past, present & future

If you read my blog, you've heard the word "Lucketts" thrown around. It's a small town in Virginia and, more importantly, it's one of the greatest antique stores out there - The Old Lucketts Store. I am honored to be a vendor there. Well, they have started a new blog and are celebrating the upcoming May Antique Market by having a $100 gift card giveaway for The Old Lucketts Store. If you're local or planning a visit, you'll want to get in on that action! If you're not local, you can check out the blog for "vintage hip" inspiration.

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It's fun for me to look back at the dark pictures that were snapped of my home when we first considered buying it. It's come a long way. This is what the dining room looks like today...

I consider this room done, but I do still have some minor tweaking I want to do.

This is how the dining room looked the day we moved in. Pretty amazing, right? Would you believe I refinished the floors myself when I was five months pregnant, the dining room set cost $100 from Craig's List and the chandelier was $4.00 at a yard sale? You really can create beautiful, custom spaces on a budget.

This is the view of my guest room that I have shared most often...

I recently borrowed the vintage white matlasse spread for my master bedroom and put my great grandmother's bedspread in the guest room. She made that huge spread by hand, so I'm glad it's being used and I love the texture it adds to the room.

This is how the room looked before we bought the house. Seriously. That's the same window!

This is the corner I haven't shown, except to share my painted dresser. I'm planning on reupholstering the French chair in cream and red grain sacks and the old split door that is currently leaned in front of the closet will be mounted, so they are functional.