Whew, I’ve been in recovery mode since that last market – enjoying time with my boys (like chaperoning a field trip today!), getting the house back in order, adjusting back to a normal schedule that doesn’t involve working on furniture projects every morning, noon, and night. 🙂 I have a bunch of pieces to share […] Read more…
Confession: Occasionally I name my furniture makeovers. Do you too? I don’t all the time, but sometimes when I’m working on a bunch of different pieces at the same time for a market. It can get pretty confusing explaining to my husband which one I’m ready to paint or which one needs stained, like “the […] Read more…
This midcentury bookcase was an impulse buy, but for $12 how could I pass it up? You really can’t go wrong with buying a vintage bookcase to upcycle; almost everyone needs more shelf space in their home. As it waited for its update, I considered decoupaging paper onto the back like this bookcase makeover I […] Read more…
Last month was the Hunt and Gather summer market, and it was my second time as a vendor there. (You can also find me at the next H&G which is coming up on Sept. 15-16.) For the entire month before the market, every single one of our weekends was booked (a few because of […] Read more…
A few months ago I was browsing at a local volunteer-run resale shop, and the price tag for this antique dresser about gave me a heart attack. $850?! WOW. That makes the original price of last week’s Goodwill Lane chest seem like a bargain. I was so shocked that I had to see what […] Read more…
It was a Friday afternoon, and I popped into Goodwill as a last-minute decision when I was driving through the neighborhood. As usual, I headed straight through to the back where all the furniture was kept. My expectations were low. I leaned over the back of a big cabinet and something low to the ground […] Read more…
The market was fast approaching, and even though I had some really neat pieces ready to bring – a vanity, sideboard, desk, bookcase, chairs – I didn’t have a regular dresser (not that I’d hardly call this piece “regular”). So I searched for several days and finally found this pretty oak highboy – so. much. […] Read more…
Do you wander around Goodwill too, spying any kind of potential-treasure and dreaming of how you can make it prettier or more useful again? Then you’re my kind of shopping buddy. 🙂 Little wooden storage boxes like these are pretty easy to find at thrift stores and yard sales. You can easily upcycle them with […] Read more…
Ahh Facebook – I have a love/hate relationship with you. More often than not, a piece of furniture with so much makeover potential will show up in my feed and at an amazing price – BUT it was posted 7 hours ago and already has 22 comments from eager buyers. Thanks a lot, Facebook. :p […] Read more…
