PAINTING A SPECIAL AGED FINISH ON A POWDER ROOM VANITY AND TOILET SEAT

     While I was painting the bird and nest antique doors, my client asked if I would paint her guest bathroom vanity. She had a beautiful home and LOVED french decor.

The vanity was a stained oak wood.  I crackled, painted and stained the cabinet.  I embossed and painted a fleur de lis for some "french charm".  Then, I trimmed it out with a metallic gold paint.  The door handles were brass and oak and I painted the oak part to match the cabinet.

THEN, she asked if I could do anything 

with her toilet seat.  It was stained oak, too.  So, I painted it to match the vanity.  I embossed and painted a different fleur de lis on the top.

Now, that really fancied up her fancy french powder room!

The walls were painted metallic gold and it looked really nice with her newly painted vanity and toilet seat.

HOME BUILDER RICHARD WALENTA HAS HELPED BUILD 10 ORPHANAGES IN AFRICA

Richard Walenta is the builder of the home under construction, where I'm working right now.  On his website, http://cclassichomes.com/About_Us.html, I read that he was part of the planning and oversight team for the construction of ten model orphanages throughout the continent of Aftica.  This is the link to the foundation he's been working with:  Rafiki Foundation.  Wow!! I'm proud to be working with such a special guy.

BIRDS & NESTS HAND PAINTED ANTIQUE DOORS

                             These hand painted antique doors are my featured post for this week.

For close-up views of the artwork inside and outside of Karen's beautiful old doors,

visit this link to my post on June 1, 2012

BIRDS & NESTS HAND PAINTED ANTIQUE DOORS

(FINI) PAINTING A "FRENCH COUNTRY" FINISH ON NEW ORLEANS STYLE KITCHEN CABINETS

MAY 19, 2013  
  Here is a photo of the finished cabinets.  Now, I've moved on to the office and painting the cabinets a light gray with blue trim and a darker glaze.  My client loves blue and blue grays.

MAY 16, 2013
    This is a "before" photo of the kitchen I've been painting in the house under construction.  The other painters did all of the priming and that's why it's white.

The coolest thing about this kitchen is how tall the cabinets are and the brick wall behind them.  In the big open living space, it looks really dramatic and fine!!

This is the multi-layered finish I painted and, finally, finished today.  The decorator chose this finish and called it "french country".

 I have a little more work to do on the shelves for the open cabinets and will do that tomorrow.  

Also, I have an office desk cabinet that I will start on, tomorrow.  Then, I have a cabinet in the master bath and will be sharing all with you.  

Oh, and I'll be painting the feet of a beautiful clawfoot bathtub.

I love the style of this house.  It is New Orleans style and has some really neat features.

And, I love that I'm working close to home on this job!!!

Builder: Richard Walenta

Visit Richard's website.  I read that he was part of the planning and oversight team for the construction of ten model orphanages throughout the continent of Africa.  

CUTTING A LIMB & SAVING A BIRD'S NEST

     I'm painting kitchen cabinets in a home that is under construction.  The supervisor is a kind of tough, cowboy type.  He just moved to a new house and he said the birds were pooping on his truck, so I suggested he cut the limb where the birds were sitting.  I said, before you cut the limb, please make sure there's no bird nest.  This morning, he told me that he had a ___of a time, cutting the limb.  There was a nest with three eggs in it and he said he nearly killed himself cutting the area where the nest was and attaching/wedging it into another area on the tree.  It was so funny when he was telling me about it, but was so sweet and I told him so!!

WRITING & PAINTING WORDS ON A WALL & HOW TO

                               My client wanted me to paint Galations 5:22 on her kitchen wall.

The first thing I did was print out the font that my client gave me.  Then, I took it to a print shop, enlarged the words and printed out the large lettering in sections.

Then, I placed and taped the lettering on the wall.  I had to work with it a little bit to get it in, just the right place.  Next, I traced the letters on the wall.  The last thing I did was paint the lettering red.

My client was very happy and it looked really nice up there on her kitchen wall.

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ON MAY 23, 2013

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KATHY

FROM CLOSET TO LOG CABIN...PAINTING A LOG CABIN FOR TRENTON'S ROOM

     Trenton is a teenager, now.  But, when he was three or four years old, his mother wanted to make some changes to his bedroom.  The room had two closets and she decided she wanted one of them to be turned into a built-in bed surrounded by a log cabin.  Dad and his friend did the remodeling and mom asked me to paint the log cabin.

So, dad and a friend demolished the closet and built the frame for the bed.  They put corrugated roofing sheets to make it look like a real roof.

Then, I painted the log cabin and couldn't stop there!  I painted scenery all around the room.

I painted this farm and cows.  And, painted trees and bushes all around the room.  If you look closely, you will see a bird nest that  I painted, just under the roof of the cabin.  Also, I painted the ceiling like a sky.

This tree has a squirrel resting on a limb.  And, that is sweet Simba, (a real cat!), on the play table.

At first, Trenton didn't want to sleep in the new bed.  Then, mom and dad found that cute little buffalo head that talked and hung it above the fireplace.  That was all Trenton needed to feel safe in that new bed!!