Confession
People might come to the conclusion that Greg and I decorate our place with painted, antique furniture when glancing at the pieces we’ve created. But they’d be wrong. We are more mid-century modern folk with simple lines and a neutral … 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
It Happened Again
Ta-da! This is our newest dresser. I was doing my daily craigslist check Saturday evening when I came across this large piece in the town we live…which is very rare. When we find something in Northfield (MN), we jump on … Continue reading
Another Dresser Before and After
Hello, ladies and gents! I bring to you a glimpse of another finished customer dresser. It will be picked up tonight and hopefully adored for years to come. Once again, I fell in love and will have a small pang … Continue reading
Sanding, Filling, and Drawer Stopping
1) I created a few collages to go over our steps with dresser 6. They pick up from the last post, the “take it apart then put it back together” portion. So you’re seeing a collage with the leftover shots … Continue reading
Shipping furniture(gasp)… can be expensive (duh)
I spent quite a bit of time contacting shipping companies to accommodate the dresser fans over 200 miles away this week. We’ve had interest from people on etsy in Connecticut, California and one person I am not sure where but … Continue reading
Etsy, Tumblr and the Dabble
Before starting this site, I was blogging on our old tumblr blog (also food blogging at the Dabble). I had several posts under my belt including the before, during and after part of our venture so check out that link … 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....)
