Category: Projects

Hi Friends, How was your week? My Johnny turned the big 40 this week. I asked him if he wanted a party... he said no. It's true, that's more my style. Then I asked him what would make this year…

Hi Friends! How was your week? Things were good here! Getting back into the groove of work and family balance felt good. Catching up with friends after work was great, too! Simplifying feels good friends! Keep striving for it! This…

Hi Friends! Sometimes I'm asked to speak on how to be a successful entrepreneur. I've been thinking about that idea quite a bit lately. Being a successful entrepreneur has so many components and probably the most important would be that…

Hi Friends! How was your winter break from school? We had a great time! Typically, this is our slow season so we decided to make vacation happen a little earlier than we normally would in order to seize the slow…

Hi Friends, How's your week going? Enjoying the snow?? The kids are having a blast and I'm actually enjoying snow this time around. ;) I've felt tired so having a couple of days at home with more of a low key…

Hey Capital District!! It's time to share what's been keeping us so busy the last few weeks. Since we rang in 2017, we've already finished two kitchen makeovers. One isn't ready for pictures yet because we are waiting on some…

Hi Friends! How's it going out there? I had a wonderful week that included a two day planning trip with my friend Alexis from Life in a Note. We each planned out our business goals for the year, prayed over…

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,…