Weekend Outcomes

UPDATE: I have learned to spell casters now. Woo hoo! Please learn from my mistake further down. It's "er". 


Only went to a few garage sales this weekend. I spent $1.00 altogether and got this beveled felt backed mirror...

...which is currently residing on one of The Beast's shelves. The Beast is still white, and I'm living with it a bit to see if I should paint it this color:

While I like it, I think it might be too much in this small room in such a large dose. If I had some daring, I might paint part of it, like the cabinet doors and drawer and the insides of the shelves, this color and leave the rest white. I'm thinking the wall needs the contrast of some white. The stuff on the shelves is set off much better with white than it will be with the color, don't you think? And I'm not sure a huge amount of this color against the sandy colored wall would look that great. I don't know. Tell me what you think.

So here is the rest of what I got for my $1.00.

While I was out, I saw a pile of wood, much of which was joined together with metal brackets. 

The plan is to make a planter for my rose bushes which currently reside in containers that are rusting and crumbling.  

The thought is that having some wood already put together would be helpful.

Then I crossed paths with a pile on another street which brought me these. I, of course, didn't pick them up right away because my backseat was already full with the other wood. I had to go home unload and go back.

Seeing as this wood was already joined together, I figured perhaps I could make it work to my advantage in regard to making the planter. We'll see.

So my attempt to clear out the mess that I keep moving around in order to function (a mess which has occurred as a result of my finds)...

...those attempts were thwarted by new additions.

I did however, finally get around to taking this bad boy out to begin working on it. It needs to be sanded down and refinished. I got it for $5.00 at a cute little church flea market held under the shade of oak trees about a month or so ago. It's a super heavy duty drop leaf, which I love.

And look how it can expand. It didn't come with the leaves, but those could be made. The legs were off because that was the only way I could fit it in my backseat when I bought it.

So I spent yesterday afternoon sanding the legs. That's as far as I got. I hate sanding curved things like that. Not a quick job.

Earlier, before I got completely sweaty while sanding, I made a quick trip to Target for a slipcover. I have been searching for a white one to no avail for some time. I finally just went ahead and got the natural color Target had. I waited until I had done all my sanding and vacuuming before I put it on. It was my treat for my afternoon's progress.

Yeah, I would still like white, but I just had to get rid of the dark green that was the loveseat. It's darkness was sucking the life out of the room and I couldn't take it any more.

Oh, and on my way to Target, I stopped to get this. I had seen it the day before but was in a rush each time I drove by. I was so excited to see it because I wanted the castors.

This was one heavy duty chair. The castors are needed for a cart I redid last year but which had no wheels, and I want it to roll. I'm not even sure these will fit in the holes, but if not, I'll use them for something else. Everything is better with wheels and wheels are expensive. These are very good quality too. So, SCORE!

Okay, the weekend is over and work calls.

[sigh]

I'll be sharing this at 

Your Whims Wednesday @ My Girlish Whims

What's It Wednesday @ Ivy & Elephants