the collected home
A couple weekends ago on a gorgeous sunny Saturday morning I drove halfway to Charlotte in hopes of coming home with a Federal style china cabinet. In other words? A perfect Paige Day! Big Daddy was less than happy ya’ll. These legs alone worth that drive plus the Hepplewhite pulls! I did all the right stuff on this one… good…
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Y’all, I gotta learn to ask questions first and then shoot. I saw the price on this antique dresser, sniffed a single drawer and immediately pulled the tag off and paid for it. I didn’t see all of the mess all around the bottom until the nice Habitat Restore guys were sliding it in to my Jeep. I really lucked out…
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Ya’ll I have had an antique vanity out in The Hell Hole for about 6 months. Well first it sat on my front porch for a while……. ok weeks. It sat on the porch for weeks. The week before Thanksgiving I was asked to put it away…….. actually Big Daddy demanded that I uncrap up the entry to our home before our…
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Ya’ll, I am finally learning to use Letgo to my advantage. Admittedly, I’m a bit slow on the uptake. Today I am sharing the second piece of furniture I have acquired on this particular website. Today’s victim : Ya’ll, I saw oak, I saw a couple of cool keyhole covers, I saw curves and cool legs. Everything else?? It can be…
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A Few days after I got over The GI Bug From Hell I saw an ad on Marketplace that I could. Not. Lay. Off. Of. It was an ad for an entire 1920’s Bedroom set. Now , 1920’s is my jam ya’ll. When I was a little, little girl (brat, ask anybody who is actually related to me) my aunt…
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Wow ya’ll. I had absolutely no intention of taking a break for this long. I woke up about 5:30 am on December 28th, tiptoed downstairs and made my coffee. I should have known right away that I had a problem when my coffee did not taste right. Within minutes it was ON. I spent the next 5 days with the worst…
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