A Boho Chic Sunroom February 9, 2025 | No Comments | Decorating, Fabric & Upholstery, Interior Design, Life, Paint, Restore, Salvage Last winter, I did a series of blog posts on a home renovation that I had been working on. We […]
Is it a Bargain if it Doesn’t Enhance Your Space August 27, 2024 | No Comments | Architectural Salvage, DIY, Paint, Restore, Salvage If you’ve been with me for a while you know I love a bargain. Who doesn’t! It’s the thrill of […]
Meat Hooks in the Kitchen February 15, 2024 | 5 Comments | Antiques, Collecting, Inheritance, Kitchen, Paint, Salvage We have been slowly chipping away at some small projects over here. You know the ones, the small niggling things […]
What Does Your Home Say About You? March 2, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, Bedroom, Kitchen, Paint As I was walking my house the other night I was reflecting on the story my home tells. Is your […]
Tiny Primary Bedroom Reveal February 1, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, Bedroom, Collecting, Dishes, DIY, Fabric & Upholstery, Inheritance, Paint, Polish, Tableware, Vignettes If you’re coming to this post first, you may want to go back and read It All Started with Curtains and How to […]
How To Deconstruct A Heavy Plaster Faux Finish January 28, 2022 | No Comments | Antiques, Dishes, DIY, Paint If you haven’t read It All Started with Curtains, you might want to go back and catch that before you tackle this […]
It All Started With Curtains January 22, 2022 | No Comments | Bedroom, Collecting, Fabric & Upholstery, Paint, Vignettes Well I’ve been away from the blog the last couple of weeks. I’ve been working on our bedroom. Frankly I […]
Creating an Outdoor Mirrored Wall From Vintage and Antiques Mirrors May 24, 2021 | No Comments | Antiques, Architectural Salvage, Garden, Paint, Restore, Salvage I’m in the middle of a Deck Refresh. Just muddling through task after task to get the deck summer ready. […]
A Designer’s Small Kitchen Part 2 – How Small Changes Can Refine Your Life January 21, 2021 | No Comments | DIY, Kitchen, Paint I will be the first to admit I am not a cook. I can cook but I am not creative […]
New LVT Floors for the Kitchen, Living Room, Hall and Home Office January 18, 2021 | No Comments | Antiques, Paint After the kitchen was done (see previous two posts) we immediately through ourselves into painting, knowing we wanted to get […]
A Designer’s Small Kitchen Part 1 – How It Took 18 Months to Finish January 5, 2021 | No Comments | DIY, Kitchen, Paint First let me tell you that this Kitchen Renovation has been building for a very long time. A builder grade […]
2020 Things Accomplished, Hard Decisions, and Small Victories December 29, 2020 | No Comments | Antiques, Architectural Salvage, Bedroom, Collecting, Decorating, Dishes, DIY, Inheritance, Life, Paint, Salvage, Tableware, Vignettes After losing my mom in May of 2019 life changed quite a bit. I had to resign my design position […]
Fox Hollow Bedroom December 22, 2020 | No Comments | Antiques, Bedding, Bedroom, Christmas, Decorating, Fabric & Upholstery, Paint The snow is coming down and the wind is rattling the windows so I thought it was a good time […]
Restoration of the 3417 Sign / Gilding the Lily! September 27, 2020 | No Comments | Antiques, Architectural Salvage, DIY, Paint, Polish, Salvage Years ago when my dad was still alive he had carved the 3417/Welcome sign to hang off an antique lantern […]
