The ups & downs of living in & restoring our 100+ old Victorian house
With the wishful promise of having Spring temperatures around the corner in April (March has been a tease with snow even a few days ago!), I’m sure I’m not the only one anticipating the promise of yardsales and flea markets in the coming months! I’m a thrifting gal all-year round, but when warm weather comes […]
Adding a glaze to a piece you are working on is a very quick and easy way to get more of an antiqued effect. When painting furniture I’m always inspired by Restoration Hardware, and this gray dresser was no exception. I was digging RH’s “antiqued graphite” color, but wanted to take the antiqued wood “look” a […]
Although white and gray sofas have been trending in the last few years, a brown sofa is also a nice neutral color that you can work with to create just about any color scheme. So even if such a sofa may feel like a dark hole that dictates everything else in the room, it is […]
Though my calendar tells me that Spring is right around the corner, it’s a different scene outside my window with snow, ice, and below-freezing temperatures for the last 2+ months. Not to mention snowmageddon is happening right now. Here’s how our roads looked a few hours ago: It’s still snowing, so a few inches more […]
Hello, peeps! Welcome to another episode of “painting furniture for my mom“. ;-) This vintage secretary desk used to be my grandmother’s (or my Mommom as we called her) and now my mom has it in her guest room. The piece has something unique I haven’t seen before with secretary desks; open side shelving. In […]
