TGIF ! what's new?

Annette, I love to transform "junk" into pretty things too. I am working on the original old glass storm door from my parents house. I saw a window done up with painted flowers and attached window box with real flowers,  hung up as a display at a nursery so it got my mind going about this old door.  I have the glass squares (10) all painted with wild flowers and painted welcome to my garden on the wood part. Earl is putting hinges on the fence and hanging the door sideways on our stockade fence as a backdrop to my garden.  I think it looks lovely. I'll have to take a picture of my treasure when he finally gets it hung up.  I saw an old table someone had used paper doilies as stencils to make the tabletop look like lace. It was gorgeous!    Paulette

Paulette,
Your door sounds beautiful. I will look forward to seeing a photo. Now I will be looking along the road for old doors and windows.

I almost did the doily stencil on this table but wanted to try the paisley. If it doesn't turn out I can paint over everything and start again.

Annette

Annette and Paulette....my niece's hubands takes great photos and then she has some of them framed behind old windows, some turned sideways...she has a bunch of black and white wedding photos at the top of the staircase in a big old white window frame....they are not painted, just used them like they were....at least they look rustic to me, just cleaned up. They are real cute.
Marti

Marti,
I am an avid fan of HGTV and have seen that done before. It is beautiful.
Wedding pictures would be especially beautiful in black and white. That would make a good after the wedding gift or anniversary gift. Great idea - thank you.
Annette

Marti, I bet they look beautiful! I love stuff like this.  Paulette

our large bathroom has no window- and it is in a dark hallway--i found an old 4 pane window along the road and we mounted  a "painting" of an out door scene behind it- i have a lacey curtain draped across the top--looks like a window to the world!!!!

Margo - that's another clever idea.  I might need a pick-up truck to start gathering supplies.

Annette, sorry you were not well.  I've been gone so much lately, that I missed your post.

I had to chuckle RE:  your table.  My dad, was a collector of other people's junk.  He couldn't pass a trash pile without sifting through it.  We called him Sandford (as in Sandford and Son).  Only dad never had a son, but my sister was his accomplice in the trash picking!  Drove mom crazy, but dad found so many items that turned out to be real treasures when fixed up.  My sister still carries on the tradition.

Debbie

OMGosh Debbie, you made a memory flash back that I had not remembered in decades. My Dad used to take us to the city dump and he would scrounge around for stuff. I used to be horrified that someone I knew would see us, but he always found really good stuff, now-a-days people just leave stuff out on their curbs witha "free" sign. I must say that smells much better.

Debbie,
We tend to stir old memories for each other. What is trash for one person is always a treasure to another. I'm glad your sister can carry on the tradition.

Annette