“Creatively Christmas” coming to The Treasured Home
If you love a beautifully decorated home for the holidays, blogger Jen Rizzo has created a collaborated book, called Creatively Christmas, featuring beautifully decorated homes. It includes a CD, with tons of crafty tutorials, that you can use to decorate your own home! The book will be available in the shop in about a week,…
Read MoreNew at The Treasured Home
Hello there!, I hope you’re doing well, this beautiful Saturday! I’m getting ready for a full house, at this afternoon’s class. Yay! I just wanted to show off some new treasures at the Home… I’ve found a man who builds furniture, by hand, from solid Alder planks. It’s reasonably priced, simple, but solid and I…
Read MoreLake Tahoe Restoration Update
Ever feel over your head? I sure do! There seem to be thousands of choices, as we remodel this place. I want it all done yesterday, which can sometimes be a problem! The exterior really needed a paint job, so that was a major decision. Choosing paint colors can be so daunting! I really like…
Read MoreAt 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 on by! $22/Quart on about 8 discontinued colors! We’ve brought in a really great greeting card line! It’s not raunchy, but just great fun! $2.95…
Read MoreMeet “Blanche”, Our New Dresser!
Let me make the introductions! This is Blanche. She just completed her make-over, here at The Treasured Home. She’s Southern, as you might expect, with a name like “Blanche”. She talks with a bit of a twang. I’ve always wished I was Southern. Then, I could say things Southern women say, in that Southern way.…
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 for $1,000 and more. Everything in this room is an antique, or at least vintage, except for the sofa, pillows and window coverings. While the…
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 Ivan, out of circulation. The women cried! Ivan, most likely, lived in on the right side of the tracks, where fine ice boxes were made…
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 up since the crack of dawn, as usual. We’ve had a wonderful summer, getting a feel for the place. The kids were able to visit…
Read MoreWorks In Progress
What a week! We’ve been busy and I want to share just a few projects we’re working on. This bistro table used to be a cherry finish, that has been updated, using Amy Howard’s Graphite One Step paint. One of my top favorites! The three pieces, including the stools, painted in Linen and recovered, in…
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 trip. I took it slow this morning and it felt wonderful! One of the cardinal rules of blogging is to put your glamour shot at…
Read MoreDining in Manhattan
One thing that Mr. Wonderful and I are really good at, is eating! Today was no exception. We had a really enjoyable lunch, in New York City’s Meat Packing District, at The Standard Grill. It’s on Washington Street and has indoor and outdoor dining, which is covered with greenery, with fans whirling, to keep us…
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