Top Holder

Good morning everyone....I had a busy day yesterday making this little counter top holder after reading how to make it on Char's blog....www.charsethman.blogspot.com, The Pickled Pepper Patch...I've been looking at these in several craft shops and after seeing the instructions on char's blog I just got my power tools out and made one myself..

I love how it turned out....just what I wanted.....
















Well I off to get some house work done.....It's suppossed to be in the mid 80's and very humid here today so it is a good day to stay inside with the AC on....Hope everyone has a great day....stay cool.....
Until next time...
Hugs,Trena

Tool caddy makeover

Its Wednesday already....the week is flying by.....I've been working on a couple of makeovers and making more signs for my buyers....This is one of the makeovers I finished up yesterday....This is a 5ft tool caddy that I bought over the weekend for on top of my kitchen cabinets..I wanted something large to fill in the large area ..



This is the before shot........

This is after I painted it black.....put a barn red overcoat on it.....sanded it then applied minwax walnut stain over the entire caddy......I stenciled Kitchen wares on the front panel...

I put four of my blue canning jars in it with an old homespun towel....

I have four tool caddy's so far that I am putting up on top of my kitchen cabinets....I wanted them to use all year around...planning on changing them out with the seasons...

So everyone have a great Wednesday.....I'm off to fix some lunch and then get some work done...

Until next time......Trena

Happy Monday

Good morning everyone....hope you all had a nice weekend....My daughter came home from Mechanicsburg for the weekend and her and I went out and done some shopping ....

The weather was nice here for the most part....alittle rain on Saturday afternoon...Sunday just beautiful..

I changed my sign,cherish life's little pleasures around....put it up above my dry sink on the side wall of the stone fireplace.....I did have it above my sink....but I was afraid it would fall on someones head if they closed the cupboards to hard.....So this is its new home for now....It correspondes with the mustard/black wooden box I done over earlier in the year...

So I'm off to get some yard work done....its another beautiful day here...Everyone have a great day...

Until next time,

Trena

A long day.........

It's been a busy day here today......Dh and I went to Chambersburg to L & S Stone to look for mountain stone for our windowsills.....They didn't have what we wanted so we went and got some shopping done.....We went to Lowes and picked up some lumber for my signs that I have orders for....These two prim signs I done up a couple of days ago for my Family room.....

Antiques went above my octagon window....





















and Primitive went just inside my door....
















Our daughter is coming home from Mechanicsburg tonight for the weekend....So her and I are going out shopping tomorrow and hit some yard sales.....So everyone have a great weekend....Hope to have more signs and makeovers done for posting next week....

Until next time......Trena

Whatcha Workin On Wednesday

A little late....but I thought I would post my new sign for whatcha workin on Wednesday...

I went to Lowes and bought some 1x4's to use for my signs that I wanted to make.....This one I finished up today and put it up above my kitchen sink....Cherish Life's Little Pleasures.....

I used my Cricut Expression again to make my stencils....Just used cardstock to make them...There only a one time use...but if your carefull they can be used over......

Well I'm off to get some work done around the house....Everyone have a great day....

Until next time.....Trena

Cricut Expression

Hello everyone.....I've been really busy today..getting crafts made and doing some tweaking in my kitchen....I made this sign for above my window....The Olde Summer Kitchen.....

I used my Cricut Expression to make the stencils....so easy to do...

I used spray adhesive for on the back of the stencils to hold them in place and painted away....

After the paint was dry just sanded it around the edges and put walnut stain over the entire sign to give it an aged look...















This pic is some of the tweaking I done today....took everything off the top of the cabinets....cleaned them and put new prims up.

As you can see I put my sign to the right of the display.....don't look at the hammer on top of frig....haven't decided what I want to put up there yet.....

So off to do somemore tweaking....everyone have a great day...

Prim Hugs, Trena

Beautiful Sunday

It's a beautiful day here in Pa....allot of sunshine and expected to be in the 80's today.....

I just came back from my morning walk....My DH and I walk everyday in the early morning hours to get refreshed and keep in shape....It's a gorgeous walk where we go....allot of trees....bird's chirping...rosters crowing....its just a beautiful way to start the day....


I've been working on allot of crafts this past month...gearing up for Fall and Christmas ....I've decided to just sell my merchandise to local shops instead of setting up in crafts shows.....To much time spent on setting up and tearing down...I had a terrific day yesterday....took two plastic totes of my prim crafts to one of my buyers and she bought just about everything I had.....She order fall and Halloween crafts to be delivered by the end of next month.....


I took this Americana quilt throw for her to see and she bought it on the spot and ordered ones for Fall and Christmas.......I am making these to sell ....$35.00 plus shipping and handling.....If anyone is interested just email me at homespuncrafter@hotmail.com and I can get back to you...
















Everyone have a safe and beautiful Sunday....


Until next time..........Trena

Happy 4th of July

Wishing everyone a safe and happy 4th of July with your friends,family and loved ones...

God bless are soldiers and God Bless America....

Prim Hugs........Trena

4th of July is here

Where did the month of June go to.....as usual this summer if flying by.....The 4th of July is upon us all ready.....I've been really busy making crafts for a upcoming craft fair and also to take to a couple of shops that buy and sell my crafts....


I moved my Burgundy hutch that I had in my Family room downstairs to our Family room upstairs.....Since I painted and redone the room downstairs the Burgundy wasn't fitting in as well as I would have liked so I moved it and it looks allot better with the tongue and groove walls....

I redone it with my Longaberger baskets,Boyd's bears, Boyd's bear Americana bench, wooden firecrackers,Americana signs and a grouping of Americana flags that I put in one of my rusty cans....























Well I'm off to get some work done.....Everyone have a great day...

Prim Hugs.....Trena