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the vintage Drexel dining set & recovering a chair seat

A few of you noticed the new dining room set when I shared the fall tablescape earlier this week. We bought an antique dining set last year just a few days before Christmas off of Facebook Marketplace for $40. I had been searching for a dining set since we moved into the house and I just wasn’t finding the one. I was feeling a bit bummed about not having a table and chairs for the dining room for Christmas, though, so I jumped at the chance to get a set for $40. That was less than we would spend on a dinner out for our family so it was worth it. We made a few initial repairs to some of the chairs as well as to the stretchers on the table and it was good enough, but the table was just a little bit too wide for the room and

September 27, 2023 25 Comments

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fall entertaining with Walmart

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Walmart. As always, all words and opinions expressed are honest and my own. Last week was the first week that felt like fall and it was glorious. I mourn that the pool has become a polar bear swimming experience, but that is about all I’ll miss about summer. I love it when cooler weather comes in and I can don my hoodies and slippers. I also love decorating during fall and winter perhaps more than any other season. I don’t do a ton of specific holiday decorating, but I love seasonal decorating with elements that speak to that season as well as natural items. I did a bit of shopping on Walmart to find some new items to mix into vintage and antique finds as well as some natural seasonal elements. I usually show finished tables, but I thought it would be fun to

September 25, 2023 22 Comments

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maple house collective | small shop spotlight

A few years ago, I worked with The Maple House Collective, a small business based in Washington state that sells antiques and housewares online and eventually in a renovated barn. I love following the journey of Phoebe and her family for a few reasons. First of all, the aesthetic of the shop is stunning. Phoebe is amazing at curation, styling, and photography. Second, I love that it’s a family business and they all work very hard together. You want to shop from them and root for them and it always feels good to buy from a business like that. When she reached out to me and asked if I would be interested in doing some product photography, I said yes without any hesitation. As a small business owner myself, I know how nice it is to get a fresh eye on your products and to receive some photos you didn’t

September 21, 2023 5 Comments

1970 home renovation

1970 home renovation | painting the exterior

I’ve had the exterior paint sitting in the garage since the beginning of the summer, but I just didn’t want to paint in the heat. I imagined I would spend a day painting and then jump into the pool as a treat, but waiting to paint on cooler early fall days sounded more appealing to me. I think there was a bit of procrastination happening as well, but I know myself and I will wilt in the heat and won’t be as productive. This week, the weather report was perfect for painting. Not too hot, not too cold, and no rain in the forecast. So, I purposed to do it. I put it on the mental calendar and let everyone know that is what I’d be working on for a few days this week. Yesterday, I got started. First of all, no, I’m not painting the brick. I’m usually on

September 20, 2023 15 Comments

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green velvet seat covers

While I had the sewing machines out and my mom’s help, I decided to make seat covers for the barrel-back French chairs I’ve had for years. I have wanted to cover the vintage cushions on these chairs since I first bought them. They were cream, but the leather was dingy and there was no amount of cleaning that would make them look nice. Since they are cream, though, they weren’t too offensive if you didn’t pay close attention to them, so they were easy to ignore. And that’s what I decided to stop procrastinating on them. I covered them in a yummy green velvet fabric that I traded for some furniture before our move. It was such a great fabric that I knew I would find a use for it down the road. I have earmarked it for the dining room curtains, but I had enough to use some for

September 19, 2023 16 Comments

1970 home renovation

custom-built shelf by the side door

One of the downsides to taking down the walls in the kitchen is that we lost the “mud room” area. It was small, but it at least provided a landing area for shoes and such that was hidden from view. But, I felt like the light and space we would gain was a good trade, so the walls came down. I thought initially I would add a piece of furniture along the wall by the side door as a place to tuck shoes, drop keys, and hang bags, but it would block the traffic path much more than I thought. So, I decided to shift gears and build a shelf to define a bit of a “landing area.” Of course, it’s still in the kitchen and in full view, so it’s not a place to hang everything people bring in the door. The boys will still keep their backpacks in

September 18, 2023 39 Comments

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the kent house

The house in Kent, a neighborhood of Washington DC hit the market last week and I wanted to share pictures of how this gorgeous house turned out! I’m going to share a few photos, but you can see the listing HERE if you want to see to full house tour. Here is how the house looks from the exterior. I love the copper accents added to the overhangs and gutters as well as how they made a real feature of the windows and doors. The largest painting of mine is Verschoor Barn, whish is hanging over the fireplace in the living room… We didn’t have a frame for this one (bummer), so I painted the edges black to frame it out. I would’ve preferred a frame, but I think it works nicely with the fireplace and modern furnishings. As I’ve shared before, the styling was done by Caroline of Ekster

September 12, 2023 19 Comments

1970 home renovation

doors to the dining room & dining room updates

One of the details I loved about this 1970s house when we first looked at it was the doors leading to the dining room. It’s one of those architectural details you don’t usually find in newer homes. But. a house built in 1970 is bridging the formality of homes in the first half of the 20th century (with front and back entrances, rooms for guests and entertaining, and ones strictly for practicality, etc.) and the modern, open floorplans that became popular through the 1970s and 80s. I love that this home leaned a bit more into old-fashioned choices along with upgrades that were modern for the time. The doors are just slab doors, but I painted them Card Room Green and added (instead of cabinet knobs) and they look so sweet. I still need to paint the dining room walls (they are just primed at this point) and give the

September 11, 2023 33 Comments

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the vintage Drexel dining set & recovering a chair seat

fall entertaining with Walmart

maple house collective | small shop spotlight

1970 home renovation | painting the exterior

green velvet seat covers

custom-built shelf by the side door

the kent house

doors to the dining room & dining room updates

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