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Birthday Party, Thursday, 4-6 p.m., at the Shop…Plus, What’s New!
Hello, Sunshine!, Yes, May is a couple of months from now, but I know how busy y’all are and want to make sure you pencil us in! True confessions! I’ve made a few buying mistakes, for the Tahoe Fixer, including these beauties, above and below! Oh, and then these chairs I ordered (slip-covered) didn’t work.…
Read MoreSave the Date!
Yes, I know it’s over a month away, but I also know how you travel at the “speed of sound”, so please pencil our next Vintage Market, on to your calendar. We’re all working hard to stock up on new treasures and are praying for a sunny day! You can also find our Classes posted, for March 26th, resuming in May,…
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 MoreAn Amazing Mirror Make-Over
It all started with this over the top, antique reproduction mirror. Yes, another Craig’s List find! I knew that it was a prime candidate for our not-so-secret specialty finish! No, this isn’t One Step, but what good things ever come from just One Step, unless we’re talking a move away from the refrigerator, at 9…
Read MoreThere’s Still Room for you to Create a Milk Painted Masterpiece!
As you probably know, we sell both chalk and milk paints, at The Treasured Home. We teach classes, using both products, yet month after month, there’s less demand for our milk painting class, which leaves me scratching my head, in wonder. Or, is that the bed bugs? (Yes, that was a joke!) Maybe…
Read MoreNew Fabric Stenciling Class this Saturday!
Remember 1989, if you were alive then, when every respectable creative-type had grape leaves stenciled around her kitchen. If not grape leaves, it was little French blue houses, with mauve hearts scattered between them. Fear not, stenciling is back! Fabric is really a great surface for stenciling. Painter’s drop cloths are wonderful…
Read MoreMilk Paint Adventures and Other News
By now, I hope you have all met Jill. Here she is, working on our latest conquest! This vanity, that could double as a desk, if you like gazing at yourself in the mirror, has been appropriately named, Atlanta. Believe it or not, this is the vanity Mr. Wonderful’s mother, Atlanta, sat at each day.…
Read MoreHappenings at the Lake (Remodel Update)
Greetings, from sunny, warm, Lake Tahoe! If you have connections with the Rain and/or Snow gods, please put in a good word for us, here in California. We’ll take either! If all goes as planned, which it never does, the wood floors will be installed upstairs, next week. Yes, that’s wood, under the tarp, in…
Read MoreMilk Paint Monday
Greetings, to another week! I have lots of brilliant ideas. You too? My latest brilliant idea is to feature a different milk painted project, each week. We’ll share some tips and tell you what works and what doesn’t. At least that’s the plan! We’re replacing all of the old hollow-core interior doors upstairs, at the…
Read MoreNews from The Treasured Home
Greetings! I hope you’re doing well, this Wednesday! If you have admired this beautiful, antique beveled mirror, the marble topped console table, or Patti’s two stunning antique chairs, great news! They’ve all had their price tags trimmed substantially! Speaking of Patti, she just joined the ranks of Bionic Women! Today, she had knee replacement surgery…
Read MoreOur First Christmas, on Hurricane Bay
As they say, Home is where the heart is. This was our first Christmas, celebrated in the home we’re restoring on Lake Tahoe. If you’re looking for beautifully finished rooms, this is not the place! Not one room is finished, but we relished the chance to spend time with our son and daughter. We sat…
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