The ups & downs of living in & restoring our 100+ old Victorian house
Hello, peeps! Welcome to another episode of “painting furniture for my mom“. ;-) This vintage secretary desk used to be my grandmother’s (or my Mommom as we called her) and now my mom has it in her guest room. The piece has something unique I haven’t seen before with secretary desks; open side shelving. In […]
Well folks, my wish for more milk paint projects has been granted. After seeing how the Artissimo buffet turned out, my mom wanted to get in on the milk paint action and asked if I could paint two small tables for her. Giving her a quick “yes!”, we set to work on picking colors. After […]
…and this is why I love them. Because where else would you be able to get a nightstand like this…wait for it… …for $0.50?! Yeah. FIFTY CENTS. Even more incredible, and much to my woe, there was a ton of great wood furniture at this estate auction, and the majority of it went for prices like […]
On the last post having to do with my first attempt at trying milk paint to paint a piece of furniture, this is where we left off: As expected, milk paint is unlike anything I’ve used before, but so far it looks like it’s coming along ok. I’m putting another coat or two on it […]
Restoration Hardware. It is seriously so hard to deny oneself of the awesomeness of RH when furnishing and decorating one’s home. What’s the snag? They are just too darn expensive. So what happens when you really like a bookshelf from RH, but see it as utter madness to dish out $1,000+ for it? You find […]
