To end 2009 properly, I thought I would share some of my favorites with you, so this is the first in a 4 part series.  This series will include my favorite finds, small projects, and furniture makeovers.  I’ll also throw in some of the big “firsts” for my business this year.  I’m starting off with my favorite finds of 2009.  And they are… The wooden piece from a sewing factory – free, ironstone pitcher – $2.50, antique basket – $1.00 Antique yellow ware bowl – $7.00 at a thrift store Ironstone wash set – $5.00, Craig’s List dresser $30.00 Pair of French Provincial chairs – $20.00 at auction Pair of antique apothocary jars – $15.00 Cermamic birds – $2.97/each at Goodwill Caned chair – $10.00 at an antique store Vintage wagon – $5.00 at a thrift store Ironstone plates – $2.00 for the lot (I think…) German glass glitter – expensive,

Thank you for the amazing response on my $30 Craig’s List Dresser makeover. I think I had 40 comments by lunch time the day it was posted. One of my dear blog friends, BJ of Sweet Nothings sent me this side-by-side comparison with a Williams Sonoma dresser. It’s amazing how similar the lines are and the details on the sides and legs are almost identical. You would think this piece was my inspiration, but I just saw it for the first time yesterday! I guess I did something right.I also wanted to show you how my hubby’s dresser looks, now. We had to move his dresser to where my old Queen Anne dresser was and it looked pretty bare without a mirror. I found this large oak door in my grandparent’s attic (it’s from an old church), so I thought I would try it. I got some funny looks from

Can you believe that I still have more to share with you? (For those of you who don’t know, I just cleaned out my grandparent’s attic and hit the jackpot. I’ve been sharing all of the things I found and was able to keep.) I think I’ll be posting this stuff for weeks. Here are a few more finds from the great attic clean-out… My great grandmother’s monogrammed china. This set is so delicate (5 of the cups didn’t survive the trip home), but it is gorgeous! I love the teal border and gold rim. It is so special that I was able to take this home with me. Some more vintage ornaments. Aren’t these funny? An ant, a clown, and a cognac bottle. Sounds like a party to me. A Happy Home book that is a guide to the early 1900’s house wife. There is some really interesting stuff

The last day of my mom’s visit we got to “play” with my house and all of the fun things we found in her parent’s attic. Lately, I’ve been stuck in a sort of transition and a “busy working on stuff for other people that I’m not working on stuff for my own house” kind of phase. One of the down sides to buying and selling furniture all the time is that few pieces feel permanent. If I know a piece is going to go, why bother hanging pictures around it? You know? Because of this, there are lots of places that are neglected, boring, ho-hum, or downright not at all what I want. So, my mom and I worked together on some of those areas. The after of my dining room buffet is above and the before is below. You can see that I wasn’t even trying to make