Goodwill Lamp and Burlap Shade

That's my new lamp in the living room.

The lamp came from Goodwill for $4.99 and originally looked like this.

A little paint and sandpaper and I had the chippy painted lamp I had wanted all along.

I took the brass base off of it and added a wood plaque I bought at Michaels to the bottom which 

I painted to match. 

The shade was an old oval one I had sitting around for awhile.

I recovered it in burlap and added some trim.

It's tufted with a few buttons.

These buttons can easily be removed and I can decorate the shade in another manner

in minutes. 

I'll have a tutorial on that next week and show some other lamp embellishments.

Mom gave me the sweet little flower greenhouse for my birthday last month.

We got it at TJ Maxx. Love the TJ Maxx!

I'm joining up with the burlap party!

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Harvey Bing a Ling a Ding Dong Dog

Yes, Harvey Bing!

Love, love, love this pudgy little dog.

He's actually lost quite a bit of weight.

I know he still looks plump...but he's way smaller than he was and getting smaller.

I love him from the tip of his pink spotted nose to the white tip of his tail and all the good parts in between.

Toenails got trimmed right after this photo shoot.

He HATES for his toenails to be cut!

All my dogs do.

It's so bad that when I pull out the human clippers to cut my own toenails...they all immediately

run away.

They are afraid they are next!

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Curtains Outside

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These photos speak for themselves.

I have the perfect spot for sheer white curtains in my backyard.

I've a small pergola attached to the side of my garage but I never spend any time back there.

Perhaps I would if I hung curtains?

It would make it a small private spot in the backyard.

Yes, now that I think about it...I do need curtains there! 

Do you have a spot outside that would be better with the addition of curtains?

Something to ponder...

Today I'm busy doing very non fun stuff.

Going to traffic court....yuck...yuck...yuck.

I hate it when unfortunate realities intrude on my idealized (in my mind anyway) life!

Wish me luck...I'm hoping the little traffic ticket I got for a minor violation that

the police officer felt was not so minor might get dismissed by the judge.

Oh...I hope so!

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