This past week while you were busy preparing for Thanksgiving, these five pieces were showcased on Furniture Flippin'.
We began the week in England, headed back here to the Tar Heel State (North Carolina), then it was on to the Lone Star State (Texas), followed by a quick trip to the Show Me State (Missouri), and we ended the week in the Land of Lincoln (Illinois).
Along the way we saw five extraordinary makeovers. Here is what they look like now...
Aren't they gorgeous? Pretty spiffy work!
We have these talented people to thank for these five redos: Veelou, Copper Loop Creations and Designs, The Fisherman's Wife, Sue Lyons Rudman, and yours truly, Furniture Flippin'. (I know, I know. You saw mine before. Cut me some slack it was a holiday week! I'm wore out! I updated the specs on it, so that should earn me some kudos.)
After a brief break for the weekend, Furniture Flippin' will be back on Monday with five new flips to show you. Have you submitted yours yet? Please do! Email me before/after pics and a whole lot of details to furnitureflippin@yahoo.com .
See ya Monday!
~ Stephanie
It's the day after Thanksgiving as you well know. I'm
NOT out Black Fridaying it up. I am being a tad bit on the slacker
side though and not writing a new blog post for the day. Instead I'm
picking out my favorite flip that my handsome handy husband and I did
earlier this year. I am updating it for you though and adding some new
details.
It's the Dumpster
Dresser!! While my husband and I are hard at work finishing up the
makeover on our dining room hutch and buffet that used to belong to my
grandmother this weekend, you can check out all of the work that went
into the Dumpster Dresser.
The story of this dresser/entertainment center began on any ordinary day in the Midwest. My daughter and I on a dumpster dive. This was a clean dumpster dive in a nice neighborhood. No hepatitis shot needed. Somebody had moved and their throwaway furniture didn't make the cut. This was one of those pieces left behind.
Mint green, missing a drawer (we dug around for it, too!), the top was coming up and there were some issues with the side of it, too. Plus the oversize knobs didn't do much to enhance it's appearance either.
We had to reinforce this piece. Glue, clamps, the whole shebang.
We
got rid of the curved sides and front trim which screamed "bedroom
furniture". That is usually the first thing I want to do when making
over any bedroom furniture into something else. Off comes the curved
trim, in comes a straight piece.
Since
we were missing a drawer the top two drawers came down to the second
row. There was a problem though. They weren't deep enough. That's
okay. We hid that with some metal.
Oh, that's not the top but a piece of wood resting on top of the Dumpster Dresser. It would make a cute kitchen island though!
My
handsome handy husband used the drill press to pre-drill the holes
before attaching this to the dresser. Doing some grinding - no sharp
edges.
We chose shed door pulls for the handles. We backed them with metal that Triple H cut down to size.
I
beat the heck out of this Dumpster Dresser with a chain to distress
it. Knicks, gouges, grooves, they were all welcome. Industrial look
baby!
Check
out the metal rod at the top of the piece. Then the rusty corner metal
pieces. We used a LOT of metal in different forms on this. It added a
lot of weight to it, too.
Look
at the handles! I love them. Aren't they cool? See where the drill
press really came in handy? With the way the screws on the piece line
up so nicely?
I used a combination of paint and stain to achieve the finish on the wood. I wanted it to look oil soaked in some areas.
Here it is all complete.
We wanted to give this piece the look that it has a history to it and
boy, does it ever! The stain and distressing we put this piece through
makes it look like it would be just as comfortable at home as it would
be in a machine shop.
Here's one more look at before and after.
Thanks to Triple H for helping me bring this idea to life! I did the designing, distressing, sanding & staining. He did all the heavy metal and wood work!
We
had this piece for sale and had some offers from all over, but shipping
this beast (it weighs a TON) was too costly. So, instead we sold our other one and Dumpster Dresser (yes, we still call it that) sits in our family room. We love him, we love him, we love him.
A
whole new furniture flip comes your way on Monday. If you have one
you'd like to share please email me. Send before/after pictures and all
of the details to furnitureflippin@yahoo.com .
~ Stephanie
...that finally paid off for our furniture flipper.
