Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Bejeweled - Vintage and New Pieces






Here are some jewelry pieces in the shop. Necklaces $8.00 each, brooches, $6.00 each!

Ethan Allen Hutch - $52.00, Sofa Table - $78.00


The top hutch piece is Ethan Allen Early American Solid Maple and Birch with three drawers and beadboard on back and plate grooves. I don't have a bottom piece for it yet but the price for the hutch alone is $52.00.

Sofa table it is sitting on is priced at $78.00. (Once I find a base for the hutch, I will post new pictures of the sofa table.

Two New Businesses in Old Town!



David Schlueter recently opened Buck Creek Stained Glass in the old Wildflower Wax location. David offers stained glass custom orders, repair and restoration and classes. His hours are Mon-Fri 9-5 and Saturday 9-1. You can contact David at 541-3322, on Facebook at buckcreekstainedglass, email is david@buckcreekglass.com and his website is www.buckcreekglass.com.


Stephanie Donegan of The Beauty Bar Health and Wellness Studio will have her Open House this Saturday from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Stephanie will be offering chemical-free beauty products, "green" weight loss programs, yoga classes, tai bo, facials and more! She is my new next door neighbor! Her hours will be M,T,Th,F from 10-1 and 4-8 and Sat from 10-2. You can contact her at 690-0762, customerservice@queennaturalbeauty.com and her website is www.queennaturalbeauty.com.

You should check them out next time you are in Old Town!

New Pictures!

This is a great china cabinet (2 pieces) painted white and the inside shelves are painted a turquoise and the piece is distressed - $150.00

This is a small chest and the top pulls out to make a little desk - perfect in a child's room. It is currently painted in decorative stripes but can be painted any color - $69.95

This is a beautiful antique buffet painted a very soft french gray - $150.00
Ornate mirror in french gray - $32.00

Tall ornate mirror - $30.00

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Salvage Decor






I originally posted that I found these pictures on the website nskwood.net then I received a comment on the blog from Theresa at Time Worn Interiors that this was her home! I'm adding her blog to the blog list - timeworninteriors.blogspot.com. Thanks for letting me know, Theresa - your home is beautiful!

New Pieces Coming!

Some great new pieces coming into the shop this week including silver tray chalkboards, 2 new chalkboard doors, beautiful white distressed china cabinet with turqoise shelves inside, Ethan Allen hutch top, great antique buffet painted pale french gray, two ornate large mirrors, petite chest and more! Will start posting pictures tomorrow.

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Flea Market Style








Photos from Country Living, Southern Living, nskwood.net, ohjoyblogs.com and eclecticrevisited.wordpress.com

Friday, February 11, 2011

My Sweet Savannah






Here is a link to a tutorial on this blog on how to paint and glaze kitchen cabinets and I love how these look!
http://mysweetsavannah.blogspot.com/2010/12/painted-cabinets-tutorial-winner.html


Another great blog - she's now added to the blog list - mysweetsavannah.blogspot.com!

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Chalkboard Door


Here is a chalkboard door I just finished for a customer. I hope to have more of these in soon.

Customer Pieces


A few more pieces finished for Heather H.!

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Another Great Blog - Jennifer Rizzo

A great kitchen and I love the hanging silver tray. You can also hang the chalkboard silver trays. I have a previous post, too, where someone gives a tutorial on "floating" plates and that would work for this, too.

Love this paint technique.

Great chalkboard!

I think this is a barn sales she does - I'm still working on that for here.



Glad I found this blog - jenniferrizzo.com and she's added to the blogroll.

Another Customer Piece...



Here is customer Heather G's adorable vanity and ornate mirror I just finished in pink. The color is "Red Grapefruit" from Glidden.

Honor Your Ancestors!




If you have a hallway blank wall or other empty wall space and want a creative idea to use to fill the space, you could consider finding old family photos and mementos. Frame the old black and white pictures in black frames with white mattes and you can also frames items such as old marriage licenses, birth announcements, letters from the war... And if you have any mementos, you can frame them in a shadow box!

These 11"x11" frames are in shop for $13.00 each!

Rustic Distressed Frames - $13.00 each



Cute 11"x11" wood board frames, comes with 4 extra photo corners so you can place the size photo of your choice.

Unique Antique White/Turquoise Desk - $85.00 - SOLD



This desk is unusually long - almost 54" long, would be great to use as an office desk to hold computer and other office items. Could also be used as a vanity.

Antique Gold Mirror - $35.00 - SOLD



This mirror has little ball hooks on bottom so it would be so cute in a mudroom or entryway over an old bench and you could hang coats, caps, etc.!

White French Provencial End Table - $42.00

Beautiful Antique Piece - $89.00 - SOLD


I'm not even sure what the original intent was for this piece but it would be great in a dining room over a buffet or over a chest or another great idea to use as a headboard. It measures almost 50" in length, but if you wanted to mount to wall for queen size headboard which is 60" length, you could put 2 distressed small shutters on each side which would be really cute.

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The French Flea is a Birmingham, AL based business specializing in selling painted and distressed furniture, rustic home decor and more. It reflects a love of anything french, rustic, shabby, chippy paint, distressed! We currently have a booth at Greystone Antiques on Hwy. 280 in Hoover and The Blue Building in Alabaster. We also offer custom furniture painting and will be your "picker" or personal shopper and look for pieces you are in search of! To contact The French Flea, call Karen at 721-0578 or email kbush422@gmail.com!