A quick "Before & After"

Now that the dust has settled (I think) it's time to get down to the business of before's & after's!
Unfortunately, each new year of JunkFest produces its own brand of crazy, and getting pics of our finished products seems to fall by the wayside. Which means, also unfortunately, that I have a lot of ugly 'before' pics....and not so many 'afters.'

Such is the case with this beautiful oak table I refinished. If you can peek through the white chairs, you'll see that the top has been stained a warm walnut color, and the bottom was painted in Annie Sloan's Old White chalk paint. I used a clear Minwax finishing paste over the chalk paint and did some light distressing.


Here she is before....



This gal has some history....

That we don't even want to know about!

Clearly, some TLC was in order.

Another shot of her at JunkFest 2011....or at least the top of her anyway.

I paired her with some cute white chairs with aluminum numbers on the back (in case you forget where you were sitting).

Yes, that's it for 'after' pics. Sorry. If the sweet woman with the discerning taste who purchased
this lovely has any shots of her in her new home, we'd love to see them! Meanwhile, I'm linking up with Donna's SNS, and MMS's Furniture Feature Friday.

Thanks for stopping by!

And More...

Just a few more pics of the displays in place for the Friday Event. Please excuse me if I've doubled up on a few!





















Up next...the Evening Event...

As Promised...Sale Photos

Here they are...finally!! The 7th Annual Junk Fest has come and gone and we had a blast. Here's a sampling of the displays set up for the Friday Evening Tickled Pink Event.

(disclaimer: The JunkFest Girls assume no responsibilty for junk photo overload. Proceed with caution!)

***Photos in this post and following sale posts are possible in part by the photography talents of Judy Keller and Amanda Ockert.***

The tables are set, and we've freshened up a bit ...ok, maybe we look a tad worn. It's been a long week! But we're ready for our guests!!!

What's that? Were Cassie and Missy helping Peter the Pumpkin Eater pick his nose? or WHAT! If you can guess what we were doing, I'll show you more photos!!!!

Leave your guess in the comments!!!

Litte Things are Big Things in Disguise.

With JunkFest 2011 under my belt, I've decided it's time to take a deep breath, back up, regain my focus on what's important, and take note of the little things (that are really the BIG things in disguise).

On a recent family journey for a beautiful wedding celebration for a FABULOUS couple...I wanted to take the opportunity to show my kids a memorial on which my baby brother's name and photo is forever inscribed. His photo is on the right, at the age of 23.

I wanted this short visit to remind my kids, and myself, that how we spend our days is more precious than we know... and sometimes we get caught up in the crazy chaos around us without even realizing it.


So once in a while, we have to remind ourselves to

S L O W D O W N ! ! !

Got it? OK.

Enough of me being sappy and all. And I think I speak for all the JunkFest Girls when I say...that even though we are in "back to family" mode now, we had a BLAST at JunkFest! And we are super excited to be making plans already for next year...with some exciting changes to come with it.

Up next....SALE PHOTOS !!!