I don’t always get the pleasure of creating beautiful tablescapes for Thanksgiving. Christmas trees, mantels, stair rails and wreaths consume us this time of year. This year, however one of my wonderful holiday clients asked me to help with her Thanksgiving table. It has really been a bright spot in my busiest season. I got… View more
It feels like Halloween was just last week….oh wait, it was! Most years I feel like Thanksgiving is the ‘forgotten’ holiday but as boutique owners and retailers we have to jump in and embrace Christmas. So we will have to be content with Thanksmas. Some retailers even jump in earlier and do Hallothanksmas! Hahaha. Christmas… View more
In August 2016 we custom built 3 farmhouse style tables for our local Moore County Health Foundation fundraiser. Two 6 foot long tables and one 8 foot long table. They were a hit! This is still one of my favorite projects and I know this is Bubba’s #1 favorite. He would build tables and furniture… View more
I got inspired to try paint pouring this fall. I really love watching the videos that come across my feed. So many great ideas and inspiration, I thought why not? On a whim I grabbed some inexpensive pumpkins at Wal-Mart and gave it a try. I will walk you through the steps. Make sure and… View more
One of my very dear friends recently had a gorgeous baby girl. This family is near and dear to my heart. After many years as close family friends and lots of memories babysitting them in my preteen and teenage years, this family of 3 kiddos is now having their own babies. I… View more
This hardwood sturdy chest of drawers was in perfect condition but had an old orange toned stain that dated it. We stripped and stained the drawers in Natural Stain & Finishing Oil in One. The base was painted in Champness and finished off with Black Furniture Wax
What is your decorating style? This is a question I ask myself every time I start a new project in my house. I don’t think I have found a good answer yet. Anyone else? Do you feel overwhelmed with your ideas and possible outcome? I had a client recently tell me she didn’t think that… View more
We inherited this piece from a friend. After staring at it for days, we just went for it. Trying to keep some bit of original wood the only salvageable parts were the 3 middle drawers. We cleaned those drawers up and wiped on Hemp Oil. We refinished the base in Picket Fence White, the outer… View more
Green MCM dresser with gold leaf – Trying to mix things up we went with a retro bright green for the base of this MCM dresser. The top and sides had chips and damage that needed to be filled and painted. We used Fusion Mineral Paints Park Bench Green. The drawers were still in good… View more
This beautiful oval table was refinished to give it a lightened up fresh look. We coated the base with Putty and distressed lightly. Putty is one of our “go-to” neutrals. The top was stripped and sanded down to raw wood. We started with a coat of Natural Stain & Finishing Oil in One. Not quite… View more
