Back in 2008, I purchased a pair of 19th Century pine obelisks from an auction house in Philadelphia. I spent the beginning of my career at Freeman’s Auction house in Philadelphia. It is America’s oldest auction house. The obelisks unique quality drew me to them. I had never seen anything like these. The painted star…
Behold the bar, cabinet! It’s the one place we can all have fun around and be with friends. That’s exactly what I was thinking when we removed the old bachelor bar, which later down the road become the entertainment center. Everything in our little cottage comes full circle again and gets re-imagined somehow. We wanted…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
