Dollar Decorating

This was in our laundry room. The wall color is vivid lime, it made the room alot brighter. Here we have some theme decorating with garage sale and antique store finds. Most all the antique stuff we buy is usually for a dollar or less at a garage sale. We would use different wall sections of the house for different themes. Old irons, ironing board, a washboard, clothes pin bag, and some old spools were used here.

This is the upstairs hall. This door went out onto a 8’x15′ balcony. The lamp, table, and mirror are some more cheap finds. The door was junk and the balcony rails weren’t very safe (at that time), so I put a thin flat trim around the gaps of the door and caulked it up to make a nice window that overlooked the driveway. There was 9′ walls, 6″ wide wood floors and 10″ base trim upstairs. It is painted angelic pink which continued down the stairs into the living room. The wall going down the stairs was filled with family pictures.

Here in the kitchen is some more bargain finds. Inside there are old tins, milk bottles, nut and coffee grinders, toaster, ice sign, and old grocery boxes (eggs, butter, cheese). I added the corner shelf and had the chair rail and base trim tie into it (to make it look “built in”). Then the cabinet was painted inside and out with gloss white.