“To every thing there is a season…. What a sweet little hand painted occasional table! Spring has sprung here at the studio and our Robin has begun laying eggs. Inspiration struck again this week, so I painted the top of [ . . . ]
New office, new sign artwork makes a great accent piece. What an awesome idea to include the company name and slogan as part of a very unique business decor. It really makes a statement, and yet the look is very [ . . . ]
I love Grand Rapids! So when I was contacted to discuss traveling there again to visit friends to discuss work on their new condo, I was excited! A few years ago I had done some work at their first condo [ . . . ]
Here’s a couple of small accent furniture items I finished up recently that are looking for a good home. (Wow. I posted this last week and sold both within a day- they are already in their new homes!) This small [ . . . ]
This plain Jane nearly black mirror got a new look last week. Already firmly bolted to the wall, I taped it off and prepared to give it a make-over to make it a distressed finish mirror. It sits between two [ . . . ]
…can make a big difference. If you think back to a small project I did back in January that I blogged about in Family Diner, I ended the post by saying the opposite side of the kitchen definitely needed something [ . . . ]
When my client decided to update her laundry room and have a granite counter installed, she saw no reason to replace the existing cabinets. She knew I could give them any look she really wanted to have. Why replace perfectly [ . . . ]
Moving on to the kitchen area in my client’s home, we finished up (for now anyhoo) the antique signage projects on the list this week. Above is the arch over the range that just cried out for some fun details [ . . . ]
There’s nothing quite like abusing furniture to work out the frustrations of daily life. I had a great opportunity this week to do a makeover on three pieces of already fairly distressed furniture. Project One: This Chalkboard is made out [ . . . ]
Furniture Makeovers with Paint These pieces of antique furniture certainly had seen better days. The finish was half worn off, crazed and just awful. The client is really into the shabby chic, creamy and antiqued look right now, so she [ . . . ]
