For the last few years I have been happily painting away and creating all kinds of projects, using a variety of tools and supplies. As all of you know, I have loved using Annie Sloan Chalk Paint and saw no reason to change that. But like dominoes in a row, a series of events transpired to force me to look around for another paint supplier. With ASCP no longer available to me within a two hour radius, what to do? There are a number of lovely matte finish decorator paints avail

There is so much info out there about painting furniture. Here is a little different perspective on which paint is best

Who doesn't love a Harvest Table? There are some gorgeous ones out there, but we don't all have the space for one of these beauties.

Would you have taken these home? I must confess, I hesitated. But then as I talked a little more to Tina at Me and The Mrs Antique and Collectibles Store in Norton, New Brunswick; I found out that these old bannister spindles were last bit of salvage from her Grandpa’s farmhouse and she was hoping they would become a part of something special. I couldn’t help myself. I took a whole box of them home. This post is about what happened to the first four of them. I just knew they

In my last post, I told you all about how much I love my coffee, which was the reason why I made the sign. Well, now I just needed a good place to display said sign. We had purchased this red Ikea hutch for some much needed storage when we moved out of the Royal Oak house and downsized to the Shoebox (and yes, it really did feel that small at first!) But it was a cute little shoebox and we were quite happy there. Nonetheless, the red hutch just wasn't doing it for me any more

When a beautiful old piece of furniture needs a new lease on life, it is time to re-imagine it.

This table was not a natural beauty. Far from it; her damp, cracked top took months to dry out and several ruthless applications of bleach to reach an appropriate level of cleanliness. Her wood clearly had seen better days. She was an excellent candidate for a make over, and I knew exactly what I wanted to do. First, I choose paint and colour; Annie Sloan Old White for the base and chairs, Duck Egg Blue for contrast. This is one heavy table, and I stood it on its head and tac

When you start painting fabric, and staging your efforts, you know you are well and truly hooked on recreating your environment with more paint, than cash. My husband brought this old chair home one day figuring I would want it. He was right! I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to do with it at first, so it just sat. Then, at the Sussex Flea Market last summer, I came across this sweet little footstool, and it just had to follow me home. Thank goodness it was a little dirty an