A Vintage Sled Found a Loving Home

Seems like forever since I last posted.  As I said in my last post there needs to be more hours in a day! What do you think?

I want to share a little project that I worked on this past week.  It really didn't take that long but I kept getting interruptions and blah, blah you know how that goes.

There was this little sled at an auction that looked so lonely and it was calling my name.  I felt so sorry for it.  However there was this lady there who must have had a million dollars to spend as she was out biding everyone there.  Under my breath or really in my mind I kept saying to myself, "Oh please do not want that sled."  I wasn't sure she would give it a good home.

Time came and the bidding started.  Instead of waiting I threw up my number.  I was holding my breath and no other bids came.  I got it for $2.  At that moment I wanted to dance on a table somewhere.  The little waif sled was mine.  Proudly and lovingly I carried the sled to my car.  Once home I put it in the garage and there it sat.

Guilt ridden I finally fixed it up.  It wasn't in terrible condition just some rust and of course it needed some love.  Sunday it was a beautiful day to work outside so I took advantage of that.  Carefully carrying my little sled to the back yard to my "work" area the transformation began.

Here are the before and after pictures.  Hope you enjoy them.

Don't you think it looks loved now?  The sled will be on my porch for the Holiday season and have usefulness once again.

Showing Love to Some Abandoned Treasures

Inspiration has struck from several of the blogs that I have been visited this week.  I have several items that need love and attention.  My thought has always been to leave it in the original condition.  That has been a ground in thought for me.  Well I have come to the conclusion that it is time to give some of the items new life and truly make them a treasure.  You see I love the rust, the chips, the way things are but I guess you can teach an old dog new tricks.

I want to share some projects that I wholeheartedly intend on working on this coming week.  Choosing which one to do first will be my problem.  Here they are in there just like I bought them.  They were posted on my Facebook for ideas so I am going with the popular vote and what I like.

The red on the sled will be left along.  The wood will be getting spruced up.  This one is easy peasy, right?

This beauty was something I just had to have.  It is finished with the 1980's style antiquing.  It has gorgeous beveled mirrors.  I actually have a plan for it.  I am going to strip it and then distress it.  In my bedroom I have a dresser with the waterfall sides but no mirror so I thought I would redo this and use the dresser as a makeup area.  I was proud of my idea.  What do you think?

This lamp has been around since I can remember.  A friend of my Mom's gave it to her in the 1950's but said it was from the 1940's.  Now that I am older and wiser I love this lamp.  The lamp shade is deplorable I couldn't even bring myself to share of photo of it with the shade on it now.  There's a first time for everything and I am going to make a lamp shade for this beautiful lamp.  Let's see what I can come up with.

That's all that will be on the burner this week and probably next.  We are having so much rain and I need to work outside for the mirror.

Cross your fingers and please stop back to see the finished results.