furniture

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, […]

So umm…hello

By aemley-adminPosted on January 31, 2017Posted in Hey there, What We're Up ToTagged Em & Wit, Em & Wit Design, furniture, Fusion Mineral Paint, Instagram, paint, refinish, refurbishing, Seattle, Washington, wood

I’ve not been fulfilling my blogger role around here. Not much at all. You’ll have to give me some credit, friends, I’m going on 10 years of blogging between 3 websites. I’m a little tired and somewhat over it. I’m in the blogger phase where I’d rather physically do activities I enjoy, spend time on […]

Custom Order Process

By aemley-adminPosted on October 14, 2016Posted in Custom Order InfoTagged antique furniture, buffet, chest of drawers, client, craigslist, credenza, custom order, dresser, Em & Wit, Etsy, furniture, furniture refurbishing, milk paint, paint, refurbish, Seattle, Tacoma, vintage furniture

**To skip all my typed jibber jabber, check out our custom order page here. Where did the time go? It’s been 2 months since I last posted. Things got busy here folks. Good busy. This post is truly about how the custom order process goes with us, but first, here’s what we’ve been up […]

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 […]