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A new purpose was found for an old, sad and dusty magazine rack found in the corner of a thrift store we visited. And I’m thankful the dust and dirt was free with purchase because there was so much of it!! Here she is, right off the showroom floor. Let’s make her a fifth sparrow…
This is a list of your favorites, the most read posts of 2021. When I ran the numbers I was surprised but not too surprised to see what were favorites! Because they were favorites of mine too! In no particular order … Favorite 1 – Frame Makeover and Repurpose Leave no ugly frames behind! Learn…
My kitchen makeover, to rid ourselves of the fifty shades of brown, is trekking along. Until it stopped. It stopped because I could not find handles or drawer pulls in the big box stores that I loved. My cabinets and drawers originally had no handles, pulls, or knobs. Just indentions to open them. I wanted…
I want to show you how to make your miniature envelopes. I’ve seen these referred to as a coin envelope size and we are going to make them from larger 6 X 9 envelopes. I came up with this tutorial out of desperation for the advent calendar. Small envelopes are hard to find or the…
While we were attending Vintage Market Days in San Antonio at the beginning of November Amory and I had the chance to meet our cousins in Castroville. Castroville, Known as “The Little Alsace of Texas” is a small town with a rich cultural heritage just 20 miles west of San Antonio. On the day we went…
I’m slowly doing the necessary makeovers on the furniture that we took from our old life into this new and wonderful life. This pie safe needed a makeover – it wasn’t my style anymore. I was also excited to try and see if a candle and packing tape method to distress would work. (Spoiler alert…
