I’ve found some beautiful things lately and I was inspired today to put them together for a little show-and-tell post on the blog. First off, the cabinet… It was a craigslist gem and I just might be keeping it!  It’s a really special piece with that wavy glass… …and the old hardware and paint.  It’s also a petite size, so it would be great in a hallway or bathroom. I also got in a shipment of European linens.  In addition to a bunch of hemp sheets, I got some beautiful linen tea towels with blue stitching and monograms. I really want to keep them all and just stack them in a cabinet, but I’m going to sell almost all of them.  (I will take pictures of the cross-stitching patterns to share first, because there are some great ones!) I also have some rolls of blue windowpane toweling as well… When shopping last week, I

First of all, thank you so much for the amazing feedback on our latest video project!  Just like the “yellow dress and the dresser” video, it literally popped in my head and then happened so organically.  I am very much someone who does their best work out of inspiration, not on demand!  I imagine most of us are that way and we don’t feel as proud of things we created just because necessity or obligation dictated. Anyway, as I shared yesterday, I needed a piece of furniture to paint for the video.  For the first time in a really long time, I was fresh out. So, my mom and I went to a few local antique and used furniture stores to find a piece. We found this pretty little dresser.  It really was gorgeous and not one I would usually buy to paint, but I was on a time crunch,

I think that owning stuff you love is underrated. Do you get what I mean by that? I think we often times settle for something we don’t really love, just because it’s utilitarian.  And, sometimes there is just no getting around that. But, sometimes you can have something that checks the box in both the beauty and function categories. When I spotted this dustpan in an antique store, it was like a win-win.  I love the look and I love the size of it and the “cover” on the top that keeps fluff from floating away. Yeah, it’s just a dustpan, but why shouldn’t a dust pan bring a little smile to your face when you use it? In the same shopping trip, I also bought this sweet little whisk broom… Something, like this little broom, that was utilitarian, but is pretty enough to use for decoration. At Lucketts, I picked