Even though I haven't picked a date for my next pop-up shop opening (I am waiting on weather), I am still busy sourcing fantastic, vintage items to sell. Here are some of my recent finds: I love these old, vintage, wood, folding chairs (I have one hanging on my wall as "art", and extra chair). I revived them with Wise Owl Furniture Salve. You can buy it from my friend Tina HERE. I made the table from a metal table base that I spray painted and a wood lazy Susan. I use washers and screws to secure the wood top to the heavy metal piece. I love this primitive wood shelf with the scalloped b ..read more

I loved my Christmas decor in my front entryway, but... while I thought I would leave the pine branches up for winter, yesterday I decided I wanted to put them away and style the space is a more pared down, simple look for winter. I kept a few wintry items, but then put back much of the everyday decor that I make small changes to through the seasons. I kept the white pinecone candleholders and the Swedish rattan star or snowflake that I used for the holidays. The gold and macrame growler came back with bare branches for the season. I will add green branches in the spring. A thrifted, hand ..read more

Out of sight, out of mind--boy does that saying ring true for me. We started a makeover in out attic bedroom space six months ago. I JUST worked on more of it, mainly the sleeping area.  First, to refresh our brains, this space is a large area that was our daughter's bedroom when she was a teenager. It originally had pink carpeting that we ripped out ten years ago before moving in. We replaced it with dark, barnwood LVP. After she moved out, it sat empty until the boomerang middle child moved back home in 2022. He lived here for about 16 months. When he moved out, I reclaimed the space ..read more

One thing I have learned through the years of sourcing and reselling is that if I really love an item, it is okay to keep it for my home and sell it in the future if I tire of it. Such is the case with this rustic, vintage, homemade trunk that I thrifted a month ago. I decide it would make the perfect coffee table for my sectional sofa. It is simply made from plywood and is quite rustic, but I loved its aged, oiled patina and that it provides a coffee table with both form and function. I want a coffee table that can BE USED--feet can be put up on it (so NO glass), it can hold cups of coffee a ..read more

I found this painting at a thrift store this past summer as was instantly drawn to its muted blue and green colors and the winter scene. It is an oil painting, done by an amateur, that pictures a cozy and idyllic Dutch village. It is the "loose" inspiration for my Christmas decorating this year--snow, soft blues and mossy greens, and nature.  Last week, I shared the small, vintage, European, wood sled I recently thrifted. I styled it as a centerpiece with traditional red and green elements. I was wondering if I should keep the sled or sell it. You all convinced me to keep it, which mea ..read more

Christmas is on it's way and although we still have Thanksgiving to celebrate tomorrow, I started decorating for Christmas. My front entryway was the first area in my home that I worked on.  I decided to change up my decor or theme a bit from last year--I am sty0ling with more natural and organic textures, incorporating a touch of a greenish blue and using fewer gold and red touches. This post may contain affiliate links. I treat this pallet wood shelf in my entryway like a mantel. I made this shelf, and show you how in my second book, Wood Pallet Wonders, that you can get  HERE. I ..read more

I fully believe that we should have fun with our decor, be playful and not take it too seriously. So, a couple wood, drawing figures from the thrift store have made their way into my kitchen decor this past year. This smaller one is magnetic and hangs out on my kitchen cupboard hardware. And this larger one hangs out on the counter by my vintage spice rack. I decide to give these two figures a makeover for Halloween. I started with very simple supplies that I had on hand. I simply put the white muslin over each figure to make sure I was cutting the fabric long enough and then I rounded th ..read more

I didn't spy this sweet, antique, European sled on my first trip around the thrift store. But, thankfully I saw it the second time around and snapped it up.  But, it proposes a dilemma for me--to keep or to sell.  As one friend said, price it high enough that if it does sell, I'll be happy with the profit rather than sad that it is gone. The jury is still out. If I do keep it, I will probably use it as a centerpiece and this might be how I would style it on my dining table. I created this simple, festive centerpiece using only thrifted finds (except the peppermint sticks and gree ..read more

Window boxes are always popular and lovely at Christmas time. So when I found one with the box already on it, painted white, with a mirror in it at the thrift store, I knew it was a definite buy. I added foam blocks to the box and then lots of faux greenery from a thrifted weath. It is important to add plenty of greenery to the box to make it look really full. I add the real touch greenery near the front, and the more faux greenery as filler and in the back. I added pinecones from the same wreath and faux branches that were also on the wreath. The final touch was a jute and velvet "bow ..read more

If you have followed me for awhile, you know that one of my thrifting tips is to make a second trip around the thrift store. And, I sure am glad I did just that yesterday because on my second trip I spied these antique ice skate blades that I missed the first time. I knew I wanted to use them in an old frame wreath and decided an oval wreath would be perfect for the skate blades. I happened to have one that was already painted red--perfect for the holidays. You can see in the photo above that the original owner had marked the blades in pencil with his name and an L and an R. I love remnant ..read more