Thrift Store Cabinet Redo

I bought this cabinet for $4 at a local thrift store. I knew it had good bones and would look adorable in my kitchen with some elbow grease and a little TLC. That's my husband in the picture. :)

Here it is after!

I painted it with some craft paint (the kind you get in little bottles for 89 cents at craft stores), and then Mod Podge'd some adorable kitchen themed scrapbook paper onto the back. I love the little handles.

All in all, I got this completed for about $7 - including the cost of the cabinet! I'm still working on getting the right accessories on it, but I think the ones I have now will work for the time being.

Such a fun, happy little cabinet in my kitschy kitchen. :)

xoxo,

 

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Tin Pan Alley Finished

Hi everyone! Thank you all so much for your lovely comments on the birth of my boy. He's almost a month old already, which I cannot believe. While I've been recuperating, I've taken some time to feather my nest. I finished off my Tin Pan Alley and am super happy with the results. Here it is a last October (original post here):

and here it is now all filled out:

The only difference between the two was the addition of pictures and frames and my new chandelier. I drew on the frames with a paint marker and used Glue Dots to adhere some fun ephemera from Pinterest, Indie Fixx, and Agence Eureka along with a bunch of random old family photos to the wall. I just drew random frames that aren't very well drawn if you look closely at them, but with the full effect of the wall they're fine.

This is one of my favorite pictures of my dad when he was a crazy hippy. The picture was taken at Union Station in Los Angeles and I have another of my mom from that same day. It's framed and on the wall of my living room.

Peek-a-boo!!

And this postcard was found among my grandmother's possessions after she passed. There isn't even a full address, just the addressee's name, city, and state. That was all that was needed to send anything back in 1913 I guess!

All the other pictures are of my parents when they were babies or very young children. I don't particularly like putting framed pictures on the wall (I don't know why), but I have way too many of these pictures that just need to be displayed. I can't have them sitting in a drawer somewhere, I want them out and seen. Normally I wouldn't suggest taping rare family photos up in a kitchen where they can get splattered with grease and yuck, but my kitchen is huge. My appliances are on the other side of the room, probably 18 feet away, so they are not in any danger. I highly recommend this as it's a really inexpensive way to add personality and fun to a large wall. If you don't have any old family photos, check out thrift stores for old photography books or even old pictures. I've found tons of 60's era photographs randomly at thrift stores over the years for dirt cheap.

xoxo,
 
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Hello

Welcome baby! He was quite early (born February 10th instead of March 9th), but was all of 8 pounds 5 ounces. And he was quick, quick, quick. Too quick for any epidural - ack! I'll give you the whole birth story in a few days, but I just wanted to check in and show off my boy. I miss you guys and miss posting, but I have tons to tell you about and show you. I hope everyone is well!

xoxo,