building a mobile shop counter
A few of you noticed the counter in the background of the cleaning cart turned kitchen cart post. It is actually a mobile shop counter I designed and Jeff built for me! I wanted a counter that had a vintage look and feel, but would be mobile and reasonably lightweight to take to the Lucketts […]
four questions & Haven 2016
If you’re clicking over from Mom 4 Real, welcome! Everyone else, you’re welcome, too! I have a backlog of furniture makeovers and projects to share, but today I am sharing about the upcoming Haven blog conference. I posted a couple of weeks ago that I am a co-opening-keynote-speaker with my dear friend, Shaunna, and I’m […]
the cleaning cart turned kitchen cart…
So, I was trolling craigslist one night and ran a search for “industrial” in the general “for sale” category and I spotted two of these industrial cleaning carts for sale… I closed the listing, dismissing it, and kept clicking around, but those carts stuck in my mind. There was something about the shape of them… […]
oak buffet reveal & new matte Tough Coat
Unless you follow me on Instagram, you last saw this piece with the top stripped and one coat of paint. It’s in the “ugly stage” – the stage when you want to drop it on the curb and let someone else look at it. But, that would be a mistake. It may not look like it […]
oak buffet in-the-works
Last week, a reader left a comment asking for me to show more behind-the-scenes pictures. It was a simple, polite request and it made me realize I don’t do that as much as I used to. I think I always feel like the pictures have to be pretty, “Pin-worthy” images that will be liked and […]
family room furniture shuffle
This seems to happen every year. I’m acquiring furniture and antiques to sell at the Lucketts Spring Market and the desire to change things up in my own home starts to brew. Since I moved my business from my house to the studio, the furniture rearranging has really slowed down. A lot. It used to […]
the chair that didn’t need a makeover…
…but ended up getting one anyway. It took me months to get the nerve to rip the beautiful Pierre Deux fabric off of this chair… I loved the colors, the pattern and the upholstery was done very well. There were a couple problems with it – it didn’t work with my Farmhouse White theme for […]
ironstone brush boxes & grandma Shoemaker’s pitcher
It’s no secret that I love ironstone. It’s my favorite thing to collect and I am totally honed in on it when I’m out shopping for antiques. I get excited at just about any piece of ironstone, but uncommon pieces especially get my heart pumping just a little faster. Such is the case with brush boxes. […]