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Reasons to Buy Vintage Furniture Instead of New
Vintage Furniture gives your home character and personality as well as protecting the environment.
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Re-styling for Your ArtEssential Home
The Gold Mirror Re-styling for your ArtEssential home is creative reuse that rewards you with one of a kind treasures. Sometimes this means restyling something you’ve had for a long time, like this mirror that hangs in my breakfast area. The mirror was brown oak, and used to hang behind my son’s collection of miniature buildlings. It moved with us several times but never found a new place to hang until I decided to paint it gold. On the round part of the trim I painted suggestions of bamboo then added brown spatters for visual texture. That took a couple of hours and cost nothing. No carbon emissions or shipping…
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The ArtEssential Home
“The latest fads have never dictated my home style. I surround myself with the things I love–furniture, art, rugs, and accessories accumulated over time–and that always works for me.“ –ArtEssentially Yours An ArtEssential Home A Dozen Different Homes I’ve lived in a dozen different homes as an adult–each one very different. The first few were rentals that had hardwood floors and big drafty windows. We made them cozy with hand me down furniture, lots of paint, dried wildflowers and muslin curtains made from 5 dollar sheets. I discovered early on the satisfaction of doing it myself. The next three homes were child-friendly and casual. With three children plus friends playing…