When you buy used furniture sometimes musty, dusty, pet, and smoke smells come with it. When it comes to severe pet and smoke odors, I'll usually pass on a piece. They are notoriously hard to...
Several years ago, I wrote a post about how to clean and hydrate old wood and it was one of my most popular posts for years! I decided it was time to do a refresher post on this DIY, homemade...
I have bought and sold (and kept) a lot of antiques over the years. Thousands and thousands of pieces! So, I have learned through trial and error about cleaning and polishing up just about...
Despite a trip to the ER after a day in the car (my youngest son has a stomach bug or severe car sickness and needed fluids), we had a wonderful trip out east to visit our family. We made our first...
As I shared last week, my Victorian-era watercolor box came with a bunch of brushes and other tools. I finally took some time to give them a little TLC and I thought I would share my process for...
One of the big projects I want to work on while organizing and purging is scanning antique and vintage family photos, letters, postcards, and documents. Fortunately, I have a lot of them! ...
I have shared about Wallace Sleigh Bells on my blog (HERE) and social media for a few years and I get the same questions about them regularly, so I thought I would answer them all in one post! For...
When I shared about antique and vintage art supplies in THIS POST, I also did a bit of window shopping to share some listings on Etsy and eBay. Well, my window shopping turned into actual shopping...
One of the questions I'm asked most often is about how to clean stinky furniture. Here is the most recent e-mail I received about that... "I have an older dresser that smells awful! I have no idea...
I often receive comments about my flatware, even if I am posting about food or styling or something else entirely. I will admit that I have a thing for flatware and have inherited and collected...
I’m Marian, aka Miss Mustard Seed, a wife, mother, paint enthusiast, lover of all things home and an entrepreneur, author, artist, designer, freelance writer & photographer. READ MORE to learn more about me, my blog and my business…
