Old pieces come with stories.

We want to keep these stories with us, but our lives demand lightness, newness, function - and heavy furniture is exactly that…heavy.

So, how do you find a balance? Add your own chapter.

One of my favorite ways to carry the past forward is by renewing and repurposing old objects. The history, sentiment, and uniqueness of something can be retained even if the object is transformed. Indeed, to create something useful and new from materials whose meaning has outgrown their function is the greatest way to honor the past, embrace the present, and respect the future.

Imagine: Your grandma’s antique bureau, ravaged by time and life, falling apart but bursting with memories. You can’t use it. You don’t have space for it, even if the thing were functional. But you can’t just toss it! What if those wooden panels you remember from childhood could become the custom end table you’ve been looking for? Or the broken planks from Dad’s old boat deck - why not turn them into picture frames? The weird, ugly dresser you inherited from your favorite aunt? One of those drawers would make a handsome spice rack. A rusty tool-box yearns to be a wall-mounted planter…