It has been a few months since my last update on our house.  I haven't wanted to share because so much of the project has been 'al...

While hunting for a vanity for our bathroom on Kijiji, I came across a wild deal on a piece of quartz counter.  The man selling it was a c...

The demolition of our little farm house continues.  Last Saturday we had some help swinging sledge hammers.  It gave us a good boost.  The...

Well, since many have been asking for pictures, I finally have a night to upload some onto my blog.  Warning: these photos are not before-...

Christmas is right around the corner.  In a festive spirit, I refinished this beautiful bowed-front French Provincial buffet in a lovely ...

We have big news.  We've been looking for a while for property that has a bit more space.  One came up on the market, and after thinki...

This week was a good week of finds.  On Thursday, Mark found 6 antique pieces for me to refinish in one morning.  I have a garage full of ...

Ah... free furniture.  It doesn't take too much to make this girl happy.  Here's a piece I found in Burlington last week.  It ha...

I have been searching for a small dresser for my front entryway for a few months now.  And, lucky for me, Mark found the perfect piece ...

A few weeks ago, everyone went back to school, back to their regular routines. Even though schedules didn't change in our house, it...

I have quite a few photos to share this week.  After a glorious summer, 'back to normal' started for us this week, and I'm in fu...

Ah, it's been a little while since my last update.  Summer is such a busy time - we've taken a few vacations, been busy with scrap...

Spring is the best time of the year for scrap metal.  I know I've mentioned that my husband Mark does scrap, so I thought I'd writ...

It has been over 2 months since my last post.  I have received a few e-maila from my regular readers, wondering if I am still alive.  The ...

I have a few pieces left from an auction we did a few months ago.  This was one of the last pieces to be done.  A beautiful little antique ...

I've been so inspired by painters lately refinishing dressers with the London England flag.  I decided it was time I do one myself.  T...

  Our church, New Hope, has a free sewing class every Thursday night.  I've been learning so much.  Every night we have a different pr...

As you can imagine, I often get calls / texts / e-mails from people asking me if I want their furniture.  Lately, I would say almost half ...

  Last weekend was busy.  We had the big Priceless fundraiser on Saturday evening.  The whole week I spent preparing for it.  I thought ...

  I love to shop at furniture stores to get inspired.  One store that I absolutely love is Pottery Barn.  However, I've never purcha...