hand crafted furniture + cool wood goods
The final result of a custom order for a trestle style table and gorgeous bench. We built these great customers an office desk first. For the desk, we used reclaimed wood. For the trestle table and bench you see here, we used new wood. Graphite (dark gray) trestle table base, with a natural stained top and distressing. A perfect down…
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-source- In my last post I carried on about my past. Jobs, college, etc. and then the life changing events of the births of our children. When our son was about 18 months old we made a plan. Whether or not baby #2 came at the time we hoped he or she would, I was going to transition from…
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-source- I have always been a person who needs to feel that what I do matters. Maybe you can relate. When I was a second grade teacher what I did with my time each day mattered. It was easy to quantify and I didn’t have to give it much thought. The kids in my care relied on me to teach…
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I have said before that Pinterest is my BFF. It’s not because I want to do every project I see there or make every recipe (although I do have a thing for a good, new recipe). Not everything has to be perfect as some Pinterest haters think. Pinterest makes me happy! I’m inspired by pretty things so why not put…
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I’m running at a steady pace of about 4 to 5 months behind it seems. But this market (even though MONTHS ago) was just too much fun not to share. We love Vintage Market Days shows. This one was our first in McKinney and it was a great one! Check out all of the pieces we took with us. Some…
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We were happy to see smooth drywall on every inch of the walls and ceilings. Before we began the remodel, the house was the typical hodgepodge of different textures, random paint colors and a splash or two of 80’s flowery wallpaper. Yikes! We had finally put all that behind us…or at least buried it forever under several coats of mud…
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