Yard Sailing
Some folks dream of owning a yacht cruising in the sunset….cruising endless yard sales from sunup to sunset is more my speed…..I simply love to see what I can find to recreate or make my own from what is not valued by another. Today I had the MOST wicked fun time with Mrs. Goofy in the next metro over…Huntsville. We began our runs in an unfamiliar town, with the unfamiliar car and alot of great talk time! The thing about Civic’s is you can u-turn in 1/3 the space of my old van…..and u-turn we did….quite regularly in fact…..I have to share the two finds of the week I love best so far…
The chair is a Henredon linen chair for $10 that matches my bedroom and the chandelier for $20 has that absolute Queen Mother shapely swirls to it, and I’ll work some Nester magic on it and begin the transformation from drab Master bedroom to Her Majesty’s Suite…..the light also came with additional real crystal crystals…not plastic! Wahoo. I needed new clothes in a size down and low and behold my favorite brand (Naughton ) and (Elizabeth and Chaus) I scored a skirt for $1, 2 silky shirts from Chaus for $2 and a precious pair of capri khaki overalls for $3! Add to that a jacket for $5 and a set of five square pyrex sauce servers for $4 and I had one lovely day! Mrs. Goofy may be worse for the wear when the country girl was turned loose in city traffic with a car that could move, but I believe a good time was had by all….and I truly look forward to another road trip with you Mrs. Goofy!
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Love the chandelier. You asked me if I ever painted one and I haven’t. I’ve painted a lot of lamps but not a chandelier. I had planned to paint my chandelier in my dining room but I couldn’t bring myself to do it (and I paint everything white). I’m glad I didn’t paint it now. I say live with it for awhile before you make up your mind. If you do paint it, I would use a spray primer first and then spray paint it. Make sure you cover all the sockets with masking tape.
I love the chair too.
I would so rather go out yard sailing with you than go to work this morning…lol. I need to go out, because I haven’t in two weeks, and I got addicted the other week when Jen and I went out.