Our house is kinda silly.  It’s beautiful, don’t get me wrong, but for all its square footage, it’s really only a two bedroom house.  We have the basement which houses my craft room, vodka room (yep……it’s where I do all the infusions), a general playroom type area and a guest room (legally, however, it can’t […]

I am not afraid to repeat myself: I get a ridiculously, out-of-proportion thrill when I find odd and old pieces of furniture on my thrift store blitzes.  While many items I buy simply because I can’t pass them up (like that 1934 Philco 43 Radio I bought for $29.99 last year), I do always have […]

So the project is in full swing.  It’s my very first time attempting to refinish a piece and not just paint it.  So far, so good! With no idea about what I was doing, I headed into the wood finish department and did what I do best: asked for advice. I had two guys going […]

By now most of you know that I love second hand furniture.  I love the character that it has, the story, and the challenge of finding great pieces.  Over the course of my life, I’ve had quite a few great finds (Ellie Graye’s bedroom furniture, for example).  It has taken me a while to find […]

Do you remember last month, when I was so happy about having “finished” Ellie’s room   Well, it turns out that I wasn’t done. A couple of weeks ago, I had popped by the Goodwill and seen a piece that I SHOULD have bought right then.  I didn’t, and went home regretting that decision.  The […]

While I’ve always loved spray paint, it took my mother’s reminding about its amazing transformative powers!  She had several pieces of furniture that were…well, how do I put this…um…”meh” would be the best word, I think.  After putting some elbow grease and spray paint to them, they turned into pretty cool pieces!  With the pool […]