the collected home
About a year ago I bought a three piece furniture lot from a very sweet lady. The lot consisted of a vanity table with the mirror, a chest and a wardrobe. Here’s the cool part: they were all from the same suite. And they were from my FAVORITE decade. (Well, besides the ’80’s) 1920’s The vanity and mirror were…
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This little table was one of the fastest makeovers I’ve EVER done, I have to say. And probably one of my personal favorites as well. It is also a perfect tutorial in embracing imperfection. I gave up Perfect a long time ago. I highly recommend it. The top of this desk is a veneer. And loose veneer at that. Let’s…
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I’ve said this before If you paint furniture long enough eventually, it will come to you. I feel very fortunate that people give me stuff all the time. Most of the time they say the same thing, ‘I just want to get rid of this fill-in-the-blank’. And if it is pretty traditionally styled and not out of my realm of limited…
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Back in February on an icy Saturday morning Big Daddy and I were out checking out a few estate sales when he spotted this dresser at the Hospice Thriftstore. Apparently, I just walked right by it. Originally, I bought it to keep. I thought I could paint it and use it as a sideboard in the eating area of our…
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I’ve been super busy lately, and not with furniture painting. Between my day job, family and life I haven’t had much time for it. The things that have kept me busy the past month or so are all very GOOD things though, just not very creative ones. When life gets like that for me I begin to crave something creative…
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I have a longstanding love affair with drum tables. My Mama was a BIG antiques collector and I remember being at an auction with her as a teenager (I MUST have been being punished for something) and seeing one for the first time. Plus, it’s a cool name, Drum Table, don’t you think? I found my first one a little…
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