Say hello to “Flow Blue”
It’s time for another reveal of one of my Milk Paint colors. Here’s Flow Blue… This is how the piece looked before I painted it.. ..and this is how it looked with two coats of paint, some detail painting and before I refinished the top. This is the part where I was not […]
$300 Vintage Skye Giveaway!
If you’ve read my blog for a while, you may be familiar with the Vintage Skye Etsy Shop. It’s packed full of vintage style clay knobs and tags handmade by the very talented Kristi. I’ve used her knobs on a lot of my pieces and her clay tags have made it into many of my […]
hardware
We all know that hardware is like the jewelry on a piece of furniture. It’s the finishing touch that can make a piece special. It’s also where a piece can go really wrong. When I first started refinishing furniture, I felt like I had to replace the hardware on every piece. I’ve since changed […]
in the lobby
Well, I’m all cozy and snug in my new retail space in the lobby at Lucketts! There’s still a lot that I want to do, but I was able to get some pieces in the space and figure out my game plan. Some girls got my space settled while I was out of town and […]
live pure sign
A few months ago, I was contacted by Tara of Between You & Me. Tara and her husband design and make beautiful wood signs for the home. After looking through their signs, I fell in love with this one… It says it all. Simple and true. I immediately thought this […]
Milk Paint Video Tutorials!
I just uploaded my first three video tutorials on working with my Milk Paint! The milk paint won’t be widely available until August 2012, but I wanted to start putting the videos out there to answer some questions about Milk Paint and to show what kind of tutorials will be available. Enjoy! Subscribe to […]
Say hello to “Typewriter”
What else would I call the black in my milk paint line? I thought about “fan”, but that didn’t work for me, so I went with Typewriter, one of my other favorite vintage decorating elements. Introducing this color was tricky for me because I don’t usually paint pieces entirely black. It looks too heavy to […]
Say Hello to “Lucketts Green”
Happy 4th of July to everyone! We just finished our hamburgers and corn and I’ll partake of some black cherry ice cream once the boys go to bed. This morning, though, I had some time in the workshop to complete a couple of dressers to introduce two more of my milk paint colors and to […]