Famous Friends

My good buddy, Nancy Pell, owns a wonderful shop called Perfect Scents.  She has all these perfume and essential oils that you can mix and match or add fragrance to her  lines of lotions and potions. 

 

      Perfect Scents

 

She was on TV this morning on the local morning show promoting scents for lovers on Valentines Day.  You can catch her at this link

 

KCTV 5 Better Kansas City

 

Nancy and I go waaaaay back, we met working as waitresses in the mid 1970's.  It was fun to see her on TV - making her a local celebrity!

 

Nice Job Nancy!

 

Moms Sewing Cabinet

 

I've always painted, but usually rooms in my home, flower pots, bird baths or concrete floors.  I started following Miss Mustard Seed and loved her painted dressers.  I thought I'd give it a try and started with my Mom's old sewing cabinet.  That cabinet had been in her sewing room all the years I was growing up and she refinished it in the late 60's with a crazy green....

 

 

 

I was in the middle of stripping it before I remembered to take a picture.  It had big brass square pulls, just hideous, but probably hip in the late 60's.  I used Annie Sloan Old White chalk paint, lightly distressed it and finished with clear and dark wax.  Then stained the top with Miniwax Dark Walnut and added some vintage pulls I found on Ebay.  Love, Love, Loved it!  I was hooked!

 

I'm using it in my bedroom as a nightstand and it constantly reminds me of my Mom, who I lost 25 years ago.  She would love that I'm painting furniture, she antiqued my dresser and bedframe when I was a preteen.  Wish I still had that old dresser, perhaps it will show up on Craigslist one day.

 

Here we go...my first post!   It's exciting and scary all at the same time. 

I've got a living room full of old furniture waiting for me to Revive them and I decided I would start blogging about my makeovers and home projects. Most pieces I sell on Craigslist and I have a few custom paint customers.  My poor living room/dining room has turned into my workshop now that winter has arrived.  On warm days I drag my pieces out to the garage for sanding and staining.

I also love to travel and go on four or five trips a year, either for business or with girlfriends.  I'll share those adventures as well and if you can recommend fun things to do or where to eat - please let me know!

I hope you'll find something worthwhile on my blog and add it to your bloglist!