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...
scanning old documents, photos, & postcards
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! ...
Collecting Wallace Sleigh Bells FAQ
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...
cleaning a set of antique pastels
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...
How to Clean Stinky Furniture
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...
my silver patterns
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...
cleaning & reviving old wood
A few weeks ago, I took some time to hit some of my favorite local antique and thrift stores. I had been inside a lot during my shoulder recovery and then catching up on work through January and I...
repairing a broken stool
I was going to call this post "how to fix loose stools", but I realized that sounded like an Immodium commercial or something and came up with a different name. You're welcome for that. Anyway,...
cleaning an antique grain sack
I recently bought an antique German grain sack off of Etsy. As an antique textile junkie and a lover of German things, I have been drawn to them for years and I've actually bought and sold a few...
five reasons you need hemp oil in your life & answers to FAQs
When you're around something for a while, whether it's a smell, an environment, something you created or wrote, it's easy to not appreciate or notice it any longer. Sometimes I'll go back and read a...