by Julie | Aug 10, 2017 | House & Home
If you’ve read this blog for any length of time, you know that I love a good secondhand find. I’ve done my fair share of shopping at estate sales and on Craigslist, but recently I tried shopping an online auction and came away with this little chest for my...
by Julie | May 6, 2017 | Artwork, House & Home, Travel & KC
Gosh, it’s been such a long time since I’ve popped in here. I hope you’re doing well and enjoying Spring! I have a new gallery wall in the living room to share with you, but first, since I’ve been gone a while, I thought I would give you some...
by Julie | Nov 21, 2014 | House & Home
Until recently, our living room looked like this. And I liked it. I thought it was mostly finished. But then my mom gave me a beautiful leather sofa that was a much better fit for this room size-wise. I liked the darker color of the sofa in the room too; it seemed to...
by Julie | Apr 14, 2014 | Furniture, House & Home, Secondhand Finds
I’m a procrastinator of the worst kind. Sometimes that gets me into trouble, and sometimes it works out okay. This was one of the okay times. Months ago I bought three yards of this buffalo check fabric to recover my dining room chairs and then never got around...
by Julie | Jan 13, 2014 | House & Home, Secondhand Finds, Travel & KC
I said I had learned my lesson about buying heavy things while traveling. But the week after Christmas we visited my parents in Florida and my mom took me to an antique mall near where they live. When I spotted this lamp I knew I couldn’t leave it behind. I fell hard...