Some of the HGTV.com articles I wrote back when I was working on my kitchen and master bedroom are live now!  Here they are… Add architectural interest to a room with crown molding…    DIY Bolster Pillow…   DIY Butcher Block Counter Top… Milk Paint Night Stands… Starched Fabric Feature Wall… I was visiting the site to get the links for this post and saw this on their home page… At first I thought, “Oh!  I need to set up my DVR to record that!”  Then, I noticed the thumbnails below.  “Hey!  That’s my bedroom!  And THAT’S my bedroom, too!”  I still dork out at stuff like that and I hope I always will.   I even called my husband over to show him.  “See, that’s Vern and Genevieve…and that’s ME!”  Well, my bedroom, but still. Anyway, I’ll let you know when others are available including the custom shams, French

If you followed my Lucketts preparations, you know that I made a last minute decision to sell THE chair.  Kristi, one of my readers and a shopper at Lucketts this year, was hoping the channel back chair I kept mentioning in my posts looked similar to THE chair.  When she saw it was upholstered in plain grain sacks, she mentioned being interested in a wing chair with blue, striped grain sacks similar to THE chair.  Hmmm…  That got my wheels turning. I didn’t have the time to find and upholster a chair before Lucketts.  Would I be okay with selling THE chair?  Not a similar one, but the actual one? I walked into the living room and looked over THE chair.  I imagined not having it.  I imagined the thrill of finding something that worked just as well or even better in that space.  I imagined how neat it would

If this is your first time shopping my space at the Lucketts Antique Market, this post is for you!  If you’re a regular, this will just give you some updates or maybe get you geared up for the event.  I’ve been asked a lot of questions about what to expect from the fair and my booth in particular, so I thought I would share a shopping guide to answer everyone’s questions at one time.  Here we go… THE WHERE For those who have attended before, I’m in the same place I’ve been for the past two years.  If you’re new, I know an overhead view of the event might not help very much, but here it is.  My booth is located in the red circle.  So, I’m located on the gray gravel at the corner of the pea gravel.  If you’re in grass, I’m not there.  If you’re in pea

If this is your first time shopping my space at the Lucketts Antique Market, this post is for you!  If you’re a regular, this will just give you some updates or maybe get you geared up for the event.  I’ve been asked a lot of questions about what to expect from the fair and my booth in particular, so I thought I would share a shopping guide to answer everyone’s questions at one time.  Here we go… THE WHERE For those who have attended before, I’m in the same place I’ve been for the past two years.  If you’re new, I know an overhead view of the event might not help very much, but here it is.  My booth is located in the red circle.  So, I’m located on the gray gravel at the corner of the pea gravel.  If you’re in grass, I’m not there.  If you’re in pea

A few months ago, I had the opportunity to curate a collection for Joss & Main.  When they recently asked me if I would like to do another one, it was a no-brainer.  YES!  Of Course!  I had such a good time shopping for things that captured my style in order to make them available to my readers.   This collection is still centered around the staples of my look…blue & white, a little farm house, a little French country, a little bit of the rest of Europe thrown in and, of course, everything has a vintage feel. Since I’ve completed a couple of rooms since my last collection, we were able to include finds that would be right at home in my kitchen… (like this preserved boxwood wreath…)     (…and x-back chairs) …and my master bedroom. We were even able to include the exact Park Hill bedding that’s