Mr. Prof designer home

School is out and summer is here! This is one of my favorite times of the year! I love having my boys home with me all day.

I added a few accent pieces to my everyday decor to summerize our home. I love how everything came together. 

I moved my gameboard to the living area and just love the pop of color it brings along our neutral stone wall. I made the gameboard all by hand, no stencils. It took a lot of patients, time and love making it. But it was well worth it. :)

I love my Americana bowl. It's big and heavy!

I just love filling my home with old treasures. The molding is from one of my favorite local stores, Simply Bungalow. I got a box of blue mason jars for $5. So I have them scattered throughout the house.

More old and handmade treasures.

The first and only time I saw the ocean was about 10 years ago at Monterey Bay, CA. What a beautiful place! I picked up this small lighthouse. It brings back memories and I hope to see the ocean again soon. I remind my hubby almost daily that I want to go on a beachy vacation... :)

More blue jars...my mom made the old beadboard box with dried lavendar.

I love a great bargain! I got the black basket for $1 and old picnic basket for $1 at past garage sales. And the watermelon I made from a piece of a tree trunk I got from the neighbor.

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Garage sale season is finally here! Even though I am more pickier than I once was, I love to find great thrift finds for our home!

Here are just a few blast from the past thrift finds and makeovers:

I found this box at a small flea market for $1. It had great bones, but gross bird stickers and a felt bottom.

I cleaned it up, removed the stickers and felt. Then I painted it 'country tan', sanded it down and applied MinWax Dark Walnut Stain. It makes a great little box for decorating small gatherings.

I replaced the knobs with new mini wood ones and also removed the little trim at the bottom. Then I gave it a good cleaning. It was very stinky!! I had to soak it for a couple days even. Once all dry, I painted it black then red on top. I gave it a sanding and then applied stain on top. Still another favorite in our home.

And even though my style of decorating has changed a little bit since taking these pictures, these items still fit in well in our home.

Do you love to go thrifting as much as I do?! :) Have you hit the garage sales yet?

Awhile back a friend and I went to a huge garage sale event called the Mother of All Garage Sales. It was a great morning to thrift and hang out with my good friend. The weather was awesome for garage sales and so we hit a few here and there on the way home. I am very selective on what I bring home these days because I have things at home that I need to get rid of. LOL But I found some great deals for my boys and then brought home 2 super cheap thrift finds! I was giddy when I found them!!

One of the items was a great old ladder for $2!! Yes, only $2!! It was at a super nice house so I was expecting a expensive price tag to go with it...yeah you know those kind of garage sales. But they must of thought it was 'junk' and wanted to get rid of it. I quickly snagged it up and threw it in my van! :)

I'm still debating if I should have it inside or outside.  

For now it looks great out by our shed. 

At a different garage sale and another nice house with expensive prices, I found this galvanized funnel with no price tag. I asked the home owner and he offered $2 for it! SOLD! He had 2 of them and another customer heard that price and he immediately grabbed the other one. He was doing the same thing and putting it in his yard for decoration.  

It looks great on my front porch area next to my old watering can.

Recengly, My grandma moved to a smaller place and had a garage sale to help with downsizing. I was VERY selective and left a lot of goodies for other people to buy at the garage sale. I got this wooden box with dividers for 50 cents. 

It was raining outside when I was taking pictures... 

Inside the box was a lot of 'junk' including some great vintage knobs and hangers. I also grabbed some zinc lids for my old jars. You can never have too many zinc lids. :)

I just love these awesome knobs! I need to figure out a project to do with them.

My grandma had this watering can outside so I grabbed this as well.

It looks great on my white bench.

While I was outside I took a few more pictures of my vintage displays in our landscapes...it was freezing cold and spitting rain, but I'll do anything for my blog readers!

This barn door is one of my favorites. I found it at a vintage shop for $5!

My mom made the birdhouse.

I got this table at an auction for $1. I had my hubby cut down the legs to made it lower to sit outside. It has a few layers of paint...Other items here were either made, $1 or free!

That blue thing is actually a seat off a wagon. I got it for $5 at a flea market and just love the blue color.

I just love to add vintage finds to my displays! Do you love to decorate your yard with vintage finds?

I haven't had much time to really decorate for spring. We have been busy with family stuff, I'm so tired from working nights and I've been busy organizing/purging the house. Time is slipping away from me! But I did manage to get a few spring stuff up here and there.

Recently I spiffed up the entrance area of our home. I really don't know what to call it. It's not a porch...it's more of a cement slab. :)

I just love my old watering can. I got it for a steel at a flea market a couple years ago. The old chippy door was $5 at a run down antique place.

I hit a late garage sale this fall and scored on a fun deal! I spotted a box full of blue mason jars. I had my eye on 2 of them in the box so I asked since there was no price tag. I cringe when I see no price tag because I don't know if it's going to be 50 cents or $20! So I asked and the owner said "$2 for the box", I thought wow! I'll take it! Then she said "oh, that's the box with the the blue jars isn't it?". Is said "yes" in a hesitant voice...thinking she was going to say $20 or more...she said "$5 for the box"!

 I said sold!

So even though I wanted 2 jars, I left with the whole darn box. Yes there are a lot of them. LOL And the owner asked if I can. Umm no.

I placed some on my stone wall shelf in the dining room.

Here are my favorite that I would of paid $5 just for the pair....I love their shape!