Snow Day X 3

 

It started yesterday!  Snow here is rare...maybe once a year.  School was already cancelled... we knew it was coming.  I went to Kroger Monday and it was clear everyone was stocking up to be snowed in for a month.  I didn't get much -just what we needed.  In all my years here we have never had more than 2 snow days.

It was still snowing when I went to bed.

 

 

And it was there when I woke up.  They have asked people to stay home.  I am happy to do that!

 

 

I have a big pot of chili cooking.

Several painting projects to work on.

 

 

And the dogs are happy to keep me company!

The crate is next to the heating vent so Bitsey chose to curl up there.

 

Just found out that school is cancelled for Thursday as well....should have bought more food.......

The Grill Man

One of the events that I missed blogging  about last year was the business venture of the boy.  In May of last year he teamed up with his Dad and they bought out a vendor who was leaving Angel's.  He has his own booth.  Tommy works for him and I am his decorator!

We go pick up grills, smokers, fire pits and accessories at a Charbroil return/outlet.  Some of them are damaged, some are missing parts and some are perfect.  You just never know what you will get.

 Tyler builds the grills.  He can do it on his own schedule as long as his booth stays stocked.  Which works out well most of the time.  How many jobs can a high school senior get that will work around their social life??  He had a busy month in December so he had to build a lot of grills.  This month....not so much.  But spring and summer are coming...

I helped (did) the decorating in a John Deere theme.  We have sold several John Deere items that were really just there for decorating!

Baby, It's COLD Outside

         Alabama has had an unusually cold winter.  Last year we only had 6 days below freezing (which is more than enough for me)....this year we have already had 16.   I hate winter...the cold...the windy...the dark.  I am sure I have that seasonal depression  disorder.  And I think the dogs have it as well.

 

They slept like this for a couple of hours today.   Max was on my lap under a blanket so he didn't get in front of the camera.   Chug and Bitsey had the chair pushed up as close to the fireplace as possible so they were out from under the blanket!

How much longer until summer???

RUST AND DUST

 I gave a little preview of our new project and thought I would update in a couple of days when we got it complete.  It took longer than planned as usual....and it will never be complete, but here it is today.

 We decided to move one booth out of Hubby's corner of 3 booths to the opposite side of the building.  It seemed like the painted furniture projects were getting lost in the Flea Market look of the other booths.  One side of the building is more vintage/antique  and  the other side is more eclectic.  We are trying to keep this booth more neutral colors with a touch of aqua, green and blue.  And not quite so crowded.  Let's see how long that lasts!!


This booth had never been painted.  I decided to leave the pegboard as is for now because light colored things like frames show up well against it.  I did paint the lower walls since the mdf board had writing all over it which took 2 coats of primer and one coat of a taupe color (Lowe's mis-tint for cheap!).  Also hung a burlap ruffle around the top of the walls to dress it up.  The sign was made from a vintage screen purchased from another vendor, burlap flowers and scrapbook paper.

Some of the things came from the old booth and some are things we have made new in the last two weeks.  Tommy has been into furniture lately,  The  two step stool is so cute. The plans came from www.ana-white.com.   Painted with chalk paint.

We moved this giant chalkboard over from the other booth and gave it a face lift.  It was orange for Auburn but never sold so now it is more neutral.  The little drop leaf table has been in my dining room for a year waiting for a repair and paint.

Tommy saw and made this clock over the weekend.  Love pallet wood!

The shutter shelves  have been sitting around half finished for a year.  And the burlap topiaries moved from my booth to dress up this new piece.

Tommy also built this from plans in Ana White's book "Handbuilt Home."  I love the details of this piece and wish I could keep it.  He really distressed it and stained it before I painted it (again with chalk paint).  The knobs have maps so I lined the drawers with old maps to match.

 

 

 

New Year = New Project!!

The new year brings more new projects for us!  Here is just a little
preview:

 

 

 A lot of work means we are worn out!

Happy New Year!