I cannot believe the amount of work my family was able to get done today.  The furniture pile kept growing and the project list kept shrinking.  With all of the work, there is no way I could take staged photos of everything I’ve done, so I just had to snap pictures in my workshop.  Here are some pieces I’m bringing to the Lucketts Antique Market this weekend: A buffet painted in Louis Blue and Old White… ..a pair of French twin beds that I painted in Paris Gray and Old White with gold leaf detail… …a French side table that matches the twin beds… …a dresser in Graphite with some funky glass knobs from Abodent… …a dresser painted in Paris Gray with glass knobs… (Believe it or not, this is only a fraction of what we got done today!) …and here’s me unstaged as well.  This is what I’ve looked

If you read my blog, you’ve heard the word “Lucketts” thrown around.  It’s a small town in Virginia and, more importantly, it’s one of the greatest antique stores out there – The Old Lucketts Store.  I am honored to be a vendor there.  Well, they have started a new blog and are celebrating the upcoming May Antique Market by having a $100 gift card giveaway for The Old Lucketts Store.  If you’re local or planning a visit, you’ll want to get in on that action!  If you’re not local, you can check out the blog for “vintage hip” inspiration.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It’s fun for me to look back at the dark pictures that were snapped of my home when we first considered buying it.  It’s come a long way.  This is what the dining room looks like today… I consider this room done, but I do still have some minor tweaking I want to

The plumber came yesterday and was finally able to get our pipes situated for the pedestal sink. Whew. I had no idea a little bathroom would be so involved and would take so long. Now, we’re waiting for the tile to be installed, which can’t happen until next week. So, I sat and dreamed for a little bit this afternoon about how we were going to handle the back wall with the radiator and the former window to nowhere.  I sketched out this plan… We are going to cover the entire back wall in bead board (it will be 3/4 height around the rest of the room) and build a radiator cover/shelf to hide the rad, provide a little storage and give a clean line where the tile can stop.  Apparently it’s a bear to tile around these old radiators, so we’re just going to cover it up, which will