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At the Lacquer Chest, her fabled antiques shop in Kensington Church Street, Gretchen Andersen has a ringside seat from which to monitor and influence the shifting sands of our changing taste in things. When she started out, interiors magazines had yet to be invented. She took the shop
‘To start with this house had hardly any furniture. The men who moved us in were so shocked they left us the tea chests, so we used them for a year at least.’ This is the story of Gretchen Andersen, chatelaine of the famous Lacquer Chest antique
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‘To start with this house had hardly any furniture. The men who moved us in were so shocked they left us the tea chests, so we used them for a year at least.’ This is the story of Gretchen Andersen, chatelaine of the famous Lacquer Chest antique
‘To start with this house had hardly any furniture. The men who moved us in were so shocked they left us the tea chests, so we used them for a year at least.’ This is the story of Gretchen Andersen, chatelaine of the famous Lacquer Chest antique
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‘To start with this house had hardly any furniture. The men who moved us in were so shocked they left us the tea chests, so we used them for a year at least.’ This is the story of Gretchen Andersen, chatelaine of the famous Lacquer Chest antique
At the Lacquer Chest, her fabled antiques shop in Kensington Church Street, Gretchen Andersen has a ringside seat from which to monitor and influence the shifting sands of our changing taste in things. When she started out, interiors magazines had yet to be invented. She took the shop
Every so often, Cynthia from Quilting is More Fun Than Housework, makes quilts from her extras box. You know what the extras box is, it's where you put leftover blocks from a project, or where you put the blocks from that started quilt you didn't finish or the block you made to preview a quilt. I emailed her last fall and told her that she has inspired me and I was going to challenge myself to do this in 2021 with my own extras box. I wrote about this challenge and several others in my New Year's post. My challenge was to make at least 1 quilt from that box. I did better than that, I've made 3 quilts from the box! I had decided the easiest way to make these quilts was to use the row by row idea. My quilts need to be at least 60" by 80". Here they are! I'm not going to bore you by telling you what project the blocks are leftover from. The top quilt is 63" by 81", the middle quilt is 64.5" by 85.5". The red fabric that was used in two of the quilts is fabric from my mom's stash. The concept of fat quarters was just starting as mom was ending her quilting days. Mom shopped by the concept you buy plenty of yardage because it won't be there the next time. And she did always buy plenty, these quilts used the last of that particular piece. I had to use another strip to finish the 3rd quilt. The bottom quilt is 63" by 80", this is the one I like the best. There are some really old blocks in these quilts and some not so old. In the box there is at least 1 more quilt left to be made with the cream background, the white background blocks didn't even make it out of the box! My goal was to reduce the amount of extra blocks in that box, and I did but I had some 9 patch blocks that have been sitting in my sewing room for years that were left from another project. I bagged them together along with another red yardage piece from mom's stash, and stuck it in the extras box. A double 9 patch is a future project from that box. The frigid temperatures a couple weeks ago didn't seem to bother the grandsons, they still had fun playing on the snow pile. The temperature has risen and the most of the snow is gone. All that is left is small dirty piles. Linking to Midweek Makers, Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle & Thread Thursday, Put Your Foot Down, Oh Scrap
At the Lacquer Chest, her fabled antiques shop in Kensington Church Street, Gretchen Andersen has a ringside seat from which to monitor and influence the shifting sands of our changing taste in things. When she started out, interiors magazines had yet to be invented. She took the shop
The perfect sign for a Mean Girls Party! "You Can't Sit With Us!" --Gretchen Wieners
‘To start with this house had hardly any furniture. The men who moved us in were so shocked they left us the tea chests, so we used them for a year at least.’ This is the story of Gretchen Andersen, chatelaine of the famous Lacquer Chest antique
It’s a unique problem, but no less worthy of attention than how to dress a gallery wall or what to do when your kitchen’s too small. The presence of a piano in the room can be seriously demanding on decor. Here are more than a dozen rooms who’ve mastered it. Do you have a piano at home?
At the Lacquer Chest, her fabled antiques shop in Kensington Church Street, Gretchen Andersen has a ringside seat from which to monitor and influence the shifting sands of our changing taste in things. When she started out, interiors magazines had yet to be invented. She took the shop
At the Lacquer Chest, her fabled antiques shop in Kensington Church Street, Gretchen Andersen has a ringside seat from which to monitor and influence the shifting sands of our changing taste in things. When she started out, interiors magazines had yet to be invented. She took the shop
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Hey we have such a fun makeover today....it's Gretchen from the blog, "LANDSCAPES OF OUR LIFE." Do you remember Brooke's AMAZING hutch makeover??? Well this is yet ANOTHER amazing makeover from Gretchen. And I love the red
‘To start with this house had hardly any furniture. The men who moved us in were so shocked they left us the tea chests, so we used them for a year at least.’ This is the story of Gretchen Andersen, chatelaine of the famous Lacquer Chest antique
At the Lacquer Chest, her fabled antiques shop in Kensington Church Street, Gretchen Andersen has a ringside seat from which to monitor and influence the shifting sands of our changing taste in things. When she started out, interiors magazines had yet to be invented. She took the shop
‘To start with this house had hardly any furniture. The men who moved us in were so shocked they left us the tea chests, so we used them for a year at least.’ This is the story of Gretchen Andersen, chatelaine of the famous Lacquer Chest antique
For individuals who want their houses to be full of life, culture, and unique stuff for everybody to see, Bohemian style or Boho décor is for them. This style defies contemporary perceptions by embracing imaginative, freewheeling, and out-of-the-box design. Bohemian style rooms have several characteristics in that they are usually eclectic and contain comparable elements,...
‘To start with this house had hardly any furniture. The men who moved us in were so shocked they left us the tea chests, so we used them for a year at least.’ This is the story of Gretchen Andersen, chatelaine of the famous Lacquer Chest antique
At the Lacquer Chest, her fabled antiques shop in Kensington Church Street, Gretchen Andersen has a ringside seat from which to monitor and influence the shifting sands of our changing taste in things. When she started out, interiors magazines had yet to be invented. She took the shop
