Orphaned Decor

This may come as a surprise but not every orphaned piece of furniture that we find are necessarily pretty.Some are covered in cobwebs, some are two spider jobs, some are covered in ugly paint and some are covered in uuuuuummmmmm......other "STUFF".It may also come as surprise that my dear junk hunk

When I find something that I love, something that really works great, something that is better and newer than what is out there....I tell everyone. Not just people that I know, but everyone that will listen. Yes, I am one of those girls....I will talk to you in the grocery store line or while we are

This last weekend we had our first of many CeCe Caldwell Paint Classes...and we had a great time.I have always said it is amazing what a coat of paint can do for a piece of furniture. When it is CeCe Caldwell paint - well, the transformation is almost unbelievable. We have taken some the ugliest orp

Please READ your labels!These are the labels of the paint and wax that I used to use almost daily.  

I have been lusting after this gorgeous antique cabinet that was salvaged from a 150 year old farmhouse ever since I first saw it. It belonged to some good friends of ours and it was never for sale. Every time we visited I would also visit this sweet piece that sat waiting in the garage for somethin

Is it wrong to say that "Vintage White" is my favorite color? I mean.. white is actually the absence of color... or at least I have heard that... Never the less...It is my favorite color. I have long been a fan of shabby chic decor. I have heard that it is out of style and that wouldn't surprise me

Ok, so maybe, technically...I am not a wedding planner...officially. But I think every woman at some time is or has been a wedding planner....whether we want to admit it or not.I love everything there is about weddings. I love the beautiful decor, the delectable food and I love ...the love.I adore l

Part of the reason that we love what we do is that we can take things that have been discarded or orphaned and make them desirable and beautiful again.A couple of months ago a friend of ours, Don, found the top of an old cedar chest. It was beautiful but was missing the chest. It was just the lid -