{Distressing with an electric sander}
distressing, for sale, furniture re-do, painted furniture, sweet pickins, tutorial>I LOVE distressed furniture – to me, the more distressed the better. Especially white/cream distressed pieces with a dark stain underneath that will show through. That gets my heart pumpin. Just so happens that i had a…
{Cutest little side table – a refinish}
furniture re-do, painted furniture>1st – can i just say that i thought that i was going to have way more time for blogging – uhhhh…no i dont!!! I am so busy with furniture its crazy!!! I'm definitely not complaining – i love that people are buying my stuff…
{Some changes for me – good, happy changes}
random>I QUIT MY JOB!!!!!!! For a while now, i have really wanted to quit my full time job as a court clerk (10 years this June). It had been nagging at me for some time now, seriously buggin me. I didn't want to quit because i didn't…
{Updating a classic}
furniture re-do, painted furniture>So i know tons of people that have these Lane cedar chests and they all look the same – old brown wood. Very, very dated – but they are nice, heavy duty and classics so we cant just trash these things! So a little paint and some…
{Some new stuff for sale}
architectural salvage, for sale, sweet pickins>I just listed a couple small things for sale on my {Sweet Pickins} blog – check them out if you are in the SLC, UT area This is a found piece – old window turned wall shelf Another found piece – old window turned shelf …
{Craft Hutch}
for sale, furniture re-do, glaze, painted furniture, sweet pickins>I got this computer armoire a while back and loved its cute curved top and raised panel doors right away. BUT – it was a computer armoire, do people really use those anymore? I don't know? But, i had an idea for it right…
{Refinished antique desk}
furniture re-do, painted furniture, sweet pickins>A couple of weeks ago, my husbands friend PJ brought me over this super cute desk – he found it with a “free” sign on the side of the road. Sweet!!! I bet the people that set it out on the curb would want it back after its…