Thrifty Treasures

Happy Monday everyone! I hope y'all enjoyed your weekends. I hit several garage sales on Saturday morning. The kids were at Grandma's, hubby was busy with a project and I was ON MY OWN. I'll show you what I found in a minute.

I mentioned a week or so ago that I'm planning to redo our first floor powder room. This room is right inside our front door, and is the bathroom that most of our guests use. Right now it looks like this.

The red is called "Cherry Cobbler" and is Behr paint from Home Depot. I LOVED this color on the paint chip, but even though I used a tinted primer, color is still uneven after about a million coats. And it's too dark. And I want a lighter, beachy look. And I just can't leave well enough alone...

So, I've been thinkin'. (LOOK OUT FOR THE SMOKE!) I thought I'd redo this very small room on a EVEN SMALLER budget. I haven't set a budget, but it needs to be as close to ZERO as possible. 'Cuz I just don't have the money to change rooms on a whim, who does? Somehow we have to satisfy our decorating urges without breaking the bank.

Someone should start a blog about that.

Ummm...yeah.

Remember this scrapbook paper?

This paper inspired my color choices, I love the creamy white with aqua blue and some green and brown. I already had the paper and three small matching frames (a Trash to Treasure Tuesday post), so this was my "inspiration" piece.

I also have 3/4 of a gallon of Sherwin Williams' China Doll paint, so I'm going with that color on the walls, after some more primer. China Doll is a great warm but not too yellow neutral. It will significantly lighten up the room and look great with the accent colors. AND, since I already had some, it was PERFECT.

NOW, for my garage sale finds. My mission on Saturday was to find accessories that fit my theme and colors. BOY, DID I HIT THE JACKPOT!

I BIG PUFFY HEART this painting. It's not old or anything, but the seaside scene, painted on canvas give me that vintage feeling. The colors are perfect, I'll probably just paint or fix up the frame somehow. I paid $5 for this, kind of a lot by garage sale standards, but I LOVED it.

I am not IN LOVE with this one, but the colors are right, and it's a beach scene, so I'm givin' it time to win my heart. Again, a great chunky frame. Love that, at least. And the price, $1.

I was thrilled to find ANOTHER aqua ball jar to add to my small but growing collection. ( I have three now!). This one is older, and there's a piece broken off of the lid, but I don't care, I love it anyway, and it was only a quarter. The little basket reminds me of a fisherman's basket, and it's adorable and will add texture to the bathroom, also for a quarter.

So, that's what I have so far! Some great accessories, for $6.50! Now it's time to get out the primer and the paint brush. Ugh.

I'm linking this post to Rhoda's Thrifty Treasures. Please visit Rhoda's fabulous blog and check it out!
Also linking to Make Your Monday, a new blog carnival I found at Twice Remembered!