Our New (Old, Actually) Farmhouse Hutch...

Hi Friends ~ I hope it's been a great week for you and that you're looking forward to the weekend! I wanted to share with you a new (old) piece of furniture that has really changed the feel of our dining room. This vintage hutch was purchased from Anthropologie by a lady I met through Facebook Marketplace. She was downsizing homes and sold it to us for 20 percent of what she paid! I could tell she really loved the piece and I assured her I did as well. ;)

Unique Vintage Farmhouse Finds {What Stays and What Goes to the Shop}

Hi friends ~ Thank you for your encouragement these last several months as we started our shop space inside of M&M Antiques in Monroe, WA. Many of you who are local have even come in and shopped. That means so much to me!

Today I thought I'd share some recent farmhouse finds and talk about the challenge of determining what we keep in our home vs. what goes into the shop. That's a question I get asked a lot... How do you know what to keep and what to sell?

First, let me say that I try to offer items in the shop that I would use in our own home. That helps me when considering purchases for the shop space. (But it can also cause me to second-guess keeping things because they would usually work so well in our home! See what I mean?! ;)

This 1920's hutch was a tough decision. One hundred year-old patina like this is hard to find. But, it is in our shop where it is holding a lot, and will hopefully make someone very happy!

Painting a Farmhouse Corner Hutch...

I hope your day is going well...

After painting the piano, our vintage corner hutch looked like it could use some freshening up. I taped off the glass panes and painted little-by-little. 

It really takes the pressure off when I allow myself to paint an hour here, 

or two hours there. Even just 30 minutes at a time, when I can, rather than trying to get it all done at once.