Meet Sue Lyons Rudman of Missouri. Her parents were young newlyweds when they bought a Colonial style dry sink in 1961. It was the first piece of furniture they bought for their new life together. It served them well. In 1993, they were relocating and made the decision that they no longer had the room for it. Sue writes, "Though it doesn't necessarily match my décor, I stepped up and took the
soon-to-be orphan. It has been in my guest room as a house for excess
games my young kids had. Recently, I have gotten into the whole
re-purposing mode and set my sights on this piece after successfully
refinishing numerous other pieces in my own home."
Sue used liquid sandpaper on the
piece because she really didn't feel like sanding the whole piece in a
garage that they use everyday. She painted it with a
latex vibrant, orange-y color from Home Depot in flat finish. After two coats of that, she dry brushed a leftover olive green color that she had on hand, using a rag to wipe
off what was brushed on until she achieved the effect she was wanting. For the final layer Sue wanted a brown glazed topcoat. She first tried Minwax oil based stain but panicked when it didn't dry the way she wanted. After a lot of hard work, she was able to remove the stain. She then decided to try some Annie Sloan Dark Wax she had on hand. That provided exactly the look she was going for.
For the door inserts, Sue purchased two pieces of
patterned tin at Home Depot, spray painted them first with Zinsser
Primer and then with Rustoleum's Hammered Copper. On top of the
hammered copper base coat, she randomly sponge painted watered down
versions of: the same orangy paint she used for the piece, Martha
Stewart's metallic paints in "Cast Bronze" and "Copper Red" and the olive green also used on the piece. She then covered both
sheets of tin with several coats of spray-on Polyurethane in a Semi-Gloss
finish.
Sue found cabinet door pulls at Home Depot. She spray painted them first
with Zinsser Primer and then gave them two coats of Rustoleum's Oil
Rubbed Bronze. Her handsome handy husband
installed the hardware.
The
piece is now in the guest bedroom that her Mom and Dad will occupy this Thanksgiving. It serves as their new linen
"closet".
Thanks Sue for sharing your fantastic furniture flip! I hope your parents loved it and your holiday is fantastic.
If you have a furniture flip you'd like to share, dear readers, please email me at furnitureflippin@yahoo.com .
~ Stephanie
...and then on to the next generation. This the story of how a grandmother's bedroom dresser became a cherished piece of furniture in her granddaughter's home.
Meet Kaylor of The Fisherman's Wife. Kaylor's maternal grandparents owned a circa 1980's bedroom set. When her grandfather passed away a few years ago, the set was passed onto Kaylor's mother. She had it in an upstairs bedroom not being used and collecting dust. Kaylor says, "I
think it was too hard for my mom to do anything with it so I asked my
grandmother if I could have it and if she would mind if I refinished it.
She just said to take care of it. My grandparents are my favorite
people in the entire world so this really meant a lot to me."
At that time, Kaylor had done a furniture redo or two for her own home but hadn't yet tried the distressing/antiquing/glazing technique. She decided this would be the piece she would try it on. She did some reading and researching, finally settling on a look she liked. Then she went for it.
She stripped the finish from the top using many applications of stripper along with plenty of sanding. The bare wood was then stained Walnut. The body of the dresser was
painted a satin white, distressed in random areas with 220 grit and she did a
heavy, messy glaze with dark walnut stain. Kaylor painted the original
hardware flat black.
Let's take a look at the stunning after of her grandparent's dresser...
It doesn't even look like the same piece of furniture. Say what you want about wood, but this color combination makes the details of this dresser stand out. They were lost before in a sea of dark brown. I love it. Without the mirror, it easily lends itself to a variety of uses. In the picture above they used it in their entryway. Now, Kaylor tells me it's become their coffee bar and they get a lot of use out of it each day. I bet her grandmother is pleased.
Kaylor aka The Fisherman's Wife began her business in New Orleans. They've since relocated to the Houston/Galveston area of Texas. She welcomes custom furniture work. You can follow along with all of Kaylor and her handsome handy husband's DIY projects and furniture makeovers on her blog, The Fisherman's Wife. Be sure to also stop by The Fisherman's Wife Facebook page you just might find something she is working on that you can't live without. Let her know you saw her on Furniture Flippin'.
Thanks Kaylor for sharing your spectacular furniture flip!
Dear readers, if you'd like to be a part of our blog, here's how you do that...you can send me a before and after picture of a furniture flip you have done along with a lot of details (please). You don't have to have a furniture flippin' business to be featured here. It can be a flip for yourself. Email me at furnitureflippin@yahoo.com .
