Exciting stuff going on...

I am a proud member of our Downtown Auburn Business Assocation. This group brainstorms and supports each other to make our town stand out! Things are hopping this year with some fresh new shops and extra enthusiasm. We have several events going on among the already sought after yearly happenings. I will share here as they come along for all the locals who want to partake. Tomorrow evening I will be setting up at the NATMUS Museum here in town among many other unique businesses. Looking forward to more networking and gaining new customers (FRIENDS)!

Our town is known for their Vintage Cars with Crusine In's and Auto Auctions (VIEW THE ASSOCIATION'S WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION) that are held yearly we welcome thousands (if not over a million) of out of towners. Looking forward to sharing more with you in the coming months!

Few things in shop this week....

April already???

I think I blinked and a month flew by. lol Things are going well and we are very steady in shop! Always sending out BIG THANK YOU'S to our customers! This past weekend we brought in three refurbished coffee tables. Adding 100 year old solid wood interior doors to the tops of dated tables that needed a makeover made for some unique tables. Stop in and check them out of you haven't.

If you are local please mark your calendar for this coming April 19th. Several shops around town are hosting a 'GIRLS NIGHT OUT' with a pajama theme. There will be giveaways, discounts, refreshments and just good conversation.

As always, we bring fun 'smalls' into the shop and our OWLS are no exceptions...these cuties come and go QUICKLY! See you soon!

waiting on spring...

It's coming, I'm sure...just a little impatient. I can't wait for the Indiana weather to break and give me some sunny days and nice breezes for my furniture refurbishing to get into FULL SWING. Here are a few fun tables and stuff that we recently brought in. There are a few things left.

time to 'fluff'

Slowly my friends and family are starting to understand this term "fluff". In this business there comes a time that you MUST "fluff" stuff through out the shop. This also must be done often to keep the visual interest going for all who visit. Not sure why, but I work best after hours and even into the night. Keeping those spidey webs and baby dust bunnies under control doesn't hurt either. :)

check this out!

Just a quick post as I have plenty of holiday stuff to be doing today. I'm at the shop today enjoying the friendly visitors who stop in. Wanted to share a fun 'refurb' treatment I did quickly the other day.

This tray was once used for table service at some restraunt years ago. I found several so I am hoping to get more finished up very soon. I gave it a good cleaning and used Krylon brand chalkboard spray paint for the top. Giving it a couple coats insured it will hold up to that chalk abuse. :) The bottom was finished off in my fave, Oil Rubbed Bronze spray by Krylon too. Hubby was sweet and drilled me some holes for these metal handles I had on hand (another of my many salvaged hardware pieces). Here you have a festive serving tray!

Happy Holidays,

Things are going GREAT!

We continue to have customers daily with many, many compliments. We are VERY thankful for the positive things coming our way. We have fun "new" finds coming into the shop this weekend from an estate sale...stop in often to browse or just come in to visit us and sit awhile.

Vintage Theatre Seats

Hubby and I were invited to go through a barn last fall and we were elated to do so. Who doesn't love a dusty...vintage...treasure?! :) I seen these theatre seats stacked together covered with cob webs, dust and appeared to be damaged beyond repair. Hubby was against bringing them home. He could only see JUNK. He means well though, he is learning that things can have many uses and CAN be saved! With his excellent woodworking skills I KNEW there was life left in these seats.






Fast forward to this spring, hubby pulled one set out and began carefully taking it apart. He repaired all the pieces that were seperating and he sanded it down. He dug through his large (um, HUGE) stash of vintage/random hardware to replace a few screws and it was good to go.

This is what I did...

Painted the entire seating a flat black (hey, it's what I found in the "oops" section at the store)...



Then printed the wording I wanted on my printer and placed it where I wanted it to be...


In order to trace it I chose to use chalk on the back side of the printed wording...


Then as I traced it with a pencil it would show up white...




I thought this part would be a little tedious but I actually enjoyed the handpainting part...


After the wording was painted I took my orbital sander over the whole entire piece giving it a good aged look before topping it off with a spray-on clear coat. Now it has a wonderful sheen to it...


LOVE how it folds up for easy storage. This piece is wonderful as it sits VERY comfortable...










It went to my shop a few weeks ago and sold INSTANTLY (are you surprised?! lol)!

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