This Vehicle Brakes for Spring and Fall Clean-Up!

You know that feeling you get when you stumble across something you didn’t know you were even on the hunt for - and then - there it is, right in front of you? Personally, I get this fire in my belly and my heart starts to race - giddy almost!  I love a good find at a bargain price – give-aways are even better! Yard sale –ing, flea market-ing, dumpster diving, digging through my family’s basements, barns and attics or strolling through a used furniture store to find the unusual – heaven. Heck, I need a bumper sticker that reads “This vehicle brakes for spring and fall clean-up”! I just get child-like with excitement.

So, here’s the Thing…….

I’m kind of a jack of all trades gal.  When I was considering a business I was having a difficult time narrowing down what I wanted to offer.  Focusing on one service is just not me – ask anyone who knows me, I prefer to have a number of irons in the fire. So I decided to diversify and cover all of the things that I love to do - things that don’t feel like “work” and makes my heart happy. I love to restore, paint and reupholster furniture.  I love interior design and decorating.  I love creating and sewing my own designs.  I love gardening. I love old pottery. I love nature. I love building from raw wood. I love making pies. I love rearranging furniture. I love to recycle, upcycle, restore and reuse. These are some of the services that fall under the umbrella of Mary Elizabeth Interiors.  "Interiors" - meaning everything home.

So today I am going to share one of those “oops, I have to pull over and grab those chairs” because you just know if you don’t grab them now – they will be gone. Been there, done that – so disappointing!  These chairs were actually being carried out to the roadside by the owner for fall clean up when I pulled to a screeching halt right up next to his driveway.  After a bit of cordial chitchat he was thrilled to help me load them on the back of my truck, probably thinking I am one crazy woman – and, happy to see them out of his yard.  A friendly wave and away I go, happy as a clam with my new found treasures in tow.  

Here are the three chairs rescued from that fall clean-up - painted, waxed and distressed.  I think they would look awesome in a farmhouse or cottage kitchen.  There are two green and one yellow and are for sale in my shop.

Just a heads up to my fellow Maritimers, when spring and fall clean up rolls round again and you are following behind me - be sure to keep your distance cause this vehicle pulls over for spring and fall clean up! 

"The future is trash.  Recycling it, re-arranging it. Making it beautiful again."     - Chris Campanioni

           Until Next Time - Live Simply!

    Mary Elizabeth