Tuesday, October 30, 2012

HURRICANE SANDY ALIAS FRANKENSTORM!


 DUE TO THE STORM AND THE POWER OUTAGES THERE WILL BE NO 
REVIVAL MONDAY 
THIS WEEK. SEE YOU ALL NEXT WEEK!



JUST WANTED TO SHARE A 
FEW PHOTOS WITH YOU I LIVE IN
NEW JERSEY AND WE WERE
HIT BY THE STORM.
THIS IS THE VIEW DOWN MY STREET!



THIS IS A NEIGHBORS HOUSE ABOUT 10 HOUSES AWAY FROM US! BOTH THEIR
CARS ARE CRUSHED!







HOPE EVERY ONE IS SAFE!


Saturday, October 27, 2012

BULLDOZER GEAR MAILBOX!



THIS PICTURE OF MY
MAILBOX 
WAS ACTUALLY TAKEN ABOUT
5 YEARS AGO THERE SINCE HAS
BEEN MORE WEAR AND RUST 
BUT FOR SOME REASON I DIDN'T 
TAKE A PICTURE RIGHT BEFORE I 
STARTED... SO IT LOOKS A LITTLE
BETTER IN THIS PIC THAN IT
REALLY WAS. IT HAS SINCE BEEN 
HIT BY THE LAWNMOWER AND TORE 
OUT OF THE GROUND.BIRDS ALSO 
LOVED USING IT AS A TARGET!


BEFORE...


SO IT WAS A PLAIN JANE MAILBOX
WITH NO FLAIR. I WANTED TO
SPUCE IT UP A BIT AND
GET RID OF THE RUST. 


AFTER I TOOK IT APART AND
STARTED PAINTING IT I REMEMBERED
TO TAKE THIS PIC.


THE PAINT I DECIDED TO USE
FOR THE MAILBOX WAS A METALLIC
COPPER PAINT THAT I GOT AT LOWES! 
LET ME TELL YOU I LOVED THIS
PAINT. IT MADE MY MAILBOX
LOOK LIKE IT WAS AN ACTUAL
COPPER MAILBOX. I HAD SAW ONE AT
MARSHALL'S THAT I WAS GOING TO BUY FOR ABOUT $40 DOLLARS BUT WHEN I 
WENT BACK TO GET IT, IT WAS GONE.
SO THIS IS HOW I WENT ABOUT GETTING THE SAME LOOK FOR LESS.

MY NEXT FEATURE WAS AN OLD
BULLDOZER GEAR WHICH HAD JUST
THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF PATINA, AND
RUST TO GIVE THE MAILBOX THE LOOK I WANTED. ONLY PROBLEM IT WEIGHS ABOUT 6OO POUNDS. I GOT THE OLD GEAR FROM A STONE QUARRY THAT HAD DISGARDED IT. IM NOT THE ONE 
THAT MOVED IT BELIEVE ME. 
SO THE MAILBOX HAD TO BE DUG OUT
AND THE GEAR PUT DOWN THEN 
THE MAILBOX WOULD BE LOWERED 
INTO THE HOLE AND FILLED.


IT'S ALOT BIGGER THAN IT
LOOKS IN THE PICTURE.

I ALSO RE-STAINED THE
POST A DARKER COLOR AND SPRAYED
THE ADDRESS NUMBERS IN THE
COPPER FINISH AS WELL.

NEXT WAS TO ADD THE MAILBOX
BACK TO THE TOP OF THE POST 
AND IT SURE TURNED OUT PRETTY....

THE NUMBERS ARE FROM HOBBY LOBBY
AND I PAINTED THE FLAG WITH SOME
GOOD OLE ORB SPRAY PAINT.

I WANTED TO DRESS UP THE 
MAILBOX A LITTLE SO I DECIDED
TO PLANT SOME MUMS AROUND THE
BOTTOM AND SOME DECORATIVE
ROCKS...EACH SEASON I PLAN ON
DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT INSIDE
THE OLD GEAR.



AFTER...




I THINK IT'S A PRETTY ORIGINAL
MAILBOX. NOT A
SINGLE ONE LIKE IT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ?

