The dining room table before the Knights arrival... This poor table has a few coats of paint and glaze on it. First I thought maybe a whit...

Mr. Sweetie and I went to Austin to check on my teacher retirement. While we were there we couldn't pass up the opportunity to do so...

This piece was finished in a very ugly brown stain with black flecks. I primed and painted with Palladian blue. Decoupaged the inside with ...

What a great find for us...the diamond shape window in the door matches the sidelight window shape. Love the old hardware with the lower lo...

The chairs cried out to me at the thrift store and of course I painted them white.

We really like the white cabinet versus the stained look. This was a time consuming project...one coat of oil base primer and two coats o...

Chip holder holds many family photos.

Does one ever paint an oak piece of furniture? I hope the furniture police doesn't come get me since I'm painting this piece. I w...


Perfect combination of textures and surfaces in this kitchen.

Mr. Sweetie installed an old cabinet we found at a garage sale for a mere $60.00. I decoupaged the back with an old recipe book of my grand...

Really had a hard time publishing this post...is anyone else having problems posting multiple pics? Anyway...I used tablecloths as window ...

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My name is Karla Ritchey, AKA Lady Butterbug. I live in the beautiful historic district of McKinney, TX. So glad you are a visitor to my blog. Venue at Lady Butterbug, in Historic McKinney, is where I hang out. The venue is a festive event venue located in a 1920 neighborhood filling station and country store. I hope you will visit my new website and blog all about the Venue at Lady Butterbug. Another adventure for me is the little red cottage I purchased this year called the Lady Butterbug Cottage. This is an Airbnb cottage and it is also used by Venue customers.