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Some of my favorite things to do are refinishing furniture, gardening, home design, holiday decorating and baking. You will see I often have many projects going at the same time and my mind is always thinking of ways to rework, improve or change things for the better. Please come along for the journey. Hopefully you will be inspired to find your creative self and have fun along the way.

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Transforming Broken Treasures: My Journey with a Wooden Horse from Goodwill

Recently, I went to Goodwill and found a wooden horse on a pedestal. It was quite beautiful, despite one ear being damaged and half of the tail missing. These are the moments that keep me returning to Goodwill. If the horse had been in perfect condition, it would have absolutely been sold already. But, yeah for me it was not! Having repaired missing pieces on furniture before, I knew I could fix this as well. The first step in repairing the horse was to rebuild the missing pa

Furniture Makeovers

Feb 141 min read

Transforming A "Goodwill" Sideboard From Unattractive To Unforgettable: Part Two!

In the first part of this blog, I described how I found a rather "dated" console at Goodwill for only $5. Despite the red velvet and ornate door design, I was confident I could modify it to look like units I have seen in Pottery Barn and Ballard Design catalogs. Plus, if it did not work, it was just a $5 investment. We left off in the first blog removing the ornate panels and red velvet, giving it a good clean and then applying a primer coat. For this post, the first task was

Feb 11 min read