Places I shop!!!

The link to the Studio 5 segment is: http://studio5.ksl.com/index.php?nid=71&sid=17928118

Here are a couple of pictures from two other areas of my home:

 

This is my landing coming from the main floor to the second floor.

Right across from the landing is this  reading area I designed for my kids.  Now I read with my grandkids there.  You can’t see but the  shelves above the seating area store our favorite books.

I’ve enjoyed showing you my remodeled rooms!  I love to look at ideas and get inspired, so I thought sharing some of the projects I’ve done would be fun.

I remember going to a trade show, and people were surprised at some of the booth pieces I had created.  I guess they just thought I was an organizer – not the creative type!  Being creative is something that brings me a lot of joy and happiness.  I know I have more energy and I’m happier when I’m creating!

I just thought I’d share some of my favorite spots here in the Salt Lake City, UT area.  That way, if  you’re ever passing through or visiting, you’ll have some destinations to add to your list of places to go.

 Second Hand Chic:  Kelly is the owner and we’ve bonded over our love for vintage!   I’m a regular there – never leave empty handed!   2006 South 900 East     Open 10 AM - 6 PM       Monday – Saturday      (801)433.0044

Home Again:  has two locations:  2100 S 1019 E  Salt Lake City, UT 84106-232  (801) 487-46682   and  7490 S 700 W  Midvale, UT      801-255-5457  ( I shop at the Midvale location every hair day!)

Abode: 1720 South 900 East  Salt Lake City, UT 84105-3202
(801) 486-2633

Abby’s : 180 31st St
Ogden, UT 84401
801-394-9035

Emilie Jayne – 801-359-3356  - 801 S 800 E  Salt Lake City

Sandy Antique Mall:   Randy and Jane – owners    8672 S State  Sandy, UT   801-568-9840

The Vintage Butterfly:  2030 S 900 E  SLC  -   801-230-1038      Anita is the owner.

Star Mill – Daniel is the MAN!  147 E  600 N  American Fork UT 801-369-2422

Now and Again:  Michael -   501 E 300 S   Salt Lake City, UT 84102(801) 364-0664

Aunt Elsie’s  Trinkets and Treasures:  Denise is the owner and she is  located at historic Gardner Village   -  1100 West 7800 South
We are in restored home “No. 2″
on the South side of Village
West Jordan Utah 84088
801-561-5557

Recently found places that are worth going to: 

Just a Bed of Roses:  Brenda -  15 East State St. Farmington, Ut  801-451-2556

About Time Antique Mall:   538  So  Main Street  Logan, UT  435-752-9150   Connie

Hope you get a chance to visit any of these great places when you’re in town!

Renee

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Guest Bedroom

In the Studio 5 segment – they showed the bed in my guest room .  When Jenn and I went out looking for something fun and unique for the headboard,  we found this vintage metal cover for a window.  I loved it, but knew it wasn’t wide enough.  We decided we’d keep our eyes opened and try to find something to go on both sides of the metalwork.  After shopping, I left Jenn to go to my hair appt.  There’s a place called Second Hand Chic I go every time I get my hair done because it’s right next door.  I walked in after my appt. and there was the solution for my bed.  Kelly had just brought these two pillars in off of an old home.  I bought them on the spot! Kept them chippy and just wiped them off.   Kelly usually doesn’t have things like that in her shop – but it was destiny!!!  Problem solved…same day!!!! If you’re in the Salt Lake area, stop in and see Kelly and tell her Renee sent you!!!  I love her shop because she prices things reasonably and moves her inventory around.  She puts things in color grouping and it’s  a treat to go in and see how she’s decorated.  She’s always good about promoting other similar shops and has become a cute friend of mine! 

We had some dead trees in front of our home, and my husband asked my son to chop them down.  I went out because I was nervous about the whole thing.  I told him to move our bench, and he kept reassuring me the tree was going to be falling another way.  Well… we all know that “Mother knows best!” and yes, the tree fell and broke the bench in half.  So – I had him remove all the broken pieces and the cast iron ends of the  bench became the end of my bed.  Might as well make a bad situation into a good one!!!!!

  I  loved this antique croquet box and put it up for my shelf.

I found these metal shutters and fell in love with them.  The old hand made metal basket below holds the  extra pillows when someone is sleeping in there.

This is my grandmother’s wedding dress.  I loved  that she gave it to me to keep.  It has such fine hand work on it – hard to see in the picture – but beautifully simple!

