A Trip To The Sleepy Poet

I've wanted to go to the Sleepy Poet antique mall since last month's I <3 Thrifting event. Some bloggers made it their last stop of the day. A few of us never got out of the Goodwill's parking lot because we were having such a good time talking with each other, so we missed out going there!

On Friday my youngest daughter and I went to Sleepy Poet, despite the torrential downpour happening in Charlotte!

There were so many drool worthy pieces of furniture....

Is there a name for this ironing board/chair? I thought it was clever.

My oldest daughter would love this booth, as she loves old cameras.

Wouldn't this look good displayed in a bookcase?

What a collection!

I love this desk.

There was even a booth where Annie Sloan chalk paint was sold.  Word is getting around!  My daughter bought a few little things, but I walked out to the car without buying anything.... that is until I gave in to something I had seen that was calling to me. You know that voice in your head that say's "your going to wish you had bought that when you get home"?

Maybe it's just me.

Happy Monday!

Pam

New Life For a Painting

Hey everyone! Hope you had a fantastic weekend!

I've had a dilemma about a piece of artwork that I've had for several years...
Since we are in the process of changing the colors in practically all the rooms in our house, most of the artwork and accessories are the wrong color.

What do you do when your artwork no longer fits with the new colors you're decorating with? 
I purchased this painting to go along with all the red and gold in our house several years ago. I don't know about you, but it's not in the budget to get new artwork every time we paint. Since it wasn't an expensive piece and a graphic design, I figured I could paint it. If it I didn't like the way it turned out, I could just re-paint over it.
Besides, I still liked this painting, so I painted it to go with the new colors in my dining room...

Here's the before:

And here's the after:

 This was a zero, zip, nada cost project since I already had the paint I used to do this. Gotta love that!!!
I'll reveal how I did it on another post.
Have you ever been brave enough to paint over a painting before?

Pam