Spare Room Curtains.....

I finally whipped up some curtains for the Spare Room! When we bought the house it had White Lacey Curtains.
I painted the room a retro yellow colour.......
The Curtains have a pretty Flower pattern but they are a really Green Colour! Unfortunately My camera and the 1960's Lamp Shade Combination does not help with taking photo's......

It looks much better in person. And has brightened the very dark room......

Next project will be making sheers for the kitchen! I need to find some material that will hide the blinds and blend in with the red and orange theme...

The kitchen also had White lace curtains when we moved in. I took them down whilst I was painting and the cats managed to rip them to shreds!!!

I think I will wait for Curlypops to be released from the Asylum and take her on a shopping trip to Spotlight to find something appropriate!

More Op Shop purchases...

Last week Curlypops and I were galavanting around the countryside, visiting Op Shops when I found this Retro Kitchen Cabinet. I paid the nana at the counter and then Mr S and I headed back a few days later to pick it up with the trailer.

I love the orange laminate, the white pressed plasticy back...

The drawers are still in the van so I couldn't get a picture of them...

This was to be sold on but I have fallen in love with it so it stays and another cabinet I have in the lounge room will be sold instead..

I also find The Womens Weekly Cookbooks at the Oppy, this one set me back $1.00 at an Op Shop in Daylesford.....

Kitchen Revamp.....Blogtoberfest Tuesday Day 14...And I won..

If you check out my earlier posts, my kitchen was all cream with green cupboards and drawers. When we bought this house in April the kitchen floor was green carpet squares! When we moved in we pulled up the carpet squares to discover the original Lino which has specs of green, blue and silver in it and dispite the age of the Lino its in great condition!

I started with taking off all the drawers and doors(Curlypops reminded me to number them due to an earlier incident with 20+ plus Full sized doors at another house that I didn't number, long story).

I took the handles off each one, they were chrome with cream painted circles. Mr S wiped the handles with paint stripper and we kept them entirely chrome!

I spent many hours with the electric sander! I painted the doors and drawers first with one coat of grey tinted primer then two coats of Fire Engine Red.

Then I sanded the inside and outside of the cupboards and painted those with two coats of White Gloss. Then Mr S reassembled the doors and drawers and attached the handles. I thought this would take me 2 days but probably took me over a week!

The free standing Cabinet was also featured in an earlier post and was painted Chrome and Fire Engine Red. I needed extra room to display the retro stuff I collect.

My table and chairs were originally my husbands great Grandfathers who passed away earlier this year. The set has an Extendable laminate table, six chairs and a step stool! Under the table it has Pa's name written from where he ordered it back in the sixties. So its a nice heirloom and perfect for a 60s kitchen!

Thanks to Curlypops and Mr S who both encouraged me to go with Fire Engine Red, it has worked out well!

Next plan will be to paint the kitchen walls and make some new curtains..

PLUS to add to my excitement I joined in Hoppo Bumpos giveaway last week to celebrate Blogtoberfest, and I WON!!! I was very excited when I saw the Gingerbread men on the Pot Holder and it was truly love at first sight! I never win anything so it adds to my excitement so the lovely Liesl is sending the Gingerbread men my way! Yipee!!!!

Blogtoberfest Day 13......

I don't have alot to report today! I am working on the finishing touches to my kitchen cupboards which hopefully tomorrow I can unveil.

Yesterday I went to the Ballarat Market and the Clunes market, although I bought a couple of things I am keeping them secret for later in the week. I think I will share them for Vintage Thingy Thursday...

So heres a photo of Sophie, Shelby and Socket taking a last look at the Ugly Green kitchen cupboards. I think they will be pleased with the end result!

If you would like to see who else is participating in Blogtoberfest head on over to

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Love Fridays and Blogtoberfest Day 10.......

I have a couple of reasons to Love Friday this week!

No 1: Its beautiful and Sunny outside.
No2: The bakery reopens today! ( Its been closed for renovations)
No3: Great weather means grest markets to check out this weekend.
No4: I'm doing the last coat of paint to my kitchen cupboards.
No5: When Mr S gets home from work he will be putting the kitchen drawers and doors back together and I will NEVER have to look at this Ugly Green kitchen again!


If you would like to join in Love Fridays then tootle on over to Big Cats Emporium to sign up or check out who else is playing...

My First Post

I have a very retro 60s house so the first items I got were presents from my sisters, and by far my favourite so far because I love the Orange colours...