~ Stephanie
You might recall that I showed you today's featured flip a few months back. It was the subject of one of our "What Would You Do?" features on the Furniture Flippin' Facebook page.
Our friend April of Copper Loop Creations and Designs had purchased it and once she got a really good look at it she realized, well...let me let April explain. She has a very witty way with words so I'm letting her take over.
April, "I
learned the hard way, that you can't just grab that pretty shiny thing
and not look at it thoroughly. The Blonde bed we picked up what seems
like
an eternity ago is finally done (maybe!). This is my first true flipped
piece and boy oh boy did I pick a doozy! What I thought was going to
be a simple task to accomplish, turned into quite a job! I lovingly
called her Annette (after my sweet southern, gentile grandmother) only
to find that she had an alter ego that I soon called "Hagatha".
As I started preparing
the bed for a new coat of paint, pieces literally started falling off
into my hands and the floor and everywhere else! I called in my trusty,
skillful ex-cabinet and furniture maker of a husband (my hero) for some
professional advice. (I honestly was ready to set her out next to the
road at this point). Hubby took a look, scratched his chin and said
"You need a bit of car bog" (which is Australian for Bondo). He was
off his rocker, I said to myself but I trusted him and off to Walmart we
did go! We purchased the Bondo aka car bog and he went to work. It
was a long process mixing, shaping, forming and drying but his magic
worked! Just try to find where he BONDO'd! And I thought only
vehicles got BONDO!!!
Once Hagatha dried sufficiently I began painting her. I used a homemade
chalkpaint formula that someone suggested and a marked down can of
Valspar white paint. I will definitely continue to try different
formulas as this one was okay but I think I could have done better.
After I did her base coat I mixed up a batch of black glaze (another mistake)
and I went to town. There is a reason why you are told to work in
small areas with glaze. It dries awful fast in the summer heat!
I rubbed and washed her all down and replaced her rusty old wheels for
new muffin feet.
Finding new clothes for her has been a challenge and
the hunt still continues! She is now in her new room that is awaiting
more accessories and room mates as they become available."**
(**This post was updated on September 17, 2014. April has been hard at work on the room and it's looking fabulous!)
Thanks April! For taking over for the day AND for sharing your very first furniture flip! It turned out great.
Now, our friend April is a busy woman. She works hard, recently moved to a new house and is busy setting that up, plus she has a lot of other activities that keep her out of mischief or into it, depending on how you look at it. She has her Facebook page in the works, you can check her out at Copper Loop Creations and Designs. It's a very new page, so let's show her our support and encourage her as she builds it up. After all, she was great enough to share her very first furniture flip with all of us, it's the least we can do to thank her. Head over there and give her a "like". We can get those numbers up for her. To quote Frank Burns of M*A*S*H*, "It's nice to be nice to the nice." While you are at Copper Loop Creations and Designs let her know you saw her on Furniture Flippin'.
There you have it! Another lovely makeover. If you have a furniture flip you'd like to share, please feel free to email me all the details plus before & after pictures. The more details the better. Send them to me at furnitureflippin@yahoo.com .
~ Stephanie
Oh, the life of a secretary. Just when you think your job is done, somebody calls you back and puts you to work. Case in point: today's furniture flip, this secretary desk.
Today we are traveling to the north of England and checking in with Vikki of Veelou. You might recall we met her a few months ago when we featured her fantastic telephone table makeover.
Recently a lady messaged Vikki on her Veelou Facebook page asking for a certain size dresser. A week later Vikki managed to find this piece that had been living in an outbuilding on a farm for the past nine years. The owner had been hanging onto a lot of old furniture and finally was ready to let it go. Vikki took the secretary and painted it with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Old White. Then she did a bit of distressing to it and applied a dark wax for an aged effect. The desk lid needed some restoring. The hinges had disintegrated, all the drawers had swollen and there was no key. Luckily, Vikki was able to replace the key. A bit of sanding and polishing solved the drawer issues.
Let's take a look at this once again gorgeous piece of furniture...
And a few close-ups of all the details...
I love the dark hardware against the white. Plus, see how the details really stand out with the application of the dark wax?
