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Tail of the Two Sister Chairs

This is a story of two sisters, chair sisters that is and their transformation from ugly duckling to fashionistas. I stumbled upon the two chairs at a church rummage sale. I had just come from a cool barn sale where I couldn't afford to buy one thing and on my way home we saw this sign for a rummage sale.…

Neal Caffrey’s new end tables

So I'm not sure if you noticed or not but I like to name the pieces of furniture I work on.  Sometimes I find inspiration in a name or a person before I start on the piece and other times I wait until I'm finished to see who they look like or remind me of.  In the case of these…

OZ-The Great and Powerful

In honor of Disney's new movie "Oz The Great and Powerful" which comes out today, I thought I would share with you the latest chair I have finished.

Here are some before pictures.  A nice cane back side chair with some fancy lines but boring in color and fabric quite old and stuffy. The fabric was an ugly mustard velvet that gave the chair no…

I Miss You Nate…

Nate Berkus that is!

Nate Berkus is one of my interior design idols and I miss seeing him everyday on his TV show since it was cancelled last year.  I loved the show so much that my sister even got us tickets to see a live taping of it in New York. 

I always thought Nate was a very handsome…