Welcome to my "new" studio!
The fabulous Marie Paper Doll by our
sweet Marie Antoinette greets me every time
I go into my studio.
It was time to make some changes
in my studio and with the help of
summer yard sales and throw aways
at the dumpster I've been able to make
some great changes.
I'm enjoying the changes I've made over
the summer.
Meet my new shipping department!
I rescued this bookcase from the trash
and gave it a new life with a good
cleaning and a couple coats of paint.
Now I have an organized area for
all my shipping supplies.
I'll be doing a future post on the before
and after of the bookcase soon.
I moved the chunky cedar closet out and
replaced it with my painted secretary desk
that I named "Paris Dreams" after I
painted it many years ago. This
was the very first piece of furniture I
bought after starting my working carrier.
Now that was many moons ago but
it's still going strong!
Meet my new toile tablecloth,
$7 at a yard sale and it's for a long table!
Oh yeah baby!!
I'm in toile heaven.
These Waverly black & cream toile
drapery panels were $10 at another
yard sale.
I had these adorable short drapery rods
in my stash of leftover items from our
family home that were perfect at each
end of my studio window. It allows me
to extend the window past the edges
a bit.
Next I wanted something different for a
valance to "bridge" the toile panels together.
I had just gathered my collection of
vintage doilies & linens together and
filled one of my favorite Longaberger
market baskets with them.
They looked delicious and ready to be
used on something unusual!
A favorite linen of mine is this
sweet little tablecloth with a French
basket on it. It was perfect for my idea!
A few thumbtacks later it all came
to fruition!
I was so happy with how great the vintage
color looked with the creams in the drapes!
I moved all my large storage racks
down on the wall which forced me to
unload all of them, purge and reorganize them.
The tops of my shelving units hold vintage
baskets which help with storage.
The 3 oldest ones are almost antiques now.
They are baskets I have that were made
by my Great Uncle Charlie whose
artisan craft was basket weaving. He owned
a basket shop in lower Michigan that was
quite successful in it's "hayday".
I also have 3 baskets that my Mom made
many years ago in a class she took with
my sister.
The one with the cardboard
tubes in it is one of them.
Here's another one she made that
hangs on one of the legs that sticks up
at the top of the shelves.
Mom did a great job on them and I
will always treasure them.
My adorable birdcage memo holder
has a new home on the closet door.
It's a perfect place to display the
paper doll Marie made for me using
vintage dress pattern pieces.
Her creations are so special to me.
That brings us around to my birdhouse
table that now holds my vintage sewing
machine drawers.
The paper fan on the wall is also made by sweet Marie.
The tabletop holds my Cricut machine and
it's cartridges. Very handy for scrapbooking.
It's also special because it once belonged to
my first scrapbook leader. She lost her battle
with colon cancer a few years ago and is
missed very much by all of us "scrappers".
Her best friend took over as leader and
has done an awesome job leading us!
She's become such a wonderful friend!
The lamp on this table is the very first item
I purchased with my first paycheck. It came from
JCPenny in the late 60s and has been a constant light in my life.
The bottom of the table is filled
with storage for ribbons, do-dads,
vintage items & sewing items.
I'll give you a tour of this section
in a future post. I'll show you the
before and after of the the two
drawer sections I found at our local
antique mall.
We'll be following up with a few future
posts on some of the summer finds in my
"new" studio.
Hope you liked this quick tour.
Thanks for stopping by.
Please visit again to see how these
items and ideas came together!
Blessings, Edie Marie & Marie Antoinette
XOXO
Studio re-do by: Edie Marie
Re-do approvel by: Marie Antoinette
Stuff by: Yard sales, the stash & the trash!
Be sure to stop by Marie's Etsy to see
her paper dolls on sale! You'll
be glad you did!!
