shopping
Gift Ideas For Your Guy
Is your Mr. Wonderful hard to shop for? Well, I may have a few ideas for you. Yes, I know that there are only six more days until Christmas! But who’s counting? The natural rock book ends are quite manly, and only $32. The hand thrown pottery is also quite handsome, for $26. The brass…
Read MoreIntroducing Maison Blanche Furniture Paint!
Hello Dear Friends! What an exciting week! Yesterday, my first shipment of Maison Blanche Furniture Paint Arrived at The Treasured Home! For nearly six months, I’ve been getting to know the good folks at Mason Blanche, based in Dallas, Texas. Just like the competition, this furniture paint is produced in the United Kingdom. It gets…
Read MoreJust When You Think You Know What You’re Doing!
A simple desk. What could be a more straight forward painting project? I had the piece clean and the MMS Linen all mixed. It was time to get busy. Easy-peazy! The first coat told me that I could be in for trouble, because I could see old glass rings and who knows what else, peeking…
Read MorePhiladelphia’s Reading Terminal Market
We’re on the shuttle, headed back to the airport. The Army – Navy Game was a close one, but Navy continued their 12 year winning streak. I am still so proud, when I see those kids in their dress uniforms! But it’s a mixed emotion. I’m happy that they love their country as they do,…
Read MorePainted Furniture is Everywhere (Especially One Kings Lane!)
Hello, once again! A blog post, two days in a row! Wow! Life may be getting back to normal. Maybe. Well, back to business. In an effort to shamelessly promote my FREE shipping, on Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint, I’m going to show you a boat load of painted furniture. Now all of these images…
Read MoreMirror, Mirror, On the Wall
Hello Dear Lovlies, Guess where I am? Oh, you smart pretties! Yes, I’m at The Treasured Home! Wrapping up my day, here at the shop. It was the day after the Holiday Open House, which was a huge success! Yay! Thanks to all of you who could stop by, and little angels, like Dawn, who…
Read MoreAnd To All A Good Night (See You Tomorrow!)
Well, before I turn off the light, after a very busy day, all nestled in our bed…Mr. Wonderful sound asleep, in 13 seconds after his head hits the pillow…I just wanted to remind my local friends to stop by tomorrow (Saturday)! The champagne is chilling, along with the OJ and I have my favorite almond…
Read MoreSanta’s Been to the Shop (and FREE shipping for MMS Milk Paint!)
Hello dear lovelies!, true to form, I have a shop update for you. And just in case you’re local, it will hopefully encourage you to visit the shop, for Saturday’s Open House Party! The mimosas would be enough for me…but that’s just me! Well, along with the wind and rain, came Santa and his eight…
Read MoreNew at the Shop
Will you do me a huge favor? If I am boring you with what’s going on at the shop, will you please tell me? It’s sort of all that I focus on these days. Yes, my daily activities seem to fall into one of the following: 1. Looking for things to sell 2. Painting things…
Read MoreMr. Wonderful Cooked Dinner!
Greetings dear Blog Sister!, I hope you had a relaxing weekend! God was happy we made it to mass this morning. Now that both parents are gone, the old church doesn’t feel the same. My younger sister used to drive Dad to church and now she doesn’t go. We’ve been visiting other churches, hoping to…
Read MoreThe Many Gifts of Friendship
Hello there, I’m sitting here, at the shop, ready to call it a day soon. Thank my lucky stars, I love it here. While I may be jumping the gun, Patti, Joaquin and PR Director/Friend, Jini, helped me decorate the shop for Christmas, Tuesday night. Mr. Wonderful picked up pizza and we all had a…
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