Primitives from the Iowa Prairie

I got to start the day with a rather nasty email from one of the "don't paint that" crowd, followed by an email from ebay that...

What to do during the July heatwave? Think Hallow's Eve of course! I just got this wonderful scale at Sisters yesterday (wonderful hu...

I bought a new brand of milk paint, and the jury is still out on whether I'll buy more. I love this robins egg color, but the paint is...

I always want to go to the annual July antique show in Bishop Hill, Illinois, and finally made it this year. It was wonderful beyond compa...

Another 4th come and gone, another year I fell asleep before fireworks as we got up so early for all the antique shows. No rain and not te...

I used up the last of my black milk paint--time to order more! Here is what I got done... I was lucky to get to go to Anamosa for a Ga...