If you have followed Hunt & Host at all you have heard me profess my love of curbside shopping. I mean I REALLY love it. When I drive around it’s like following the Easter Bunny on Easter morning. I just find little treasures hidden in piles on people’s curbs. I feel the same way as…
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I’m not sure where this clock came from. My friend Stacie had it at her house and donated it to the office remodel we worked on this past week. I have actually seen another just like it in a thrift store since she gave it to me. It was her idea to paint it, and…
Hospitality. What does that look like to you? I think of hosting someone for dinner or giving them a place to stay when traveling. Maybe having coffee at my house. I’m stuck on a very literally picture of the word host. Christ has put me on a path to stretch the meaning and scope of this word in…
It is as much fun to hunt out new thrift stores and resale shops as it is to hunt the stores themselves. Almost every town has one or two, even itty bitty towns. They are like downsized department stores. They are not all about one thing – you have clothes, furniture, housewares, books, bedding…on and…
When I shared about junkin in Small Town USA I mentioned local hardware stores. Often the hardware store is a combo job…hardware/feedstore/auto parts, etc. Our deer lease is close to Junction, Texas which is a precious little blink of a town. They have a combo store I’m quite found of. I found this nifty little…
 I love all things old…traditions, pictures, china, books, names, people, but ESPECIALLY houses. The hunt of all hunts for my husband and I was for “the” house. We literally searched for years. Something old to fix up that was the right price, the right size, the right location. We looked at countless homes. In…
So glad you joined us for week 4 of our 10 part series Where We Hunt. Today we visit small town USA… Do you road trip much? Do you often drive to your family vacation destination? grandparents? weekend getaways? Any direction you head the open road is riddled with small towns. They are full of…
We have a fireplace in our bedroom. Ooh lala. Really it is ugh lala. It is one of those spots in my house that has kind of collected all the leftover unloved items. We have never lit a fire in the fireplace, we might need to work on that. The bedroom is under decorating construction…
The majority of the time I seek out projects and junk to reinvent. But, every once in a while a project seems to seek me out. The hunter becomes the hunted. In some unusual way something gets put before me that I wasn’t expecting and BOOM! I have a new task at hand. That was…
Welcome to week three of our 10 part series – Were We Hunt. Stick with us as we walk you through some unexpected spots to gather goodies for your home. One of the coolest stories I know involves treasure from my friend Janet’s attic. Twenty years ago Janet’s parents house was burglarized. One thing not stolen…
In case you followed my lead on hunting in your yard and were less than thrilled by the way your area looked, we have put together a list of winter tasks for you. Curling up with a good book by the fire right now certainly sounds more inviting than spending any time or thought on…
One of the best hunting grounds I know and love is Round Top Antiques Week. Twice a year I trek there with one of my dearest friends, my college roommate. We spend the day unrushed, catching up and sharing life. This time together feeds our friendship and our bellies. We eat at the same place,…
Welcome back to our junk hunting series. You know, the spot where we tell you all the best places to score trinkets and treasures for your home. This seems really obvious. I know a lot of people who spend a great deal of time in their yard. I know more people who don’t. How many…
Now that you have run out and searched the wild for treasures ( see the where we hunt post ) let’s look at a few ways to put those prizes, specifically horns, to use. It is important to know that deer horns don’t need to be banished to a man cave or some mountain hideaway. They are…