Today is about resting up for the three day marathon that is the Lucketts Spring Market.  I lingered in bed, took a long soak in a hot bath with lavender epsom salts and had a nice breakfast.  I’m getting my post done early, so I can get a full night’s sleep before the big day tomorrow.  We do have to pack up the van with the final things to take down to the market, but that’s pretty much all that needs to be done.  I can honestly say that I have never worked so hard and so focused on a specific event.  Now, all I can do is watch how it all unfolds over the next three days.  The weather, the crowds, how things sell…  I’ll keep you posted. Before I go, I realized I had one more piece of furniture to share.  It’s this sweet little wash stand… Here’s how

When I bought this piece, I honestly didn’t think too much of it.  My parents went to pick up a few pieces from a seller on Craig’s List and they sent me a picture of this one that was for sale, but hadn’t been listed. Sure.  Throw it in the truck.  I’ll do something with it. This is what it looked like when I got it… I really did hit the jackpot on this Craig’s List listing.  A man had a bunch of furniture he was planning to refinish, but got partway into a few pieces, like this highboy, and realized it wasn’t for him.  So, he sold them off at a good price.  I love it when I can get five pieces from the same place!  One stop shopping.  That day, anyway. I sanded down this piece and then painted it in two coats of MMSMP Boxwood (I’ve been

Just a quick reminder/clarification before I get into the post.  The Friday event of the Lucketts Spring Market is a ticketed event, so you have to have a ticket to attend and tickets will not be sold at the gate AND the tickets are sold out.  So, if you don’t have a ticket for Friday, Saturday morning at 8:00 am is the earliest you can show up.  For details, visit the Old Lucketts Store website. Surprise, surprise.  I have another furniture makeover for you today!  And, believe it or not, there is still a lot more.  Jeff walked in the other day, took a look around the studio and said, “I’m going to call U-Haul to get a bigger truck.” This piece is one that took me a while to figure out.  I don’t mean this in a nutty kind of way, but I try to work with the piece of furniture when

Usually I have to hunt for my furniture, but lately a few pieces have been finding me.  That was the case with this china cabinet… An antique store owner who I’ve shopped from a few times stopped by my studio a few weeks ago.  He knocked on the door.  “I have something in the truck that I think you might like.”  He showed me the china cabinet, quoted a price.  I nodded and he carried it in for me.  How easy was that?! Now, I have to do something with this china cabinet…  After painting several of them over the years, I’ve sworn that I would never buy another one to paint.  They are a royal pain in the rear to work on.  The tight interiors, the fretwork up against the glass…all, a royal pain in the rear. So, I put it out of the way against a wall and