PUMPKIN ART a great way to add some Fall to your home!!

Flea Market Hot Seller

This old barrell with a piece of glass added atop makes for the perfect side table in a basement or bar. SOLD OUT OF ALL 9 of them!!

A Little Whimsy on an Old Piece

BonVoyage!

I kept looking at this old suitcase wondering what I could do with it……hmmmmm….. Then I came across the pile of old jeans that I had slated for another project. I gave it a wash of white paint, cut up some jeans, and got out my hot glue gun!!! VOILA!!

New bigger space at Past & Present!!!!

New Dining Room Addition

I recently acquired a couple new pieces for the living room. LOVE them both!!!!  The console is from my friend Jen. It needed some TLC to revive it from the doom and gloom of it’s dark past. I think it looks fresh now! The other piece is the mirror behind the sofa. It is HUGE! I [...]

Do you ever wish TIME could stop? just 4 a bit…..

With this clock you CAN!!! My current… favorite………. table top accessory!!! I bought this fab. clock shell at the  Nada farm sale. (Along with many other treasures) I held out for about 24 hrs. before tinkering with it!!……I stenciled on  some numbers,  and embellished it with a jelly jar lid, an iron plate, a  quaint tea [...]

Flea Market June 2011

June Kane Flea Market was crazy hot and super busy!!!

Spring is HERE!!! (i think??!!..)

One would think Spring is finally here  with a view of these gorgeous gifts of nature ! But last weekends weather does not agree! I am in the midst of painting some great things for next months Kane County flea market and can finally have my  basement door open and feel the breeze. Enjoy the beautiful [...]

Living room Ceiling Fixture

A year or more ago I was on a mission to replace many of my light fixtures. (Hey, they are over 10 years old now!) While perusing many of my favorite catalogs, I came across an idea. It needed to be “tweeked” a bit however.  It called for swaping out what was there with another fixture [...]