Painting a Kitchen One Piece at a Time
About two months ago, I decided I wanted to paint my kitchen cabinets.But, I didn’t know if I had it in me to tackle a project as big as the kitchen.The more I thought about it, the more I was feeling motivated to take it on.The trick was how to manage this...My Painted Kitchen
My kitchen has been a project ten months in the works. It is finally…sigh…done. Well, as done as any room ever is in my house!Before:This isn’t really a true before picture. This is the “after” picture from last January. The real before...Custom Annie Sloan Chalk Paint® Colors
I got this fabulous display unit about a month ago when I was visiting my sisters house. It is huge and barely fit in the truck, but when there is a will, there’s a way. Patti and I played with paint colors and decided to mix a custom shade special for this...My Wish List
I have a pretty lengthy wish list. This is the list that my special pickers get when they go scavenging for me. On it include things like vintage typewriters, cameras, globes, windows, doors, wood ladders, wire baskets, crates. Those are the things easier to come by....Wow us Weekends
I am excited about my next week of blogging! I have so many great reveals to share that part of me wants to write, and write and write. But, then there’s nothing to look forward to. There ‘s nothing quite like a dramatic before and after. This...A Craigslist Pick
Have you ever had one of those moments where you get the inkling that something amazing was just posted on craigslist? Please, tell me I’m not the only one that has those “feelings.” I was in the middle of making dinner about two weeks ago. I...Making Pre-fab look…well…Not Pre-fab
What is pre-fab you ask? In a nutshell…virtually anything from Ikea. It’s inexpensive furniture that is made by connecting board “A” to board “B.” It often times comes in a box and is put together by the consumer, or can be...Wow Us Weekend Week 5
It’s week Five of our Wow Us Weekend Link Party! If you have been following for any length of time, you know how much I love cane chairs. They look great in their natural wood, and even better painted! My favorite pick this week was this refurbished cane chair...Lucketts Green
For the moment, Lucketts Green seems to be the most popular color from Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint line. Though, it’s too early to tell, we sold out of Lucketts the second day. Of all the colors, this was the one I was most looking forward to painting...Picking Hardware
Yesterday, I got about 150 new pieces of hardware in stock along with new hooks, metal wall hangings and other metal furniture embellishments. When they got to my house, my girlfriend was there and I was completely giddy about some of the new pieces. I started tearing...Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint in French Enamel
I just got back from a blissful week long vacation! sigh It’s always hard to get back in the swing of things! But, such is life…and I have a back room full of furniture awaiting a paint brush! Before I left, I had a chance to finish an...Wow Us Weekends Week 4
Happy 4th Wow Us Weekend Link Party.Our favorite of the week was the gossip chair makeover with Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint in Tricycle Red by Jeane of Perfect Imperfections!What wonderful antique-style chipping — the dark bottom layers peeking through...No-Stress Fall Entertaining
Just because the Southern California weather in October can’t make up its mind whether it wants to be a sweltering summer scorcher or a cloud-blanketed drizzly chill, doesn’t mean that you can’t indulge in some autumn festivities. Hot or cold, these...Re-Purposed Art
Having my own little hobby store is so much fun! I get to “play” virtually every single day, doing something that I love, shopping for things I can’t live without and inspiring people to let their creativity flow with nothing more than a paint brush...WOW us Weekend Week 3
Welcome to our third weekly Wow Us Weekend Link party! We are finally stocked with Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint and look forward to seeing an even greater variety of projects! This past week, my favorite piece was this fabulous chair refinished by Maureen...Extreme Color
This is the dresser and here is the story. Late this past summer, one of my dearest friends from back east (who I write about all the time because we are kindred spirits in the picking world) came out to California for family vacation. She was on her way...Wow Us Weekend 2
Welcome to our Second Wow Us Weekends!Like all new endeavors, they tend to start out slow, and since last week was our first, I wanted to make sure that all the kinks were worked out before we really pushed for new links. With only two edits to the post, we went...French Style Settee
Last December, my husband and I spent the Christmas break re-decorating our living room. One of the fixtures in that room was an antique settee that has been in my husbands family for generations. That’s it…underneath the mirror (this is the pic of...Wow Us Weekends
It’s time to PARTY!!! Our Grand Re-Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony is tonight and we have so many exciting things happening! Live music, raffle drawings every 30 minutes and three HUGE grand prize gift baskets! Plus, next week is my two-year...
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