I’ve been on the hunt for furniture to start working on for the Lucketts Spring Market in May.  Every year, I put pressure on myself to best what I did the year before.  Well, last year was pretty awesome, so I don’t know if I’m going to beat it, but I at least want to match it. I’ve been shopping at some used furniture stores and on Craig’s List and have found some really great things so far… I wanted this pair of French bergere chairs in the worst way!  My dad drove into Virginia to get them for me and, as it turns out, I bought them from a blog reader and Lucketts shopper!  She had even talked to me about these chairs last year.  She decided they were too much for her to tackle and I happened to be the one to pick them up off of Craig’s

The snow is melting and spring is in sight.  That is spurring me on to make lists, attack my “to-do” stash at the studio and get things done.  Between freelance articles, things to do for the Milk Paint line, getting ready for Lucketts and an upcoming magazine shoot, I have plenty to work on! After an intense day of planning and making lists, I needed to get out, so yesterday, Kriste and I set out to do some shopping for supplies.  We also hoped to find some things to add to the Lucketts pile.  It was one of those days where it felt like people who like the same things I do picked over the space before I got there.  I found some things, but not the haul I was hoping for.  We’re going to scout out some new places in the hopes of finding some great things.  Lucketts is two