antiques
Join 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,…
Read MoreLast minute summer sale!
By now, I hope you know about tonight’s Meet the Artist extravaganza, from 6 – 8 p.m.. Well, our Vintage Market is almost half rented and the first vendor moves in next week, just in time for Thursday night’s gathering. Others are scheduled to move in in September. So that means I have to…
Read MoreFeatured Blogger: Stacey at Embracing Change
Greetings!, If you are a lover of all things milk paint, or even curious about it, you’ll be in good company, with Stacey at Embracing Change! She was featured on Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint blog this week. I think she could paint circles around me! Stacey lives in Pennsylvania, where to her husband’s dismay, she has a…
Read MoreDining Room Table and Chair Sale!
I love everything about dining room and kitchen tables! They’re the place where you sit down to enjoy a good meal, with a friend, or your whole family. It’s a gathering place, a place to play dominoes, or do homework. For me, setting the table and making a flower arrangement, for a special dinner…
Read MoreNew Arrivals!
Greetings! I hope your week is off to a superb start! The shop got some deep cleaning, by “yours truly”, in preparation for Google photographers, taking a virtual tour of the shop, this morning. With two Classes this week, it won’t last for long! Here’s what we’ve been up to, this past week… A dear…
Read MoreSprucing Up Our Guest/Son’s Room
Greetings! With my efforts focused on the Tahoe renovation and the shop, I haven’t had much of a chance to give our home, here in town, some love. Last week, I found some time on my day off, to spruce up my son’s room. Guess where I shopped? Yep, you guessed it! If ever you…
Read MoreStenciling Fabric Drapes
A few years ago, I discovered the versatility of painter’s drop cloths. They make great slip covers and curtains, just for starters. When the shop was ready to open, I stitched a taupe velvet, to the bottom of a drop cloth and hung it as a room divider. Got lots of “oohs and aah’s” on…
Read MoreWhat’s New at The Treasured Home…
It seems like I’ve been playing “catch-up” since returning from Round Top, last week! I couldn’t resist bringing in these fun unisex t-shirts, especially since 10% of the company’s profits are going towards research for Muscular Sclorosis. They should be for sale in our on-line shop soon! Did I tell you about…
Read MoreTravels to Round Top
OK, friends. I’m back and had the time of my life! Yes, Round Top draws quite a crowd and I’m so glad we were part of it all! I had been talking about going to this bi-annual antique shopping extravaganza, for years. It was about time! Five of us, (three are shop…
Read MoreAnother Antique Vanity and More News!
Hello Treasured Friends! In February, we were fortunate to sell a record number of furniture pieces! We shed a tear or two, as they went to new homes! But, we now have room to display a couple of new pieces, like this beautiful vanity. We gilded the drawer fronts and moldings with silver leaf. We…
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.…
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