Feeling Inspired.

Lately, I’ve really been getting geared up to do some improvements to the house.  Big improvements that cost a lot of money aren’t exactly in the budget right now… but with a little elbow grease, a few cans of paint, and some inexpensive accessories, the house feels like a brand new place.

I recently found an antique dining room set on Kijiji for $100.  I had originally planned to paint it a light colour to spruce up the kithen/dining area, but the wood on it is in such great shape I can’t bring myself to do it.  Now, the only thing left is to incorporate some dining room storage, a plant or two, and some wall hangings!  I’ve got frames to do a photo montage on one wall, and I keep checking back at the second hand stores for interesting things to put on the other.

As for the upstairs, (more…)

Antique Train

Antique Train, originally uploaded by Sonya Bean.

This is an old toy train car that belonged to my dad when he was young. If I remember correctly, I wanted to fix it up at one point, but we didn’t have any success in doing so. It’s still beautiful, though. It’s been sitting on the window sill of the spare room in my parent’s basement getting a wee bit cob web-y.