Great Bed and Breakfast Homes

It's almost fall and such a beautiful time of the year, especially for travel! I came across this website http://www.antiqueproperties.com/listings/ that provides listings of antique/vintage homes and the first thing that came to mind was how great some of these homes would be for a bed and breakfast!  If you have not visited one yet I highly recommend it as the concept creates a very comfortable and pleasant "home" experience while traveling. 

Our friends at Wikipedia define it as: A bed and breakfast (or B&B) is a small lodging establishment that offers overnight accommodation and breakfast, but usually does not offer other meals. Since the 1980s, the meaning of the term has also extended to include accommodations that are also known as "self-catering" establishments. Typically, bed and breakfasts are private homes with fewer than 10 bedrooms available for commercial use.

Hope you enjoy the website!  Be sure to visit a B&B soon!  

Restoring Wooden Furniture Finish

Ever wonder how to clean or restore furniture finish?  I came across this article and thought I would share it with you.  There are some great tips that I use myself before I display furniture pieces in the shop.  Click on the link and take a look!  Good luck!

http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/home/how-to-restore-wooden-furniture-finish.htm

Welcome to my revised blog!  It's so much more reader friendly and just an overall positive feel to it.  Thanks so much, Michelle, for your help, the blog looks so much better!

I thought I would share a link (http://www.classicboat.com) to some cool classic boats that just so happen to be for sale.  Take a few minutes and peruse through the pictures, these boats are quite unique.  I'm a huge boat fan.  Are you?

Hi! Once again, time has slipped by without me posting!  So I will once again make a better effort to post more frequently. 

It's been quite hot outside here in the VA/MD/DC area.  For those that lost your power during the recent storms, I hope by now you have power.  I know it has been quite the challenge. 

If you have not had a chance to stop by our shop, I would highly recommend it!  There are four dealers in one location and there is so much to see!  We have quite a few things on sale right now as we need to make room for new merchandise.

Feel free to let me know what you are shopping around for so I can keep a look out for you.  Once I find it, I will send a picture to you to see if you like it! 

Hope to see you soon!

Where Have I Been?!

HI!  Wow!  It has been six months since my last blog!  Really?  Not good, right?  OK, I will do a much better job at blogging more often, definitely more than once every six months : )

Things at the shop have been going very well.  Lots of merchandise coming and going.  So many things in the shop that I just want to keep for the house but I am running a business, right?  You should definitely stop by if you have not had a chance to do so.  If have already been to the shop, come on by soon as our merchaandise is always changing.

It's in the 70s this week so Spring is sneaking up on us.  Now we are getting outdoor merchandise ready and displayed.  Wrought iron, and of course cast iron, do very well.  Some of the iron pieces we even sandblast and repaint, depending on its condition. 

There are so many topics that I have on my list to blog about so get ready for my "more frequent" postings.

Have a great day!

Shopping for a Classic Car?

Take a look at this site that I came across: http://www.oldcaronline.com

Cool site if you are a fan of old cars!

Is It Too Hot To Shop?

Here in the DC/VA/MD area, at 8:00 p.m. the heat index outside was 111.  Now that is hot for this time of the day.  We are expecting the same, in fact, worse through Saturday.  So, if you decide to venture out to do some shopping, first off, dress so you stay as cool as possible, and secondly, keep plenty of water with you.  Then, definitely stop by our shop.  I am unable to be there as I am home recovering from a virus but no worries, the shop is open!

I received a call from the shop today and there is currently a high demand for mirrors.  There must be a lot of remodeling going on!  Wrought iron furniture continues to maintain a high demand. Side chairs are also in demand.  One of the interesting pieces that recently sold was a very nice Drexel leather top card table with four chairs. So, for all you Texas Hold Em players, you missed a nice piece!

What are you shopping around for?  For free to send me an e-mail and I will keep an eye out.