HICKORY DICKORY..........................MORTORP DECAL CLOCK

So............sometimes I buy things because I like them.
Even though I have no idea where I'll put it - even if it sits in it's packaging for years ( sick I tell you - I'm S.I.C.K. )
It's a disorder.
One of thousands I've acquired over the years.
I think it's number 1344 actually.
( I have a disorder that consists of numbering my disorders too )

There was a time when I had a closet filled with clothes that had their tags on them for so long that they were no longer in style.
Shoes that never hit the pavement.
Coats that never had a breeze touch them.

Sometimes I wonder where it came from ( the disorder ) and then I quickly push the thought out of my mind because what if it stems from another disorder - OMG - it's too much !

I'm a lot better today.
I'm a lot wiser today.
I'm a lot older today...................

Still - every now and then I'll find myself putting something in a cart that I have no intention of using now because eventually I'll find a perfect spot for it.............it's inevitable.
It's also the truth - it's factual -  ( everything is satisfactual )
Like the Mortorp Decal Clock I spotted at Ikea probably 1 1/2 - 2 years ago.
I thought it was adorable.................and even though I had nowhere to put it - I knew I'd want to put it somewhere - somehow - someday.

And now that the front ( enclosed ) porch is getting a makeover - I've found the perfect spot !

And Ikea doesn't make them any more - so sometimes having disorders is not such a bad thing, right?

I'm adding another " rule " to " life's rules "

There's 2 sections in this room - one on either side of the front door - I'm feverishly working on the other side now - with oil primer to cover 70's wood paneling - in  35 degrees heat.....................( 95 for most of you guys )
I should have bought a couple of those fans I saw last fall on sale - that I really didn't need at the time..................

But one side's finished ( except for window coverings and cushions for the built in benches )

Have a wonderful day everyone !
Hugs,
Me




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FRONT PORCH ART...................CHEAP!

Good day....................sunshine !

I made myself a promise that the front porch makeover was going to be a very frugal one. We still need windows and french doors and bathroom redo's and ........and...........and.
I've kept to my word ( I'll show you it soon - still some painting that needs to be done )

I had almost everything I needed..................including art work and furniture- already on hand.
We only needed to buy baseboards and window trim - 

( sometimes being a semi hoarder really works in one's favor ) 

A while back I ordered this on Amazon - well one larger one actually ( but now I want this pack of them also for outside art work  LOL ) 

I dug it out of my stash and made a couple of signs out of it................

A bit of paint to dry brush it with ( I used ASCP chalk paint for the white - but any paint will do - this is a really small and quick project )  stencils and my sharpie - and I have a rustic - shabby sign for under 10.00 !

And the best part is that you can create TWO signs out of one slice of wood.-
I reversed it and reversed the paint and letter colors as well

And that's because I've developed a split personality since menopause.
I think all the great artists should have done this actually - Picasso - Monet - Van Gogh - they should have all made 2 sided art.
First of all your investment would be worth double................and secondly you could just turn it over when you got bored with it or changed your decor.
And yes - I WOULD get bored..............even with s painting worth a million dollars.
I'm very uncivilised like that.

I'll also hang this up

and probably this

John says - It's too much
John says - It's like walking into a Thesaurus

Who says that?
Really - who S.A.Y.S  thesaurus?

Suzan says - Why can't you just call it a dictionary ?
John says - That's why I had to move here - you colonists have so much to learn.
Suzan says - Listen buddy - when you immigrate you have to conform.
John says - I didn't " immigrate " - I was sent to educate the colonists.

Anyway I can't help it - I LOVE words..................even in enclosed porches :)

One sign - 2 works of art - for under 10.00 ( did I already mention that? )

It's only words.....................( which can be found in any thesaurus )
But words are all I have to steal your heart away.

Have a wonderful one !
Hugs,
Me

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