What would you do? As for me, I couldn’t pass up these lovely silky oak antique drawers when I saw them at only $5 each.As you can see, I’ve given them a light sanding. Looks like the finish was probably shellac. They were a perfect project for my first...
I first met Joy about a year ago as Marty and I were preparing to do our annual trip to Toowoomba for Easterfest – a large Christian music and arts festival here in Queensland, Australia. Joy works in the office for Easterfest and was chatting to me via Skype...
In part 1 of this two part post on my Antique Christmas Box, I showed the before and preparation stages of painting this old vintage tool box. Here it is now, after the two coats of Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint in Linen, and the addition of cup handles either...
A “Poppy Door” Collaboration After seeing a picture of a door on Pinterest one morning (see below), I felt prompted to contact a new friend and artist, Dana Jensen, and I showed her the door and simply said, “I can imagine you doing something like...
I was given a few of these old vintage army boxes that my sister & brother-in-law were getting rid of. They sat in my workshop for a long time trying to decide what to do with them. So here’s what I came up with for this one. I’d always liked the...