Let’s kick off Spring with the amazing story of turning vintage utensils into a great piece of art!! I cannot believe it is spring already!! We have been so bogged down with all this snow, wait I need to rephrase, what snow? We have had such a mild winter it feels like an extended autumn.…
DetailsWell, this Friday was the West Chester Vintage Garage Sale!! The day didn’t exactly turn out the way I would have hoped. But in the end it was a fun day with a great turn out. All week Bryan and I were gearing up for out first sale of the season and couldn’t wait to…
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1st sale of the season, West Chester Vintage Garage Sale, 5/5 4:00PM If you have been following us on all of the social media outlets, you would see we are super busy with everything from projects to making body butters for baby showers. So, this is just a quick update on Hen and Chic Vintage.…
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We are back and the soap shop is in full swing We are jumping back into Hen and Chic Vintage head first and opening up not only vintage items but homemade soaps, lip balms, and other organic beauty products. For the last couple years, I have spent my time being a full-time antiques appraiser with…
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Trunk Coffee Table This fabulous trunk coffee table started because Bryan needed a new coffee table. Our original coffee table was scratched, dinged up and in desperate need of updating. We decided the best place to start was Consign and Design in Broomall, PA. Bryan went to college with the owner and the place is…
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Old Lamps are now New The story of these lamps start way back in 2001, lets take a moment to reminisce. I know it wasn’t that long ago, but it seems like an eternity. So much has happened since then, I graduated high school, college and graduate school, got jobs and got engaged to a…
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The Sewing stand project Have you ever looked at something and thought to yourself, “Man this thing is hideous?” Well, that’s what I was thinking when my mom painted her Victorian sewing stand a poopy brown color. After she was done painting she asked me what I thought, “honestly Mom, I think it looks terrible,…
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The S&P shaker spice rack project I have a modest collection of salt and pepper shakers that I have been collecting for a few years. As I write this it seems funny that I have a salt and pepper collection. It all started at a consignment shop right down the road. I went there looking…
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The Bookcase project Bryan and I moved in this year and this, obviously, involves combining a lot of stuff. I have a ton of stuff, all of my art history books from college and grad school and my extensive collection of British history novels. Bryan only had one bookcase and it was packed to the…
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“Honey our dining room table isn’t big enough. Okay, lets just make a bigger one ?!?” This is a little snippet of the conversation Alexandra and I had when we embarked on having our first Thanksgiving dinner. We expected about 12 people for dinner and our table barely fit 6. Even with the kitchen table…
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