I have a weakness for chairs…….not shoes, handbags, or dishes……..chairs! I love frenchy chairs…..you know….. the ones with curvy legs, feminine lines, romance. I recently found four dining chairs at a flea market that had all the requirements. They just needed some updating from their ugliness. Which in my world is paint and upholstery. We painted the wood in Annie…
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Latest Estate Finds!
We’ve been busy, busy, busy getting some of the latest estate finds listed in the shop! We have found some beauties! This is a French marble angel statue. Isn’t she gorgeous?!? She is solid white marble, she came out of a Pennsylvania Catholic diocese, dating to the late 1800’s. Hesitated about selling her, but decided I would put her in…
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The One That Got Away….Almost!
I have a bad habit. One that I need to break. I second guess myself. A lot. I need to learn to trust my instincts. Sometimes I will see something while out pickin’ that I will know that it could be fabulous with a little work or repurposing. But something will happen and I will talk myself out of it, and usually…
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French Sofa Redo
I have had an ongoing search for an antique French sofa forever……… I finally found one at an estate sale in the South! I dreamed of painting it in Annie Sloan Old White and covering the upholstery in vintage grain sacks. When I saw this sad looking little lady, I could hardly contain my happy dance! She’s from the late…
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Who is Edith and Evelyn?
We get asked a lot, “Who is Edith and Evelyn”? Edith is my mother. The strongest woman I have ever known. We didn’t have much growing up and always struggled to make ends meet. A stay at home mom as so many were in those years, when my father suddenly died at the age of 51, my mother found herself…
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