Ok!!!!! My friend Sandy and I just got back from our Junkin trip to Junk Bonanza in Minnesota.  We were overwhelmed to say the least at the amount of great stuff and the fun this was.  This was totally worth the 7 hour drive from Chicago.  There were 150 vendors and every single one of them had the best stuff.  I have never been to a show where every single vendor was so fantastic with what they had.  I have posted some of the pictures of a few of the vendors.  I am so going back to this again.  Enjoy the pictures of the Junk Sweetness!!!!!

This beautiful Junker has one cute thing after another in her booth. Great prices and so so many treasures buried in her booth.

Look at this beautiful chandelier hanging in this old chippy gazabo.  Need I say more!!!!! I found alot in her booth to come home with me.

Ok cutest dress form ever converted to a lamp.  My camera did not do justice to this beauty but this booth was so so vintage chippy. She had some of the most beautiful things.  I could have gone broke in her booth!!!!!!

I got this cute queen sign for my office. It looks perfect on my old gate over my desk.   Love it!!!!!

We saw alot of dress forms and manniquins and each one had their own little personality and dress!!!!!

Loved this sign that the Junk continued.  My friend Sandy is to the right. I should have told her to turn around while I took the picture!!!!

Saw some of the cutest flea market bags and totes.

Lots of fall things.

Such wonderful furniture to choose from. I loved this shabby white piece.

This lady made the cutest vendor flea market aprons!

Ok just cute!!!!!

After the first trip to the car!!!!! It was packed with Junk Love Treasures!!!! We were then back for round two!!!!!!

I love this sign it says it all!!!!!

I started to play with some of my new finds from Junk Bonanza. Love the chippy bench and the chenille pumpkins!!!!!

Cute little chippy post that called out to me!!!!!



I got some beautiful vintage treasures for my laundry room that my hubby and I are working on that I can't wait to show you.  The treasures were amazing at Junk Bonanza!!!! Hopefully the laundry room reveal will be soon.

I have been looking for a long time for someone to make a slipcover for my sectional. Most of them I found in my area wanted to have the furniture for over a month and the cost almost was as much as I paid for the sectional itself so I had almost given up until I found Lisa from LHarmom Design on Etsy.

Lisa made this beautiful slipcover for me by just sending her measurements and a picture of the sectional.  She used a heavy denim 12 oz fabric so it would wash easily and wear nicely.  She did all of this in less than 2 weeks.  She is so sweet and great at keeping you posted on progress etc.

If you need an exceptional slipcover make of a high quality at a reasonable price and fast service you can contact Lisa at
www.lharmondesign.com

This is probably one of the nicest anniversary gifts my hubby has ever given me. I am a pretty low maintence girl and not into diamonds or expensive jewels so my husband said to go ahead and get this for our anniversary.  I love my home and love decorating so this really was a fitting gift for me.

Just a few more pictures I took of this lovely slipcover.

If you need a beautiful slipcover for any piece of furniture please contact Lisa.  She has several different fabrics to choose from and her work is exceptional.

I rest my case as to why I need a  washable slipcover for my sectional!!!!!! I have  a little friend that likes the couch better then her doggie bed!!!!!!

I linked up to Faded Charm Cottages White Wednesday check it out.
http://fadedcharmcottage.blogspot.com/2012/09/white-wedensday-170.html
 

I decided to add a little bling to my plain white parson office chair today.  I had some extra vintage lace and material so I wrapped it around this chair and then made a burlap bow and added a doily flower to the bow

 



The old lace, doilies and vintage charms give it some sweet bling.

So now my old white parson's chair got a little personality lift today!!!!!!

Ok found this old post for 20 dollars and thought what can I do with this chippy old piece??? Then I went to the flea market on Saturday and found some old door knobs and door plates and thought hmmmm maybe this could be a cute jewelry holder for my necklaces that are just smooched and tangled right now in an old jewelry box!!!!! So I asked my husband to get out a few tools and this is what we came up with!!!

I added the old clock to the top just to give it some character. I might come across something cuter for up there but for now I kind of like the clock on there.

Ok I cannot leave "well enough alone"!!! I wasn't sure about this old chippy shelf finding its home in my office so I hung it and was trying to see if I liked it.  Then I was out in the shed looking for something else and I found this old chippy cabinet that I got some time ago and had no place to hang it.  I knew I needed it when I saw it but was not sure where to put it.  Well I think I found a new home for it.

Here it is.  This little chippy treasure came out of a 100 year old farmhouse kitchen and I got it at the flea market for almost nothing.  Now I have more storage in my office area.  Now on to filling this chippy little cabinet with stuff!!!!

It is amazing what you can do with some old chippy side lights I picked up in Geneva, Illinois from a shop I just love Denise's Adornments.  She has beautiful chippy old things as well as new so if you live in this area please visit her shop. I hung these in my pass through to the family room. I think they kind of framed out that opening pretty nicely.
http://www.denisesadornments.com/

Don't you just love the character of the old mail slot.

I also had a couple of pieces of old door left from another project so I did not want to throw them out so I just painted them and "chipped" them and hung some old vintage sconces on them.

I just cannot stand to throw away anything with history and character so I was glad I could use these next to my shabby mirror over the mantel.

I made some changes to my office area and thought I would share this.  It is amazing what just switching things around and adding a few new things can make it feel like a whole new room.  It did not cost a cent to make these changes and I feel like my office is brand new.

This basket holder is made out of an curtain rod and I added old door knobs to the end to give it some character

This is that old gate I found in Mark's shop in Naperville. I decided to hang it over my desk and use it like a bulletin board for my Junk/stuff!!!!!

I used an old wine bottle holder for some of my magazines. It organizes them and also I can see them better than when they are stacked. I can change them out as I get new favs!!

I love using old in box mail holders for some of my book and magzines too.  I found this little love letters in box at an estate sale years ago and fell in love with it

I love using this mannequin to hang all my flower pins

A little burlap to the back of a chair and a pin and it gives some sweetness to this plain white office chair

This is probably one of my favorite finds of all time.  It is an old lamp base made into a dress form with chicken wire and the top of the dress form has an old vintage Hilton Hotel hanger from the 1940's.  Love that it has such history and character. I use this too to hang and organize things

A little stamped ribbon and a paper flower added to this lamp shade and you have instant charm

An old silver candle stick with some bling added and you have a string holder with character.

This is a favorite of mine too.  I got this from Katie Rose Designs a while back.  She took an old mail box and blinged it up with some burlap and ribbon and I added the fabric flower and I have a cute place for storage in my office.  Just different from a basket or drawers for storage.  Please visit her site if you would like to see some of the beautiful creations that Lori and her daughters create.  http://katiesrosecottage.com/