I intended to get a post up last night and then this morning, but time escaped me. The mix of work, family, and church stuff has kept me busy. I still have a few more posts to write about my trip, including our quick stay in Florence, but today I’m going to share a dresser I have been working on… … Read More
hutch makeover in tuscany
I must admit, when we got on a plane headed to Florence, Italy, I wasn’t ready to leave Paris, yet. I loved our time there and it was tough to pack up our belongings and leave that apartment. I was excited about Italy, but Paris would be hard to top. Well, Tuscany was not going to be upstaged or underestimated. … Read More
makeover of the paisley chairs
I know some of you really loved the red paisley chairs as they were and, I agree, they were pretty. I’m sure they were beautiful for the first few decades they spent on this earth, but now they were only pretty if you didn’t look too closely at them. They were stained, watermarked, smelled a little musty from years of … Read More
painting the interior of the primitive hutch
It was on my “annoying project list“, so I got the interior of the primitive hutch in the dining room painted when I was knocking out all of the other annoying projects. Painting furniture is normally like therapy for me, but painting the interiors of hutches and cabinets is my achilles heel. It always takes more paint and more time … Read More
dining table makeover
Independent of one another, two of my friends from church asked me if I could give them advice on refinishing a table. It occurred to me that I have a table I want to refinish, too, so why not make a day of it and refinished all of the tables together? Projects are always more fun when fellowship is involved … Read More
repainting the primitive blue cabinet
The primitive blue hutch has been one of my favorite pieces of furniture for several years, but it is a little too primitive for my current home. The shape is simple enough, so I think it has more to do with the color and distressed, worn paint. I have been debating painting it for months and I finally did it! … Read More
kitchen chair makeovers
Remember the French-style chairs I purchased for our kitchen eating area last fall? Here’s a reminder of what they looked like… I knew when I purchased them that I would eventually make a slipcover for the seats and reupholster the backs. I can have some light-colored upholstery in the house, but I knew it was not going to survive in … Read More
pine desk refresh
One thing that has been on my shopping list for a while is a desk for the master bedroom. Since Jeff has an office at the church, he doesn’t need one at the house. He occassionally does work at home and requested a desk in our room, since it’s a quiet room, pretty well removed from the rest of the … Read More
