Monday, March 24, 2014

Hutch with a new coat!!

My husband found this hutch at a garage sale a couple of years ago and we used it to display all of his copper pieces.  It was just an ordinary dark brown stained hutch that someone had actually hand made
for his wife many years earlier.  I refuse to pay the big $$$ for the specialty paints, glazes and wax, so I found some customer rejects for $3 a qt at Lowe's, made my own glaze and used Minwax to wax it.  Now we like it so much better that we don't want to sell it right now...so it will live in our basement for a few more years and the copper really shines with the blue and gray color.

It's beginning to look a lot like.......SPRING!

Can't wait for the real flowers and green grass!

Simplify...cheese box storage.

...the perfect door to display all your treasured artwork.

"nailed" Fruits of the Spirit.
 Check it out today, tomorrow or maybe this weekend!!  Not So SHabby in Holland MI.
Windsong Pottery has all the Country Home Creations Dips on sale......Salsa Ranch is my of favorite dip mixes.
The snow will melt when pigs fly!
Spring is starting to show up at Not So Shabby in Holland.  We have new vendors, vendors moving to different spots and tons of new spring things and creations showing up everyday.

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Hand made stoneware letter tiles

Each tile is hand-made and no 2 are exactly alike.  They are high fired with a iron oxide wash and a high-fired clear glaze.  Great for use on old windows, picture frames, boxes, labels, stamped cards, mosaic projects.  They are weather resistant depending on how you mount them.  Letters A - Z all upper case and numbers 1 - 0.  Also have ? and !.  $1.50 each and 1 - 40 tiles will ship to anywhere in US for $6.00.




Monday, December 16, 2013

Bowling alley bar top....without the bowling balls please...

Our old bar was a 2 tier bar. It worked for quite a few years, but the more grandchildren we got, the less useful it was.  It was hard to eat on one level and have the food on another.  We found a piece of  bowling alley on Craig's List.  It sat for many years in the garage waiting for us to get the nerve up to actually do something with it. Once we decided that now was the time, it still  took quite a few saw blades to cut the piece to the right length and to angle the ends.  When it came time to get it in the house it was very heavy and quite flimsy, with the brace boards off.
We still have some finishing to do, but we are very happy that we finally did it.  Another project almost off the list and just in time for Christmas and all the grandkids.


And the really nice thing is that my old bar stools are wood and all we have to do is cut a couple inches off each leg and they are reusable.
Finished with 9 coats of tung oil for a gorgeous water resistant finish.

Friday, November 1, 2013

Christmas Open House at Not So Shabby in Holland, MI.   November 8...4pm til 8pm and then on Saturday November 9...10am til 5pm.  The store will be closed Nov. 8 until 4pm and then we will open the doors at 4pm.  The store will be packed to the brim with Christmas decor and gifts, yummy things to eat, door prizes and a grand prize drawing.  And if that isn't the best...lots of vendors will also have sales.  Plan now for a great day of shopping and browsing.

Saturday, September 21, 2013

Mirror Mosaic Sunburst

Added at Not So Shabby....a mirror mosaic sunburst....
...and a very retro wood and brass cattails.

Mirror and tiles....

Hudsonville Septemberfest is in the books...and as tired as my trailer is and I am....retirement??

It's been a long time since I have had the trailer completely empty....and set up on time for the early shoppers 8:15am.....and on top of that not sleeping since 3 am....I am ready to sleep now.  It was another good show...thank you to all my loyal customers.  I will let you know what I think?? the future holds.