I have a lot of wood floors in my house and rugs can be really expensive…especially nice ones.  I suppose I could slap down a piece of Berber, but that’s not exactly my style.  I found a jute rug on clearance at Hobby Lobby a few months ago.  Jute is good…cheesy leopard print is not.  That print was certainly why it was on clearance.  I flipped it over in the store and it looked just like an ordinary jute rug when upside down, so I bought it.  It’s served me well for a few months, but it’s a little ho-hum.  When I had an opportunity to select a stencil from my sponsor, Royal Design Studio, I knew exactly what I wanted to stencil.  Yep, the ho-hum underside of the clearance leopard print jute rug in my guest room.  I chose a simple Swedish-style stencil (say that five times fast), which would make a

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