I've been meaning to start this series for ages now. You all know how much I LOVE thrifting and hunting for old treasures right? To the point that's a bit of an obsession and/or compulsion. Well inspired by my design hero and fellow vintage & craigslist creeper, Emily Henderson's series Trolling Craigslist, I'm starting my own curated collection of online finds. Some of them need a bit of … [Read more...]
BEFORE & AFTER: new teak hutch + $100 furniture giveaway
You all know how much I love giving old furniture a new life and new home. I'm usually a real thrift store hunter - you know, going through LOTS of rough stuff before finding those diamonds. Every so often though I'm not so much in the mood to hunt and kinda just want to look at stuff that someone already went through the trouble of curating and collecting. That's where The Millionaire's Daughter … [Read more...]
KITCHEN MAKEOVER: modern vintage kitchen reveal
Can you believe it!?! It’s finally done! The kitchen project that I dreamed up almost a year ago has come to life. I can’t tell you how freak’n happy I am with the results. Can you say holy dramatic change? This kitchen went from blah to one happy looking cool kitchen. As you know from all the updates I’ve posted that it was a multiple step process and I did many of the projects myself. Of course … [Read more...]
SAY I DO: how to style a vintage wedding dress
What better time then the month of love to host a wedding show. Keeping with the theme of love I seem to have going on I thought I would dip into wedding territory. Now I'm a single gal and no I haven't planned out my imaginary wedding (yet) but the stylist and vintage lover in me is kinda dying to, even if it's not for myself. I thought it would be fun to play pretend wedding stylist. If you're … [Read more...]