   

I found  this table and two old chairs  – the one chair was already painted the color of the room – bonus!!!  Love old suitcases to display things in.

This radiator use to be in a building my dad owned.  When they were going to level the bldg to build a parking lot (sad) I would have taken all the radiators – but being newly married and having no place to store them – I only got one.  We have dragged it around our whole married life and finally it got the room it deserves.  They are SO HEAVY – it took 4 of us to carry it upstairs!!!!

Thanks for joining me on a tour of the rooms that I’m finally getting around to re-modeling.  It’s my creative outlet for now!  My dream job would be having someone pay me to go and find “treasures” and re-purpose them!  Do you think Frank and Mike from American Pickers would let me join them on their free-styling time?????  It drives me crazy cause I see so many cool things they pass up for OIL CANS – REALLY!!!!  Are you an American Picker fan?

Renee

Remember to comment  here and Facebook to enter our contest for a Clip it Up Main Base!  Tomorrow I’ll share some of my other favorite places to shop!

Bathroom #2

This is the “before” picture of my bathroom upstairs.  It was dated and the only thing  I had done since we moved in 25 yrs ago was to get rid of the wallpaper, remove the linoleum and replace it with tile and a neutral paint.  BORING!!!

 

Before…  (As you can see I’d already started patching things up and ripping up the tile baseboard)   I’m not very good at remembering to take the “before pics”!    

                               

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After…

One of my hardest things to solve – but then turned into one of my favorites was the floor under the sink. 

I couldn’t find tile to match what was already in there.  So I  went to a salvage yard and found an old door with some rich color and panels.  We cut the door to fit in the area under the sink and I love it!!!!  I have three favorite things in this room.  They were all areas that I had a hard time problem solving – but they turned out to be the best!  The door on the floor is #1!

 

Another architectural piece above the sink that I got at the same place as the door. I loved how the sink looks and the old syrup bottle as the soap container.

My #2 favorite!  I wanted something unique for my towel holder and I already had those cute funny crooked wheels from one of my outings and thought to pair them up with the pulley.  Love how you can see it in the mirror as well as the actual piece hanging down.  LOVE,  LOVE  LOVE this!  It’s a “happy thing” for me!

There use to be a framed in doorway separating this part of the bathroom.  I removed it and put the boards along the  whole wall.  Painted them and then used  gel stain to antiqued them.  I loved how it opened up the room and makes it look soooo much bigger!

Loved this vanity.  It looks like wood, but it’s metal.  Yes, I’m going through a heavy metal stage right now!

This  chippy old screen door had a great green color on it.  We used it in our booth at shows, so when we changed the booth –I found a great place for it to retire in.  It’s a great backdrop for the chippy  rusty metal stand that holds the towels.

#3 Favorite!  As I was trying to come up with a unique TP holder – I had this light sconce so I  added an old spindle to it, cut it off to the right length, then added a metal part of a lantern burner on the end that was cut.  I was pleasantly surprised with how cute it turned out.

   

This is the view behind the door.  I used old fork to hang up the hangers.

A friend of mine from California brought me two of her old bird cages.  I used this one as my light in the bathroom.  Love the lines it creates when it’s on.  The other one I used in my Studio.  Love them!!!  Thanks  Shawna!!!

This is the other part of the door – I couldn’t waste it so it became the valance for the curtain.  I used vintage spoons to hold my unique curtain rod.

Thanks for joining me on part 2 of the remodeled bathrooms! Don’t forget to leave comments on facebook and the blog to be entered into the contest for a  Clip it Up Main Base.

Renee

Studio 5

Studio 5 is a local program here in Salt Lake City, UT.  My darling niece Jenn does a segment on the show called  “Trash to Treasures”.   Jenn asked me if Studio 5 could come out and film my two remodeled bathrooms, so I agreed to do it ONLY  if I didn’t have to be on camera!  They ended up filming some of my other rooms as well.

Jenn and I have long been “partners in crime” together on many occasions.  We are both thrift store/American Pickers/antique treasure hunters and we love to “up-cycle or repurpose” weird pieces we find.  Our creative minds together can usually solve any problem either one of us would have.

The first bathroom is a really small half bath off the kitchen.  It was a challenge because it is so small and I hated the cabinet the sink was in.  I made this into my “wash and sew” themed bathroom.  I think you’ll understand why as you look at the pictures. 

