So in the world of home décor, “smalls” include the decorative items that you place around your home to give it character, yes? According to the lady who owns the store where I am a vendor, they also do VERY WELL at Christmastime. I’ve been trying so hard to get caught up on all this junk I’ve accrued, but lately it feels like I just hit my stride at about 8pm on Sunday nights. Christmas will be over before you know it and I will have missed the whole thing, from a vendor’s standpoint.
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Have you ever wondered if there was a piece of crap out there that I wouldn’t take on? This “piece” will answer that question: apparently not.

My dad has the coolest friends. One of them saw this primitive cabinet at the Habitat Restore, with a FREE tag on it. It had been found in the back of a barn, with bottles of questionable liquor in it. And some fishing gear. This friend of dad’s knows I paint, so he loaded it up and brought it over to my parents’ house. What a guy!
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I love banker’s chairs. So much. So, so much so, that when I thought I saw one sitting with some junk on the side of 74 in Gastonia, I circled and went back even though I was working. When the man selling it said $10, I was able to finally forgive myself for not buying the one I’d passed up in a York thrift store almost a year ago – that one had been $40, just a little too steep for me. THIS chair needed casters and a few screws tightened, that’s all. I was delighted.
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A year ago this weekend, I did my first craft fair at Aldersgate Methodist here in Rock Hill, and that experience encouraged me to try my own space at a antiques/vendor shop. This year, I wasn’t able to get enough stuff together to do a space at the same fair, but I was asked if I could donate something to their silent auction, and I gladly did.
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So back to furniture! Here’s a piece I did with the MMS paint line, using a technique I shamelessly lifted directly from Miss Mustard Seed’s blog. It involves…Vaseline. Oh yes.

In August, my wonderful picker-friend and MMS Milk Paint dealer decided she needed to clear out her shop, and I was lucky enough to find a few things to add to my to-do list. Actually I found a TON of cool things, but couldn’t take them all. One of the pieces I did take was this dresser.
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Do I even remember how to blog anymore? Let’s find out, shall we? SO much to catch up on. I began working full-time since the end of August, and then got a dog, and between those two adjustments, life has just been busy-busy. And the furniture has been piling up, cause as busy as I might be, I certainly can’t let that hobby go.

And now the story of how I got a dog. I’ve wanted one for ages. We had three cats already mind you, but I have a friend who had two dogs and two cats (now three!) that get along well, so I knew it must be possible for us to get that balance if we found the RIGHT fit.
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Got to finish something else today, and hauled it up to Belmont. Do you remember this roll top desk from my yard sailing adventures? It was a good find, a good quality piece. Made by Pulaski, with dovetailed joints, and heavy as can be.
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