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My little retail space is located at the Antique Company Mall, which is right off the quaint downtown square in McKinney, Texas. McKinney is a suburb of Dallas, about 10 …

I have made some great progress with my French chair this week!  Yay! Last week was way too busy to accomplish anything with it, so it’s nice to be making …

We just finished up the third week on Lost & Found’s new blog platform! It has been a lot of work establishing new traffic and getting the site up and …

This month is the two year anniversary of the start of my business.  In those two years I have sifted through alot of “junk”, painted alot of furniture, and learned …

I’m so excited to debut my new site, LostandFoundDecor.com! I have been blogging about my antique and furniture refinishing business, Lost & Found at my old site for a year …

We are in between cold spells here in N. Texas.  Two weekends ago we were iced in for 4 days, but since then the temperature has been steadily rising to …

I’m behind in the retail world . . . Christmas started showing up at my mall three weeks ago and until yesterday, I had nothing.  I have been collecting a …

It’s been a challenging week here in our TX household.  Last week, my hubby left the country for a trip that would take him to a remote place on other …

In the retail business, holidays always appear a few weeks (or months!) early. With that in mind, springtime and Easter appeared last night in my space at Antique Company Mall. …

Thank you so much for visiting my blog! My name is Melanie and I recently opened a vintage home décor shop at a local antique mall. I have always loved …