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A while back I posted about my bag full of goodies for five dollars.  One of the items in the bag was the framed painting on the left by Mary A. McColl.   The frame itself was dingy and a little beat up.  Rather than have it reframed and blow the "practically free artwork" all to hell,   I did what I do to most everything.  I painted it.   It looks happier now and so am I.   I decided it would look lovely in my guest bedroom. I think it will be perfect with this chest I painted earlier.     I still have to get this piece from the first to third floor so I can't show them together yet.   When I do pull this room together, it will be around these colors.  There is a daybed under these pillows that is a post in itself, if I can resurrect the photos.          

Yesterday I made a run to the Habitat Restore to buy a replacement globe for the sconce in my second floor hallway.  Because I was only a couple blocks from another favorite charity resale shop, of course, it made perfect sense to pop in for a quick look.  Turns out they were having a "flea market" in their hallway to move some of their smaller items.  I picked up two things and was ready to check out when I learned that it was all you can stuff in a shopping bag for $5 .  I decided I better have another look.  This is what that second glance got me. An 60"x118" cotton table cloth from Linens and Things marked $19.99 in the original packaging (never opened).  Not a lot of call for this motif in the Midwest but who knows when a luau party will pop up on the calendar.. There is a possibility my brother will be visiting from Hawaii this Fall. Also part of this haul were the basket, the glasses, and a set of 10 beautifully scalloped...