HAND PAINTING A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS ON BECKY'S OLD DRESSER & PICTURES OF BECKY'S BEAUTIFUL HOME

HAND PAINTING A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS ON BECKY'S OLD DRESSER & PICTURES OF HER BEAUTIFUL HOME

In my work I am so fortunate to get to visit and work in some of the most beautiful, 

well decorated  and unique styled homes.  

Becky has one of those homes and  she has the most wonderful!! taste in decorating.

 She had this old dresser and asked if I would paint a bouquet of flowers on the door.  

If possible, I always want to see a picture or something to show me what my client is wanting me to paint.  She told me the colors she wanted.  This is the bouquet I painted for her.

She was very happy with the bouquet, but I asked if she wanted me to distress and age/stain it. 

 She was a bit reluctant, 

then she loved it aged because it looked so much better with the finish of the old piece.

Becky found these crystal knobs at Anthropologie.

Isn't this beautiful!!  

Another picture of the same bedroom.

The "old" bouquet looks like it's been on that dresser since the beginning of it's time.

This is her living room.

Living room and entry to her home.

Another bedroom.

Her wonderful, wonderful kitchen.  

This is little Mabel.  What a sweetie!!

Don't you just want to sit down and have a cup of tea here!!

(Original post September 23, 2015)

DADDY'S SOCKS CHANDELIER CHAIN COVER

When I went back for touch-ups at the New Orleans house the chandeliers were hung and the canopies at the base looked sooo bare against the ceiling.  I knew they would look so much better with ceiling medallions and I mentioned it to the builder.  He asked me to go purchase and paint three for these particular chandeliers.  Then, he called me and said the electricians would be there the next day and could I have them there by 10: am.  I panicked, but got it done.



This HUGE chandelier in the stairwell had a tiny, dinky chain and I mentioned that it needed a chandelier chain cover.  So, the builder asked me to go find one.  The electricians were already there, taking down the chandelier, so I had to hurry over to Steinmart to see if they had any chain covers.  They didn't and I was walking around the store, back and forth, searching for something that could be wrapped around that dinky chain on the huge chandelier.  Anything, a scarf, anything that could wrap around that chain.  THEN,

 WAY ACROSS THE ROOM I saw some men's socks on a big wall.  Perfect!!  They  had some really good colors that would match the chandelier and the ceiling medallion that I had painted for it.  So, I bought a pack of three pairs in slightly varying shades and rushed back to the house to get them on the chain, so the electricians could hang the chandelier.

It looked wonderful!!! (thank goodness) The socks were hunky chunky and looked so much better on this large chandelier than the beautiful silk chain covers that you usually see.  

This is the ceiling medallion I painted to match the chandelier.  It's a lot of detailed work to paint these, but always look so, so nice on the ceiling. 

I used metallic gold, silver and bronze.

This fixture looks so good with the wrought iron railing in the stairwell.

These are the sock colors that I liked for the chain cover.    

I cut off the toe and the stretchy part at the top of the sock. 

Finally, everything was finished.  

I was worn out from all of that running around, but it felt good

 when the homeowner (to be), the builder, everybody was happy.

I was very happy, too!! 

When you need a chandelier or fan chain cover, remember socks.  I think they're great!  Not sure why we haven't thought about them, before.  They come in such nice colors, men's, women's, children's and are a really good choice compared to the ones you usually find, already made.

Original post 8/3/13