I just found your channel maybe a month ago and I am completely obsessed! You are amazing! I can’t believe what you did with the fan!

Mary, I am impressed with all the new ideas you have and that you are not afraid to just go ahead and try something new. My fear of failure holds me from trying new things.

I watch you on my television as I am homebound . I am constantly amazed at how you are able to take an item and see it in a whole different use and look to suit the looks that are popular now. I keep hoping that by seeing what you do it will help me to be able to do that instead of paying so much to buy it from the store. Keep up the good work.

I never even thought of customizing a fan to fit your space. I always thought they were a needed eyesore but if you customize it it can blend in. That’s really neat thanks for sharing.

One of my favorite things about your videos is that you show the finished items, set in displays , at the end . Your ideas inspire me to see things differently. Thank you!

Some sweet ideas Mary! For anyone who may need assistance .. I bought a Rustoleum Comfort Grip you add to aerosol can which helps ease any finger pain from happening.

I like the opening shot of all the various shades of white in your home. It's so bright & airy without just being just...……..WHITE. LOL!!!! I know it's your home but it looks like showroom. Keep up the good work.

Oh Mary, you are just wonderful! Love your work and absolutely get inspired by you. God bless and have a beautiful day! 💕

Everything turned out great! As for the old, rusty look on the bucket, I’ve had great success using a mixture of hydrogen peroxide, salt, and vinegar. I just make it up by the pint as I need it and use about a half a cup or so of salt with the two liquids at about equal parts. There are a few recipes for this solution out there - some call for more or less of the different ingredients, but I have played around and found that this works for me. I would put it in a spray bottle for something larger like your bucket. For a piece like that, I drape it with rags and saturate them. Let it sit for a few hours and it will literally look as if it’s been outside for years in the elements. As for the toilet bowl cleaner trick, I tried it on some of the galvanized words from Dollar Tree and it worked great - however, I found that it works best if it sits in the sun and it takes several hours to get a good effect. I just stick with my mix for simplicity, as well as the fact that I can do it inside without needing direct sunlight. Hope this helps. Thank you for another wonderful video. 🙂

Mary, I love all of your videos. You are an amazing decorator. Please keep the videos coming.

Mary, I just pick up some cheap kitchen gloves at the dollar tree that can be reused! You are just so creative. What a blessing!

Luv these trash to treasures and hacks. You amaze me with the ideas you have!

I paint all my ceiling fans blades! so simple ! looks great

Love all your videos! This past Christmas I wanted some bells that looked old/vintage. I only needed 3. I bought a box of 6 at Dollar Tree. I painted them with white chalk paint and dry brushed some strokes of gray. I applied a thin coat of Mod Podge and sprinkled cinnamon here and there. I really like how they turned out🙂

That fan makeover was genius!

salt, vinegar and hydrogen peroxide works really well to remove the shiny finish

Thank you Mary! Your wonderful and talented. I love redoing things.

You are so creative and I love your home with all the crisp white with black accents and touches of bright green. Just beautiful

Hey Mary! I always enjoy watching your videos and see all your awesome ideas. I did a faux rust technique on a couple of my videos. I made a faux vintage scale and used a method you might like to try to create faux rust. It feels and looks just like rust. It would’ve been perfect for your bucket. All you need is paint, mod podge and cinnamon. So when you have some time try and view my scale video to see how I created rust super easy! Thanks for always sharing your lovely home and creations with us! God bless!

You need to make you a lazy Susan to paint on. It would save you steps on the small stuff. Love all you do. You are one talented lady!

You are amazing Mary! Every project you tackle, the result is genius. Thanks for all the inspiration and advice.

I like your idea of 1 color pallet to showcase odd pieces fitting together. Then adding a pop of color! Even when projects don't always come out the way we may want, I tell folks that no on else will see their mistakes, they only see the beauty and creativity you have.

