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My love for fabrics and hand made textiles, lives on!
Whether the fabric is found, with beautiful geometrics and color on a pillow…. …in a quilt, table runner, carpet, or upholstery fabric, I love the old world attention to detail, quality and craft. This is a Kantha cloth. I understand that “Kantha”, is an eastern Indian word that means “patch”. Some…
Read MoreLet’s Talk About Paint…and More!
Greetings, from our home away from home! Not for long though. I head back in the morning. I feel slightly guilty, having been away from the shop for a week! Well, maybe more than slightly! The Catholic-guilt/workaholic in me, is the little “twerp”, sitting on my left shoulder and the sweet little fairy,…
Read MoreThis Week at The Treasured Home
Greetings, friends! Things are really hoppin’ at the shop! I know you’re dying to know what’s happening, so here goes! I hit gold on Saturday, making the rounds, to estate and garage sales. I had been looking for a cool sales counter for some time and everything I saw was massive, in size and expense…
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 MoreKitchen Make Over, with Amy Howard’s One-Step
Do you love your kitchen cabinets? No? But you can’t replace them and professional painters’ bids are well into the thou$ands! Whatcha gonna do? Well, paint them yourself, of course! Katy sent us pictures of her new kitchen! She chose “Rugo” blue, for the bottom cabinets and Bahaus Buff on the top. I’m…
Read MoreToday’s the Day, for Our 1st Spring Bazaar!
Today’s the day! If there’s something you’ve been dreaming of, now’s your chance to grab some big savings on tons of inventory! You’ll see red tags everywhere, so be at The Treasured Home early! The sale starts early, at 9 a.m.! Great savings, and all sales will be final! Bring your truck…
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 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 MoreLast Minute Shopping!
Greetings! You know, packing and storing these beautiful ornaments, is not at the top of my To-Do List, so take advantage of this great half-off sale, today! This is the last day the shop will be open, before we head off to spend time with our families, but we’d like to thank you for your…
Read MoreIt’s a Wonderful Life! (Holiday Hours & Christmas Video!)
Bless all ye who follow my blog! Bountiful blessings to those who stop by The Treasured Home, in human technicolor, personally, to support my vision of a home and gift shop! Trust me, it takes a village to support a small shop, here in the suburbs of Sacramento! I am so totally blessed and grateful,…
Read MoreGifts for Under $25
Gift giving can be overwhelming. But truthfully, it’s more about the spirit the gift is given in. A warm hug, a hand written card, taking the time to find or make something…goes a long way, to make someone feel special. We know money doesn’t grow on trees…at least not in my back yard… but here…
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