Antique Finds It’s always fun when you find hidden treasures in vintage or antique furniture when you go to clean them up and paint or restore them. Remember the time I found a stash of old newspaper clippings (from 1899), receipts and other things in the seats...
A Solid Silky Oak Australian Antique Dresser This silky oak dresser came to me via a lady on the Gold Coast who wanted to get rid of it, and contacted me to see if I’d like to restore it, since she had intended to, but no longer had the room or the desire to...
Our 25th Anniversary Surprise Vacation – Part 5 Included in this post: Eiffel Tower, Sacré-Coeur Basilica, Notré Dame, and Arc du Triomph! Continuing our trip to Europe series (in between fun DIY furniture makeover posts, of course), I know a lot of you have...
Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint colour – Mora I don’t even remember where I picked up these rattan back chairs along my furniture collecting travels, but I do know they were sitting in my “to do” pile for a long time – probably...
More of our Anniversary Surprise European Getaway Visiting the Louvre Our second day in Paris, France and we decided to venture out early on Sunday morning to see how fast we could get through seeing the Louvre! I’m told you could spend days in this place, and...
Antique Store in France? Yes please! If you’re going to be in Paris, or anywhere in Europe really, finding a good Antique Store or two to browse through, has to be on your list (well, if you’re me, anyway). We were on our way to Chateau de Versailles, when...
