Every so often I get a special customer who takes the time to photograph something they bought from me and send me the photos. It’s such a blessing to see my “babies” leave my nest and land so beautifully elsewhere! Here’s a few photos sent to me today. This gal has such great vintage style. She purchased an old camping cot, a lovely blue birdcage and a bunch of antique books from me. Here she shows the birdcage with a bundle {Read More}

If you are a chair caner by trade, or a hobbiest with even remotely passable skills… I implore you to go read another blog–right now. Otherwise you may feel completely insulted. You have been warned. Okay, yesterday I showed you the caned chair I got free at an auction.  I actually won another chair, and when I went to pick it up, they told me I could take the broken caned chair too. I won’t pass up good wood that {Read More}

I used to think I’d like to try my hand at recaning a chair. Yeah,…NOT. Actually, I’m not even attempting to repair a chair, but I did remove the old caning from a chair that is beyond repair, because I wanted to convert the seat into a sign.I’m putting the finishing touches on the sign tonight, so I’ll reveal it to you tomorrow. The chair was once a lovely pressback chair, but the caned seat was broke, a foot bar was {Read More}

Set my alarm early Saturday morning to hit the monthly barn sale, drove 45 minutes to get there, only to discover I had the wrong weekend! I decided to make the best of it, by searching for any other good sales I could find,despite the somewhat dreary weather. I hit a little hole-in-the-wall thrift store, and a couple of yard sales and scored these goodies…  Wooden Shoe LastI adore this.  I won’t be sad if it doesn’t sell! Blue enamelware {Read More}

I love all the fresh ideas out in blogland for repurposing vintage suitcases, so I’m thrilled to get my hands on a good old Samsonite that has passed its prime as luggage. I’d previously rehabbed a suitcase that was nearly identical to the one I used for this project, with antique dictionary pages and wanted to do something a little different, so this time I decided to line the insides with, what else?… Clothing pages, of course! What could be more appropriate {Read More}

You ever have those times when you have just completed a project… you sit back… survey your work… and think,… “Wow”, I head that nail right on the head, this time!”? Those times don’t come with every project, to be sure. But today…today… I feel like I nailed it! Okay…you can tell I’m a little thrilled with the outcome of today’s project! I brought this industrial stool home from the auction yesterday and it was pretty bloomin’ cool to begin with, but the {Read More}

It’s Tuesday, which for me means,It’s Auction Day! Every Tuesday evening I head to my local auction house,for some intense browsing, bustling and bidding. I just love going to auctions, but I know they can be a little intimidating if you are new to them. Here’s my best tips for scoring great items at great prices. Where to find auctions?–Your local paper–Online (Google search your state’s auctioneer association)Here’s the one for my state –http://www.moauctioneers.org/Auctions–Posters are frequently hung in gas stations, {Read More}