Author Archives: Jackie

Covering up Smokey Furniture

In my previous post Giving Old Pieces New Life I mentioned that I inherited a few pieces of furniture from my Granparents houses. One of those pieces was a 1950’s Secretary. This one took a lot more work than anticipated, due to 65 years of smoke build-up. A few lessons learned from this project: Scrub-a-dub,Continue reading “Covering up Smokey Furniture”

Giving Old Pieces New Life

This past year, my parents sold both of my grandparents houses…with that came a lot of furniture! Old, beautiful furniture. It was tired, a little out of style and some had a thick coat of nicotine, from many years of smoking in the house. Some of the pieces that came out of the houses wereContinue reading “Giving Old Pieces New Life”

Master Bedroom Board and Batten Project

This was the first biggish project that we have completed in our new house. First of all, we wanted to get rid of the icky colour on the walls….Second, we needed to remove the terribly lopsided chair rail….Would you believe that someone would install a chair rail…by going from each side the wall, meeting inContinue reading “Master Bedroom Board and Batten Project”