As many of you who follow me know, I am no stranger to the occasional roadside find. So when my husband spotted this television armoire with a FREE sign on it, he naturally alerted me to the location. I couldn't believe my good fortune! I headed out with my trailer and met my husband at… Continue reading This Armoire Was My Biggest Makeover Yet-Literally!
When a client reached out to me to refinish her server, I was super excited. It has GORGEOUS lines, curves, and hardware! What it didn't have was the love of the rest of her family. Nobody wanted her to keep this piece. Challenge accepted!! The biggest factor that this server had working against it was… Continue reading The Server with (Almost) No Love
I recently visited the home of a wonderful couple. When I walked in the front door, my eye immediately went to a fabulous red high chair in the next room. I was curious because the couple does not have small children, but it was just such a cool piece. After chatting with them for a… Continue reading One-of-a-Kind Sets You Apart
This project was so much fun! The client contacted me to finish this bookcase to go in her young daughter's bedroom. The Lilly Pulitzer-style room was bursting with color and accented with navy blue. She wanted the background of the bookcase to be Benjamin Moore's Hale Navy and wanted a link pattern in gold across the… Continue reading The missing link
Sometimes all a dining set needs is a simple refresh. This table had served my client's family for years and was still in excellent structural condition. It just needed a little cosmetic refinishing. The client has a lot of wood in her kitchen, so after discussing options, we decided on painting the chairs, table legs… Continue reading Dining table refresh
I recently had one of my regular clients ask if I could build her a TV console for their family room. She sent me a photo of what she wanted, and lucky for me, there were building plans attached! I followed the design plans from Remodelaholic found here. The building plans warned that this piece… Continue reading Custom TV Console
When we overhauled our kitchen last year, we replaced our laminate kitchen counters with butcherblock. We purchased the unfinished butcher block and stained, sealed and installed them ourselves. Now, if your kitchen is anything like ours, you know how valuable counter space is and how easy it is for it to get away from you.… Continue reading Thinking Outside the Block
When we purchased our home 3 years ago, we fell in love with it. It was the layout, size, and space we were looking for. It was colonial in style, but the problem was, my husband and I are not colonial in taste. Therefore we set out to adapt some of the features of the… Continue reading The Mantle of my Dreams
We've all done it. We get sucked in by those canvas print Groupon deals. We order our favorite picture (or pictures for gifts). Sometimes they look amazing. Sometimes the look a little. Well...unfinished. Custom built frames are the easy solution. They can be built to any size, depth, color, and finish. That means you can… Continue reading Custom Built Frames
I client of mine came across this cool little cabinet. It is unique in how many drawers it has for storage and definitely has a vintage feel. The problem was that it looked a little too much like a piece of office furniture. We decided that the original finish on the metal should stay as… Continue reading Snazzy Storage Upgrade