This is the view looking in from the door.  We had put in  hardwood floors after moving in and the other cabinet use to be against the other wall – so that created a problem when we took the cabinet out.  I found a board covered  with rusted tin for $5 and used it under the “sink/tub” area to fill in and then added a couple of metal tiles to border it.

This view is as you walk in and turn to your right.  I love the old green ironing board along with  the old wringer washer above the toilet.  It has really cool writing on it.  The washboard on the wall is fun also.  Doesn’t it make you grateful for washing machines!!!

My light is an old milk strainer with an vintage silver platter for the base.  I’m lucky to have a friend who is an electrician who can take my wacky ideas and help me make them work!  The rusted patina was already there and that’s why I loved it!

 

Isn’t this a cute double sink wash tub!  The plumber thought I was nuts when I showed him what I was using for my sink!!!!    Some people have NO vision!      

I cut the top cover and used vintage hinges so I could access and use the  right part of the inside of the tub to store clean towels and diapers for my grandkids.  I added a vintage knob to use for the handle.

I love the metal color on the edges of the tub.  The tub wasn’t high enough to clear the plumbing already there, so I had these metal holders and used them to put the feet in to raise it up.  My motto:  Where there's a decorating will, there is ALWAYS  a  solution!!!

The old storage box on the right is for starch, and the one on the left is a Palmolive Company Toilet Soap box.  I think they’re so cute and perfect to put  bathroom  necessities in!!!

This shelf is an old rusted metal  can that someone had cut in half lengthwise,  then carefully folded over the sharp edges and added the shelves.  I love it that someone was so thrifty and solved their storage problems with something they had on hand.  I use it for my collection of old soaps.  It’s a happy piece for me!  I love it!!!

I found this old metal vanity with the mirror at a consignment store.  It was the perfect thing to match the metal tub and to store more items on.

This is a grouping of three metal sleeve holders that I hooked together with old fabric buttons, vintage sewing notions and an old hanger.

This is my towel holder made from the metal end of something I had in my collection of “junk”, a  metal quilt hanger wrapped in old binding tape with some old crocheting  thread.

Thanks for going on a tour of one of my quirky bathrooms.  I will post the other bathroom (my favorite)  on Saturday.  I will then post some of the other rooms and areas they filmed for Sunday and Monday.  As you can see, making organizational products satisfies the “organize” side of me – but these things help satisfy the “creative” side of me!

Make sure you leave a comment on Facebook and our blog to enter yourself to win a Clip it Up Main Base.  We will pick the winner Monday and announce it on Tuesday morning!  Good Luck everyone and thanks for visiting the blog!!!

Renee

CHA Winter – LA 2011

Ok, I know we have to be the slowest people ever getting our pictures posted!  By the time I get back from the show, unpack, take care of orders, catch up with my “personal” life  and emails – well now you may know why!

We were in the back of the convention center on one  end (which was a bit  of a worry for us), but we were by some amazing companies and all of us were busy throughout the show! 

Set-up is always  sooooo much fun!   The before…

The BIG REVEAL…two days of putting the  booth together,  clipping  product on all the displays - you know how much each one holds, so it takes a long time to load everything.  We were happy that everything turned out well.

We were excited about our new booth and our new All-In-One!

The All-In-One is amazing (if I can say so myself).  The trays hold a lot of  product and are really quite heavy when fully loaded.  The AIO is sturdy and even I was surprised with how much product we used to fill it up!  I love surprises like that! 

 

We thought it turned out great and we had lots of people wanting to take the booth and the All-In-One home with them.  The “junk” randomly placed along the garland at the top of the curtains brought a smile to fellow junkers!

Carolyn, Kathy and I worked the show and had a great time together.  I really appreciate all their hard work and thanks to Bobbi back home keeping everything running while we were away. This picture was from the last day of the show.  We had such a fun time and we were a little silly because it was close to being over!

My  favorite part (besides seeing and talking to all our friends) was the reaction people had to the new All-In-One.  We heard the word “WOW” in so many different accents, and the look of  AWE  was great!   I only wish we would have had a video camera of everyone’s faces when they saw it.

 

The new trays were a big hit!  You can use them on the Floor Model or the new All-In-One.  They hold soooo much!

 

Take down is always faster, but it’s still hard work!

We should have taken a picture of the crate all closed up – but seriously we were exhausted and hungry and DONE!

Thanks for being so patient waiting for this post!  Next time we’ll try to be better about taking more pictures and posting sooner.  Oh well, it gives you time to visit all the other blogs to see their posts.

Renee