Furniture Grime versus Patina
What exactly is patina? This is a question I get asked fairly often when I do talks about antiques. I have to answer honestly and tell the person that patina […]
What exactly is patina? This is a question I get asked fairly often when I do talks about antiques. I have to answer honestly and tell the person that patina […]
There comes a time in every one’s life that it is necessary to sell belongings – your own or someone else’s. Garage sales are one way but what if your […]
Have you ever inherited or purchased a piece of furniture that just didn’t smell right? I have, and I paid for my mistake in terms of money and time invested. […]
Collecting Dolls is the kind of collecting passion that you get – or don’t get. I used to be part of the first camp even when I owned and operated […]
A reader contacted me recently and asked me about fixing dents on teak furniture. She had read my other blogs on cleaning and protecting teak and wanted my opinion on […]
It can be quite confusing trying to find images online when looking for art furniture – especially for antique art furniture. Art furniture, by its very definition, is furniture that, […]
It’s hard to imagine kitchens without rows of cupboards, central islands, stone counter tops and task lighting. Yet the configuration of the kitchen that we know and love today has […]
There is no doubt that the changes that have taken place with respect to light bulbs will cause problems for owners of antique lamps and ceiling fixtures. Lamps that have […]
After many years of warnings by our respective governments the incandescent light bulb is no longer being manufactured. I feel both good and bad about this. Godo Stoyke, an energy […]
Winter is never a great time to make changes that would cause you or someone you love to have to move from their home. However, sometimes life throws curve balls. […]