My post yesterday not only inspired those who left comments and told me so, but it inspired me as well. I've been working on the pair of chandeliers in my living room for months, now, and it...
A Scale, Spoons, & Halloween’s Over
After much work, two truckloads of trash, and a van load of stuff for the thrift store, the basement workshop is clean. We still have some organizing to do and a few projects to...
My Favorite Things – Updated
I wrote a post in September of 2009 about my favorite things. I spotted Donna's Favorite Things SNS Link Party, so I thought it was time for an update. Here we go...French provincial...
Raleigh Flea Market
This morning we bundled the kids in coats and hats and set out for the Raleigh Flea Market. I came home with a lot of great things, but I did do my fair share of complaining. "Why don't...
Black Friday Antique Shopping
I am staying with my in-laws in Raleigh, NC and I can hardly resist the opportunity to hit some antique stores while in a new area, so I didn't. I dragged my mother-in-law and mom across...
Black Friday – Mustard Seed Style
I am not waking up at 4 AM to hit the local department stores to buy electronics and slippers and small appliances. I am not going to elbow people for the last door buster on the shelf and I...
Love it. Buy it?
Those of us who have the collecting/thrifting/junking gene know that it's hard not to buy something we love, especially when it has a great price tag. Then, we all end up at the same...
The thrill of the hunt
Those of you who get it, get it. There is an addiction to the thrill of thrifting. The joy of junking! The awesomeness of auctions! It is a drug and it's my drug of...
The Jackpot
I bought a French chair at a yard sale a few weeks ago and the gentleman I bought it from mentioned having an entire storage unit full of his mother's furniture, much of it French provincial in...
Silver Pedestal
Here's the reveal on the pedestal I made yesterday. Oh, I can't wait to refinish my orange speckled dining room table. All of my clients and retail spaces are keeping me way to busy for...