Shortly after the secretary desk was in it's new home, Vikki received pictures and a note from it's proud new owner saying, "Love my dresser... thank you so much..a true piece to be treasured. Thank you."
Her client had requested a certain size and this one certainly fits the space perfectly. There it is in it's new home. I think I can speak for all of us who makeover furniture when I say it is so rewarding to see our work in it's new setting being loved and used again.
You can see more of Vikki's work by visiting her Veelou website. There you can see the items she currently has for sale and view some of her past sold items, too. You can also follow along with her on her Veelou Facebook page. Head on over and let her know you saw her on Furniture Flippin'.
Thanks so much Vikki for sharing your remarkable furniture flip!
If you, dear reader, have a furniture flip you'd like to share, please email me at furnitureflippin@yahoo.com . Send in your before/after pictures and details. The more details the better. I look forward to featuring you!
~ Stephanie
Five days down, five more pieces of furniture totally transformed. We began in Alabama, then left the USA and headed to Portugal, came back to the States and stopped in Mississippi, followed by a quick trip to Florida, and ended up the week in Texas. With each stop, we met up with another talented person sharing with us another beautifully saved piece of furniture.
Here's how they looked before...
Their techniques and the mediums they used to achieve their visions may differ but their attention to detail is spot-on for every single one of the furniture flippers I featured this week.
Let's take a look at the afters...
Aren't those GORGEOUS?!? Yes, I meant to type that in all caps because the makeovers we see each week excite me so much I have to do what I can to convey that excitement to the whole world wide web. If that means shouting out in all caps, then by George, that's what I'll do.
We have the following talented folk to thank for this weeks furniture flips: Antiqued With Love, House Sparrow, Hobo Chic, Old Soul Accents, and The Painted Window.
If you'd like to be apart of our Furniture Flippin' crew, here is what you do. Submit your furniture flip! It's that easy. Send me your before and after pictures plus as many details as you have. The more details you provide me, the better job I can do showing you and your work off. Email me at furnitureflippin@yahoo.com . Have a safe and wonderful weekend!
~ Stephanie
I had to laugh when I followed up with Zadrianne of The Painted Window on a past "What Would You Do?" feature we had done on our Furniture Flippin' Facebook page. You might remember when I asked you what would you do with these two pieces...
I contacted her and asked how they were coming along and she very funnily replied, "Hey girl! Finally finished that rather large dresser..lol. I haven't gotten to the bed because I got bored with it...oops!"
Zadrianne was preaching to the choir with that statement! I am the Queen of "I'm bored". My husband is forever trying to keep me on task when we are working on furniture. I suspect many of our readers and fellow furniture flippers are the same way every now and then. If they deny it, I'll attach a detail to them so fast it'll make their paintbrushes spin. I'll find the proof that they're lying. I'm good at stake-outs. Ask my friend Julie. We lied in wait one night in the back of a panel van trying to catch a serial vandal. We caught 'em! (Not that night but later AND on camera! Hehehehe...)
On to the flip...Zadrianne originally primed the entire dresser & mirror because she wasn't sure what color she was going to do. Then she decided to scrap that plan. (Also sounds like something I would do.) So, she stripped the primer and
original stain off the top of the dresser only to discover that the wood was beautiful. She then stained the top with Provincial stain by MinWax. Zadrianne says, "I highly recommend this color stain. It looks great on any type of wood."
The bottom of the dresser was painted in Gnome Green and the drawers were done in Stone White, both by Behr. She then distressed the piece. The green section was then given a coat of the Provincial stain and the excess was wiped off, highlighting the distressed area. Two coats of spray poly were applied. The mirror was also
done in the Gnome Green with the same steps.
Let's take a look at all of Zadrianne's hard work...
She didn't reattach the mirror because it could easily be used as a buffet. The mirror is equally beautiful and could hang on it's own somewhere. Both pieces are available for sale at Junkin Gypsies in Bridge City, Texas. That's where you'll find The Painted Window and all of their beautiful makeovers.
You can also see what Zadrianne is currently working on by visiting The Painted Window's Facebook page. Head on over, give her a "like" and let her know you saw her on Furniture Flippin'. Also, let her know that she and I are not the only members of the "I got bored" club. Come on, we can have meetings! Join us, won't you?
Thanks so much Zadrianne for letting us be a part of the Before & After of this furniture flip!
