decorating dilemma update | sarah’s fireside room
Do you remember Sarah’s fireplace room? We talked about it originally back in August and then I gave you an update on her progress in December. Last week, she checked in with me again to share their progress. Like most real, non-TV makeovers, Sarah is working on the makeover project-by-project, slowly over time, as life and budget […]
the ticking chair & the rushed stool
The antique hemp sheets I ordered finally arrived and they are spread out all over my living room floor at the moment! Antique textiles make me happy, so I’m totally at peace with the beautiful mess. You can find them in my online shop HERE. My mom and I set out yesterday to find some new-to-me […]
back at the house & JAK Camera Strap Giveaway
There has been a lot of activity at the studio and things have been pretty quiet at my house. I did rearrange the family room a few weeks ago, but otherwise, my house is just my house, which is a big change from how it was a couple of years ago. If I was at […]
the pink wardrobe gets a makeover…
Sometimes I wonder what possesses me to buy a piece of furniture! I see it on craigslist, usually late at night, and it seems like a good idea at the time, but then my dad delivers it to the studio and I realize I was, shall we say…optimistic. Such was the case with the wardrobe […]
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 rickety, uneven legs. He had one thing that made him really special, though – something that kept him from […]
sweet, little hutch
I tidied up the studio last week, but a weekend shopping trip, two craigslist deliveries from my dad and two deliveries from people who are “picking” for me left the studio in disarray again. Kriste and I tackled it this morning – unpacking, pricing, scooting and arranging. I also went around with sticky notes with […]
rebuilding an antique pie safe
A few weeks ago, I took a trip out to one of my favorite antique stores (Beaver Creek Antiques in Hagerstown, MD) to pick up an antique pie safe I had been mulling over for a while. It was perfect. Chipping, creamy-white old paint, still wearing all of the original tins and she is an […]
the legless buffet
At some point, someone was possessed with the idea to hack the legs off of this buffet… Perhaps it was an intentional decision to make this piece more practical or perhaps one of the legs was damaged beyond repair and this was a way to save this buffet from the trash. I don’t know how […]