Yesterday, my Mom and I knocked out a crazy amount of projects. We are plowing our way through a stack of small pieces that we picked up on a furniture run a few days back. One of the items I picked up was this crazy beautiful side table. When I got my hands on it, the finish was worn,...
The time has come to start sharing some of the beautiful pieces that I'll be bringing with me to the Food for Families Fundraiser in February. (Wow! That's a lot of words starting with "F", isn't it?) If you missed my announcement, you can read all about it here, but...
When one of my fellow vendors at Morgantown Market brought this table into her booth, it caught my eye immediately. The shape of the legs and the scalloped details along the apron won me over and I scooped it up at a fabulous price! If you look closely in the photo above, the...
When I first spied this pie safe at a local antique store, it was upside down. As I was figuring out how it was supposed to be properly oriented, the owner of the booth came over and helped me in my confusion. She explained that the posts with holes face up and were used to suspend the...
There is a HUGE furniture warehouse about an hour from where I live. They're really good at posting photos of their recent arrivals and every now and then, I go looking to see what's new. Their prices range all over the place, and most of what I like is too expensive to flip. A...
Sometimes I sound like a broken record when I write my blog posts. "I bought this from a fellow merchant at Morgantown Market..." I've sat here at the computer trying to think of another way to start this post, but I've got nothing. But is that a bad thing? The more I...
I've been working on larger pieces during the past few weeks. Dressers, buffets, and tables have been making their way up the stairs of my workshop and out the door. My back is a bit sore and I needed to take a break from the big pieces and enjoy a smaller project, so this footstool...
It all started with a day that was incredibly frustrating. My internet was being extremely temperamental, my video tutorial failed to upload, my blog post was taking forever to process and I ran an errand only to find out that what I had purchased was the wrong item and I had to go back and return...
I recently purchased a gorgeous oak washstand from the owner of Morgantown Market. I don't think it had been there very long before I scooped it up. It was in great shape and had beautiful spoon carvings on the drawers. I've made over quite a few washstands in my day. Some had two drawers and...
It's hard for me to make it out of an antique store without at least looking at the furniture. If I spy a good deal, it's a bonus! Such was the case with my latest trip around Morgantown Market. It was a few days before Thanksgiving and Black Friday weekend. I wanted to see...
About a month ago, I visited a new antique place that was highly recommended to me by a few people. You know if more than 2 or 3 people tell you that it's worth it, then it's probably awesome. Well, I'm happy to report that the place WAS awesome and I plan to go back as soon as I'm in...
This weekend, I had the pleasure of running a "Paint Your Own Piece" Milk Paint Workshop at Morgantown Market. These workshops are always a fun time because participants get to bring an outdated piece from home and transform it under my guidance into something fabulous using Miss...
Every time I work at Morgantown Market, I take a stroll around to see what my fellow vendors have in their spaces. (Well, to be more accurate, I should say that I take a stroll every time I go in, whether I'm working or not!) A few weeks ago, one of my fellow...
I've been getting into upholstery lately and I'm really loving it. I've been teaching myself how to properly tie springs, add burlap, build seats back up, etc. There are quite a few skills that are way out of my league right now, but I hope to be able to tackle them at some...
Who's ready for a good 'ol fashioned furniture makeover? I know I am and I have two gorgeous pieces to share with you today. They've both been painted in a gorgeous bespoke mixture of Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint that I'm planning to use more often. I've deemed it...
For those of you who haven't heard, I have moved Eight Hundred Furniture's operations out of my apartment and into the basement of my grandparents' in-law suite on the back of my parent's home. I posted a tour of my new space on my Instagram stories, and Marc and I will move in by the end of...
In my last post, I shared how I replaced a piece of leather inlay on an antique oak desk. Today, I'm sharing the full reveal but before I do, let me back up and remind you of what the piece looked like before: I picked this pretty piece up at Crickets Antiques and Garden Market,...
I knew this piece would look absolutely beautiful wearing Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint the first time I laid eyes on it. I was working at Morgantown Market and this amazing farmhouse style hutch cabinet had arrived in the booth near the checkout counter. As soon as...
Painting pumpkins is easy when you use Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint! I wrote a blog post for the paint line's website, which you can find below. Click the photo below to head to the MMSMP blog and learn how to paint ceramic and paper mache pumpkins using the newest color, Outback Petticoat!
This cute square table caught my eye immediately when I saw it on my last antiquing trip. It had quite a few things on top of it, so it was a bit hard to spy at first. Once I found it though, those spindle legs won me over immediately. When I checked the price, it was reasonable and...
