I hope you’ll join me on my never-ending search for beautiful pieces, with history, for your home. Find my curated treasures, in Booth #154, at the Antique Trove, in Roseville, CA. ~ Barbara
Hello again, First and foremost, on my mind today, are our neighbors in the foothills, around Colfax. My thoughts and prayers are with you, as I hope this wildfire is contained quickly! Everything I mention today is so insignificant, in comparison to having your home and wildlife threatened, but here goes… Natural Wreath Workshop Saturday, October 6th, 1-3:30, $75.00 You know the story about “teaching a man to fish”, well this class will teach you how to use the organic nature, found around us, to create a work of art for your home. We’ll provide the tools, grapevine wreaths, moss,…
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Hello there! You may have heard that we had our first two-day workshop, last weekend. Months ago, I invited Lynne Brundage, from Ellen J. Goods, to teach a weekend workshop, at The Treasured Home. I met Lynne at the Iron Orchid Designs training workshop, in Folsom and have seen her creativity online. She said “yes” to the workshop and the planning began! We tackled three projects with joy and it wouldn’t have happened without our amazing team of women! Tregae, Darlene (not pictured), Michelle and Susan were on hand to help and made everything go smoothly. All fifteen women finished three projects…
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Whew! I have lots to report on. I sort of feel like Lois Lane! First of all, we enjoyed our annual shop retreat. The time went way too fast! We were sadly missing shop sisters, Susan and Linda. Last minute things come up, when you’re trying to find a good time for 7 women to get together! One of the highlights was dinner at Soule Domaine, in Crystal Bay, on the north shore. It’s always a great experience, without being fussy! I hope you can try it some day. They have two seatings, at 5 and 7:30. You can learn…
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Hello Sunshine!, I’ll bet you’re as grateful as I am, that the triple digit temps are behind us…at least for a bit! I cut these hydrangeas yesterday and just love the color! If you have the outdoor space, with partial shade, I highly recommend this plant for your garden. Low maintenance and if pruned properly, they bloom like crazy! One business I’m glad I’m not in, is cameras! I’ve owned a couple of good cameras, but gave them up when the iPhone offered such wonderful photographs! This is an old tree stump I see on my dog walks, with Micah,…
Read the rest >>Hello Friends!, I was just talking to Jill, my delightful friend and French speaking American tour guide. I asked her about putting together a tour to France, spring of 2022. Specifically, May 11th. She brought up the post-COVID changes and I wanted to do a short survey, before making plans. Your input is invaluable! Are you comfortable making plans to travel abroad at this time? I was considering a week in Paris, for a variety of reasons: a) easy to fly in and out of without needing to take a train to another region, b) There’s so much to see.…
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Hello again!, The Treasured Home became a retailer for Fusion Mineral Paint nearly 3 years ago. I had had so much trouble with the three, (yes three!) chalk based paint lines I had done business with, that I was worried it would be just more of the same. Thankfully, nothing could be farther from the truth! Fusion will be introducing it’s largest group of new colors, since starting business. Eleven beautiful new colors will soon be available. In fact, the official release date is next Saturday, July 17th! I know it’s hard to tell by looking at these pictures,…
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Hello again!, Before I share my brilliant painting tip, I wanted to remind you that we’ll be closed, this Sunday, the 4th of July. In the mean time, we’re sporting our red, white and blue! Now, on to achieving a super smooth surface, when painting… I was thrilled, when thrifting recently and scoring this gorgeous coffee table! As you see, some sanding was needed. Nothing major. 🙂 But check out those legs! Remember, before you start sanding, be sure to clean your piece with Fusion’s TSP Alternative. If you sand first, you’ll be pushing the dirt and oils into the…
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Hello darling! I hope you haven’t turned into “jerky” during this terrible heat wave! We took Micah for his evening stroll and it was beautifully cool! Just perfect! Everyone had fun at last Saturday’s vintage window class. You all just love this class and I need to find more windows. It’s as simple as that! Sunday morning, Mr. Wonderful made me his world famous waffles. Just yummy! I then, ventured out onto the lake for my first kayak ride since November. I knew it would be wonderful and wasn’t disappointed! Bob loves to take kids out on the boat and…
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Hello Again!, Welcome to the land of Iron Orchid Designs! You probably know that we’ve been full-line IOD stockists, since the beginning. The designers, creators and founders of the company, are Sally and Josie…two delightful sisters, who are practically local to our community! Their corporate headquarters are in Folsom, California, about a 15 minute drive from the shop, yet they sell their products to retailers around the world! This release, like the others, doesn’t disappoint. New transfers, like the Exploration transfer, pictured above and this Toile transfer. I love Toile. My dining room cushions are covered in toile and I just love…
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