Category: Projects

Hi Friends, How was your week? I realized mid week that we had very few plans for the long weekend so we seized the moment and went on a road trip to visit my high school best friend Theresa's family.…

Hi Friends! How was your week? Ours was good! The normal pace of post Christmas work is great! We were able to work on our family room this weekend. I can't wait to show you the pictures soon! Every new…

Hi Friends! Did you have a fun New Year's weekend?? Happy 2017 to all of you! I'll write more soon, but I wanted to say thank you so much to all of you who made 2016 a success for us.…

Hi Friends, How was your Christmas? We wanted to say a special thank you to all of you who shopped and custom ordered furniture from us in this holiday season. We couldn't do this every day without your support and…

Hi Friends, How was your week? We are in the middle of the hustle and bustle around here. Trying to get everyone's furniture ready for them by Christmas. Busy is good, we are so very thankful for the business! I took…

Hi Friends, How was your week? We were blessed with another  busy work weekend with the Victorian Stroll happening in downtown Troy. The streets were filled and our store followed suite. So much fun! Thanks again to all of you…

Hi Friends, How's your week going? When I pulled into my driveway after spending the day at FunCycled for shop local Saturday, my kids ran to the car and hugged me. They first told me how glad they were that I was…

Hi Friends! How was last week? This is my busy season with furniture, interior design and running a retail store. That being said, I don't remember much about last week and I'm pretty sure I don't have any cute pictures…

Hi Friends! Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. John and I had a wonderful time enjoying Historic Williamsburg, VA thanks to the generosity of our friends Jim and Christine.  We had never been there and loved seeing…

Hi Friends! How was your weekend? I hope it was restful and fun! I can't wait to share today's story with you because stories like this don't happen every day in my profession. Michael emailed me asking to set up…

Hi Friends! How was your week and weekend? We had an epic week, redoing about 20 furniture pieces. Man oh man was that a good thing, but by Friday night we were definitely ready to collapse! Thankfully we were able…

Hi Friends: Remember a couple of weeks ago when I posted about going to help my friend Marcie who's in Atlanta taking care of her 3 year old son Asher after his liver transplant? Well, I didn't actually go that…

Hi Friends! How's your week going? It's a good week here! Keeping busy with interior design jobs and custom furniture orders - loving every minute of it! This weeks makeover is a fun one because this dresser was SO ugly…

Hi Friends! How's your week going? I can't wait to share with you this amazing find. I was out shopping for furniture and actually found a Haywood Wakefield matching dresser set!! Ahhh!! I look for makers marks which you usually…

Hi Friends! How are you? I'm out of town spending some time with my friend Marcie. Her son Asher has liver cancer and is in a transplant center getting his new liver so I flew into Atlanta to see if…

Hi Friends! Thank you to everyone who's been keeping me so busy with interior design work!! We started to officially offer interior design in May and have been busy with it ever since. Getting the right design is the result…

Hi Friends! I'm sooooooooo excited to share our first ever kitchen makeover with you!! Do you like Fixer Upper? If so, you'll probably enjoy this kitchen makeover. It started back in June with the Interior Design phase. Ann hired me to…

Hi Friends! How was your week? Everyone start school ok? My kiddos started at a new school this year and I was a little nervous for them - hoping they would make new friends easily and like their teachers! Thankfully,…

Hi Friends! How was your holiday weekend? My amazing friends Chrisie, Dione and Bethany came for a girls weekend and we had a blast! It was so nice to get time to laugh, have fun, not work and feel like…

Hi Friends, How's your week going? We are knee deep in a kitchen remodel project while getting goods restocked at FunCycled and getting the kiddos ready to start school next week. This is the time of year that I feel…

Hi Friends! How was your week? Last week felt like the busiest week of our summer as far as work goes. John was working on a kitchen cabinet painting project. It rained quite a bit last week and that slows…

Hi Friends, How was your week? We have been busier and busier with interior design (which I love by the way)! Two weeks ago we set the upcoming 5 weeks aside for interior design jobs. Starting with designing offices for the Troy Innovation Garage, then…

Hi Friends, How's your week going? Sometimes in the summer I get so busy with places to go, things to see, sunshine to enjoy that I forget to make time to have friends over for dinner and just relax. This…

Hi Friends, How's your week going? We've had a really nice one here. I could talk family and fun trips, but I want to talk design and work for a bit. It's been a great design week for us! We…

Hi Friends, Let's talk furniture painting dilemmas for a moment, shall we? So often people come into our store or comment online or recognize me on the street, you get the point, to tell me how terrible it is of…