I recently discovered the place on the web where you can buy stuff directly from individuals. it’s called Craigslist. Huh? What??? You’ve already heard of it??? Really? Am I the last one to know about this glorious place where one can find a French armoire for less than $400??? That’s right, she wanted less than […]
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Customizing Built-in Cabinets
We sold this house in 2013, and moved into our current one then. I loved the transformation of these cabinets using paint, and still do. Read on…. When our city house was built in 1978, they added this built-in buffet in the breakfast room. We bought the house in 1990, and back then, glass doors […]
Feed Sack Kitchen Skirt
The photos in this post were taken at our old city house. For those of you that sent condolences on the loss of my sewing machine, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. There wasn’t much of a service, just me saying, “Oh crap!” over the corpse. But I moved on to a new love. […]
Favorite Little Things
I have some adorable little things that get lost when I do a blog post on the room, so I thought I would highlight here. This adorable little clay angel bell is from my friend Peggy, click here. We were at the Round Top Antique Show and she knew that I liked it. One of […]
Breakfast room Refresh
After dreading this project for two months, I finally bit the bullet and tackled painting two rooms in my house. Am I the only one who dreads painting rooms? It’s one thing getting out the paint brushes for a chair or box, but to take everything off the wall, put drop cloths on the floor, […]
Chair-licious
Okay, I know I’m scraping the bottom of the barrel on the post title, but I’m still recovering from my three days of painting. It’s probably difficult to see in the photos, but these chairs (all six of them x 4 legs each) were painted by moi. To prove it, I am showing a close-up […]
Guest room fluffing
I have seen so many beautiful baskets in blogland, and I love the casually elegant and warm feel they give a room. And so when I found this basket at Joss and Main, I knew it was coming home to my house. I put it on a luggage rack at the foot of the guest […]
French Facelift for my Dining Room 2
I am so happy with the changes in my dining room. Here are more of the details of my French facelift on a budget. The French plaque (about $20) and the wooden tote boxes (the set was $32) came from Antique Farmhouse. If you aren’t familiar with Antique Farmhouse, the way it works is that […]