Posts by Barbara Bussey
What’s New at The Treasured Home!
Greetings! I hope that this beautiful fall day finds you well! While new treasures seem to arrive daily, our focus right now is finding fun new pieces to make your holiday home extra gorgeous. They’ll make their debut, in time for our Vintage Holiday Market, Sunday November 1st! Having vendors at the shop…
Read MoreBlessing Beads Have Arrived!
Blessing beads having arrived at the shop, just in time for our biggest gift giving season. They are hand made, in the U.S. The small set of blessing beads are beautiful keepsakes for a new baby, baptism, birthday or special occasion. The large set of beads can be hung on a…
Read MoreCabinet Painting Class this Saturday. Paint your kitchen cabinets now, to enjoy this holiday season!
Where do your friends and family gather, each and every time they visit? In the kitchen, of course! The kitchen photos above, were sent to us, by a happy homeowner, who recently painted her kitchen with our Amy Howard One-Step Paints. Have you been looking at your oak cabinets, with disdain? Do…
Read MoreWhat’s New at The Treasured Home
Even though it doesn’t feel much like fall, I’m hoping that if I bring in some beautiful, cozy goodies, for my friends, cool weather will come. Jill milk painted some surf board stripes on this vintage ironing board. I think it will make a cool sofa table, or even a breakfast…
Read MoreAnother “Paint Your Own Piece Class” has been added to the calendar. Last class of the year!
Yoo-hoo! It’s your Den Mother, here! Due to popular demand, we’ve added another Paint Your Own Piece class to the schedule, because we filled both the September and October classes. We added a class on Saturday, October 24th, 12:30-4:00 p.m. PLEASE CALL THE SHOP, TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, TO REGISTER, because the class…
Read MoreMy love for fabrics and hand made textiles, lives on!
Whether the fabric is found, with beautiful geometrics and color on a pillow…. …in a quilt, table runner, carpet, or upholstery fabric, I love the old world attention to detail, quality and craft. This is a Kantha cloth. I understand that “Kantha”, is an eastern Indian word that means “patch”. Some…
Read MoreLet’s Talk About Paint…and More!
Greetings, from our home away from home! Not for long though. I head back in the morning. I feel slightly guilty, having been away from the shop for a week! Well, maybe more than slightly! The Catholic-guilt/workaholic in me, is the little “twerp”, sitting on my left shoulder and the sweet little fairy,…
Read MoreNew Vendors at the Shop! Come See What’s New!
Greetings, fellow treasure hunters!, Earlier this year, I told you that we were going to bring a few carefully selected vendors into the shop. Well, a handful of lovely women, moved their loot in over the last couple of days, joining Julie, who arrived last month. You already know some of the…
Read MoreA Customer’s Kitchen Cabinet Success Story
I love it when customers send me pictures of their success stories! Quite a make-over, right? There’s nothing more timeless than a white kitchen! Or, in this case Amy Howard’s Bauhaus Buff! Bravo! Job well done! This is a wonderful example of what you can do to transform the heart of your home, while…
Read MoreMilk painting Class at Salvaged, at Lake Tahoe, this Sunday!
About a year ago, I discovered a wonderful vintage/hand-made art shop, in Tahoe City, on Lake Tahoe’s north end. Once inside, the shop has a wonderful scent, with all the hand-made candles and soaps. It has a calming vibe, with owners Renee and Alissa, at the helm. I knew that this could…
Read MoreJoin Us for Some Paint Therapy!
Looking for a night out with the girls? Bring a friend and join us, next week for some fun with milk paint! Leave with this hand made wooden arrow sign, and a solid understanding of what milk paint is all about. We’ll provide everything, next Thursday night, August 20th, 6:30-9:00 p.m., at a special rate,…
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