kitchen island (with bark)

what's not to love about this custom kitchen island? we made the top from local pine (justin picked up 2 6' pieces at the flea market- lucky!) and finished it with a food safe butcher block wax.

mike from blue collar artisans made us this great custom wine rack (he's incredibly talented and next months featured artist- mark your calendars ;) )

they picked out adorable knobs to hang pretty dishtowels and lunchboxes.


and we made a paper towel holder out of black iron pipe and added a few more hooks.

time to host a dinner party!

papaya side cabinet

there were a slew of new items that came into the shop that snuck in without a before picture again. this old commode as i am told they were called is one of those items, so here is the after!



i have been playing around with getting a good crackle finish and am extremely happy with the results here. the light papaya color perfectly accents the dark finish coming through. and look at that original hardware! it doesn't get much better than that.


a nice lining inside the drawers and cabinet and it's ready to store all your this and thats!

chair and table

this chair was almost perfect when we got it. all i had to do was replace the cushion with new foam and yummy leather and sand off the old paint splatters.


now it's ready for a new generation of coffee and wine drinkers.


i picked up this old chair base at brimfield. it needed some sanding and a fantastic top.


luckily we had just the thing. now it's the perfect side table/ emergency stool.

classic sideboard

this sideboard is such a classic that all i felt it needed was a bit of a face lift. it has such great lines and is a solid piece.


love the relief details here along with the likely original keyhole hardware.


painted this blue/green that made an appearance on a hutch earlier this summer. a little crackling and distressing finishes it off nicely.


and here's a little side table and candle holder that recently went out n the shop floor.