Old Frame Repurposed

You all know how I LOOOOVVVVEEE to repurpose thrifted finds.  It is so much fun to turn trash into treasure.  I especially love to decorate my home with thrifted finds.  It is a great way to unique elements to your home.  

Below are some pictures of a LOTTO game I found a while back.  

Check out my original post to see how much I paid for it and what else I found on that day!

I've been dying to do more with this!

I have lots of old frames laying around, but don't want to fill them ALL with personal pictures, so sometimes I'll do something unexpected with all those frames.

While digging around, I found this beautiful chunky old frame that I found at Goodwill.  I don't remember exactly, but I'm sure I paid no more than $2 for it.  I thought the dark stain on the frame would look beautiful with the LOTTO game cards.  The frame has a few rough spots on it, and I had originally planned to paint it, but I think it adds some character to it.

  This project was way too easy!  

All I did was place the game cards in just as I would a photograph. Since the game cards were smaller than the picture opening, I just layered them until there were no holes.  Once I did this, I thought it needed a little something, so I hot glued some of the wood playing chips to the glass on in the frame.  

I'm pleased with how it looks.  The colors warm up this little nook table.  

I've been trying to incorporate some blues throughout my house.  No, I'm not a blue person, but I'm beginning to find an unexpected love for the color blue!  This added a perfect little touch of blue in this corner of the room.

See here, here, and here  for more ideas on repurposing old frames. 

Be sure to comment below with the links to any of your frame projects!

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Nook Makeover

This little nook started out with my bridal portrait hanging above a small round table with a lamp on it.  I've been wanting a change, so after painting the room, I decided not to hang the bridal portrait where it was, much to my husbands dismayal.  Don't worry Daniel, I'll find a place for it.

I found this shelf and vase set in original packaging at Goodwill.

It was marked $12.99, but I snagged it for $6.50 on 1/2 price day!

I racked my brain trying to think of what to put in the vases. 

I knew I wanted some natural-looking items to off set the glass look.

I also wanted to try to reuse items in my house instead of buying something for them. 

(That would be too easy!)

Finally, an idea came to me. 

A few years back I made some flower arrangements for the mantle, but recently took them down in hopes of redoing the mantle. (Still working on that one!)

Here is what they looked like.....

So, I tore one of them apart and added some twine, burlap, and wooden pieces from my Lotto game find. 

Here is the finished product.....

I'm loving the way it looks now!

The lamp sits on a beautiful antique pedestal table that my mom got me for my birthday several years back.  I'm planning to make a burlap table skirt for it for protection from the little one. 

I'll post pictures when I am done.

Oh, and I've mentioned to you all that we have been getting our house ready to put on the market.  We are still doing working on that for when the time comes, but it's been temporarily put on hold until Daniel finds a job.  His program in the school system lost funding for next school year, so he is in search of another position.  Please keep us in your prayers!

 

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