So concludes another day in our cure for crappy furniture crusade. If you have a piece of crappy furniture sitting around your house and you can't quite decide what you should do with it, email me a picture to furnitureflippin@yahoo.com . I'll present it to all of the furniture flippin' fanatics I know and we'll get their opinion. If you have one you've done that you want to show off, same email address applies. What are you waiting for? Happy Friday!
~ Stephanie
Today's featured flip will come as a surprise to a furniture flipper in Florida. Did she submit a flip to me? Yes, she did. Is it the one you are about to see today? No, it is not. I'll let you in on a secret. Very rarely do I plan too far ahead. I might have a theme one week, or a special event someone is wanting to highlight and I'll try to work a certain flip in at a certain time. But, usually I don't have any more of an idea of what will be running that week than you do. I actually know about 17 hours before you do. I look through what's been submitted, pick one out, see if I have enough info from the flipper, if I don't I'll go emailing them for more details if I have time. If I don't have time, I'll skip to another one and so on, so forth. Sometimes I have all the info I need and not one single word will form in my wandering brain. (I know! ME? Speechless? It happens. Although my family will say it never does.) In that case, I'll move on and come back to it later.
In the case of today's flipper, she submitted me two very lovely pieces a month or so ago and I was going to feature one of those. When I sat down to write, I headed off to see what she had been up to the last few days and that's when I saw this bed. Like "The Monkees", I RAN with it!
It began as an ordinary 1920's twin bed. At least that is what it was before Lisa from Old Soul Accents got her hands on it.
Lisa painted the bed using Paint Minerals in the color of Homestead Antique Lace. Then she stenciled on it in La Fonda Ortiz Gold. She distressed it a bit with sanding and then followed it up with dark wax.
Let's take a look at the after...
And a look at the side...
Lisa says, "I found my new favorite color. Its a cross between antique white and a vanilla cream color." I thinks it's pretty.
I bet some of our readers would like to own that bed. Too late! It's sold! You can check out what else Lisa is creating on her Old Soul Accents Facebook page. You may find something you can't live without. She is based in Middlesburg, Florida and loves to do custom orders.
Thanks Lisa for submitting your furniture flips! Hehehehe...hope you don't mind I pushed the bed to the front of the line.
One more flip and it's the weekend! It could still be yours. You see how I work. Sometimes, it takes me awhile, other times, I'm shoving people aside to get yours on. Just depends on the day and just depends on the flip. Oh, and whether you give me enough pictures/info. Email me at furnitureflippin@yahoo.com . See you tomorrow!
~ Stephanie
Today we are traveling to Mississippi...also known as M-I-Crooked Letter-Crooked Letter-I-Crooked Letter-Crooked Letter-I-Humpback-Humpback-I and the home of Melinda of Hobo Chic.
One day Melinda came across this ugly duckling of a dresser. She recognized right away that it had once been lovely but that was a long long time ago.
This dresser had begun life in a showroom and ended up in a junk store. The poor thing had definitely seen better days. It looks defeated in the before picture doesn't it?
You can almost see the fear in it's veneer. It spies Melinda and wonders, "Will she buy me? Will she leave me? What will happen to me? What's that she is saying? She wants to make me over? WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?!?" Fear not, tater tot! Don't be scared. Melinda knew you were nervous and wanted you to be comfortable. She waited. She let you relax for over a month in her workshop while she thought about what you should become and then began your transformation. In the next chapter of your life you would be a buffet with a hutch.
Melinda built the hutch with pine 1 x 12's. Yes, you heard me correctly. She BUILT it. Then she stenciled the design on the back. She painted the entire piece with her own chalk paint in the colors of cream and taupe.
Let's take a look at this beauty now...
What do you think about that? I think it stands a little taller, with it's shoulders back and chest swelled with pride. It's happy again. Back to the showroom it went. This time to the Southwest Vendors Mall in Summit, MS where Hobo Chic sells their wares. However, no sooner was it staged than it was sold. That's right. This knockout was bought and is living happily ever after in it's new home. Great job Melinda!
You can follow along with Melinda on her Hobo Chic Facebook page. Head on over and see what else she is working on. Let her know you saw her on Furniture Flippin'.
Thanks Melinda for sharing your fantastic furniture flip!
