In 2015, while visiting with my in laws in Wyoming, I joined my mother in law on a trip to pick up a piece of furniture she had purchased at an antique store in Laramie.  While she completed her purchase, I browsed the store until I stumbled upon a pair of garden gates that I knew I had to have.  When my husband saw what I had bought he asked "What are you going to do with those?"  To be honest, I had no idea, but I knew I had to have them.  I stumbled down the rabbit hole known as Pintrest and found the community of up-cyclers and furniture painters and I knew I was meant to do this.  By the next spring I was selling my furniture pieces in local stores and learning about vintage items to supplement my stores.   And the rest, as they say, was history.

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That garden gate is now hung above our bed where we added fences to make it long enough to span our king size bed and two night stands.  That led me to the world of upcycling and a creative outlet while my kids were little.

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Eventually I became a vendor at several vintage stores in my area.  As I grew into these retail locations, my product offerings expanded to include earrings, wood art, magnets and keychains, along with gently used home décor (usually vintage).  You can still find my painted furniture and home décor at my retail locations, but this site is dedicated to the art of wood.