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Furniture Feature Friday – Excuses & a Link Party

I didn’t have the time to pick favorites today because… …I was moving all of my Milk Paint into my space at Lucketts. I was so busy trying to get it all done that I didn’t get to have a teary moment until I looked at this picture. God has really blessed this endeavor. Wow. …and I’m late because… I was working on the new MMS Milk Paint website! I still have a lot of work to do to get all of the information posted and all of the retailers listed, but it’s a great start! …and I didn’t turn in my book report because my dog ate it. Here are the rules for our furniture get-together… 1.) Your post has to be about furniture. Please, please, please…just furniture. If you find your link has been deleted, it’s not because I’m mean, it’s because your post was not about

August 31, 2012 No Comments

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doing something, a counter swap & a sale

The blog world is wonderful, but there are downsides. One of those that I’ve been ignoring for a long time is sites that steal content from bloggers. I’m not talking about the people who use a picture or highlight a favorite project, but people who rip off entire posts and either claim them as their own or “collect all of your favorite blogs in one place.” Those sites might seem convenient for readers, but it is theft. Can you imagine if I gathered all of my favorite magazine articles, cut the pages out, scanned them, put together my own magazine and then made money from ads and subscriptions claiming I’m offering this great service of “collecting all of your favorite magazine articles in one magazine”? Well, that is what is happening to bloggers. We work hard to create our content and then it’s swiped automatically from our feeds and published without our knowledge

August 29, 2012 No Comments

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Shop Lucketts – August Special

I wanted to share the latest Shop Lucketts special for August… …it’s this galvanized tray with rope handles. Here’s what the design gurus at Lucketts have to say about it… “We love this tray because it evokes a sense of relaxed simplicity — it’s not trying to be beautiful, it just is. The beautiful galvanized metal texture with rope handles is utilitarian, but start decorating with this beauty, and it makes everything around it come to life. At our Design House, we have used this tray on coffee tables to group books and decorative accessories, and it’s been the perfect size at parties to help serve drinks and hors d’oeuvres. One of our newest and most favorite finds from our summer buying trip!” This tray usually retails for $45, but they’re offering it at more than 20% off for $35 for my readers. Snap it

August 17, 2012 No Comments

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Shop Lucketts {in your jammies]

If you’ve even popped in on my blog once or twice before, you’ve probably read something about Lucketts…about me going there or selling out of there or getting ready for Lucketts or loving Lucketts or all of the above. If you aren’t aware, Lucketts is only the most amazing antique store in the world. Well, in my opinion (and I think a few other people feel that well also.) For those who are far away and feel taunted by my frequent posts about the place that is near and dear to my heart, well, the talented and lovely ladies behind The Lucketts Store have come up with a way for you to Shop Lucketts from the comfort of your home…in your jammies. (You know, you could show up at Lucketts in your jammies and that would be okay, too, if that’s your thing.) Anyway, here’s the whole idea behind

August 1, 2012 No Comments

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in the lobby

Well, I’m all cozy and snug in my new retail space in the lobby at Lucketts! There’s still a lot that I want to do, but I was able to get some pieces in the space and figure out my game plan. Some girls got my space settled while I was out of town and they put these two huge, beautiful bookcases on either side of the hardware counter. They looked absolutely perfect there, so I changed my game plan and bought them to keep in the space. (I’ll probably paint them eventually.) The plan is to fill the shelves and bins with my paint, companion products, books, t-shirts, bottles of glitter and some antique goodies. I’ll put a feature piece (probably a dresser) up on the hardware counter and on the wall where the Lucketts Green dresser is. I decided to bring my legs in so

July 9, 2012 No Comments

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moving…again

My journey at Lucketts started in December of 2010. I met Karen that fall and she asked if I would like to sell furniture out of her space. Ummm…YES! It’s only been my most favorite antique store for the last 10+ years. So, I moved some pieces into her space. In April of 2011, a pavilion opened up and they asked me if I wanted it. A space of my own! Definitely, yes! In July, just a few months later, I moved into my huge room on the third floor. I finally started to get settled and painted the room. I then realized the space was too big for me to keep up with. I was working on my book and I had to put the retail side on hold. So, I moved back down into the room with Karen, except then I had a dedicated alcove

June 14, 2012 No Comments

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table legs & glitter

I went out shopping on Thursday, mainly in the hopes of finding an island and chandelier to use in my space at Lucketts, but I found three great (really cheap) dressers, a cute child’s antique wheel barrow, some old boards (for signs) and a bunch of table legs. Why in the world would I want table legs? I saw them and at first thought, “Those are so cool, but what would I do with them?” I wasn’t sure, so I left them and kept looking. I couldn’t help revisiting the table legs before I left and a thought hit me. “I could use them to show my paint colors at Lucketts!” Bingo! There were only 11 and I have 12 colors, so I’m on the lookout for one more. I’m leaving white (“Ironstone”) out for now, since most people aren’t concerned about what white is going to look like. I’ve been

June 9, 2012 No Comments

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Big Purchases

I shared when I posted FFF this week that I made a couple of big purchases on Thursday, so I thought I would show them off. Here’s one… See that big hardware counter with all of the metal bins? Yeah, that. Woohoo! I bought it from my friend, Karen. She’s told me so many times that she would never sell that piece, so when she mentioned to me that it was for sale, I jumped on it. “Put a hold tag on it, so I can measure it when we go down there tomorrow!” I became very paranoid that someone else was going to buy it. I had to make sure it would work for where I needed it and it will. Perfectly. My husband is going to build a shelf to go on top of it to make it even more substantial. It’s going to be painted black with a

June 3, 2012 No Comments

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