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Craigslist has been very kind to me lately.  I haven’t been able to make it out to as many flea markets and estate sales as I usually like to hit, …

My husband jokes with me that I’ve become quite the handy-woman. There used to be a lot more things I would ask for his help with, but after flipping furniture for …

I feel that I have to speak up in defense of all the great pieces of old wooden furniture that are being snatched up by us furniture painters to be …

Let me start off by saying I didn’t discover this process . . . other bloggers out there have shared how this works before.  But I love using this technique …

It seems that I have become the local “expert” on all things old and junky, particularly buying old furniture. Not a week goes by without a friend or family member …

You may remember this antique cradle I bought down at Antique Alley last month: The lady I bought it from said it was German and from the 1930’s .   …

I have been teasing you all for quite some time now about this French chair project. It was a thrift store find, and I was excited to try my hand …

I was able to do some painting on my chair project today, and I thought I’d walk you through my process of dry brush painting while I was at it! …

Estate sales are where I do a lot of my shopping these days.  I used to go to more garage sales because estate sales, for some reason, seemed . . …

I get lots of questions from friends and family about what types of paint I use to paint furniture and what my thoughts are on the different paints available.   …