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Shabby Carved Table
Here is another sweet little table I picked up in my travels. It's a heavily carved piece and it had a marble insert that was cracked. I had my husband paint the whole piece with my favorite Old...
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Romantic Florentine Accent Table
Now that I'm finished with my actual flea markets for a few months, I have a little more time to photograph and share my projects. I'm experimenting with watercolor effects and combining them with my...
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Magazine Rack in Pastels and Roses
I've been experimenting with watered down paints to create a washy water color effect on my latest projects. For this sweet little project I used three different colors and layered, layered, and...
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Rose Wreath Patio Table
I bought this table from a friend last summer to go with two of my wrought iron chairs that I was selling and before I could join them together the chairs sold. It's a cute iron based table with some...
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Rose Typography Table
This will be a quick post to show off my new design. I purchased this table from a friend. It was missing some of the decorative moulding. You can see the before picture below. My husband stripped...
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Sweet Petite Roll Top Desk
Hello everyone. I have been away from blogging for awhile now. I took a fabulous vacation, and I'm ready to get back to work now.I found this adorable petite roll top desk at a flea market. It was...
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Vintage Aqua Bedroom Suite
I don't usually take on entire rooms of furniture, but finding great items lately to resell has been nearly impossible in my neck of the woods, so when I found this complete bedroom set I scarfed it...
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Mint Chip Lady's Desk
I found this beautiful vintage lady's desk last weekend while out searching for treasures. Structurally she was in wonderful condition, but the finish was in need of a complete overhaul.I decided to...
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Dresser with French Script
This was a very simple dresser makeover. I am getting ready for the Little French Flea Market this weekend in Tarzana so I am churning out projects left and right. This was a simple pine dresser,...
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Maison Clement Drop Leaf Desk
A couple of weeks ago I sold at The Little French Flea Market in Tarzana, California, and here are a couple of small desks that I sold right off the bat.This first desk is a very small drop leaf desk....
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Remembrance of Paris
Last summer I took an incredible trip to Northern France, and we spent several days in Paris so when I came across this image called Remembrance of Paris, I knew I had to do something with it.I had...
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Paris Apartment Dresser
This is one of my favorite finishes to put on furniture and it's so easy. Whenever I do a piece like this, it sells very fast so I usually have one as a back up waiting to bring in. This dresser had...
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Paris Chalkboard
This is a crazy busy time of year at work and I can't believe I didn't photograph this whole door but somehow I did not so I will just share snippets with you.I would love to tell you this was an old...
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Guest Retreat
Last year was a crazy year which left little room in my schedule for blogging. Our youngest daughter bought a place of her own which meant decorating and shopping to get her settled. I'll be doing a...
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Lingerie Chest with Toile Motif
I found this little lingerie chest at the flea market. It's not old at all. I liked the size, but the drawers were wood grained and the rest was black. I found this new toile image I wanted to try...
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Grandfather Clock
I found this sweet old clock at a flea market right at the first of the year. It's so petite that I can carry it under one arm. It's definitely old too. Someone's social security number was etched...
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Step Stool by the Yard
I've seen lots of yard stick projects on Pinterest, and I always think they are so cute. So when my daughter sent me a picture of one that she liked, I decided we needed to make one for my grandson...
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Chippy Rusty Antique Day Bed
I usually post my own projects in my blog, but this last week I found this fabulous iron child's bed. Both of the sides fold in and then the ends fold in to make the whole thing lie flat for easy...
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Faux Etched Window Tutorial
One of my best sellers when I sell at the Little French Flea Market are my faux etched windows. They are very simple to do and although there's a lot of photos in this post, it's a quick and simple...
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Contemporary to Farm House Chic
I've been finding a lot of these import pieces of furniture lately that are akin to Home Goods, but I have been having a nearly impossible time finding good vintage pieces to redo. So while I'm...
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French Figural Window
I found this window a couple of weeks ago. Unlike my faux etched windows, this is the real deal. I spotted it on a dealer's truck before it was unloaded and could only see the top portion of it. It...
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Milk Paint Cabinet
Last Saturday, I ventured up the coast to Ventura, California to take a milk paint class from Mary Livingston. She has an adorable shop called Lavender Blue and she just recently expanded her store to...
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French Farmhouse Cabinet
I don't normally do large pieces of furniture but lately I have been finding some great pieces like the two vintage bedroom sets I found and painted aqua. When I found this beauty, she was washed with...
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Making New Galvanized Buckets Look Old
Old buckets are very popular in decorating these days and I sell a lot of old buckets. Sometimes I'm lucky enough to pick them up at yard sales for a dollar or two, but usually at the flea markets...
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Dresser or Cabinet?
I found this wonderful dresser/cabinet at the flea market a couple of weeks ago. It was already painted black, but the paint job was awful. I have never seen a dresser quite like this before although...
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