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Now in Richmond, Virginia RVA

By aemley-adminPosted on March 7, 2019Posted in UncategorizedTagged antique furniture, design, Em and Wit, em and wit design, furniture, furniture refinishing, furniture repair, paintedfurniture, Richmond, RVA, vintage furniture

So yeah, we moved. I’ll spare the busy details. Wit and I arrived in RVA in October. We transferred (again) with his job. I think we’ll move back to the Pacific Northwest later in life. A chunk of my heart is still there. (A chunk of my heart is still in Minnesota and, of course, […]

Before and After: Light Blue Antique Dresser

By aemley-adminPosted on July 28, 2016Posted in Before and AfterTagged antique dresser, antique furniture, blue, chest of drawers, design, distressed, Em & Wit, Em and Wit, green, milk paint, mineral stained poplar, off white, rainbow poplar, Smart Strip, stripper, vintage furniture, white

We pulled that dresser, the one with the red arrow pointing to it, from a barn in Northfield, Minnesota along with a few other dressers (as you can see). It had the usual issues that come with being stored in a barn for that long. The dressers were collected by the seller’s father and left in this […]

Before and After: Tribal Dresser

By aemley-adminPosted on July 14, 2016Posted in Before and AfterTagged aztec, craigslist, design, dresser, Em & Wit, furniture, milk paint, mint dresser, modern, refurbish, repair, southwestern dresser, tribal dresser, vintage, vintage dresser2 Comments

While this website is fairly new, over the years we’ve documented most of the repair and refurbishing process furniture goes through in our workshop at thewitsblog.com. Actually that blog turned 5 today. Whaaaaaa! (It doesn’t beat my food blog, thedabble.com, which is over 7 years old.) I’ve provided tips, talked about tools, shared resources for collecting pieces, […]

Furniture: Collect, Repair, Refurb, Repeat

By aemley-adminPosted on May 17, 2016Posted in Coming SoonTagged chalk paint, craigslist, decor, design, dresser, dressers, Em & Wit, em and wit design, furniture, housewares, Midwest, milk paint, Minnesota, oil, paint, refurbish, Seattle, Tacoma, the Wits, Washington, wax1 Comment

Hey there, we’re Em & Wit. We are a couple who collect, repair, salvage, design and refurbish furniture and housewares found at estate sales, craigslist, the curb, barns, garage sales, things from your home and everywhere in between. Vintage, mid-century, retro, mod, modern, deco, antique, primitive, rustic, atomic ranch, and on and on. We have a […]