Just as the the New England seasons change, there are similar transitions in the world of furniture. Everything sells eventually, but not everything is in demand today. It seems that buyers alll seem to want tall dressers at the exact same time. Then a month later they all seem to be looking for long media cabinets. This past month, I've had several emails from people looking for a white vanity.
So what do you do when you're a furniture refinisher and the market demands a white vanity? ...
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Breakfast Egg Cups Recipe
Are you looking for a quick, healthy, gluten-free, breakfast for yourself and your family. These breakfast egg cups are one of my favorites. They're perfect to fill you up and get you going quickly. You'll love how easy these breakfast egg cups are to make and bake and you'll love how they taste even more.
Prepare the egg cups in a muffin tin pan. Add your favorite vegetables, cheeses, and/or meat. My favorites are baby spinach and cheese or ham and red peppers. ...
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Create Painted Furniture Designs Before Ever Picking Up a Paint Brush
How many times have you looked at a piece of furniture and tried to start a painting it, only to be held back by indecision? Even as ong as I've been painting furniture, it still happens to me. I'll sand down a piece a furniture and it will sit in my workshop for days, weeks, and sometimes months because I just can't decide on the color or the design. Today I'm going to show you how you can experiment with a painted furniture designs and see them turned into a work of art - all before you ...
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Before & After: 1950’s Blonde Dresser
How can you make a 1950's blonde dresser fit into today's home? How can you work with its design elements, but give it a completely different look? Here's how...
It all started with this 1950's blonde dresser. My parents actually had a hope chest in this exact same finish. The blonde surface was so shiny I was sure it was a laminate over wood. I actually thought this post would be a tutorial for you on how to paint over laminate. But I was wrong.
One day I decided to test it ...
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Bring Fixer Upper Style Into Your Home
So what do you do in on a rainy Sunday in February when you're not feeling well and your kids don't have any hockey or basketball games? Lay on the couch and watch six hours of Fixer Upper of course!
Oh yes. I'm feeling a little too sick to lift my head off the pillow, so I've been soaking in Joanna Gaines' design style to come up with new inspiration for furniture pieces when I start painting again in March. Ooooh... and there's so much to take in, but I think I've got it down.
But ...
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10 Day Detox
One of the benefits (or hazzards depending on how you look at it) of having a public blog is that you can post your goals and be held accountable for them. By posting a goal publicly, it pushes you to achieve that goal or threaten to publicly humiliate you. This time around as I tell you I'm going to try the 10 Day Detox diet, I'm hoping for the former rather than the latter.
Earlier today as I was driving to an inspirational business meeting, I listened to a Tony Robbins' podcast. I ...
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A Great Night’s Sleep – Sleep Better & Through the Night
How have you been sleeping lately? Are you getting a full eight hours of uninterrupted sleep? Kids, anxiety, excitement, stress, and pain can all interfere with a good night's sleep. But believe it or not you can get a great night's sleep with a few pillows, a cozy comforter, a few other tips.
This post may contain products and affiliate links, but it didn't start out for that purpose. Actually, I never write posts with that in mind. I write to share information that has helped me in ...
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10 Things I Wish We Included In Our Home When We Built
Do you love your home exactly the way it is? Are there areas of your home you'd love to renovate and items you'd love to include? As your family grows and your life changes, the way your home functions also changes. There are definitely things I wish we included in our home when we built it fifteen years ago.
Our first home was a one-hundred year old Victorian in central Massachusetts. The interior of the house clearly showed signs of renovations throughout the ...
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A White Vanity Passed Down Friend to Friend
It's a small world. And even smaller when you realize a piece of furniture you just purchased belonged to a good friend of yours two owners ago. If you purchase refinished furniture locally, this probably happens more often than you think; but you'd never know if you didn't stop and have a friendly converstion.
My friendship with Wendy started from a simple friend request on Facebook. We both had common friends in town.
When you follow someone's posts on facebook, you get to know ...
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Recovering a Set of Black Dining Chairs With Painters’ Drop Cloth
Change your focus. That's just what you have to do some days in order to stay on-track, productive, and, quite frankly, sane. That's exactly what I had to do today, when life threw a curve ball at me. So I rolled up my sleeves, pulled out my staple gun, and got to work recovering a set of black dining chairs with painter's drop cloth.
Today was going to be a great day. The kids had a snow day so we'd be stuck inside all day. Now when the kids were in elementary school, I'd cringed ...
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Prevent Your Shark Rocket Stick Vacuum From Losing Suction
The Shark NV203 Rocket Stick vacuum cleaner is one of my best purchases of all time! It's one of those household appliances that just makes life easier. But, proper maintenance is required to prevent your Shark Rocket Stick Vacuum from losing suction. Simply follow these steps and it will run like new for years.
Now let's assume you've accepted that we're well into the 21st century. And along with upgrading that large screen TV to a lighter, thinner, sleeker, higher quality flat ...
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