Hi dear friend thank you so much for sharing this awesome video with us I love towel everything looks so beautiful and organize if your home you have a beautiful beautiful home thank you so much sharing it with us bye for now

Mary, I just LOVE your channel!!! Thanks for sharing your heart and soul with us! ❤️

I watch all your videos but I have to say you gave my friend and I a good laught . I never heard anyone refer to their work as making it look like it has a disease. You are so clever wish you hadn't gone so fast on your trip home, with you sister we like the scenery. You got some really lovely 😍 things.your gardens are beautiful your a lucky and very blessed lady. Love the fan. Jonina

I love your house. I love white. So clean and bright especially in the winter. You are really good at making new look so old. Thank You for all your hard work you do to show us how we could do the same. Have a beautiful day and God Bless from OHIO

The fan looks amazingly old! I like the other items, too💕

Jami Ray Vintage has an excellent video on aging a new metal bucket. It turned out really cute!

I always sand first then soak in vinegar and steel wool (I leave soak overnight )have had great results. Great tutorials! Thank you!

Hi Mary! What great ideas and they all turned out so pretty! Thank you for taking us through the process as you did them and showing the before and after pictures.

Love the patio door shelf/4:45 and 18:07 Watch you almost daily

Love the fan idea. Thank you for sharing!

I bought some miniature pails at the dollar tree that were painted in a beach theme. I bought a can of Rust Oleum galvanized steel spray. The pails now look like old time pails.

Mary, my Mom left me that red bowl and i love it. Think I will make it white! Thanks Donna xoxo

Assy-tone is pretty close to how it’s pronounced. You are such an inspiration. I just love watching your channel!!!

I love the wreath. Everything looks so festive. Love you're work.

I've used payens gray oil paints to dull a finish on metal that makes it look like pewter. I just paint it on and then rub it off with a cloth and let it dry. Thanks so much Mary for all your inspiring ideas.

This is one of my favorite videos. I love how you make new things look out.💕💕💕💕💕

I love how you do these farmhouse projects without spending a fortune..I love the grey bucket

The chalk paint did a good job, I think it achieved the effect you were going for. I like the way it turned out. And the paint was so much easier. Good video.

Hi Mary. Just spray the bucket, or any metal you're "aging," with a good coat of oven cleaner, tie it up in a bag, and let it sit a few hours. Check it often and remember to only **work outside** with this stuff. It is very caustic and fume-y. It will cause discoloration in the metal, which is what you're trying to achieve. Best of luck. *I LOVE THE ANTIQUE-d FAN! Great job! 😁

I think the fan was actually my favorite. Customizing it to fit your hone was neat to see.

I would to see a DIY shiplap wall..I love your style. Thanks for keeping me motivated.

To darken any wood surface... you can use boot polish in dark tan... just rub it in like you would on your shoes... thanks Mary... do enjoy your handy work

Wednesdays can't come soon enough, I just love our ideas and watching you Mary!!!!

You can get a galvanized bucket at Tractor Supply for about 5 bucks. 5.5 quarts.

YOU HAVE A GREAT VISION INTO SEEING WHAT COULD BE......

Didn't read through 600+ comments, but toilet bowl cleaner makes it look awesome IF you put it in the SUN. Just a couple of hours & it looks very old & stays that way. We did our bucket sinks & many other projects. Always worked. You inspire me! ❤

If you ever want to distress wood very easily, turn it face down on gravel and walk on it...I did this with my new unfinished dining table and when I was done it looked really old in a very authentic way! Love your channel!

When I'm out of rubber gloves I put a baggie over my hand. I have had good luck with Paso or other brands of liquid sander for deglossing things. For the glassware I spray paint one coat on glass and then paint it with chalk paint and it seems to work well and gives me that matte finish. Sometimes I use gray or blue for the initial spray and then coat with white chalk paint and sand a bit.

Just letting you know I look forward to your Wed. post. Love your ideas.

Vinager and steel wool does the trick. This also works as a stain too! I have done several pieces this way.

