If you’ve been thinking about taking a class soon, to transform family heirlooms, or garage sale treasures, the schedule for April and May can be found HERE! Trying something new, Thursday classes will be held during the day, to make it easier for moms with kids to take a class. While you won’t find it on the calendar, we’ll be hosting a special 2-hour class, on the afternoon of April 30th. You’ll have a chance to meet Amy Howard and take a class with her, on our big screen, live, in our shop, for just $20! Expect more information very soon!…
While many of you are still dreaming of something really wonderful, five of us will be taking off from the Sacramento airport, at 6 a.m., for Round Top’s bi-annual antique show! To say I’m excited, is an understatement. It’s something that’s long been on my “bucket list” and now, at last, I get to go! Thankfully, a couple of women in the group, have been a number of times! This little town, is just one square mile big and twice a year it explodes, with antique traders and devout followers. I have no idea what to…
Remember the giant pile of wood flooring? ….And the orange carpet? Well, stand back and take a look at this! Yes, Martha, the floors are in upstairs and they are just gorgeous!! They are reclaimed oak boards, sealed with tung oil. One more coat of oil needs to be applied and then they’re finished! (This shot is of the upstairs landing.) These photos are of the largest bedroom upstairs. This is the same landing, from the opposite direction. Town and Country Flooring, in Truckee, sourced and installed the floors for us. Great people to…
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 also layered milk paint over chalk based One-Step, for more depth to the finish. Love how it turned out! Don’t you love the beveled tri-fold mirror? Don’t I make a great model? We found these eye masks and neck pillows, that can be heated or…
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. It is really a beautiful piece of furniture, especially since it has been painted with two shades of Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint. The drawers offer plenty of storage and we decided to leave the original hardware alone. We’ll be showing you the finished…
Way back before Christmas, Mr. Wonderful surprised me with this Craig’s list find. How sweet was that? He knows I love curves and turns, and knew I would love this table and 4 chairs! The table even has a leaf! Of all the dining room tables I’ve found, none ever had their leaf(s)! Can you imagine all the the orphaned table parts, just floating around the universe? I may, or may not, end up in the burning fires of hell, for all the evil thoughts I had, while painting these lovely chairs. We started out with Amy Howard’s chalk base…
Paint it and they will come! Ever since Jill and I printed our custom furniture painting price list, we have been amazed by the number of customers, who want furniture painted for them. Who knew? Kim had this cedar chest, that had belonged to her parents. From a distance, it looked fine, but the top had several spots with missing paint and a few other well worn areas. It was so bad, in Kim’s eyes, that she kept it covered, with a sheet! But when ever she talked about getting rid of it, everyone said, “No!”. So, she and her…
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 the room we call the apartment. The apartment has a separate entrance, fireplace, bath, little fridge, microwave, coffee pot, etc., and a stellar view of the lake. I plan to make it “our” room. Mr. Wonderful, as Bob likes to be called, is building a…
Many people ask, “What’s the difference between milk paint and chalk-based paint? They really are two very different paints. While neither paint requires priming, stripping or sanding, chalk-based paint is a liquid product that just requires a clean, smooth surface and a good mixing, prior to use. Chalk-based paint has a built-in primer. It will stick to just about anything! We’ve painted glass, ceramic pots and lamps, metal urns and chandeliers…oh, and of course, wood! Milk paint, comes as a powder. It’s easy to mix, with equal parts powder and cool water. Milk paint has been around for centuries and…
Jill has been part of our little family, here at The Treasured Home, since last June. If you’ve been in the shop, or received a package from our on-line store, you’ve encountered Jill. Since she is such a big part of the shop, we thought it would be great for you to hear from her, too! Jill has helped me accomplish so much, that I would have never had the time or know-how to accomplish. She is a precious young woman, who helps me keep my “head above water”. Did I say we laugh, a lot? So, here’s Jill! Hi,…
