I hope you’ll join me on my never-ending search for beautiful pieces, with history, for your home. Find my curated treasures, in Booth #154, at the Antique Trove, in Roseville, CA. ~ Barbara
Hello, hello!, I just asked my friend, Stacy, at Conspicuous Style, if I could guest post on her beautiful blog. I suggested that I could write about decorating for a 4th of July party and she said “Yes!”. Whoa! Now I have to figure out how to decorate for a 4th of July party! I figure that since I’m going to be making decorations for a party, that we might as well go ahead and have a party! This could be fun, although its not the way parties are usually planned. What the heck! So, to get started, I visited…
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We had a great weekend at Veranda Antiques! Between yesterday’s parking lot sale and customers buying at Veranda, I had better get back to painting and sourcing more treasures! That’s a good thing! We brought my console table, that I painted with ASCP old white, clear waxed, with a bit of dark wax in the nooks and crannies, along with some gold rub ‘n buff and it was a quick sale. 🙂 My cute little bench, with a coat of a fun Sherwin Williams enamel, was a fast sale, and two of my gold leaf mirrors sold yesterday, too! Yeah!…
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Let’s make a deal at today’s parking lot sale! (Seeing a crazy woman with a stop sign will probably keep people driving on by. Kind of scary!) 9900 Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks, CA 9-2 Today!, Saturday Dawn, who owns a beautiful florist in downtown Fair Oaks, was my first customer! Thanks Dawn!
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It’s 8 p.m., on Friday night. My favorite time of my favorite day. May is a wonderful time of the year, here in northern California…before the string of 100 degree days hit. You may recall, I found this new outdoor umbrella at World Market. The floral fabric is colorful and kinda fun! I’m hoping Wonder Dog remembers that the cushions are not chew toys! The hydrangeas are getting ready to pop. I have four more waiting to be planted. I got the Everbloom this time, that are supposed to have two or three blooms each season. This teak bench could…
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This week passed so quickly, I’m not sure it really happened. The good news is that it started at the Sacramento Antique Fair on Sunday and I found a number of cool things for the shop, including this old rectangular mirror, shutters and large candle holders. I squeezed in some Craig’s list shopping.. Doesn’t everyone need some old paneled doors? I’ve been painting, too! This extra long side table, found at an estate sale, used to be “baby —- brown”. I like the new Annie Sloan coloring much better! I found these two corbels at Thrift Town for $8 each.…
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Hello all!, I met two darling young women at today’s Sacramento Antiques Fair. These two lovelies are embarking on a new adventure, selling their beautifully painted furniture and unique treasures. If there had been a prize given, for most beautifully designed booth, these two, Heather and Ashley of Figgy & Flax would have been the winners, hands down! They’re followers of Miss Mustard Seed and have learned lots of tips from her on painting furniture. The branding, display and big smiles, are all their own. I’m wishing them oodles of fun and success!
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Forget about the fact that you don’t have diabetes. Forget about the fact that no one close to you suffers from diabetes. Chances are though, that somebody close to you does have this disease. Until recently, I didn’t understand the challenges that many parents have, when they have children with serious diabetic issues. I know one mother in particular, who could barely sleep at night worrying that her son might go into a diabetic coma. Then, they learned about the miraculous dogs, that are trained to be life-savers. These amazing, lovable companions, are trained to identify and more importantly, act…
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Hello there!, Well it’s been a while since I’ve showed you around the cottage. There are some wonderful things I’d like to share with you. And if you don’t live in town and if it’s shippable, have no fear, FedEx is here! Linda found this wonderful antique birdcage, that’s in perfect condition. $175 Lora’s new mid century patio table and chairs is really sweet too! $395 How about a cherub candle holder? $125 This very collectible antique bamboo table is just $295. If you want to feel like a movie star, this vintage makeup mirror for your vanity, might be…
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Hello there, You know, I just love to laugh at myself! And I’ve had a few chances to do that this week. And it’s only Wednesday afternoon! Case in point…this week I decided that I was going to make pasta, like we did in Italy, at our cooking class. It sounded like a really great idea. It ended up thick enough to stop traffic! I wish I had a better picture, but trust me, light and delicate would not have been appropriate adjectives. Next time, if there is a next time, I need to roll the dough quite a bit…
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Greetings, dear friends, My series, is back in business! Rather than running these fun bios every Tuesday, we’ll be running it just once a month. I sure enjoy getting to know you all better! This month, we’re meeting up with Terri, at La Dolfina. She’s a California wife, mother and avid collector, living not far from San Francisco. She loves collecting so much that she sells her special finds at her on line store. There are even rumors, that she’s going to start selling her treasures at the huge Alemeda Antique Fair, on the first Sunday each month! So, without…
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