Another Goodwill before and after

I'm joining Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for Metamorphosis Monday! Check out her site for lots of fun before and afters! I'm also joining Rhonda at Southern Hospitality for Today's Thrifty Treasures. Thanks to my mom at Nina's Nest for gently "suggesting" (ha!) that I join the blog party scene!

I found this pair of lamps at Goodwill for $10 each:

Hello, the 80's called, and they want their lamps back!

I knew they had potential, despite the lovely fake brass color, and I was in the market for some matching bedside lamps. So I taped them up, added a little spray paint, and now I have:

I love them! They are on our bedside tables now and they look great! (The lamp above is in the bathroom because I wanted some natural light!)

As always, one man's trash is another man's treasure!

I'm baaaack!!

Hello blog friends! Long time, no see (or write, or whatever!)! I know I've been MIA since October. I'd like to say it's because I've been in Tahiti or somewhere exotic, but the only exotic place I've been lately is the pediatrician's office during rush hour. There weren't any sandy beaches or palm trees, but getting there was an adventure and there were definitely some wild animals (particularly the one who had a 104 degree fever and strep). Anyhow, I'm breaking back into my blog because my mom and I spent way too many hours last night looking at DIY project before and afters, and I got inspired!

Here we have subject #1:

Subject #1 is a Shabby Chic bench that I bought at Target about 5 years ago. It's for the vanity in the bathroom. It's cute, but pretty vanilla. So I bought some fabric to recover it, which made it look like this: Much better, but even cuter when I added some trim...

Not vanilla anymore! I absolutely love it! I thought it would be nice to add a little more of this fabric in the bathroom, so enter subject #2:

A dear friend gave me a set of monogrammed towels as a wedding gift. I like them plain and simple, but I really like them now that I added a little fabric and trim:

So here are today's projects, all done with $9 worth of fabric and $8 worth of trim!

And here are my other projects, which are a continual work in progress:

Happy Spring everyone!