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We’re getting towards the end of the year and, since I don’t have any Christmas decor to share yet, I thought I would start sharing some of my favorites from 2011. To start with, here are my favorite dressers from last year… …the Swiss Miss herself… …the Union Jack dresser… …the gray milk paint dresser with the bone knobs… …the super distressed aubusson and cream dresser… …the cherry blossom dresser… …the sea green milk paint dresser… …I didn’t get a great picture of this one, because I was in a mad rush getting ready for Lucketts at the time, but I love this graphite dresser with glass knobs… …the slate gray dresser… …and it may surprise you to know this was one of my favorites. This Greek Blue dresser almost ended up in the trash, but I put

December 7, 2011 50 Comments

Furniture Feature Friday – Favorites & a Link Party

Oh, girls! I wish I could give big hugs to all of you for the sweet comments you left in reply to my big announcement. I haven’t read through all of them yet, but I assure you I will. They are such an encouragement to me as I stand on the edge of this new, scary journey. I’ll expand on it more in another post, but I want you to know that your comments (on some of my posts in particular) have a lot to do with why I’m getting published. So, thank you. Just so you know what to expect, I will still post on my blog daily and am trying to rework things for next year so I can be more purposeful about posting tutorials, how-to series and encouragement. I hope my blog will get better and better. And, while I’m scaling back my space at Lucketts for a

December 1, 2011 36 Comments

Before and Afters

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I am in search for the perfect coffee table for the living room. I want something interesting…maybe a skirted ottoman with curvy legs or something on wheels. Whatever it is, I haven’t found it yet. I’ve had this round side table in the room for a few months and really liked it there, but it was even more perfect for my family room, so I was left with a hole in the living room. (This is a constant problem for frequent furniture re-arrangers like myself.) So, I hauled in the cedar chest that was used to store a train set in my family room and tried it in front of the sofa. Hmm…the scale of the piece is right, but the orange color wasn’t working. I know you’ll just die of shock when you see what I did next… …you know me so well. Yes, I painted it.

November 27, 2011 50 Comments

Before and Afters

cedar chest – before & after

November 27, 2011 No Comments

FFF

Hope you’re all having a wonderful week! I must admit that Thanksgiving has totally snuck up on me this year. I’m working on freelance projects for next February and October right now, so I’m really messed up. I’m trying to get through those, so I can get to the good stuff…decorating for Christmas. I am determined to have full-0ut Christmas decorations this year. Lots of fresh greenery and little trees and I’ve been hoarding anything mercury glass. I apologize if you shop the Hobby Lobby in Hanover or Chambersburg, PA. I cleaned out almost all of the their mercury glass ornaments. I also got a new toy yesterday…well, it’s an expensive toy and it is for work, but anyway…I got an SB-900 Nikon flash, which is known as being the “flagship” flash for Nikon. I was about to cry when I couldn’t even figure out how to make it work

November 17, 2011 52 Comments

Before and Afters

the reno that won’t end…ever

This bathroom renovation has just about bested me. We’ve been working on it since…oh…January. If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you probably remembered when I entered my half bathroom in a DIY Disaster contest by True Value. Well, your votes made me the winner. Here’s what the bathroom looked like when I submitted it for the contest. (Before pictures always look worse when a toddler’s pajama shirt is strewn on the floor.) This post might refresh your memory about the window to nowhere, the ballet bar, the pink plastic tile, the faucet that was installed incorrectly, the sink that was falling off the wall, the sticky black tiles… Is this ringing a bell? There are dozens of reasons why it’s taken us so long to get this done. We had to wait for the tile, then wait for it to be installed, then wait for

November 15, 2011 48 Comments

FFF

Hello all of my furniture-loving friends! My mom arrived today safely and we hit the ground running. We stopped at Lucketts to fluff my room, which was desperately needed I assure you! I also shopped my own space a bit and bought some over sized pine cones from my fellow Lucketts’ vendor, Ann. Now I’m cozied on the couch, picking my favorites and catching up on e-mail. Here are the pieces that caught my eye from last week… As a mom of boys, I really appreciate this handsome bedroom set painted by Jessica from Paint in My Hair. The colors and styling are wonderful and nature even chipped in with those beautiful orange leaves. I love this dresser by the Modern Cottage Company. It’s so simple and then those knobs put it over the top and make it super special. I also love the bean wreath. Fun! Katie from

November 10, 2011 33 Comments

Before and Afters

the “grass sofa” – before & after

Remember this? This is one of those pieces that people like me have nightmares about. The dresser that is so saturated with smoke that it needs a bath in bleach. The upholstered chair that was used as a dog bed…and then a cozy nest for a mouse. Or the sofa that was stuffed with dried grass. When I opened this one up, I know I was in way over my head and needed to call in reinforcements. “Ummm…Ruthie…I need help. Quickly.” Ruthie swooped in and saved me (and this settee.) Before she came to pick it up, I stripped the fabric away from the frame and painted it in ASCP Louis Blue with Old White and gold leaf detail. I then distressed and waxed it. Ruthie took it from there. She removed all of the contents of the settee, including pounds of dried grass, a plastic feed sack, cardboard box pieces and an

November 7, 2011 72 Comments

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