I’m the kind of person that rubber necks at yard sales, FREE stuff on the side of the road and will spend money on a project condition item (a.k.a. “piece of shi*” or “haunted pile of garbage” according to my husband).  It is a blessing and a curse that somehow I let the potential of the item… Continue reading Craft Room Storage Makeover

A couple of posts back I mentioned how I had gone to an ottoman upholstery class and after doing so feeling like I could take on any refinish project.  And by any refinish project, I really mean any refinish project.  Let me just preface by saying I initially started small. I wanted to graduate from a rectangle ottoman… Continue reading From a Crawl to a Sprint

I have to share the story of this dining table refinish that I just did.  Let’s start by prefacing the fact that I had never repainted an entire dining table.  I had tackled a few side tables and a coffee table, experimenting with glaze and clear and dark wax along the way.  But my experience… Continue reading The work and the reward….