Lamb's Ear In December

A Friend's Ozark Lake Lodge

 A disclaimer before you start looking at the pics.

I forgot my good camera, and took these not-so-great

pics with my (cheap) phone.  Sigh.

 I helped her find some of her vintage items,

and sold her some.  The mirror was one of the

items I sold her.  So cute with the shiplap.

 We scouted this porcupine quill (I kid you not!)

lamp for her at an antiques shop.  One of my favorite things.

 I am definitely stealing the idea of the 

divided farmhouse sink from Ikea.

 Loved everything above the toilet.

Including the classy sign about what not to put in the toilet.

 Handy dispensers in Shower.

Great, since the lodge will be listed on AirBNB in February.

 I enjoyed the touches of color...

 especially the red trunk that she got here locally.

 Love the gameboard wall.

I sold her the politically incorrect "Wahoo" gameboard.

The immense farm table in front of the lake view windows?

Awesome!

And of course, my husband's sign was icing on the cake.

Sign For A Lake House

This is my husband distressing a sign he had painted for some friends of ours.

They just finished refurbishing a lake house in the Ozarks.

And had the idea of him creating a sign that would go

above the windows that view towards the lake.

Here he is with some of the family getting ready to put it in place.

You can tell it was a monster.

 But so worth the effort!

Stay tuned for more pics of how cute the lake house turned out.

Building A Guest Cottage

 There may not have been much going on here on the blog

this past month, but plenty of plans were being made.

This is an area of our property that we call "the meadow".

And sometime in the last few weeks we started picturing 

a little guest house growing up in the meadow.

Here is my husband cutting down some of the little

trees that were living in the same space that the little house

will be taking up.  (Notice the shorts?  I took this pic Dec 24!)

Primarily it will be an AirBNB.

Also available if my son from Cali comes home.

Available to any missionaries.

And hosting a family reunion next May.

This is our contractor Shawn (also wearing shorts!) who says

 he hopes to be finished by the end of February!

My New Year's vow is to document the progress on the blog.

We will be trying to save money by repurposing, reusing and

burning up Facebook Marketplace.

Finally A Use For Sweet Gum Balls

We have two huge sweet gum trees in our front yard.

They provide shade, they provide privacy, and

they provide gorgeous fall leaves.

They also provide jillions of gum balls....

I saw these at an antique mall and had to laugh.

Front Door Problems Solved

 I have had two posts about my front door problems.

I am pleased to say that the new (old) door is in place,

as of last week.  My handy guy Kyle did have to work

about 3 hours to get it all properly fitted however.

 We are loving the look.

We are loving the fact we don't skin our knuckles every 

time we open the door.

We are loving that it actually OPENS.

And we are loving all the light that comes through.

OOAK Chandelier

 We were fortunate to have some great weather last weekend

(and have paid for it since -- look at the snow outside!)

There were a few garage sales -- 

and one advertised old doors, old lighting, grates,

baseboards, etc. 

 Some stuff was a little pricey but this little

chandy was only $5.  Why?  It didn't have any crystals.

 It had the holes, but not one original crystal was left.

Now, I knew I had some crystals in my stash --

but would it be enough?

Well, yeah.

It would be enough if I didn't worry about it 

being all matchy, matchy.

 

So this sweet little chandelier is a one of a kind.

Put together with every shape of crystal you can imagine.

It will eventually grace the master bedroom of the guest cottage that we are going to build.

Sunday's Flea Finds

 Sunday morning at the flea market we picked up 3 chicken feeders.

Keeping the bottom one for our future chickens.

and a few other misc items for resale.

This may be the last Sunday flea of the season unless

the weather gets unseasonably warm.

I always hate the end of junking season😡

Two Vintage White Dressers

 I love resurrecting old pieces of furniture.

It happened that I bought these two dressers within a

couple weeks of each other.  The above victorian

beauty has an ornate mirror that goes with it.

I knew that the embrossed design on the drawers would

really pop with a bit of paint.  

This is a super sturdy old lady.  I only needed to sand the

top a bit, and it was gorgeous with a bit of stain and finish.

Both are going in my vintage home sale this weekend.

Holiday Vintage Home Sale

 We are getting ready for our last home sale of the year --

with a Thanksgiving & Christmas theme.

 I still have two hickory log desks and one dining table

left from the ones I bought at auction a couple of weeks ago.

So they will be in the sale.

 Vintage Christmas.

But I definitely didn't find as much this year as normal.

 Some autumnish primitives.

 Local advertising.

 A whole herd of concrete animals and gnomes.

 Holiday sparkles.

We are only going to open Sunday afternoon,

so we'll see how that works out.

Froggy Friends

Local Antiques Store Dollar Tree Pumpkins

 

And this is what the owner did with her Dollar Tree

pumpkins!  Check out my 2019 Dollar Tree pumpkins here.

Last Sunday's Flea Finds

I purchased these items, while my husband was doing

some heavy duty selling at the flea market.

(Our first selling experience there, and it went well.)

I'm always a sucker for old clocks.

UPDATE:  A year later this clock moved into our new guest cottage!

....and transferware.  These pieces had some damage,

but I decided to keep these and sell some other pieces I have.

Most of these pieces also made it into the guest cottage!

Speaking of keeping....

you can see that this little pitcher has already been

assimilated.

Purity Oil Axle Grease Cans

 I went to an auction Saturday,

and came away with about 100 of these little cans.

I love the graphics, and that it was a local company.

I divided them up into four "grades".

These three are "B" grade.

The "C"s are going to be in my next home sale for $2 ea.

The "D"s are going to be little planters next spring.

We'll see how the selling of the "A"s and "B"s go.

Made over $800 selling these on Facebook Marketplace.

First Frost

Hickory Furniture From College Of The Ozarks

 Saturday we went to an auction at College Of The Ozarks,

on a whim.  I wish I had taken photos of everything that was offered.

Furniture, looms, science equipment, yarn, lighting, books, framed

artwork, and hickory log furniture.

 This is one of  the bases for the four tables

that I purchased.  I plan to sell three and keep one for the guest cottage that

we are planning on building.

 I do love the look of them.

 And these are the two side tables that I purchased.

I may end up keeping one of them for the guest cottage.

Such a great size and look to them.

Pumpkins Heading to Flea Market

Spooky Web On Deck