the collected home
Big Daddy and I hope all of ya’ll have had a wonderful, safe and healthy Christmas. We spent a lot of time with friends and family while they were in town. As our families are scattered around western North Carolina and we find ourselves on the road quite a bit during the Season. Several years ago we began to…
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I am writing this in our living room under the glow of our Christmas tree. It’s cold and rainy outside (with possible snow on Monday!!!) and the house is warm and smells divine as I have pine scented candles burning. Our Thanksgiving was just the way we like it: House full of loud, crazy family and wwwaaayyy too much…
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There is a Fusion Mineral paint retailer in Asheville. It is in another multivendor antique mall that also happens to be near my day job. So every couple weeks or so I stick my head in there and pick a new color. This past week my pick was this deep, dark and rich blue……. I’m getting ahead of myself…….as usual….
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If you have been reading this blog for very long you have probably noticed that I have a soft spot for antique desks. They are soooooo versatile: desk, vanity, entry piece, buffet. That’s a lot of titles for just one piece of furniture. So when I find one in good repair and affordable? I grab it! The curves will suck…
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If I had to guess I would say that I have painted in the neighborhood of 40 side tables/nightstand in the past 6 years. They are quite easy to find in this area …….. if you aren’t looking for them. Know what I mean? Little, early American three drawer jobs, batwing hardware , all with the same feet. Good,…
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On Friday I was out and about early on one of my crazy missions. I was hitting as many thrift stores as possible in search of smaller pieces of furniture to refinish for my shop. I found nothing……. It was like the entire county had some kind of purge of secondhand furniture. WTH????? As a last ditch effort I swung…
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