recent finds & photo shoots
When we were in Charlottesville last week, Jeff extended the invitation to me to do a little antique shopping. He knows this means I will most likely fill our van with a bunch of things he doesn’t really “get.” It means I’ll buy things that I expect him to fix and it even may mean […]
epic craig's list find
I have found a lot of great pieces on Craig’s List over the years…chandeliers, dressers, hutches, cupboards, chairs, sofas…you name it. I’ve bought a lot off of Craig’s List. When I’m getting ready for a market, I troll the local antiques & furniture sections daily in our local areas to see if I come up […]
block printed wrapping paper & snowball garland
I walked into the studio ready to work on Christmas things this morning. I told Kriste at one point that I wished I could work on five different things at once. There was a bee in my bonnet. I had a lot on the wish list to get done, but I knew it was way […]
furniture feature friday | favorites & link party
Jeff and I just got back from a nice trip to Charlottesville, VA. I’ll share more about that in another post, but it was a wonderful time. Jeff took me to a few antique shops and gave me the chance to mill around. It hit me again, as I would gasp at an antique table […]
a slip turned into a slip
I found a pretty antique petticoat a few months ago at an antique store and decided it would make a pretty pillow cover. I would turn a slip into a pillow slip! Two, actually. Since the ruffle was only on one side, I made it like a slip-on pillow case instead of a traditional decorative […]
a chandelier, watering live evergreens & blue checks
The living room is in the front of our house, which faces south. Most of the day, the room gets beautiful light..streaming through the dining room and front windows in the morning and in long, golden beams through the west-facing windows in the afternoon. At night, though, this room is dark. That is because it […]
a girl can change her mind (and often does)
Soooo…the curtain saga continues. I’ve confessed that rugs are my nemesis, but now that I’ve switched to sisal and jute blends, I’ve made peace with rugs. It seems like curtains might be my new nemesis. I think the struggle I have with curtains is that it’s not a design choice that’s easily (or inexpensively) changed. […]
blue spruce in a bucket
I have mentioned it a couple of times already…I am really excited to decorate for Christmas this year! It’s just like old times when the countdown would begin leading up to the day after Thanksgiving and I could finally haul out the bins and put the Christmas music on. For the past few years, I’ve been […]