Lamp Update

I found this little lamp up in the attic... we had once used it in the guest room of the old house.

Since we're short on overhead lights in this house, I decided to update it for my youngest son's airplane theme bedroom.  The peachy-pink color had to go!

The bedroom colors are blue & yellow, so I got out that same yellow spraypaint I used for the Curious George party and also for the Family Room candle holder.

A couple of coats later... the base of the lamp looks 100% better!

BUT I'm not happy with the shade- it's too small.  It was just in another box of "extras" I had sitting up in the attic... I originally considered using them in the nautical bedroom lamps that were my dad's as a child... but then we came across the original shades in my parents' attic).

So, I'm on the hunt for an airplane-ish lamp shade in a better shade.

You can also see the galvanized metal buckets hanging on the wall behind the lamp (which is above his little desk)... those I got a while back from "PickYourPlum.com".  They're great for holding pens, pencils, stickers, and lots of odds & ends!

Catching Up- May edition

Here's another random collection of the little things we've gotten or finished, but weren't big enough to have a whole post of their own.

More planes!
My youngest son has an airplane theme for his room.  The theme was centered around cast iron airplane wall hangings that I found at a church rummage sale.
I found two more of them on Esty!  We already had the yellow one, but the red, white & blue one is really cool.

Here's a picture of them all together:














Found! 
We haven't gotten the chance to use the metal detector that often...
When Mike's parents were here for a visit this spring, his dad had a little fun sweeping the yard.  Check out what he found!

More rusty stuff-
railroad spike and horseshoe

Cameo pin

Mercury Dime

Some kind of tag from 1956
Has town & county printed on it.

Chickens!



They're not cute little chicks anymore!

While still too young to lay eggs, they look like full fledged chickens now!







Look what I won!
Heather at Post Road Vintage had a giveaway, and I won!  I got to choose one of her pretty mason jar soap dispensers.
I had to get the lavender one- it's perfect for our purple bathroom!

Kids Room #2- Airplanes!

The airplane theme started when I found two cast iron airplane wall hangings at the Morrow Memorial Turnover Sale back in 2008. Since then we've acquired a variety of items to make it a one-of-a-kind room (check out the "Fun Decorative Details" photos below!)
Before:

Mom, once again, donned her painting clothes & got the painting done.  Happily, this bedroom also only needed one coat, even over the bright pink!

After:

Radiator screening is complete!

One item that needed attention was the radiator cover.  The radiator is hidden in the bottom portion of the built-in shelves.  Only it wasn't so hidden since the frame was missing it's metal screening.  It only took Mike about 10 minutes to remedy this (not including the trip to Lowes, which always takes at LEAST an hour!) 

I'm loving the room...
it is big enough to hold the play kitchen, the table & chairs, and a bunch of stuff on the built in shelves.

My son is also loving it- he keeps walking in & proudly saying "Mine". 

We still have to replace the ceiling fan with one that has lights (all of the bedrooms have ceiling fans without the lights).  I'm not sure why you'd install ones without lights- perhaps the previous owners just preferred table lamp light?  I'm worried we'll find out a bigger reason once we start pulling them down!  But I have my eye on a few that will go perfectly with our airplane theme... we just may need to bring in an electrician.

Fun Decorative Details:

Framed prints

The Inspiration!

 

Shelf Mike installed for the "breakables"

Built in shelves

Metal sign bought in OBX

Wall hooks