Visit to Madison, Georgia and Farm to Table Dinner at Burge Organic Farm

A few months ago my mom and I had a day out in one of our favorite little towns, Madison, Georgia. We strolled around town for a while before heading to our final destination, Burge Organic Farm and plantation, for a garden supper evening.

Look at that awesome car in front of the Madison Tea Room!

They were having an art festival downtown while we were there so we walked around town and had some dee-licious bbq in the park.

Does anyone know what these purple flowers are? I love them!

EEEKKK!

Pretty tablescapes with wildflowers

Hello and goodbye doggie!

Everything was delicious and fresh. Appetizers were fresh pizza bar and roasted okra! Yumm!

Thank you Burge Farm for such a great evening. We had a blast and everything was so delicious!
Have a bright day!
Chelsea

Bathroom Updates and Repurpose Project

So as a quick recap: This is what the living room looked like before I bought my house.
These are the original homeowners toile curtains which I actually really liked but didn’t want to use in my living room. I saved them to potentially use elsewhere and ultimately decided to have them made into my shower curtain.

This is how the bathroom looked before I bought my house.

I thought the curtains looked nice with the original tile.

I took down the original curtain rod and spray painted it a dark bronze color. I also repainted all the trim work with Benjamin Moore White Dove and the walls and ceiling BM Navajo White.

I found this vintage floral hook at an antiques store and the London canvas print at Target! Perfect touches!

Curtain repurpose project completed!

Have a bright day!

Chelsea

Front Garden Makeover

So I bought this adorable birdhouse at the Sunflower Festival early in the fall. I decided I would dig out and redo the small flower bed in my front yard which was totally overgrown with ivy. There was a sad red Knock Out rose bush and lots and lots of ivy. I dug out at least 4 large logs in that mess.

    

After I dug out the bed and put up the birdhouse I decided to start adding color and dimension. I dug out the sad Knock Out rose bush and transplanted it by the other one near the house.

This little rose popped up in the middle of my backyard in the spring. After it bloomed I dug it up and put it in a pot. When I planted the flowers under the birdhouse I dug up the red rose bush, moved it, and added this little pink rose to the bed. I added Russian Sage and some Shasta Daisies. Since then I’ve also added butterfly bush and transplanted some Iris bulbs that were totally out of control in the backyard.

The Knock Out Rose is so much happier! It bloomed several times after I replanted it! I can’t wait to see how everything blooms in the spring and keep adding to my flower beds.

More gardening to come in the spring. For now I’m hibernating! :)

Have a bright day!

Chelsea

Furniture Refinishing Projects

Project #1: Several years ago my mom bought this old birdcage/display but nothing was done to refinish it and it sat in the garage rusting for a couple years. Last spring I took it out, totally sanded it down by hand, and added a rust preventing base paint to keep it from rusting more until I decided what to paint it. I always thought it would be cool redone and a few months ago I finally brought it over to the house and painted it. It’s now in my future office room being used to display some of my library.

Before and after sanding. That was a rough job scouring off all that rust!

I finally repainted it a pewter color and it looks fabulous!

Project #2: I bought this little folding table at a thrift store in the sale bin for $6. It was horribly ugly but it was a cute style and sturdy. I knew it could be repainted and with a little elbow grease look great!

Someone did a crap job spray painting this table. It was gaudy gold painted over bright yellow. It wasn’t primed so it was peeling off showing yellow all over. Blech!

I lightly sanded the table, spray primed it, and used leftover Benjamin Moore Navajo White paint. I then added a clear protective top coat to keep it from being damaged.

Voila!

Have a bright day!
Chelsea