Found Furniture: A General Store Treasure From The Early 1900’s

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Good Monday morning! I hope you had a great Mother’s Day weekend.  We had baseball both days but the kids came over after Joey’s game yesterday to make me dinner, dessert and surprise me with a second set of these lockers that I so desperately wanted.  I love them – and the kids too.  In lieu of a furniture … [Read more...]

The Antique Wardrobe & Its Spa Treatment

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Happy Friday! Mine isn’t has happy as it should be.  My camera card went haywire on me.  Corrupt. Which means no pictures. I had a different post drafted for today but when I went to load all of the pictures yesterday, I found that they were being held hostage by a faulty card. Luckily, I only lost about 20 … [Read more...]

Architectural Salvage Candle Holder On The Cheap!

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Good morning! I want to show you a quick tip as to how you can get yourself one of those cool architectural candleholders you see at stores like Pottery Barn and Restoration Hardware. Something along the lines of this…   Amazon   and this…   Pottery Barn   I love … [Read more...]

10 Furniture Faves from 2012

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It is New Year’s Eve and time to say goodbye to 2012.  It has been a busy year full of paint, DIY projects, tablescapes, ideas and reflections.  Since I already showed you 15 of my most popular DIY projects from 2012, today it is time to look back at some of my furniture favorites of the year. … [Read more...]

Choosing, Nurturing & Flocking Your Tree

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How many of you will be heading out to get your Christmas tree as soon as those Thanksgiving leftovers are stowed away in the refrigerator and your checkbook is exhausted from Black Friday? For us, the weekend of Thanksgiving means college football and Christmas Vacation so no tree for us quite yet. As much as I love my … [Read more...]

DIY: Class Ring Shadow Boxes

Good morning,How is everyone doing today?  Joey had his opening game last night and came home with a win!  The season begins...My DIY du jour are shadow boxes that display my parents’ high school class rings.  I have had their rings for over 30 years.  I honestly don't remember if they gave them to me or I … [Read more...]

FOUND: Vintage Milk Glass Shakers

Hello Monday!  Hope you all had a great weekend.  Ours was all play and little work with friends that came to visit for the weekend.  The best kind, right? A while back, I did a post about using old windows in your décor. I showed you what I have in my home and revealed that many of them were literally … [Read more...]

Breakfast Nook Table Facelift

Good morning!Yesterday I showed you a few projects I'm trying to get finished before Thanksgiving.  One was my breakfast nook table that needed a four-corner fix and a good shine.  Here is the before (after I removed the molding caps that the previous owner had used to fill the gaps the overhead cabinet had … [Read more...]

Shadow Box Scrabble Keepsake

Good morning to all of you...I cannot believe we are only a few weeks away from Thanksgiving.  A lot of planning to do in a short period of time. It seems as though September hits and we all get to casually enjoy the customs of the season at a somewhat leisurely pace.I know, who am I kidding?!Before we know it we are well … [Read more...]

Old Wood Refreshing

What a blustery day it was yesterday!  It felt like a scene from One Hundred Acre Wood.  "Oh, then I think I shall wish everyone a happy 'Winds Day', and I shall begin with--my very dear friend..." - Winnie The PoohIt was a day where you want to hunker down and do nothing but read a book and stare out the window at the … [Read more...]