If you have a furniture flip you'd like to share, email me at furnitureflippin@yahoo.com . Before & after pictures and tons of details, please. I'll be watching for you!
~ Stephanie
Little did Dani of House Sparrow know when she emailed me one of her latest furniture flips with the subject titled "Here's Batman" that she was actually emailing it to Batman's mom. That's right. I am finally confessing to all of you Furniture Flippin' followers that I, Stephanie, am the Dark Knight's mother. Here's proof that my son Zach (you know him as half of the dynamic duo who reaped the rewards of The Park Ridge Project) is Batman. I've never been able to keep a secret. I hope you can.
Dani recently answered the distress call sent out by this "Tallboy" she found through a Portuguese classified ad. When she picked it up she said the wood was cheap, shiny and brand new looking.
She painted him all over with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Primer Red then followed that with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Graphite. She did a bit of fine sanding then finished it with dark wax. The drawer sides were plain unfinished boxwood so she stenciled some sparrows and flowers using Primer Red mixed with wax, did a sand down on it, then waxed over the whole side to age them a bit.
What a difference it did make! Let's take a look at this bad boy now...
See how the details really stand out with the paint technique she used? Gorgeous. It certainly doesn't look like cheap wood anymore.
It's those little touches like the stenciled drawers that really help make a piece stand out from the others. It gives just that extra step of "quality" to the craftsmanship that would otherwise be missing. It's a nice surprise when the drawers are opened, too.
Let's stand back and take in the entire piece...
That DOES look like a bat symbol at the top!
House Sparrow is a family affair. Dani lives in Portugal but shares the page with her furniture painting family based in the UK. Be sure and check out their House Sparrow Facebook page. Give them a "like" and let them know you saw them on Furniture Flippin'. (Everybody loves to know how you found their page, I know I do!) You'll be rewarded with projects from both Portugal and the UK. It's a twofer! I said TWOFER, not to be confused with the villain Two-Faced played by my love Tommy Lee Jones. (Hi Tommy Lee if you are reading this. I've loved you forever. Hehehehe...chances are he's NOT reading this but a girl can dream.)
Thank you Dani of House Sparrow for sharing your fabulous furniture flip!
Hey everyone, you don't have to be a professional furniture flipper to submit your flip. Email me at furnitureflippin@yahoo.com . Before/after pictures and tons of details please. I am also accepting witty mental meanderings in the form of comments here on the blog. Get your little fingers a tappin' that keyboard.
~ Stephanie
We showed you this lovely vanity as one of our "What Would You Do?" features on our Facebook page in September. Vonda of Antiqued With Love had acquired it and she wanted to hear your ideas.
There was a lot of interest in this unique piece. Your comments ranged from "too pretty to paint" to "soft white or grey" to "antiqued silver". What we can't tell from the before picture is that the veneer was so dry and brittle on the drawers that Vonda had to
remove it and do surface repair by applying wood filler, letting it dry
and sand smooth. (A picture may be worth a 1,000 words, but it doesn't always tell the whole story.)
She removed the mirrors to ensure their safety before beginning the makeover. Then Vonda primed the whole body of piece with Zinsser Cover
stain oil based primer. Next, she painted 2 coats
of Valspar Signature Lovely Bluff in satin finish. Once dry it was given a light distressing. Vonda applied Minwax clear wax, then Fiddles dark wax, and then clear wax again to remove just the right amount of dark wax being careful to leave dark wax
in all the right places and to highlight the carvings. Finally, she buffed the body to a smooth finish.
Vonda wanted to leave some of this vanity stained, so she used Minwax poly
shades on the top, applying three coats. She sanded after the first two coats. She ended up with a beautiful
stained finish.
Let's take a look at this lovely vanity now...
Gorgeous job Vonda! Antiqued With Love is based in Gilbertown, Alabama. You can follow along with Vonda and her work on her Antiqued With Love Facebook page. Head on over there and let her know you saw her on Furniture Flippin'.
Thanks Vonda for letting us be a part of the before and after of this beautiful and unique furniture flip.
Dear readers, if you have a piece of furniture you don't quite know what to do with, please email a picture to furnitureflippin@yahoo.com . I'll share it with our group of furniture flippers and we can see what suggestions they have. If you have a piece you've already completed, show it off! Email those pictures and all of the details to me at furnitureflippin@yahoo.com , too!
~ Stephanie
