Vintage & Repurposed Home Decor & Furniture
Remember this nasty dresser I showed you a few weeks back? I transformed it into this: I decided it needed to be stripped before it could be re-painted. The paint was just too chippy and too far gone. Yeah, I can't believe it either....there is such a thing as too chippy! It was also filthy and just wouldn't … [Read more...]
Since Mr. Wonderful and I started married life out broke as a joke (but weren't laughing), we had to learn to improvise to make things work. Want to see an early example of that? You do? Great! I was gonna show it to you, anyway! Ta da! One day back in 1984, while I was napping, Mr. Wonderful unpacked several boxes in … [Read more...]
While I was home working on projects, Mr. Wonderful was watching over the shop. I missed the whole sign installation! Oh, but I'm still excited. It makes it all kind of official-like. And isn't she lovely with her new splashes of red? When my sign guy said he'd install it for me...yeah, … [Read more...]
I'm finally able to grab a moment at the shop and get a blog post written. Whew! Mr. Wonderful and I had a great time at the Farm Chicks show! I'll be showing you what I purchased there soon. The newest piece of furniture to hit the shop is this cute little "farmhouse" style dresser. A friend of mine emailed me the above picture … [Read more...]
We woke up to this today: I am not amused. Don't get me wrong. I like snow. I live in Montana...it's required. But I like it in the right season. That's my lilac bush to the left. Yesterday, it was twice as tall as it is now. It's being crushed by the weight of the snow, which means the lovely purple buds, preparing to … [Read more...]
Hi, I'm Jean. I live in historic Butte, Montana in a Craftsman home built in 1920. This blog is all about my adventures (and sometimes misadventures) in updating and decorating my house with antiques and vintage goods I find at garage sales, thrift stores, estate sales or wherever cool things from the past are waiting to be discovered.
