four things | two
Last week, I started a new weekly series – Four Things. These posts are for sharing four things – what I’m reading, watching, loving, and working on. I hope these posts will be a nice place to drop the this-and-that sort of things that happen throughout the week and will be a source of encouragement […]
Lucketts fall market wish list 2024
Here we are at another Lucketts Market! I miss the weather (believe it or not) and friends in Minnesota, but I am so glad to be back on the East Coast again and an hour away from Lucketts. As I’ve shared many times over the years, it’s a special place to me not only because […]
field trip | emporium antiques in Frederick, MD
Yesterday, I drove down to Frederick to meet Jodie of The Past Restored to drop off my oil paintings for the Lucketts Fall Market with her. You can read about that spur-of-the-moment partnership HERE. I had to pick Marshall up in a couple of hours, so instead of going home, I decided to poke around […]
picture frame molding | dining room makeover
I feel like I keep returning to the same decorating bag of tricks with picture frame molding, but it is such an inexpensive and easy way to add architectural detail to a space that it’s hard to resist. A room can look stately, classic, and more interesting with just a couple hundred dollars invested in […]
four things | one
I used to share a monthly favorites post and stopped during our move because it became a little overwhelming! Collecting my favorites through the month seemed more difficult in all of the upheaval and chaos of the move and renovations. I am finding my stride again and realize I miss sharing my favorites. I considered […]
original oil paintings to sell at Lucketts
It was sort of inevitable. I move back to within an hour from Lucketts and I get sucked back in. (And I mean that in the best possible way.) If you were reading this blog before I moved to Minnesota, you’ll remember the days when I was a full-time vendor at the Old Lucketts Store […]
antique empire buffet
When I painted the dining room ceiling a few weeks ago, eagle-eyed readers might’ve noticed the new buffet in the corner under the plastic dropcloth. I haven’t shown that corner of the dining room often, so it may have been overlooked entirely. I recently acquired the beautiful antique Empire buffet from a local consignment shop […]
basement ponderings & asbestos testing
Prepare yourself for one of the ugliest posts ever to grace this blog. Sometimes when you’re renovating an older home, things are ugly. It’s almost unavoidable. When we first looked at this house and considered buying it, the basement was the obvious sore thumb. It clearly had water issues because it felt humid, smelled dank […]