We went to the annual 50-mile yard sale in Musquodoboit Valley on Saturday. If you like yard sales, it's not to be missed. My mom came with us this year and everyone found something to take home, even Hannah. One of my favourite finds was the sweet little milk glass dish above for $1. I also took home a small blue and white plate for the growing plate wall in our dining room (50 cents), a water jug for camping ($1), a set of plastic Easter eggs (weird, but they were only 50 cents and still in their original packaging), and the awesome beach chairs below. We paid $5 for the pair.

Obviously the fabric has seen better days, but it's easily replaced and the frames are in good shape - they just need a facelift. When I was placing the fabric order for my rocker with Tonic Living (you'll have to wait and see which fabric I chose), I bought a yard of this striped outdoor fabric too.

Now I really wish beach season wasn't over...

Last week was a tough one, but losing my grandmother was a powerful reminder of the importance of family and of spending time with the people you love. I think she would have been happy to know that she brought us all together, one more time.

Before that unexpected road trip, I managed to remove the old hardware and sand our thrifted night stands. Last night, I applied a coat of primer.

Snapped with my BB

Sure, the photo's a little dark (it was early), but I can already tell how awesome they're going to look when I'm done. The plan is to paint them white and add glass knobs. Stay tuned for the reveal!

I've been doing more planning than projects lately, which is why the blog has been so quiet. It all started with a door-painting project-gone-wrong that zapped my DIY energy. It was one of those projects I got really excited about, had all planned out, then realized part-way through wasn't going to work (in other words, our interior doors are just too damaged to be salvaged). The good news is that we scored a great deal on some much, much nicer interior doors yesterday! But more about that in a future post...

I got some DIY motivation back on Saturday at Musquodoboit Valley's annual 50-mile yard sale, which is pretty much exactly what it sounds like. My first find of the day was this $2.00 shadow box:

With a coat of white paint I think it will make a great addition to our gallery wall (I'll likely use it to display some wedding mementos, but we'll see).

Adam scored our next two finds (three if you count a delicious cup of coffee) - a ball-peen hammer ($2) and hacksaw ($3):

I'm not sure why we need a ball-peen hammer, but Adam assures me that you can never own too many hammers.

Along the way, we also picked up:

1. More upholstery tacks for a future DIY fabric headboard project (50 cents)
2. A 25-cent plate for my dining room's growing 'plate wall' 
3. Some great books, including this Reader's Digest collection of funny photos (25 cents per book for a total of $1.25)

(Adam also bought a couple of Led Zepplin tapes for our car. Yes, our car is so old it plays tapes).

But our biggest (literally) find of the day was a pair of solid pine nightstands for $10 each:

They're not much to look at right now, but the plan is to rough 'em up, paint 'em and add some new hardware. I think they're going to look awesome and I'm drooling over all that storage!