I can’t even count the number of times I have repainted and refinished certain pieces of furniture. I love doing it because without much effort and very little money, you can have a whole new look assuming you have a decent quality base piece. I was about to start stripping the paint off a nightstand …
French Vintage Friday: Ironstone Tureens
I’ve never met an ironstone tureen I didn’t love. Depending on the condition I find them in I may or may not use them to actually put food in but they still wind up at my house, in my hutch generally, when I come across them. Sometimes they have lids and sometimes they don’t but …
French Vintage Friday: Shelf Styling Made Simple
Have you ever had trouble styling a shelf and wondered if there was something that could make it a bit simpler? Well maybe there is. I will show you a couple of my tricks. Quite often on a shelf like this I like to use some sort of trailing greenery. If it was say my …
A Cheesecake Competition And A Recipe
I love cheesecake. Have I mentioned that before? Well I should have. I don’t like regular cake except maybe the occasional Black Forest Cake but even then…..most birthdays I might not even have any cake and if I do it’s just the tiniest little bit and I scrape the icing off. But cheesecake! That is …
A Spring Centerpiece And A Story
I wasn’t even thinking of sharing this centerpiece with you until this morning when I got a text from Emily asking if I was going to share it on the blog. You see, she had seen a glimpse of it in a photo I posted on Instagram and she really liked it. Of course I …