Category Archives: My First House I’ve finally finished a project that I have been percolating on for months and months. It wasn’t procrastination this time; it was brainstorming (I promise). It was this little $8 bentwood footstool that I picked up at a local thrift store earlier this summer. I knew it was going to be for the sun room…  I have a hard time getting rid of anything that is still functional even if it isn’t the prettiest anymore (at least not to me). I think that’s why furniture painting is something that has always intrigued me. I love that it offers an option before the upholstery shop. It sounds a little scary, and…  One day long ago in the spring I woke up one fine Saturday morning, threw open the shades to a beautiful day and spied a neighbor’s yard sale. Clad in my PJ top and jeans (gosh I’m classy), I gleefully cantered down to their front yard. Time to forage their cast-offs! This all came home…  You know when you have an image of something in your head and you know it’s just going to be beautiful? Oh the anticipation, the excitement, the delight when you find it! It’s perfect! Is that reality? Not all the time. Nope, definitely not. This, my friends, is a story of a project gone terribly,…  Remember when I bought a pretty little yellow cart at an antique shop earlier this summer? She had pretty retro lines and sparkly wheels and was destined for the sun room. Well she was pretty all on her own but I needed her to pull a little bit more weight. My idea in buying her… |
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