It's crunch time for me as I am closely approaching the Vintage market. I am planning on bringing a variety of  awesome found treasures. Some painted pieces of furniture,some vintage fabrics,and a fun mix of this and that. I found these pieces of a vintage fence last summer. I decided to connect them together and add that pretty rose. The rose was originally an ugly dirty red I don't know how else to describe it. I painted this using a brush with Annie Sloan paint in pure white. Spray paint could have been used but I like the texture of Annie Sloan paint. I was inspired to paint it this way because of  my sweet friend Rosemary. She is so talented and amazing. Rosemary uses gesso and layers many of her creations. So when I saw this rose I new I ... View Post

Old beauty warms my heart heals my soul.... Light in color wraps around......... Front door opens laughter rings....... Cool new car drives up the path.... A  cow awaits looking in....... Vintage style makes me smile.... color is light and sweet....... I wonder what dreams await while softly sleeping..... Looking in the window view to times that have passed and those still new...... She gently smiles her heart is gold........or so I'm told...... This poem must end but remember this..... Time goes way too fast you know.... Take time to relax and go with the flow......???   Okay is that a silly poem or what. I told you I was not a writer. I found that sweet little old farmhouse toy and wanted to ... View Post

How do you feel about pink? I don't mean just any pink but vintage pink. You know like this pink. A little tattered...faded....rusty and.....chippy. With a little bit of white peeling off. You know how much I LOVE  white! But lately I have been starting to add just a bit more pink to my home. Mostly in my kitchen. About a year ago I found this old scale. Only it was all pink. So I thought I should paint over it white! WHAT!? Yep that's what I said I painted it white. I knew when I was painting it I would later regret doing that. Yesterday I decided I wanted to the pink back. I tried sanding it off well it did not work. I wanted to strip the paint off without stripping it off all. I had some of those Mr.Clean magic erasers and decided to ... View Post

Today I am being featured at Hometalk for a feature called "In the bloglight". Hometalk is an online community to share your creative ideas for decorating and projects! I am always inspired when I visit.And you meet amazing bloggers and can find new beautiful blogs to visit too!Click HERE to view hometalk.          THE BEGINNING I started my blog a little over a year ago.I had stumbled upon a few decorating blogs while reading one of my favorite magazines Romantic homes. And once I started reading I was hooked.I was so inspired that one day I decided to start a blog. I enjoy decorating and transforming vintage pieces and knew I wanted to eventually start a business. When I was thinking of a name I wanted it to not only be a name for my blog but for a business as well.I love ... View Post

The clock is ticking and time is drawing nearer to the Vintage Market . I was not able to work on any projects while my daughter was off on her spring break. Spending time with her is more important to me. And I still have time. This table had nice features it just needed a little update. Roses are a favorite of mine even when they are dried. I love the color and texture. I will be bringing some of these to the market as well. I did mention that this was a table that had been updated. I decided to use Annie Sloan chalk paint in a mixture of Louis Blue,Paris Grey,and French linen. Mixing these colors until I got the color I wanted which was a silver blue/grey. It came with this beautiful serving tray. Look at the details on this ... View Post

I am not sure if I shared this or not but my family and I are vegetarians. We decided to become vegetarians for health reasons. Eating healthier and taking better care of ourselves. One thing we like to indulge in is a sandwich. Here is a meal that is super easy and delicious too. This is not a low calorie meal for us but sort of a treat.   Panera has wonderful sea salt focaccia bread.   I made my own  basil pesto. I don't measure anything I just get a hand full of basil,a spoonful of parmesan cheese,a garlic clove a bit of sea salt and extra virgin olive oil.I mix this in a blender.Add enough oil to blend. You can search and find a pesto recipe.Normally it calls for pine nuts but I leave those out. Peel and clean a eggplant.Slice length ... View Post