Bird Bath Project

I never posted this completed project from early fall.   In September we went to a local craft fair.  There was a vendor with some amazing bird baths made from table legs and old glass/porcelain bowls and dishes.

Here is the one we bought.

The vendors had a witty little sign that said "Yes, you could make these, but will you?".   I guess we saw that as a challenge.  The next day when we were at Todd's Farm we headed to the $1 junk yard section and low and behold there were table legs and crates overflowing with dishes.  Nick said to me, well we could make some bird baths!

We bought 4 table legs and 4 bowls.

This one is my favorite... how perfect is it!

And here are the finished bird baths:

Dining Room Update

Wow, I can't believe it has been so many months since my last post!  In the fall I was so busy with work there wasn't a lot of time for antiquing, thrifting or blogging for that matter.  I can't wait for spring to come so I can get back out there again.  

In the meantime we did end up getting a wool braided rug from LLBean for Christmas from my parents.   While I originally wanted to get a blue/green/yellow one, my husband thought it would be too "matchy matchy".   We ended up going one with red, greens and touches of yellow and blues.  It helps add some other colors into the room.  We love it so much we are saving up to buy another braided rug for our living room.

Here is the whole dining room put together with the chairs we painted and upholstered ourselves, the Brimfield table (with one leaf in) and our vintage hutch.