The bucket with the spider plant looks great. You could probably sell a hundred of those at the vintage fair!

I soaked a rag in vinegar and left on it overnight and it works great!!

Love your videos and trash to treasure. You are so talented and such a lovely lady inside and out,

I LOVE the fan idea! It looks so close to a vintage fan, but you can actually use it without worrying about its safety...especially with little ones around.

Brave Mary! You are great at persistence! Great results,

On stubborn metals I usually spray with matte clear coat after I rust them.

Acetone, pronounced with a soft "C" (a se tone). Used a lot in nail polish remover and nail salons. Works well when you want to remove paint. It will eat away at wood though faster than a metal surface.

I flipped muratic acid in my eye. That's all it took for me to always wear eye protection. Be careful! Blessings!!!

Thank you for the inspiration. Every thing turned out perfect!

Love love love !!!!!!!! My favorite is the fan.

I found your page over my Christmas and new year break and I absolutely love watching your videos! As you can tell I'm going back and watching OLD videos! Lol

I bought a fan from Costco years ago and it was copper. I absolutely loved it but it stopped working so I eventually got rid of it, but now I’m inspired to buy a new one and stray it !

Love the fan color ! Love all your idea projects.!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💕💕💕💕💕

Thank you Mary, you're always an inspiration!

Everything turned out great, as usual. Thank you for sharing, you have such a clean, simple, yet elegant way of decorating.

Love the fan, definitely doing this one. Love all your projects!

You're amazing, your projects are wonderful!

These all turn out so beautiful..love them all..tyfs♡

Love everything especially the fan .

The bucket turned out so cute! Love everything you do.

After painting your bucket gray, you could try sponging on some white and a little darker gray. That gives it a galvanized look.

I love these ideas! Sometimes you have less time/money to actually grab the "real" antiques, and this is a simpler way of achieving the same look. I like the idea of the fan the best, because it is new and you shouldn't have to worry about the problems that can arrive with old electronics!

Amazing! I especially love the bucket with the post card image on the front.

LOVE these projects! What ingenuity!

Thank you for all your inspirational projects. Love your videos. Be well.

Love them all!

Hi mary love the way you redid the items you had purchased.

I just love all your videos so inspiring! Thank you.

Really fun stuff. Loved them.

Thank you so much Mary. I truly enjoy watching all your videos....

Just WOW I can't believe I liked seeing new thing's turned into older looking pieces. Everything came out beautiful. Now I'm wanting to do this. Thank you for the inspiration. Loved the bucket although it wasn't exactly the way you wanted it to come out. Also the ironware came out amazing. 🤗💕💞💓💓💞💕

Hi Mary - I think the trick to aging the metal bucket is to give it a sanding first before applying the toilet bowl cleaner and steel wool. That seems to allow the chemicals to better react with the metal.

Thanks for all the great ideas! I love it when things look old and used. 💫

Love it all but especially how the fan came out.

Thoroughly enjoyed...thanks Mary! 😊

Love the fan! It’s my favorite!

LOVE LOVE LOVE THESE! I look forward to all your posts!

I could watch you create beauty all day! Thank you Mary.

Such incredible talent and vision. Love everything!

THAT FAN!! Wow! Love how it came out. I have a similar boring black fan. I just may have to spruce mine up. Thank you!

Mary, I am a big fan. You do so much so well , And remain so tidy as well. Not to mention while wearing a skirt. You have a wonderful imagination and great taste. I love colored glass and my windows are filled with all manner of things. I was sad to see the colored glass painted. 👵🌹🌼🌹🌼⭐️

Really loved all your projects! Very cool way of creating your own "ironstone". Thank you for all the great inspiration. Peg

Love all the projects can’t wait to try these ❤️

Love the fan! Great idea!

Vintage fan is genius!

The "antiqued" fan is my favorite!

Love it! So beautiful!!!

I actually really like the bucket just like you did it .