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March Favorites
Wow! I wasn't expecting such a response to selling the postal sorter. I can assure you, though, that I've bought and sold a lot of beautiful things over the years...things that were rare, unusual,...
stuff I’m selling at Junk Bonanza
I sold a lot of pieces before we moved halfway across the country from PA to MN. I knew that some of them just weren't going to work in what would most likely be our new house. And I don't regret...
milk-painted washstands reveal
I told you I was going to reveal these on Thursday, but I ended up reminiscing about my 41 years on this earth! I loved reading your comments on that post and you brought back some memories of...
how the world has changed
Today, I turned 41 and I found myself thinking about how the world has changed since I came into it in 1978... I saw my first VCR at the age of four. I watched Dumbo and thought it was the most...
mixing a custom color & fixing too much chipping
The first thing I have to say about painting these two antique washstands is that I didn't follow my own advice. But, before we get into that, let me show you how the pieces looked before... I...
dwelling book & a giveaway
When I was organizing my decorating book collection on the new bookshelf in my office, something struck me. Most of the books were written by people who I now consider friends and professional...
studio guest chair & art sale
Thanks so much for all of the love on the guest room bed! You collectively surprised me. While I was working on some organizing this week, I decided to try scooting around some more furniture. ...
reupholstering the guest bed
The boys and I had a good time over spring break, but not having my usual work hours was a bit of a struggle for me. I'm behind on pretty much everything...e-mail, errands, projects. And I really...
Goodies for Junk Bonanza
Getting ready to sell out of a 10 x 12 indoor booth in a space predominately occupied by another vendor is a far cry from filling the entire Show Barn at the Lucketts Spring Market, but I am excited...
annoying projects
While the boys are home and dedicated, quiet creative work time is limited (or non-existent), I am trying to knock out some projects that are quick and mindless and have been hanging around undone...
studio closet progress
Remember the closet we were building in the studio? (You can read about it HERE if you missed it.) Well, we finally had some time to do a bit more work on it. This is how it looked when you last...
picture frame molding in the 1/2 bath
While my mom was here and the mitre saw was out, we decided to install the chair rail and picture frame molding in the half bathroom. This is a small room with 9' ceilings and I thought this trim...
how to frame a baby dress
I'm still chipping away at the finishing details in the guest room. One of the details that had me a little stuck was what to hang to balance out the mirror hung by the left side of the bed, but I...
index card art project update
Through the month of March, I've been working on the #indexcardartproject with two of my Instagram friends - @mishwooderson and @openfieldmercantile . It's been such a great exercise for me in a...
picture frame molding tutorial
While my mom was here, the biggest job on our project to-do list was wallpapering the guest room. I was planning on installing the chair rail as a part of that, but I was going to stop there and...
“week” wall clock
When I was out shopping last week, I was poking through one of the antique mall booths and spotted a pretty clock on the wall. I'm not so much into clocks, but I think I'm attracted to them as...
antique store finds & Junk Bonanza 2019
In addition to the dresser and mirror my mom and I found for the guest room, I found a few other fun finds on our two shopping trips to local antique stores. I still need to do a lot more exploring...
wallpaper paste comparison
I know you're just dying to know which type of wallpaper paste won out in my head-to-head challenge. Was it Roman 880? Was it Dynamite 780? Oh, the suspense. Oh, the drama. This is the post...
guest room dresser & mirror
Last week, my mom and I needed a break from hanging wallpaper and installing box molding, so we went to an antique mall (Countryside Antique Mall) and to a local consignment shop (Kismet) to see if...
wallpapering the guest room | pasted vs. unpasted
I have been looking at wallpaper patterns for a couple of rooms in our house for months, but I haven't pulled the trigger on any of them for one main reason - almost all of the papers I liked came...
wallpapering the guest room | part 1
Thanks so much for all of your encouraging comments on yesterday's post! I am really looking forward to reworking some of those designs (even just making the scale larger) and getting them...
closed doors and open windows
Yesterday afternoon, I received a phone call and I could tell immediately from the tone that bad news was about the be delivered. I had a feeling I already knew what that bad news was, though, so I...
carrot white bean soup & croutons
When my shoulder pain was at its worst a few weeks ago, local friends from our church and community stepped in to encourage and support us by giving me rides to my appointments and bringing a few...
tips on selecting wallpaper
As I shared a few weeks ago, I'll be hanging wallpaper in our guest room (above a chair rail). Well, my mom is visiting this week and we're taking that on as our big project. Hanging wallpaper in...
how’s your view?
A door frame is not just a door frame. It's a frame. Whether it's intended or not, it frames out the view of the room that is beyond the opening. A couple of years into blogging, which involved...
#indexcardartproject
My whole oil painting journey started with a challenge. Michelle Wooderson, a watercolor artist I took a class from through Jeanne Oliver's artist network, started the #100meadowsproject as a way...
studio closet
I have always loved this corner of the studio... the oak hutch with the bird pulls, filled with art books. The vertical row of brushes and the dress form flanking it. Having a good storage piece...
Finished Staircase & First Floor Home Tour
Our staircase is finished and it's one of my favorite makeovers to date! Well, it's hard to say that because we've done so many things to this house that have customized it to our liking, but this...
office details
Welp, yesterday was yet another snow day in Minnesota! We didn't have much snow through December and even into January, but we have been having one of the snowiest Februarys on record and another...
the other side of the studio
I showed the right side of the studio in yesterday's post and today, as promised, I'm sharing the left side. This side is tricky, because of all of the windows, the mini-split (heating &...