Category: Before and After

Hi Friends!! How are you?? We have had an exciting week here. John and I celebrated our 12 year anniversary over the weekend. I can't believe it's been 12 years since we said "I do"... I sound so old. lol…

Hi Friends! How was your weekend? On the last Friday night of each month, downtown Troy shops stay open late and many of the restaurants have live music. We stay open and it's such a fun night! If you have…

Hi Friends! How are you? This past Sunday was the last day of being part of the interior designer show house to raise money for the Albany Symphony Orchestra. If you didn't see it yet, go here to see the…

Hi Friends!! How are you? Did you all have a nice Mother's Day?? I could do a whole blog post praising my mom and it wouldn't be enough, but let me quickly say that she's a huge part of my…

Hi Friends! How are you enjoying this beautiful weather? Man I love it!! Every over-70-degree minute of it. Not only am I so much less on edge because I'm always cold when the weather is colder, but it also makes…

Hi Friends, How are you? We finished up the Vanguard show house design last week and it opens today. We would love for you to stop by! Here's a the info for the Vanguard show house. It's only open until May…

Hi Friends! How's it going? Today I'm headed to the Vanguard show house to hopefully finish the interior design project we are doing. We've had many questions about what the Vanguard Albany Symphony show house is. It's a historic home on the…

Hi All! Last week was school break for our kids so we wanted to incorporate a fun project to get the kids involved a little bit. This cabinet has been sitting for months and months in our barn. I've been…

Hi Friends! How was your weekend? As you know, we celebrated Easter. My favorite celebration... because as the old hymn says,  -John Wilbur Chapman You can order that canvas here. Happy Easter from our family to yours. This Easter was…

Hi Friends, How are you? We are doing great! We've been working hard on the interior design project for the Vanguard Showhouse next month and pushing to restock more in the store. Here's a sneak peak of the indoor/outdoor table…

Hi Friends! How are you? I'm super psyched that the snow is beginning to melt and the brown grass is peeking through. I was convinced my husband's nose would never not look like Rudolph's again from working in freezing temps…

Hi Friends! How are you? I almost started this post saying... man, it's been a busy week here!! :) Then I realized, I'm pretty sure most of my posts have started that way lately. Instead, I want to say thank…

Hi Friends! Oh boy has life been busier than I expected this month. Usually, February is on the slower side, but not so this year. You've been keeping us busy and I'm so thankful! This week I want to show…

Hi Friends! Holy coldness batman! Who's with me, feeling like this is the longest winter of all time in human history?? OK, maybe not quite that bad, but then again, feels like maybe I'm right. We've had an eventful week!…

Hi friends! If you read our blog first thing Tuesday morning, I'll be at the hospital with my little sweetie. She's having some minor testing done, but she'll be sedated for the first time. I'm sure all will be well…

Hi friends! If you're reading this and feeling a little blah from another snow storm and more freezing cold temperatures, I'm going to share a little about my sunny visit to Florida last week. Maybe that's going to make you…

Hi Friends! Maybe I'm completely off base on this, but I think if Vera Bradley was still with us, she would own a hutch like on today's Tuesday's Treasures. With the paisley fabric and bright colors, it's a sophisticated but still…

Hi Friends!! How are you all holding up?? We have been feeling like normal life is starting to set in. Do any of you small business owners out there know what I'm talking about? During the first few years of…

Hi Friends!! Happy almost half way through the first month of the new year!!! If you missed it last week, I posted our Top 10 Most Popular Furniture Makeovers in 2014. I just pulled a report to see which pages were…

Every year, I get so excited to pull the reports and see which of our blog posts were the most viewed in the prior year. Then I compile them into a quick list for you all to see and enjoy! You can…

Happy week after Christmas friends!! Have you found a new place to put all the presents or caught up on any sleep?? Maybe even sat on the couch for an hour with your family?? That's what we've been up to!…

Hi Friends! Can you believe it's already the week of Christmas? It is with much embarrassment that I'm still not done shopping, still haven't wrapped a thing and haven't even had a chance to sit down and write a list…

Hi friends! How was your week? We've had a hectic week building a 10 foot farm table, an 8 foot maple custom dining room table, and a custom built coffee table. I can't wait to share them with you, but…

Hi friends! How was your weekend? I hope if you are local you had a chance go to Troy's 32nd Annual Victorian Stroll. It was SO MUCH FUN! John and I have gone to the stroll for at least 7…

Happy Tuesday friends!! How are you? I hope you all shopped small and shopped local this past Saturday. It was our first shop small business Saturday with a storefront and the response was overwhelmingly encouraging. When people take time to…