furniture

Color warning: This blog post could also be known as "Are you scared?".Here is the before shot of an armoire my client purchased at an antique store. Her new son's nursery does not have a closet, so it will be used as that. Here is the bedding and window fabric…

On occasion....I faux finish a piece of furniture and then don't want to give it back to the client. Yeah, this yellow number is one of those pieces. I named her Lola. I don't know why.... She was U.G.G.G.G.G.G.G.G.G.G.G.L.Y.Y.Y.Y.Y.Y.Y.Y....... and had been in my basement for a couple of years.…

Gotta find some way to pass all these snow days..... there are only so many Dora the Explorer episodes I can stand to watch.So we eat snow out of sippy cups. We tape old gift wrap upside down to the floor and draw (thanks Kierra). We have sword fights. And…

Last spring, we did a faux finishing job for a very generous client. I loved this chair that they were selling and her and her husband GAVE IT TO ME. Yes....gave it to me....It is one of the prettiest things in my home.Unfortunately.....one of the my budding artist children was…

I did another endtable for a charity auction this week. How can I say no to nice people for a nice school who ask so nicely????Here is the before pic :And here is the after:I did a little crackle:A little bronze edging detail:A little faded stenciling:A pretty crystal knob:Some bronze…

I just finished this darling, cream cheetah print table for a silent auction at a charity event here in KC this past weekend. The cheetah print is actually tissue paper that I modge podged to the top of the table! Thank you Lori K. for donating the endtable to me.…

If you live in Kansas City, there is the oddest store ever in the caves off 291 Highway in Independence called "Overstock Freight".It's where I got the blue dresser that sits in my entryway. The store is totally hit or miss. Sometimes it's junk....sometimes you get a gem.My boys took…

(my kitchen 7 years ago) I had a designer tell me once that there is an old Indian proverb which says "House done; man dies".Thank goodness my house is still "evolving". (my kitchen tonight) After 10 years.....we just got new bar stools off of Craigslist. I feel like a grown…