Milk Paint, Waxes and Hemp Oil with Two Furniture Reveals
I’m in the midst of a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day week, guys. The kind that makes you wonder why you even keep trying. One thing after another. I’m trying to get past all that so I’m not … Continue reading
Craigslist Tips and Campaign Dresser Find
Over the weekend, while working on the fence and steps, Greg and I cleaned and organized the garage about as much as we can around the items we’re putting in our future garage sale. That meant creating a dozen or … Continue reading
Camera Apps and Project Updates
With all the happenings going on in the world I can’t recall the order in which the below photos occurred. They were definitely from the past week/weekend. Guess you could say this is our life according to Instagram my iphone camera … Continue reading
Wax, Brushes and Hardware (Oh My!)
Pssst. Hey, you. Wanna see some cool things that arrived this week? Wax-one dark and one light (clear)- as recommended by two of my favorite bloggers, Marian aka Miss Mustard Seed and Robyn of Robyn Story Designs. Marian’s Wax 101 … Continue reading
Studio Update But Mostly Notes and Thoughts About Craigslist
The studio is coming along. We attempted to clean the floor, a few different ways, decided it was good enough, poured concrete leveler on it a few times then proceeded to prime and paint. One wall is not brick so … Continue reading
Craiggers
How did I not know about this til today? Craiggers. It’s better than craigslist. This site shows pictures in a column and has more helpful search options. In less time, you can check out items and services in your area … Continue reading
Wallpaper Joy: Dresser Reveal
It’s been a long time coming but once the perfect wallpaper was found, this dresser came into existence for our client. A while back, the piece looked like this…it looked like that for a while, sitting in our garage waiting … Continue reading
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We're Annie and Greg Witkamp (aka the Wits, aka Em & Wit Design). We salvage, refurbish and design furniture and homes. We're taking a break from an online & social media presence (for the most part). Our time on the blog was memorable and fun, but we're off to other projects and opportunities. Most derived from our shenanigans here. We'll drop in once in a while, but just know we're off chasing our dreams, tackling goals and living a life we enjoy.
Our specialty is wood furniture in rough shape that we come across on craigslist, at estate sales, on the curb, in a barn, you get it. Those pieces are cleaned, repaired, refurbished and good to go for years to come. Sometimes we design our own pieces.
As of spring 2016, we decided to make this website, the Wits, about our remodeling homes and emandwit.com about the furniture. You can shop there, ask us questions, see our newly finished pieces and portfolio.
We sold our second remodeled home near Seattle in August 2018 and moved to Richmond, Virginia. Getting to Washington was a goal that took years to achieve, but we had an opportunity come up and we grabbed hold (again)!
You can watch our journey right here, there, and/or through Instagram.
-To see the projects we did to our first home, check out the home improvement page. To see our current home projects, scroll through the most recent posts. (I need to update that....)