AFTER DOING MY MAILBOX I
STARTED NOTICING EVERY MAILBOX
I WOULD PASS BY IN MY 
NEIGHBORHOOD...

A FEW GOOD ONES BUT ALOT
OF VERY NEGLECTED ONES 
HERES A FEW... I FELT LIKE A 
MAILBOX STALKER WHEN I TOOK 
THESE PICTURES.

I WILL CLASSIFY THESE AS THE
FASHION POLICE WOULD, IN THIS
CASE THE MAILBOX POLICE, AS 
DO'S AND DONT'S THESE 
ARE THE DONT'S I HOPE
MY NEIGHBORS DON'T SEE THIS
POST BUT IT WAS FUN TO DO!





AND THE BEST DO'S THAT I SAW..

THIS ONE I THOUGHT WAS CUTE BUT
NEEDS A LITTLE PAINT AND SOME
WORK AROUND THE BOTTOM.



AND I LOVE THE CORN STALKS 
AROUND THIS ONE.
THERE WERE ALOT MORE
DONT'S THAN DO'S !

WHAT CATEGORY DO YOU FALL IN?
I HAD ALOT OF FUN DOING THIS 
POST I HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT.
AND I HOPE YOU LIKED MY 
BULLDOZER GEAR MAILBOX!



Monday, October 22, 2012

REVIVAL MONDAY #85


#1
BLACK AND BRONZE
THIS FIRST FEATURE IS
FROM AUDRA @

SHE REDID A DATED 
OLD CHINA CABINET.

HERE IS HER BEFORE...

AND AFTER..

LOVE THE LOOK OF THE
HARDWARE ON THE PIECE!

AND THE DISTRESSING ON THE
EDGES LOOKS BEAUTIFUL!

#2
DESK TURNED VANITY
THIS REDO IS FROM
TERRY @

THIS IS THE
BEFORE PIC..

THIS IS A SEPARATE PIECE
SHE ADDED LATER.

AND AFTER...



IT LOOKS FABULOUS DONE AND I 
LOVE THAT SHE TURNED IT
INTO A VANITY!
ITS A KEEPER!

#3
SWEET HUTCH
THIS HUTCH REDO IS
FROM JODI @

HERE IS HER BEFORE...

AND AFTER...




IT DOES HAVE THAT COTTAGE
CHARM FEEL TO IT. LOVE THE 
SHAPE OF IT! THESE OLD HUTCHES
HAVE SUCH A NICE LOOK TO THEM
WHEN THEY ARE PAINTED.

#4
OTTOMAN UPDATE
THIS VERY ORIGINAL IDEA
IS FROM SAMMY @

SHE TOOK THIS OLD
PIECE...
AND DECIDED TO TURN IT
INTO A BEAUTIFUL 
OTTOMAN!
Great Vision on this one!

HERE IT IS...

HOW COOL IS THAT. IT TURNED
OUT BEAUTIFUL!

LOVIN' IT!

VELVET
ANOTHER PROJECT OF HER'S
WHICH IS SOOOOO
MAGAZINE WORTHY IS THIS
HEADBOARD SHE MADE-

sSHE IS SO TALENTED!

GREAT PROJECT AND
SHE HAS A TUTORIAL ON HOW
SHE DID IT.
BE SURE TO CHECK IT OUT!

#5
UNION JACK DRESSER
GREAT UNION JACK REDO
RIGHT HER FROM MEG @

HERE IS HER BEFORE...

AND AFTER...



GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE
OLE' UNION JACK..

BEAUTIFUL PIECE!

FAUX PRINTER'S CABINET
THIS OTHER TERRIFIC PIECE OF
HERS IS A REDO OF A MEDIA 
CABINET. THAT SHE ADDED TO.

THIS IS WHAT SHE STARTED 
WITH...

AND AFTER...

THIS IS GREAT! 
SHE STARTED OUT WITH AN
IKEA CABINET.
TERRIFIC HACK! BE SURE TO
CHECK OUT HER STORY.

I LOVED SEEING ALL
THE GREAT PROJECTS THIS WEEK
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE MORE!
FOR THOSE
OF YOU THAT WERE FEATURED 
PLEASE GRAB
A FEATURED BUTTON!
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