“Tree of Life” Buffet
So why is this project named “The Tree of Life”….I don’t really know except that my eye is always drawn to pictures of barren trees with branches reaching every which way. When I look back …
Read More →So why is this project named “The Tree of Life”….I don’t really know except that my eye is always drawn to pictures of barren trees with branches reaching every which way. When I look back …
Read More →…the after of the drawer fronts with dark wax and clear acrylic drawer pulls
Well today’s post is Part 2 of yesterday’s Paris Dresser post. After completing the drawer fronts it was …
Read More →I began working on a few furniture redo’s for my parents guest room a year ago. I completed a headboard and a side table for the room and thought it was done. Well, as these …
Read More →Well….two weeks ago today,I hosted my first ever workshop! I was so excited to have Maria, Jackie, Christy, Kathy, my dad,and his friend Larry as my first participants. This all came about because these …
Read More →After being asked over and over about the paint techniques that I have used on my upholstery projects…someone finally asked if I could teach them how to do it! I have really wanted to do …
Read More →This fall, after seeing some of my furniture pieces at the Knot Too Shabby Bazaar, close family friends of mine asked me if I could do anything with the furniture that they …
Read More →This piece began its life as a good looking, stylish, espresso colored “pleather” covered armchair. What drew me to it was the French style and the carved details on the seat back …
Read More →The game commenced. Aouda understood whist sufficiently well, and even received some compliments on her playing from Mr. Fogg. As for the detective, he was simply an adept, and worthy of being matched against …
Read More →The game commenced. Aouda understood whist sufficiently well, and even received some compliments on her playing from Mr. Fogg. As for the detective, he was simply an adept, and worthy of being matched against his …
Read More →The game commenced. Aouda understood whist sufficiently well, and even received some compliments on her playing from Mr. Fogg. As for the detective, he was simply an adept, and worthy of being matched against his …
Read More →At eleven in the morning the train had reached the dividing ridge of the waters at Bridger Pass, seven thousand five hundred and twenty-four feet above the level of the sea, one …
Read More →At eleven in the morning the train had reached the dividing ridge of the waters at Bridger Pass, seven thousand five hundred and twenty-four feet above the level of the …
Read More →They had met and fought the Indians ten miles south of Fort Kearney. Shortly before the detachment arrived, Passepartout and his companions had begun to struggle with their captors.
Jules Verne, Around the world in 80 days
On the declivity of the Atlantic basin the first streams, branches of the North Platte River, already appeared. The whole northern and eastern horizon was bounded by the immense semi-circular curtain which is formed by the southern portion of the Rocky Mountains, the highest being Laramie Peak. Between this and the railway extended vast plains, plentifully irrigated. On the right rose the lower spurs of the mountainous mass which extends southward to the sources of the Arkansas River, one of the great tributaries of the Missouri.
I had a brilliant idea one day….I should have an upholstered piece in my space for the Knot Too Shabby Bazaar! I should have planned this brilliant idea a bit better. This was not my …
Read More →It was one sweltering hot day for a debut…but debut we did, sweat and all! I’m not sure about the wisdom of having your debut at a first time event, on an extremely hot summer …
Read More →Here are a few pictures from my trip to Paris in 2006. Paris is such a beautiful place to visit with a tremendous amount of history and charm. Enjoy!
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Mammoth Love! (2011)