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At The Treasured Home, This Week…
The world of furniture paint is always changing! New colors come, old or duplicate colors need to go. If you’re looking for a great paint at a terrific price, stop…
Read MoreCoffee Table Make-Overs at The Treasured Home
Do you have a loving relationship with your coffee table? If you’ve been shopping Restoration Hardware or any better furniture stores, you’ll see plenty of coffee tables on the floor…
Read MoreIvan, the Restored Ice Box, Has Arrived!
Let me make the introductions! Meet Ivan. The Manly-Man…errr, The Ice Box. Age: Unknown. Probably born somewhere between the mid 1800’s, and 1930, when electric units, put the likes of…
Read MoreTahoe Restoration Update
It’s a beautiful almost fall morning, at the lake. I’m sitting in bed, having my second or third cup of coffee, visiting my friends, in blog-land. Mr. Wonderful has been…
Read MoreCloset Clean Up
Getting Ready for Fall We returned home late last night from New York. The older I get, the longer it takes for me to recover from the coast to coast…
Read MoreNew at The Treasured Home
After a relaxing morning at home, I headed to the shop. I made a stop along the way, at a friend, who’s been leasing antique shop space, but doesn’t have…
Read MoreWhile I’m Gone
Many of you know that my daughter’s at West Point. That’s the Army’s Military Academy in New York. This is a picture of us, from a couple of years ago.…
Read MoreCatching Up
Whenever I take on a new project, I sometimes go a little hog wild! That certainly happened, when I opened The Treasured Home, almost two years ago! Don’t get me…
Read MoreUpdating a Brick Fireplace for Less Than $20!
Well, hello there! Today, I thought I would give you a peek inside the new Tahoe house! Remember, I told you about the curse of wallpaper, from the 80’s? Well,…
Read MoreFurniture Painting Basics, Featuring Amy Howard’s One Step
I’ve introduced a new “one-hour class”, covering the basics of furniture painting, with chalk style paint. Tonight was the first class. Boy, did I underestimate the time required. One hour…
Read MoreMilk Painted Empire Dresser
Mable, is this week’s milk paint “masterpiece”. I use the term masterpiece lightly, because my milk paint projects are never perfect. Milk paint has its quirks. Heck, so do I!…
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