Decorating on a quarter/living room make-over/a triple post!!!!

I am doing a bit of the happy dance today! Dan and I are heading to Door County, Wi for a mini get-away to celebrate our wedding anniversary(1 week early) and temperatures are hot and humid! Yahoo! Dew points are in the mid-seventies and call me crazy but I love it! Now my better half hates it, he is 100% Norwegian and with all that Icelandic blood he just can't help it. Me on the other hand, I'm a Mutt and in need of some hot and humid weather! I am also attempting a triple post! Please visit our lovely hostesses who put so much work into this week after week. Susan for Met Monday Sally for Blue Monday and Rhoda for Today's Thrifty Treasures


I am sharing a wreath I made recently for a whopping $4.00! See supplies above all purchased at the Dollar Tree.

I wrapped the wreath form in ribbon and glued it in place.

I added the Sunflowers using my glue gun and tried to fashion a bow.

A finished view! I will use this for now over my Fireplace Mantle and I'm only out $4 and a little wear and tear to my fingers (watch out for those hot glue guns) !!

Remember these? My apple trees blossoming in May! We've had cooler temps and low on rain this summer (although its still managed to stay green)

Here they are today! Not quite ready, but awful close. I heard some dropping this morning and with the Hot weather and a ton of rain in the last few days we should have a bumper crop! So bumper I don't know what I will do with them all!

Oh, looky here! If nothing else the deer will have a feast for quite some time!

I'm also sharing some before and afters of our living room. The pics below were taken last summer. We had a old blue sectional couch and the fireplace needed some improving. Now comes the Blue Monday part, because my living room is awash in blue and yellow.

BEFORE.....

Here we have changed the flooring from old dingy white carpet to a hickory floor that Dan installed. This was our biggest outlay of moola with the floor costing about $1700. If we had to pay someone it would have been about another $800- $1000.

A view last summer.

The old sectional was ready to go but new furniture was not in the budget! I scoured Craigs list and hoped to find something Blue Denim but no sectionals! They aren't good on wood floors and I wanted a more cottage look.

I found the oversized chair on Craig's List and the old sewing machine for $15.00 at an auction . Dan made a new top for it, and now it works wonderfully as a side table.

Here the new living room re-arrange and update on a budget....... or decorating on a dime. OOPS.. I mean quarter! The couch and oversized chair were $200, the plaid rocker was also a Craig's List find. Almost anything made out of wood was built by Hubby!

It was very bright when I took these pics so pardon the glare.

The plaid chair was another Craig's List find and the fireplace update was done this summer. See my new fireplace screen? That was a recent find off E-Bay! My recently made wreath and a little re-arranging.

Another view...

So there you have it! Our version of Decorating on a Quarter!

A place to blog! My recent Met Monday chair and a sunny view! I will checking back in as soon as I can find an Internet Connection. Have a lovely Summer Week! Cindy

Blue Monday/ Met Monday or A different look for the living room.

Please visit Susan @ http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/

Please visit Sally @ http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/ Thank-you to our lovely hostesses! My living room is a awash in blue. Actually, the walls are painted a butter cookie, so it's more like blue and yellow my favorite colors. I looked for months and months for a denim sofa //love seat with a cottage feel. I finally found them on Craig's List. They were like new and the owner said they were in a room that was seldom used. I only paid $200, for the couch and chair.

The Before: Blue sectional and blue chair, the couch just didn't fit the room. Plus, it was tired and worn. We were going to buy new, until I stumbled onto that deal! (click on any pic to enlarge)

My looks like new- couch and chair.

I think they fit the room so much better and what a deal! They are very well made by A Southern Furniture Company based out of North Carolina. If I feel like changing everything in a few years, I won't have guilt over the cost. Plus, I just love a bargain and that's part of the fun!

The plaid chair was also a Craig's List find. Similar situation, barely used. All told, I spent only $400 for the couch and 2 chairs.

Different angle.

And finally some green! The view out of our Patio Doors.

Another view out of the picture window in the living room. Now go and visit Susan and Sally for some wonderful posts! Happy Monday! Cindy