Sorry folks to do this here…but people are still looking for their Christmas Traditions coffee fix. Go to the website and give us a call to order it. We have a very limited quantity left.
Now , excuse me while I go clean chrome. One of my auction friends, Chris, has given me a tip and [...]
Archive for January, 2008
A Commercial Announcement
Posted in The Shop, tagged superior coffee on January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday Morning Flea Marketing
Posted in pittsburgh on January 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sadly the flea market, Wildwood Peddlers, has closed in the North Hills by North Park. Over here on my side of the world a new flea market, Big Beaver Marketplace, opened in October. I haven’t had a chance to check it out yet even though I have been so anxious to. Dana at Cottage [...]
Another Vintage Rescue
Posted in The Shop on January 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
At an auction a couple of men were discussing stripping this cupboard. That would have been wrong. What else could I do? So here it is in the shop with some Silver Rose dishes in it already. You can sort of see in this photo how far down I was able to clean it today. [...]
Tricks of the Vintage Trade
Posted in vintage cottage on January 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As I worked on my latest chair it occurred to be that there are somethings that crop up time and time again when I am working with old things. Three issues that I had with this chair are the same as I learned to deal with 27 years ago when I hung my first piece [...]
A 50’s Retro Kitchen Table and Chairs and Cleaning Chrome
Posted in The Shop on January 18, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Cleaning chrome was not on my January project list. But I couldn’t pass this up even though we don’t really have room for another kitchen table in the shop. So I’ll be cleaning chrome.
Unfortunately, I am one of those ever optimistic folks who believes that the next vat of metal cleaner I buy [...]
Not Every Project can be a Show Stopper
Posted in The Shop on January 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
One of the things that derails me from my to-do list and assorted projects is that the outcomes are not always equally exciting. This little stand is very sweet, but finishing it didn’t give me the same buzz as finishing the kitchen cupboard below. But people need more little stands than cupboards. I hope someone [...]
A Kitchen Cupboard
Posted in The Shop on January 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
For once I feel like I am making progress on a January plan.
#1-Catch up on furniture:
Yesterday I finished this kitchen cupboard. I must try to remember to take before photos. This was five different colors and had some funky chrome antlers sticking out of the top where we have applied the flowers to cover the [...]
January Projects
Posted in Preserve Cottage, vintage cottage on January 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here is my latest Cottage Chair. This is a Waverly fabric that I have used before. It can mix in easily with blues, pinks, and greens. I’m trying to use my New Year’s energy burst to blow through about six furniture projects. And Marc started to paint the dreadful faux brick wall in the shop. [...]
Twitter / preservecottage- preservecottage: Four mile run today in record time...another benefit of the hiatus. It has been a great lesson in taking the time to do what you have to
- preservecottage: Just discovered summer sm hiatus produced great spike in sales. But I miss my friends.
- preservecottage: Back into the universe and trying to figure out how to put all the pieces back together
- preservecottage: wondering how a project I thought would take a couple of months has turned into a four month project, at least
- preservecottage: wondering if alternating 1/2 hours working at computer and 1/2 hours doing moving tasks would help aging metabolism
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