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I visited Candy of Pickin and Paintin again.

At her brick and mortar store

Candy's Gifts and Memories

Lawrenceburg, Tennessee

She has cool things for you.

Fever is back

I went out yesterday.

To the US 11 Antique Alley / Yard Sale

And I got all this (except the wash tub).

Yes, I know the map is upside down, but it would hang for the picture better that way.

I collect rulers and this one is an 8 footer, complete with dirt dobber remnants.

A man asked what I would do with the sewing machine.  My favorite line, especially when a man asks, "I'm going to look at it".  He gave me the strangest look.  "Women" he was thinking.

Another seller I had just passed saw me with the sewing machine and asked me to take hers off her hands.  I couldn't refuse the price.

Candy or Sandie or Sandra, would one of them sell in your store???

I'm glad I have a basement to decorate with rusty things.

This cabinet is going in a spare bedroom.

This is my favorite.  Landscape art.

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Knick of Time Tuesday

Vintage outside

See what I got at

Candy's Memories and Gifts

in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee?

It looks great in my landscaping.

Visit Candy's blog

Pickin and Paintin

One red leg

 . . . a little chippy white,

 . . . some nice brass hardware,

 . . . Charlies Garage,

 . . . a bunch of other numbers,

 . . . and a nice wooden table top thingy.

Isn't it great?

What will I do with it?

Look at it.

Thanks to Candy's store in Lawrenceburg, TN!

It might go in the red dining room in the background there.

Any suggestions?

A little rust

 . . . but it's still cute.

The Pioneer Woman Cooks

I love it when a package arrives.  Especially when it brings a beautiful item.

An item with so many things in one package.

Food.  Color.  Photography.  Cats.  Dogs.  Horses.  Cows.  Kids.  Rural.  Life.

The Pioneer Woman - My New Cookbook

We watch several cooking shows and I have seen The Pioneer Woman television show a few times.

I like the show, but the airings usually coincide with other activities so I don't get to see it all the time.

I was interested in her cookbooks, but my friend's blog The Woman at the Well showcases many of her recipes.  So, I just visited Kerry's blog and The Pioneer Woman's blog and tried to be happy with that.

Kerry belongs to the Sweet As Pie Cooking Club and the club recently attended a book signing by Ree Drummond. 

Kerry brought her book for me to see before I bought it and the decision was made.
I had to have one.

The book is beautiful so I had to share it.

It draws me for many reasons other than the simple, scrumptious, step-by-step recipes
(see book cover above title :)).

There are many, many photos in the book.

Beautiful photos of not just the food and food preparation, but photos from her life.

The first place I went was to the index.

Burgers.

I.Love.Burgers

I was going to include photos here of photos in the book, but the fine print said bla, bla, bla about reproducing bla, bla, bla, so I'm going to leave you curious with just my text that would go along with the photos.

Isn't that a wonderful looking burger and a beautiful photo of a burger?

Handsome men and horses.

If you like horses, there are many wonderful horses.

Cats.  What can I say about a cookbook with lots of cat photos.

Simply wonderful.

Kids.  Sweet photos of kids doing kid things.

If you just love beautiful books, I can recommend this one.

And then, there is The End.

And what a delightful end it is.

Glad Easter Wishes

Good grief

My mail for today.

I have never bought anything from Restoration Hardware.

Mailing list I guess.

They do have wonderful things.  654 pages of wonderful things.

And the store is fun to walk through.

"Shop at Restoration Hardware" is going on my mental list for when I win the Lottery.

They keep saying our economy is bad.  I guess it is not bad for the RH customers.

Business must be good . . .

if they are mailing 654 page catalogs to people who have never given them a dime.

I get one about twice a year.

And, 654 pages were not enough.  There is a Special Issue also.

Brightly Colored

Many Easter colors are pastel and just not bright enough for me.

But, I can find brightly colored things to display.

These little chicks are pleased that someone put them on a postcard long ago.

Easter Greetings

Another project !

This is a first for me in a couple of ways.

Two projects in about a month; and, I used a circular saw and a drill.  I've used the sander before.

And this one was really construction and I did most of it myself!

One of my problems is that when I get something or an idea about something I go all out and want another one, or more.  Apparently, this happens with large items too.

Remember this table project?

Well, since there was another door at the same store for a good price, I just had to dream up another use for it.

I plan to use it as a work table and I've put it in a spare bedroom.  I don't scrapbook much anymore since my son is grown, but I won't have an excuse anymore for other things.  I can use this instead of having junk all over the kitchen counter and table.  (The bedroom is upstairs, so we'll see how that works out.)

Looks like a sawhorse, doesn't it?

Well, that's what it started with.  A set of sawhorse brackets and a 2x4.

I found these brackets at Lowe's or Home Depot and they are for decks, I think, but they work OK here.  The top of this bracket is the only place nails were used.  A screw head would have stuck up more and made the cross board not lay as flat as it could.  Every where else we used screws or a carriage bolt.

See how the bracket sticks up higher than the 1x4 ?  I made sure the brackets were placed along the 2x4  where the shallow part of the door panels would be so it would lay flat.  If you used a thicker board, this would not be a problem.

My husband drilled two more holes in the brackets because the ones already there were too close to the edge of my boards.

I had planned to use carriage bolts with wing nuts with the saw horse bracket and the 2x4, but temporarily used screws just to hold it together while figuring out a few things.

The legs needed bracing so I attached a board across each leg.

This worked out really well.  I decided to use two boards on each set of legs in order to finish off the ends of the shelving boards.  There was another benefit to this because I did not have to attach the shelving boards.  They are just resting on the inside board and can be removed.  The outside board is higher and covers the ends of the shelving boards.  They were to also serve as bracing in that direction, so I might decide to screw them down if it needs it.

The height of the shelf was solely determined by the height up the legs where the width between the legs would exactly fit four 1x4s.  It worked out at a good height.

And here is the carriage bolt and wing nut attaching the 2x4 to the saw horse brackets.

Then I stained it.  Those inexpensive "white wood" boards do not look the best stained.  Ugly.  But, I'll look at it a while and if it bothers me, then I'll paint it.

I decided I wanted to set this hutch on top.  I bought it at an estate sale a while back.  So I had to rig something to make it more stable with all that weight on one side.

See those two narrow boards going down in the back?  I cut them a quarter inch MORE than the height of the bottom surface of the door because the carpet would press down.

Then I Velcro-ed the end to the bottom surface of the door so they would stay in place.

I also put felt sticky back things on the edge next to the wall.
You can already see a mark on the wall from me setting it up.

The jury is still out on those "beautiful" wood markings, but I am pretty sure it will stay as is unless I get an urge for some painting.

It just needs glass on top and a stool and I am also going to put stain on those brackets.
I plan to get a high swivel chair with a back.  It looks a bit high now, but I didn't want to cut the legs too short until I worked with it some.  I can shorten them later if need be.

It's not perfect, but I did it myself!

Amy