Making the Most of Monday

I had several distractions over the weekend and did not quite get the

guest bath prepped for painting, but today is the day.  It's way too hot

to go anywhere ~ once again, so it's a great day to prep and paint 

inside the house where it is cool.

I can hardly wait to get those walls painted!  I am also making a skirt for

the vanity in that room, so I will be spending some time in my studio

stitching away on my old and beloved sewing machine.

Happiness is being creative.

I just crank up my favorite music in my studio and I drift off

to my own special place.

While Bentley naps close by of course.

Hope y'all have a happy, cool and creative Monday!

Big Texas Hugs,

Susan and Bentley

Transformed Cabinet on the Back Porch

This Monday I am joining Susan's Metamorphosis Monday over at her lovely blog Between Naps on the Porch, Rhoda at Southern Hospitality for Today's Thrifty Treasures and Cielo for Show Off Your Cottage at her blog The House in the Roses. Here is a little cabinet I found at a thrift shop. I liked it because of it's shutter doors.

It's really a simple little piece that has a few shelves inside. I thought it might make a nice cabinet to store fabric stashes for quilting. Today I decided to give it a shabby chic finish, so I took it outside to paint.

Bentley usually follows me where ever I go, so of course he had to investigate. He brought his "mini me" along. "No Bentley, there are no treats in this cabinet".

I gave it a light coat of white paint and changed the knobs to glass ones.

I hung it up on my back porch and here is a peak inside ... to the left and ...

to the right.

Now I have a place to store fat quarters and a couple of jars with buttons and thread and some fabric trim too. I have room to keep a small sewing basket on top and an antique spool holder on top.

Thank you for visiting me today. Don't forget to stop by and visit Susan, Rhoda and Cielo too for great thrifty transformations in charming cottages!!

Love,

Susan and Bentley

xxoo