When a friend asked me to paint signs for a local establishment he recently acquired, I jumped at the chance. The Stowaway is a fixture in Mattapoisett, MA, the tiny seaside town in which...
Do you have a plain, generic side table occupying space in your house? Maybe it was a hand-me-down or you picked it up at a yard sale. Whatever its origin, the table doesn’t fit...
Fleur-de-lis is translated from French as ‘flower of the lily,’ though widely thought to be a stylized version of the species Iris pseudacorus. The fleur-de-lis can be both decorative and symbolic. Though different cultures have...
I just finished upcycling another piece of furniture and it has replaced this piece as my all-time favorite project to date. I have been dying to replicate the look of the driftwood floor we...
I had the most gracious host and hostess on a recent trip to Nantucket. The couple has been vacationing on Nantucket every year for as long as they both can remember and have now...
I go through periods where I focus on a particular type of project for long stretches–sometimes I spend days snipping and arranging flowers, other times I can’t stop creating pallet wood signs. We recently...
I’ve been on the lookout for an old floor lamp for a while. Last week, I found two brass floor lamps on the side of the road and quickly loaded them into the back...
I like nothing more than replacing the boots, snow shovels and firewood that litter my New England porch in the winter with colorful beachy items when summer finally rolls around. By the 4th of...
I find that one project often leads to another. Why? Because I cannot throw anything away. Anything. So remember when I redid this coffee table earlier this month? I removed the cabinet doors to...
Our good friends recently bought a summer cottage on the coast of Massachusetts and my husband and I wanted to give them something memorable as a housewarming gift. We wanted to give them something,...
Hi there. I'm Rebecca, a freelance writer by trade who relies on other creative outlets to restore my mind and fuel my work. Restoring old furniture and finding new purposes for everyday items requires a methodical process that allows me to refocus my story ideas. I restore to restore, it's as simple as that.