Confession: At my worst, I have been a willy-nilly sander. At best, a guilty, unsure sander, not sure where to start, or with what grit, at what point in…
furniture files/ painting resources, products, & equipment
My first time: One girl’s first time using an HVLP turbine spray system and things she learned along the way
I’ve long been drooling over the glossy furniture created by Sucheta of the Resplendent Crow, Reeves at The Weathered Door, Christina from Phoenix Restoration, and others. I’ve wanted to…
I wish I could say I was the brilliant woodworker behind this technique, but alas, I’m not. About 8 years ago, I purchased 2 really cool quarter-sawn oak filing…
I tried writing this post before, but at the time, well, it felt contrived. Instead, I reminisced about bringing Tatter Magoo (my horse at the time) to our local…
We recently attended our local county fair and I wanted to write about how great it is. How unique it is. How fun it is. But when I sat…
The evening cool is setting in, a light mist is starting to rise over the fields, and the breeze from the day has become still. We sit—myself, Rachel, her…
As I noted in an earlier post, we {Farm Boy and I} and a few pals recently tore down a local barn, a structure that {sadly} needed to come…
I’ve always loved old structures and barns especially—they seem to symbolize the America of yesteryear: strong, useful, practical, utilitarian, and in their very practicality, beautiful. So, I’m always bummed…
Hello friends! Happy Thanksgiving and er, Black Friday shopping, if that’s your thing! I’m more a people watcher myself and did a quick solo trip to a few select…
My university, where I participate in the “real” world as a writing instructor, is currently hosting Shakespeare’s First Folio, so this post’s title reflects the Bard’s influence. Or maybe…
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Ga-Ga for gloss: How to rub out a water-based lacquer finish
I could have given this post so many different titles. Here are a few: “The dresser from H-E-Double-Hockey-Sticks;” “Are you suuuurrrre you want a high gloss lacquer finish?”; “There’s…
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Tips for spraying with a Turbine system, and a dresser for the “Queen”
It’s fitting, I think, that the piece that you’ll see later in this post uses the same color and same paint (ha!) as my first spray project. You can…
finished projects/ furniture files
Near and dear to my heart: Old Fashioned Milk Paint, a toy chest, and my menfolk…
I’ve long been a fan of powdered milk paint, and learned about milk paint while reading about furniture restoration–this was long before milk paint was popularized by THE Miss…