Every once in a while I get to escape for a couple hours on a Saturday morning and hit up a bunch of our local thrift stores (and hopefully some yard sales too) to hunt for treasures. Now that the boys’ soccer season is ending, maybe I can get some of those mornings back. 😉 […] Read more…
Hello again, my creative friend. It always feels good to finish a project and share it here with you, whether it’s a big piece of furniture or something smaller. Inspiration can come in any shape or size! This summer I picked up this piece from a yard sale for about $10, and I finally pulled […] Read more…
Hello, lovely! I have been working on lots of brand new makeovers for my upcoming book, and every time I finish one I wish so badly that I could share it with you!! For now I’m sharing this console table makeover that already sold – I think I paid about $20 for it at a yard […] Read more…
Hello again, friend! Today is Trash to Treasure Tuesday, one of my favorite days of the month because my blogging friends all get together and share makeovers of thrifted or free items. I had saved these book covers from a former project and couldn’t bear to throw them away… And here’s the former project – […] Read more…
When selling refinished furniture, pricing can be an uncomfortable topic. You want to make a nice profit for all the work you did, but will anyone pay the price you’re considering asking? You debate and end up feeling guilty, so you list it for a lower price than you wanted. And then you get a […] Read more…
Hello again, dear friend! Today’s new project – an antique serpentine dresser makeover – is what you’d call trashy to classy. My sweet mom found the listing on one of those yard sale apps, and we ended up rescuing it from the back of an old shed in the middle of winter. I’m pretty certain […] Read more…
Friend, first of all I want to thank you guys so much for the heartfelt comments many of you left on my last blog post and on my Facebook page about my big announcement. It feels wonderful knowing that you’re cheering me on while I’m working on this huge project! Today I have a smaller […] Read more…
Honored… humbled… nervous… and thankful. And I’ve been stalling on publishing this blog post for several days now – because that makes this news more official. (EEEK) A couple months ago, a publishing company emailed me about the possibility of writing a book about furniture makeovers. My first thought was that it couldn’t possibly be real. […] Read more…
Hello again, lovely friend! Today I’m sharing the makeover story of these sweet updated antique nightstands. It’s not easy finding an actual pair – usually it’s just one and the other is long gone. But this time I was lucky! Overall they were in good shape and the drawers slid really well; there were just […] Read more…
