SPD: Antique Window Pane

If you've been following along for awhile now, you know I'm no stranger to my local antique stores.  It's far & away Jon & I's FAVORITE thing to do on  a Saturday afternoon. 

You know how some people get a high from doing really scary things like skydiving? 

Well, we get high from this.

 Image Courtesy of Rewind Designs 

As of late, I've been on the hunt for a few pieces to compliment two empty walls behind our dining room table.  When I saw these two panes for around $10 bucks a piece, it was love at first sight. 

They were in definite need of some TLC (most are), but I was happy to give 'em some love.

Since our walls in our living room are striped two different tones, we painted the panes the contrasting color from the stripes. Lucky us, we had some paint leftover from our striping project I wanted to rip my hair out project so we were able to save some $$$$ there. 

And hey, I always dig that.

We taped them off & painted both. 

I then used a razor blade to shave off the nastiness that had accumulated over the years.  Once I completed this step, I hit a faux  brick WALL. 

I just could NOT decide what to do with them! 

I searched Pinterest for inspiration & just wasn't digging anything I saw.

There's nothing wrong with these ideas, in fact, I love 'em.

But they just didn't seem to fit for our home.

So I pinned my own.

I tampered around with a few different looks & finally decided on this one.

With all the windows we have in our living room, I figured why not add a few more.

Once they were ready to hang.....the real project began.

1.) Window Pane

                           2.)  Lace Curtain Panel (Walmart)

3.) Hot Glue Gun

    4.) Command Strips

And my favorite....

5.)  A handsome gentleman to hold them up while you decide where to hang 'em

A few notes; I did have to trim the panels to size, so keep that in mind.  Also, I chose to use hot glue because quite frankly, I use hot glue for everything.  Some call it lazy. I call it resourceful.

If you don't have a hot glue gun, you could use just about anything to attach the curtain to the panel.

Haven't decided on the style of tie-backs I want to go with.

I'm sure that'll be another 3 months in the making.

But hey, at least the panes are finally up.

Linking up with Katie & Steph.

And you should too.

 

So tell me....right or left?

I am a dinosaur.

When it comes to technology that is.....

While most people would get excited about the purchase of a new digital camera, this crazy brod
did not.

 I mean, what the hell is a megapixel? 

I have studied and read & studied some more.
I am now the megapixel queen. 

I know more about megapixels than I ever cared to know.

 And don't even get me started on optical zooming.

But, like any good blogger, no major life decision is made without advice from YOU.

I've narrowed it down to these two Samsung beauties.

The Samsung WB150F/Samsung DV300.

My first priority was for the camera to be smart. 

Who wants a stupid camera?

 And for the record, when did everything become smart?  Smartphone, smart camera....smart plunger. 

What, you don't have a smart toilet plunger so you can share photos directly from your toilet bowl?

But for this social media whore, no complaints here. 

After Wifi, my main want was fabulous zoom capabilities while not compromising picture quality. 

I get this from the beauty on the left. 

Decision made, right?

Not so fast.

For any self obsessed person, you've hit the jackpot with the one on the right. 

Now, i'm not obsessed with myself, but I am obsessed with my niece & nephews.  And this baby has animation that pops up on the screen in order to catch the attention of any little one you're photographing. 

Now that's one smart camera right 'dur.

So, it is now decision time. 

I know you ladies know your cameras as I see your beautiful photos week after week. 

Right or left?

And I can't promise that I'm not one of those people who ask for advice &

then do the exact opposite.



Linking up with the beautiful (inside & out) Shanna.

You know you wish you lived in Kansas.

Well, we're snowed in.

 

Again.

 

And it doesn't look like we'll be enjoying an afternoon on our patio....

 

 

 

 

 

Or fishing off our dock....

 

 

 

 

Or grilling out anytime soon....

 

 

But the ducks sure don't seem to mind....

 

 Looks like I have an afternoon date with my fireplace.

 

I'll take it.