Category: Vintage Furnishings

  • Delightful Treasures at Raspberry and Royal Home!!

    Delightful Treasures at Raspberry and Royal Home!!

    Please visit my daughter Emily’s website to see all of the gorgeous treasures she has for sale and fantastic prices!!!  Raspberry and Royal Home is a combination of royal and rare, unique and distinguished!  You will be delighted at the exquisite finds, amazing vintage “one of a kind” home decor specialties and antiques from the…

  • It’s Looking Good at Raspberry and Royal Home!

    It’s Looking Good at Raspberry and Royal Home!

    I wanted to call your attention to a new website that my daughter is operating with a little help from me! It is called Raspberry and Royal Home and you can reach it at www.raspberryandroyalhome.com.  It is a shopify site so it is easier for us to use than wordpress. There are lots of beautiful…

  • My products are now available at a new site!

    My products are now available at a new site!

    All of my products are now being shown on a new website:  Please click here to go to:  Raspberry and Royal Home

  • What is Brocante & Why is it Popular?

    What is Brocante & Why is it Popular?

    We all love “Brocante” even though we may not know what it means.  “Brocante” means Second Hand  in French!  In the USA we call it Vintage, Shabby Chic or Repurposed if it is referring to home decor. The idea of French Brocante is a more romantic term for using vintage pieces to decorate out homes.…

  • The art of Arranging Vignettes

    The art of Arranging Vignettes

    Gathering beloved objects and collectibles together in artistic vignettes makes a house a home.  Sometimes one can try to be decorative but feel like their placement efforts just look like a bunch of stuff stuck on a desk or table top.  How do the professionals make everything look so attractive?  How do they make things…

  • Beautiful Bedrooms

    Beautiful Bedrooms

    [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][fusion_text]     Here is the whole room. A version of this room with a watercolor appearance is below.  Lovely isn’t it? I feel like Mary Poppins might walk into this bedroom next!…

  • My daughter Emily is helping me!

    My daughter Emily is helping me!

    Since I have been having some medical issues, I have re-enlisted the help of my daughter Emily.  Yes my son’s Jason and John are still helping, as is my trusty husband, Eddie.   Emily is an art teacher and artist.  She is doing alot to help me paint furniture, work on the showroom and select…

  • Where to buy the products like they use on Fixer upper Farmhouse Style  shows.

    Where to buy the products like they use on Fixer upper Farmhouse Style shows.

      My line of products will help you get that Farmhouse look!  Go to the SHOP menu at the top of the page to see everything.  I am still selling all of the antique and vintage style products that I have carried for the past ten years.

  • Williamsburg Style – you know I love it

    Williamsburg Style – you know I love it

    [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] [/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] I think I have been to Williamsburg 13 times…

  • Using Traditional Furniture in a Modern Home

    Using Traditional Furniture in a Modern Home

    What do those of us who love traditional American made furniture do when decorating styles change? [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] I love figured mahogany woods and tiger maple, antiques and colonial reproductions.  The American made…