The Disease

After six great days back east, we were driving through beautiful Virginia headed for the airport. While I was enjoying the surrounding countryside and charming homes I spotted a big trailer with a huge wooden sign…”FOR SALE.” The trailer was...

Open for Business

How do you entice a four year old to spend an entire day antique shopping? I let her take a lot of pictures! My oldest daughter and I are having a blast spending time with friends on the East Coast, visiting the monuments in D.C., going to the National Zoo and of...

Rustic Charm

Let me tell you, I would never have had the guts to do what I did to THIS dresser had I not taken the Annie Sloan Chalk Paint workshop that I went to last week. This is a bold approach…somewhat daring and a completely adventurous paint technique. I know...

A Painting Party

Last week was one of my busiest weeks in a very long time for a variety of reasons, one of which was the two-days I had blocked off to complete an Annie Sloan Painting Workshop. I’m not going to lie…my thought process going into the workshop went...

New Pieces and New Paint

This week has been sheer insanity! I’ve been so busy with life. Kindergarten prep activities, painting classes and getting ready for the wine walk has left me no time to blog. And I have sooooo much to write about. I didn’t even have time to do my...

A Quickie Post

I’ve been rushing around the store this morning trying to finish up two pieces of furniture, clean up refinishing messes/toy messes/furniture clutter in the back and tackle a last minute custom framing job for a customer in a measly two hours! All I can say is,...