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On Mothers Day I shared some of Joannes home and teased you withthe thought that I might share more,Todays the day you get another glimpse into her wonderful decor.Also I am currently working on 2 large Canadian made dressers.The first one is coming along in a distressed turquoise and the other has these amazing details.And finally a sneak peak [...]

I picked up this stunning dresser and matching mirror awhile back.  It most assuredly is from the Victorian period. So I'm putting it's age at 110+!  Other than a few dings, broken casters and some carvings on the top, itwas in damn good condition. (Minus the hideous contact paper lining the drawers...OMG)My fave shade of milk paint, [...]

    Ornate white frames can be used for so many different things.   I have finished a new batch of white frames and they are all listed on theAccessories page with price and dimensions: http://blogspot.ca/p/mirror-for-sale.h [...]

King & Queen sized mattresses were first introduced in 1958. The footboard above was from an older double sized frame so it had to be converted to accomodate the 60" width of a queen mattress. The headboard was a more modern queen which was then matched up to the antique foot & rails.Most bed frames I [...]

It all started with this 70s oak headboard.Okay maybe I jumped the gun here, I suppose it really started with a drawing of a headboard.A drawing with custom measurements.So back to this headboard.Every element of it was dismantled with a robertson driver.Considering I had received such detailed measurements I had to wait for [...]

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I harbor a dream of someday making a full time living connected with sawdust, be that building, designing, writing, teaching, or any combination thereof. To that end I have found some moderate success lately with small carved boxes to be used during a wedding ceremony in something called a Wine Ceremony. The box is intended to hold a bottle of [...]