My Favorite Yard Sale Find

DH and I absolutely love yard sales.  One day I will tell you the story of our yard sale adventures but today I want to share the one thing I found that has become my favorite of all time.  I love a Tuscan feeling in our home.  I have touches everywhere.  That love began with this find.

I was coming home from work one day and spotted a Yard Sale sign.  Of course couldn't resist.  The site was a little hard to find and wound up to be in an old chicken house complete with sawdust on the floor.  There was a (slightly creepy) man there and I was only going to give things a brief look around then leave. 

Then I spotted this painting leaning against a table filled with random dishes.  The bottom was covered in sawdust and the painting itself was dusty.  There was a price tag of $10 on it.  I offered $7 and he took it.
 

(Wall is actually brown not pink)

 I brought it home and very carefully used my lint brush to clean it up.  The more I looked at it the better I liked it.  I wanted to frame it.  So I left it leaning against the wall for a while till I could find just the right frame.  I searched, I search and I searched and nothing felt right.  One day, several months later, I just said "Forget it.  I'll hang it without a frame."  And so it found it's home over the entertainment center.

Every day when I look at it it gives me a feeling of calm.  Like I could walk right up to the arches and stroll down the path.  The muted golds and shadows transport me to Tuscany.  And so, my love for all things Tuscan was born.  Even now as I look at it I get the same feeling. 

Best $7 I ever spent. 

Later...