Girly Chair

I have the knack of finding really ugly chairs...it's a gift.

 

 

With paint, left quilted silk fabric and a bit of gilding, it's now a pretty girly chair.

 

   2 coats of ASCP Pure White; finished with oyster pearl paint/water wash

 

   

     I had some left over fabric from two living room chairs; deep watermelon color quilted raw silk

The handle was an ugly bronze.  1 coat ASCP pure white; 1 coat oyster/water wash; venetian gold rubbed gilding; final coat of oyster/water wash

I'm Baaaaack...

Sometimes life just kicks one's heiny...and it has been kicking mine for the past 3 months.


I have learned a few things:

1.  When stressed to the max, I will consume any and all pieces of sugar I can find; my adrenals are in overload!

2.  Real friends are there; no questions asked.

3.  I can handle a lot of crap, but crying helps...a lot...in the shower.

4.  Painting/refinishing furniture is a good distraction.

5.  Life does get better.



So, now I have 4 pieces of finished furniture and 2 more will be ready next week.

Oh!  And I'm doing Market Days at Chartreuse again (5-6 April)!!

Pop of Green

What was once a very blah table is now a bright and happy accent piece!

After: 3 different colors of ASCP

Before...bleh

 

I painted the table with 2 coats of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint (ASCP) Pure White. Next, one coat of ASCP Antibes Green. I watered down ASCP Provence and applied it twice as a wash (letting it dry between coats).  200 grit sand paper to age the piece.  Final step:  applied Annie Sloan clear wax and buffed.

Union Jack Accent Table

This is one cute table! Union Jack top, sassy casters on the bottom.  But, ewwww....this was once an ugly table.

 Once again, I used Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, the best paint in the entire world.

This section took me the longest to draw/paint.

Table will go on sale for the Chartreuse Market Days, April 5th & 6th.  Will consider early offers for purchase.

Black & White Amayrillis

Luke, aka Snow Lab

Luke loves snow.  When I shovel snow, he will carry on until I toss the snow onto him!

This is what he looks like after a couple shovels...

January Snow

Well, the forecasts were correct...we had a decent snow storm today; 6+ inches and it's still snowing...

The birds were in an eating frenzy during the storm.  3 male cardinals were competing for the sunflower seed and the attention of one lone female cardinal.

whoops! I think he slipped on the snow!