April 2015 | Vintage, Paint and more...

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Boston Fern Solution

Good morning everyone.
We have been busily working on all our outside projects as I know many of you have also.  Seems like we get one marked off our list and another 5 or so gets added.  The weather has been cooperating these past few days and we have been able to get quite a few done so I have not been able to work on too many projects that are blog worthy. (Who wants to read about raking, weeding, cleaning up limbs - the boring Spring chores?)  I thought I would share a very simple solution to a problem I had with you today - how to display my Boston ferns this year.

Vintage, Paint and more... plastic dollar store urn painted with black chalkboard paint

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Spring on the Porch

Vintage, Paint and more... Spring flowers, DIY wreath, and sun loving container plants used on a Spring porch

I finally finished the last Spring project for the front porch so I thought you might like to see what I have done out there.
  

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

DIY Spring Wreath


Good morning everyone. 
 I have been doing a lot of work on the outside this past week even though it's been raining every day.  I almost have the front porch and flower bed finished so I will be revealing that later this week.  Just a couple more things to do. But for today I thought I would show you the Spring Wreath I made for the porch.

Vintage, Paint and more... DIY spring wreath with "faux" flowers, grapevine wreath and burlap ribbon

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Vintage Blog of the Week Feature

Good morning everyone.
I am so honored today to tell you that Vintage, Paint and more... has been chosen as the "Vintage Blog of the Week" in Diana's series at Adirondack Girl @ Heart.

Adirondack Girl @ Heart

Diana is a fellow vintage and junk lover who shares how she gives them new life along with her crafts and photography.  I love her weekly series of Vintage Finds as she finds the most wonderful old things to use in her decor. 
So jump on over and check out all the great things she shares - I'm sure you'll love her blog as much as I do. 
Thank you Diana for your wonderful feature.

        Adirondack Girl @ Heart


  

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Sun Loving Container Garden

Good morning everyone.  
We have been having the most beautiful weather here this past weekend as I hope all of you have also.  It has been perfect for doing our yard work and getting some flower gardens spiffed up and planned.  I love making container gardens every Spring and scatter them through out our landscape and porches.  This year I can make both sun loving and shade loving container gardens as the front is sunny and the back is quite shady.  So I get to play with all the plants available.  This weekend I put together two sun loving containers for our front porch.  

Vintage, Paint and more... container plantings for sunny locations

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Spring Table Centerpiece

Good morning everyone.  Hope Spring has finding you as it has us.  Last week was Spring break and we spent it in the mountains and enjoyed every minute of it.  Now I am in full blown Spring fever mode.  So today I thought I would show you our Spring table centerpiece.
  
Vintage, Paint and more... vintage toolbox used as a Spring table centerpiece

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

DIY Nautical Coasters



  Today I thought I would share  some cute little nautical coasters that I DIY'd a couple of weeks ago. I don't know about you but we are constantly needing to replace the coasters at our house. So this time around I decided to make my own instead of paying so much money for anything that was cute or decorative.  Since I have a coastal/beachy theme decor I decided to make some nautical ones this time around. 

Vintage, Paint and more....DIY nautical coasters made with twine and stenciled with craft paints
                                   
I think these turned out so cute and they definitely fit into our coastal decor. These are very simple to make but do take some time since I had six in my set to do.  So lets get on with the steps.

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Hydrangeas

We were having such beautiful Spring weather this past week then suddenly a cold front decided to move through and with it brought some freezing temps.  At least it wasn't the snow some of you are still experiencing.  But I have a brand new hydrangea bush and it had such beautiful blossoms on it I didn't want them to freeze.  So I decided to bring them in and enjoy them indoors.

Vintage, Paint and more... hydrangeas in the decor with mercury glass votive and wire egg basket