Sometimes, when I'm in furniture-makeover-Lucketts-mode, I feel like I stop "talking" on this blog as much as I usually do. Most posts evolve into "I did this and then this and then that..." and...
all the pretty things
There have been so many things coming into the studio lately that it's been impossible for me to photograph each one, so I thought I would go around the "Lucketts staging area" and snap a few...
shoe cart reproduction
In case you missed them over the weekend, I listed a few more antique hemp sheets in the online shop! So, remember this antique shoe cart I found and sold last fall? It was such a neat piece and...
the zinc-topped table goes home…
I'm starting to wonder what I posted about before I had all of these furniture makeovers... Today, we'll take a break from the before & afters and I'll tell a little story about a table with...
controlling the studio chaos…
As you may have guessed from all of the furniture reveal posts lately (and there are still more to come), the studio is getting pretty full! We have a lot of space (about 2500 square feet), but we...
building a mobile shop counter
A few of you noticed the counter in the background of the cleaning cart turned kitchen cart post. It is actually a mobile shop counter I designed and Jeff built for me! I wanted a counter that had...
the studio is full of possibilities
I was down to just a few things in my to-do stash and that lasted for about two minutes. Kriste and I went shopping on Monday and brought home some great pieces AND my dad scored a few things on...
busy as bees…
It's always exciting when the studio starts filling up with goodies. We have quite a bit finished for Lucketts already and I'm enjoying arranging it all for pretty photos and to give myself a sense...
it may look like a ticking stool slipcover…
Remember the stool slipcover I made a few weeks ago out of antique blue & white ticking? Well, this little slipcover that I made in an afternoon has now become a big deal in the history of my...
keeping & letting go
I was going to go shopping for more antique goodies today as well as some supplies for building pieces, but instead I stayed home to get some "stress-relieving stuff" done - computer work, e-mail,...