2011 Parade Of Homes Welcome In

Welcome! 

I'm so happy and honored to be a part of the Parade Of Homes this year!

Thank you to Andy at Poppies At Play who took the time to put this whole thing together.

Come on in my yellow front door I painted last spring.  I'm still loving it!

My name is Kelly.  Our home is filled with refurbished thrift store finds. There's nothing like the satisfaction you get from taking a good old sturdy piece of furniture and making it look as good or better than that expensive piece you saw in the store. 

I'll point a few of them out as you take the tour.

As you walk in the front door you'll come into the foyer.

And there's the kitchen!  I tell you about the special touch we did to make it ok that it's in the foyer.

Go through an arch to the left and you're in the formal living room/sitting room. All of the furniture in this room, except for the coffee table, is from thrift stores.

I slipcovered the loveseat and chairs... and reupholstered the camel back sofa. I also put up the moulding to frame out these prints that were handed down from my father.

Now into the kitchen.

I just painted the little cabinet/island french blue. And we're waiting on the granite top. I tried it in  our bedroom as you'll see in one of the pic... but I missed it down here!

This piece is from a garage sale and has been painted black, white, and now blue.

Thrift store chairs, covered in blue bird toile.  You can see a tutorial for recaining the chairs at the top of my blog in the "TUTORIAL" section.

Here's a close up of what you see when you walk in the front door.  We used the little mosaic Crystal Onyx tiles all the way to the ceiling to make some sort of statement.

My new knobs from Hobby Lobby :)

Now come see a couple of rooms upstairs.

This is our guest room.

I tried to keep in airy and relaxing.  My thirft store coffee bable turned slipcovered bench.

I found this pretty duvet/coverlett at an antique mall.

Thrift store chair.

And now into the master bedroom.

This is the view as you enter the room.  You can see another thrift store coffee table slipcovered "bench".

A $2.00 thrift store lamp with an new shade.

These 2 chairs were from a thrift store. I slipcovered them in white denim.  A thrift store table and clearance, cube ottoman covered in oatmeal linen.

And last a little peek into the master bathroom. 

Thank you for coming by to take the tour of my home! 

Now if you'd like to link up your home in the tour go over to 

Poppies At Play  for the "Linky Party".

I'm sure everyone would LOVE to keep on looking!

Kelly