PAINTING & EMBOSSING FEATHER WOOD ART PLAQUES

PAINTING & EMBOSSING FEATHER WOOD ART PLAQUES

Today I finished these three embossed wood plaques to put in my space at the craft mall.

I embossed these feathers on very thin plywood and painted everything a gray brown color.
I painted the embossed feathers with a metallic silver.  

With a tiny brush, I painted a border of metallic silver on the edge of each painting.

I turned the stencil so all three could be hung together side by side or separately.

To hang them, I strung wooden beads and pewter feathers on a wire.

I'm having fun creating and making things for my space in the craft mall.  

AMAZING SPARKLING CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS IN PATTI'S NEW HOME

AMAZING SPARKLING CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS IN PATTI'S NEW HOME

Patti is moving.  

I've work with her for years.  She's one of my favorite clients to work with because 

 I LOVE her taste in decorating.

The bathroom I showed you a couple of posts ago was her new bathroom.  Here is a link to the cabinets I painted:

PAINTING & DISTRESSING PATTI'S MASTER BATH CABINETS IN HER NEW HOME 

When she's finished decorating in there, it will be amazing.
She's going to use mercury glass in her bath and master bedroom.

I went by her new home this morning to take pictures of her new chandeliers.
 I wanted to show you what I love about Patti's decorating.

Look at this chandelier!!  It's going over their dining table. 

 The electricians just finished hanging it and the tape is still on the delicate crystals.

Isn't this amazing!!  

These three crystal chandeliers are in her kitchen.  They are so beautiful, too!

She's waiting for her kitchen cabinets to be installed.

They're close enough in this huge room and you'll see them all sparkling at the same time.

Are you as impressed as I am??

I could just stand and stare, they're so beautiful!

The side walls and ceiling are taupe.  The tallest walls at each end of the room are peach.  The wood flooring planks are wide and kind of grayish brown like barnwood.  

Patti gave me permission to take these pictures and I bet she'll let me keep sharing pictures with you.  I want to get a better picture of the beige and peach furniture in her living room behind that fireplace.  Her kitchen is on this side of her fireplace.

PAINTING & DISTRESSING PATTI'S MASTER BATH CABINETS IN HER NEW HOME

PAINTING & DISTRESSING PATTI'S MASTER BATH CABINETS IN HER NEW HOME

Patti is moving to a new home.  She's doing a lot of redecorating and renovations.  Last house she loved Tuscan, colorful and dark.  But, that was several years ago.
This time she wants lots of whites, grays and beiges.
She asked me to paint her master bath cabinets white/distressed. 

The original finish on the cabinets was really nice, but she wanted white.

So, I primed, painted and distressed these cabinets for her.

She added mercury glass or mirror knobs and they look so pretty.

In her master bedroom, she's using a lot of mercury glass with off white furniture and taupe walls.

Patti asked me to lightly distress.  I sanded/distressed here and there, then, painted over a lot because she wanted "lightly".  Sometimes, I do a lot of distressing on purpose and then stand back to see where to paint over certain areas to make it look authentic.

These are cabinets in the water closet.

I love the simple rope decoration around the mirrors.  Simple and elegant. 

She's moving from a really beautiful home to this really beautiful home.

So glad I got to be a part of the last one and love working with her on her new home.

Thank you, Patti!

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Here is a link to Patti's master bedroom furniture that I painted (in her old house) for this house.

PAINTING & DISTRESSING PATTI'S BEDROOM FURNITURE CREAMY WHITE & GRAYS

TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA ~ CHRISTMAS CANON

TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA ~ CHRISTMAS CANON

"This night we pray

Our lives will show

This dream He had

Each child still knows"

HAND PAINTING STRIPES & A PLAYHOUSE, PICKET FENCE & FLOWERS IN A LITTLE GIRL'S ROOM

HAND PAINTING STRIPES & A PLAYHOUSE, PICKET FENCE & FLOWERS IN A LITTLE GIRL'S ROOM

One time a family was moving into a new home.

The little girl's room was blue and the mom asked me to paint stripes for her.

I drew and hand painted the yellow stripes and green ivy as a border.

Then, I asked if I could paint her a playhouse.  

So, I drew and painted the outline of a playhouse.  Then, I painted the picket fence and flowers.

They placed a little table and chairs in the corner with the playhouse.

The little girl just loved it and her mom said she played near it all the time.

That was a fun project!

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I found this picture in a stack of pictures of my work and thought it would be great to share it with you just before Christmas, in case it might give you some ideas for a little girl or boy's room.  The playhouse can be any color.  Maybe it could be brown and they could play like it's a fort or a cabin.

Or, draw the outline of a spaceship. 

 I bet they would really love that!!

PAINTING & GLAZING DEBBIE'S NEW ENTERTAINMENT CENTER CABINET

PAINTING & GLAZING DEBBIE'S NEW ENTERTAINMENT CENTER CABINET

Debbie's entertainment center is in her great room.  She had been wanting to change it and make it nicer because you can see it from nearly everywhere on her, very open, first floor.
 So, she designed and told the contractor what she wanted.  

She wanted it more open and she wanted a great big arch above it.

She designed this cabinet for her collection of beautiful pieces of art and asked me to paint it for her.

I used an oil based semi-gloss off white paint for the base coat.  Then, I used a dark stain and brushed on and wiped off, leaving stain in the crevices and streaked it on the flat surfaces.

This small cabinet and shelves were next to the new cabinet and I painted it to match.  The mantel is soft off white stone and my colors tied in really well.

This is Debbie's wonderful Nickie.  He's so friendly.  A while back when I was painting her bedroom, Nickie kept getting on my ladder and I had to call his mommy to get him down so I could paint.  It was funny.

And, little Issy and Bella.  Issy is the little sister.  So cute!!  Sweet Bella is older and blind.  I always think Debbie is so sweet to her.  She knows her way around the house.

This is a view of the cabinets and fireplace.  Before, Debbie thought it didn't look right, maybe cluttered.  Now, with her new design and paint she's very happy.

I love how Debbie decorates her home.  It's so comfortable, yet elegant.

Thank you Debbie!  I always love working with you.

PREPARING FOR THANKSGIVING ~ I'LL BE BACK SOON

 PREPARING FOR THANKSGIVING ~ I'LL BE BACK SOON

I'm really behind posting and sharing my work with you.  I'll be back very soon.

My clients are preparing for the holidays and needed me to help with a few paint projects.  

The kitchen I'm painting right now will, finally, be finished Saturday or Sunday.  

Then, I will be at the grocery store shopping for our Thanksgiving meal.

Hoping you are looking forward to a warm and Happy Thanksgiving, too.

One of the migrating birds visiting my yard in September.

Not sure what it is, but it was really beautiful and it's tummy was a vibrant yellow-orange.