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Trash to Treasure Green Desk
What is one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, always rings true when you find a beautiful piece of furniture that is about to be discarded to the dumps, and you can bring it back to a beautiful and functional heirloom. I love antiques, but let’s face it, not every piece of antique furniture is easily transformed. Not the case with this little kidney bean shaped desk that was cosmetically in pretty rough shape. It had lots of water damage, and scratches, and some of the vaneer was peeling back. With a little elbow grease and a new vision for this desk, I was able to…
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Crochet; A Craft From the Past
Hello everyone! Vintage Virgie’s daughter here 🙂 Brynna Finley While talking with my mom about her blog and all things vintage, it dawned on us, what is more vintage than a craft I’ve been doing since I was under the age of ten? A dying art form taught to me by my great-grandma Pulido: crochet! With a new skein of yarn and a minimum amount of patience, Grandma Pulido (Nanny, as I affectionately called her) and I went into her paisley living-room and she attempted to teach me the chain stitch (the foundation of crocheting.) We butted heads the entire time. A sassy little…
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Vintage Stencil Wall Covering
Painted and stenciled walls in our 1937 home, turned out beautiful.
