I hesitated somewhat before writing this post. I have a love/hate relationship with New Year’s Resolutions, simply because I tend to be bad at them! For instance, when I…
farm life/ patina files
A Christmas story, of sorts, and how (and why) to decorate using vintage Christmas items
In most things, I’m a pretty low-key gal and it generally takes a lot to rile me. All that to say, my approach to Christmas decorating mirrors this low-key…
I’ve had a Kent Coffey piece in my possession for some time now. First, it sat at my friend Rena’s house due to space limitations at my own. Then,…
I’m weird. I’m super, super competitive–though not in an unhealthy way, I don’t think–but I don’t really enjoy contests. Too much pressure. However, I stumbled upon the Fab Furniture…
garden files/ How-to grow a cottage garden series
Entry # 6: The final garden post, or where I dish on my favorite cottage garden plants
It’s hard to believe that we’re staring at the beginning of the holiday season! And though a garden post might seem a wee bit anachronistic and out of place,…
Sometimes, I swear, I’m my own worst enemy. For instance, I rarely, if ever check messages on the landline answering machine. I hate doing it. If you leave me…
This piece was a fun one. It was straightforward–a rare thing sometimes–and I’m oh so pleased with how it turned out. You might have seen this buffet/dresser in an…
furniture files/ tutorials and techniques
How to fix a dresser drawer, without (super) expensive tools or a lot of DIY know how
Hello, readers! This is my first post as The Queen’s “structural engineer.” No, this does not make me “King Patina” or anything else related to patina (excepting, of course, the Queen herself).…
This one is a favorite. First, it’s an awesome piece–one that I would have to try fairly hard to irreparably ruin. It’s a much different enterprise working on a…
My youngest, four, said that to me in Glenwood Springs, CO recently. But I get ahead of myself. As you may know, we recently returned from a three week…