Sometimes I wonder what possesses me to buy a piece of furniture! I see it on craigslist, usually late at night, and it seems like a good idea at the time, but then my dad delivers it to the studio...
sweet, little hutch
I tidied up the studio last week, but a weekend shopping trip, two craigslist deliveries from my dad and two deliveries from people who are "picking" for me left the studio in disarray again....
rebuilding an antique pie safe
A few weeks ago, I took a trip out to one of my favorite antique stores (Beaver Creek Antiques in Hagerstown, MD) to pick up an antique pie safe I had been mulling over for a while. It was perfect....
the legless buffet
At some point, someone was possessed with the idea to hack the legs off of this buffet... Perhaps it was an intentional decision to make this piece more practical or perhaps one of the legs was...
slipcovered desk chair + painted desk
The marathon of furniture makeovers continues! I really do have some other posts up my sleeve, like a series sharing my creative process and a decorating dilemma I am working on for a reader, but I...
“vintage chalkboard” highboy
Before I hop into the post, I wanted to share that I listed soaps (Savon de Marseille block & liquid lavender) and brushes (German dish, vegetable and flowerpot brushes) in the online shop as...
the wood wardrobe with the painted interior
I know that some of you probably think I paint everything. I will paint my mother, if she will just hold still long enough! Well, that's not at all true. While paint is "my thing", I really...
building a mobile shop counter
A few of you noticed the counter in the background of the cleaning cart turned kitchen cart post. It is actually a mobile shop counter I designed and Jeff built for me! I wanted a counter that had...
the cleaning cart turned kitchen cart…
So, I was trolling craigslist one night and ran a search for "industrial" in the general "for sale" category and I spotted two of these industrial cleaning carts for sale... I closed the listing,...
oak buffet reveal & new matte Tough Coat
Unless you follow me on Instagram, you last saw this piece with the top stripped and one coat of paint. It's in the "ugly stage" - the stage when you want to drop it on the curb and let someone...