For the last several months, I’ve been on the lookout for an old dresser, desk, or cabinet, or anything similar that is about hip high. Don’t ask me why I didn’t take a careful look around my own home, because I had the very thing I needed already – it was just buried under other junk in my outbuilding. Let that be a lesson to me, to shop my own shed first, before shopping elsewhere. I bought this old desk {Read More}
Farmhouse Kitchen Remodel – A Room with a View
August 23, 2012 by 204 Comments
I didn’t plan to show you my farmhouse kitchen remodel until Friday, because I had a lot of photos to go through before posting about it, but my mom is going on a camping trip today and she wasn’t too happy when she found out she wouldn’t get to see my kitchen until she got home late Sunday night. I stayed up until the wee hours this morning finishing this post for you, Mom – I hope you like it {Read More}
An Old Lady Gets a New “Dress”
July 23, 2012 by 30 Comments
I’ve had this old gal for over a year. She was too large to ship and I don’t have a booth space, so I had no way to sell her. I already had several accent tables in my home and didn’t have a place for her. Although I think she looks lovely in her sunny yellow color, it just didn’t work for my decor. So, she’s sat in my workshop, stacked a mile high with junk. Every time I walked past her, I felt {Read More}
Local History Seed Bag Chair
August 1, 2011 by 18 Comments
I love reusing things with some history behind them, so I was thrilled to find a seed sack from a local business, which has been family-owned since 1880. Geo. Keller & Sons I decided to put it to use on this harp back chair. The chair was originally dark, stained wood, so I repainted it Bungalow Gold. I would have preferred an antique white, but I already had a full can of the Bungalow Gold. I was a little paranoid cutting {Read More}
Beauty in the Beast
July 26, 2011 by 44 Comments
Here’s the beauty That was in this”beast”. My daughter’s friend said it looked like a coffin. I wasn’t sure if wanted to try to save it, or take it aparat it to and use the parts for other projects. I pondered it for several days. It was so structurally sound that I hated to destroy it as a whole piece of furniture, so I decided I’d see what I could do with it. The veneer on top was beyond working with, so {Read More}
Crank Up the Radio
July 21, 2011 by 10 Comments
So, yesterday I told you that I really wasn’t thinking when I bid and won this antique radio at an auction. I didn’t have any great reason for buying it – it was cheap and kinda cool is all I can think of. Well, sometimes…it pays to check your brains at the auction door! Here he is today. His insides (record player and radio box) have been removed. I sanded him down all over, repainted with Valspar Churchill Hotel Wheat, {Read More}
Sheet Music Dresser
July 10, 2011 by 8 Comments
I was so inspired by Miss Mustard Seed’s Sheet Music Dresser, never thinking I would actually make one like it, until I won this very similar dresser for $1 – yes, ONE dollar (and I got a head and footboard with it for that $1). This is what it looked like in my shed when I brought it home. The top was bad…really bad. Chipped veneer, stains, not to mention the paint job. Here it is after the first coat {Read More}
Transformation of a Table
July 10, 2011 by 4 Comments
I got this table for $2 at an auction. Not too hard to see why it was only $2, huh? After getting it home, I stared at it for a while. Could that much ugly really be changed? I started sanding to at least get rid of the loose, flecking off paint. There really is wood under all that green. Lots of paint, some vintage sheet music & pages from a child’s story book later… It was worth the {Read More}
