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Saturday, March 30, 2013

Client's update ( dining room set makeover )

Good morning everyone.............

I have to give such thanks to all of you for being so understanding this week - I feel terrible - I'm behind with comments ( hundreds of them ) and I haven't had time to visit - I just keep posting and posting and feel I'm not doing my share here in Bloglandia.................

I really will catch up on the weekend!

Ok - this week was a little messed up - I worked at April's on Monday afternoon -

Tuesday morning I checked my messages and there was one from the doctor - I had forgotten all

about a follow up appointment from that fiasco in January - and had already forgotten a prior one so

had no choice but to bail out on April for the day..............

Went again on Wednesday -
Thursday April had previous plans - so I made other plans - then she was able to cancel hers - couldn't cancel mine - so another write off............
Went again on Friday - forgot my camera................
I brought the 4 chairs home to do from here ( I HATE doing chairs lol - but they take the longest so better I spend a couple of days here doing them )

So here's where we stood after a day and a half - ( wednesday before I left for the day )

painted, dining room table, pedestal legs, mahogany, ascp, french linen, old white,

including 2 leaves - I'll have to get a close up of those legs because they're just gorgeous!

Mahogany, Dining table, Antique, pedestal legs, ascp, french linen,old white,

from " meh "

painted,antique,buffet and hutch,ascp,french linen, old white,

to such elegance - God I love this piece - it's casual sophistication - an oxymoron I know but that's how I see it now - it doesn't look stuffy and formal - not finished in these photos but almost -

painted, antique buffet, hutch, before,after,ascp,french linen,old white,

painted, before, after, mahogany,antique,sideboard,buffet,ascp,french linen,old white

painted, before,after,antique,buffet,sideboard,mahogany,annie sloan,french linen,old white

There's a technique that's being applied to make it look kind of like " driftwood " turned out gorgeous -

But I'll save that until it's finished.

I swear to you, I didn't realize how absolutely beautiful this set was until it was painted - the details on each piece are just amazing!

Once again, I'm in love with inanimate objects lol

April and Vladismir ( you know I'm using Aliases here, right? Don't ask me how I picked Vladismir when her hubby has the most North American name you can imagine lmho, had an almost identical set in their garage for ages - couldn't sell it - they finally got rid of it last month - I would have bought that in a heart beat - and apparently they had to let it go for almost nothing )

If I don't speak to you this weekend - have a lovely Easter weekend

Much love,

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Monday, February 18, 2013

Some things just fall into your lap.........

I received an email a few weeks ago from a name that seemed familiar but that I just couldn't place............
It turned out to be a someone we had purchased a dresser from last year and had another piece she thought
I'd be interested in -
YES PLEASE

just a little dated - I can remember when that type of relief was in vogue big time though
but ooh la la I couldn't wait to get my hands on this piece
I've wanted to do a drop leaf table for a long time now - kept waiting to find one - but never, not for one moment, imagined one would just fall from the sky like this!!!

I have BIG plans for this sweetheart - isn't she just crying out for a little love?

Here's the last piece I bought from Kim - about a year and a half ago

and I promptly stole an idea from Annie Sloan ( in one of her books ) this is Annie's masterpiece

she's amazing right?

this was my version copying her tutorial from the book.
using old white - some dark wax - and clear wax to finish

Dresser, Annie Sloan, Old White, Dark wax, Floral Design, antique

I'm loving it all over again - and think I'll do this soon to another dresser - makes me think of Spring!

In the meantime I'll have a post up tomorrow on that flowery table - painted and reinvented.
Thanks so much for the feature!!!
PJH Designs

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Sunday, January 27, 2013

The Painful Beginning

Good Monday Morning Everyone!

I was going through some old posts last night of furniture to add to a board on Pinterest and nearly peed my pants looking at some of them.

Can you remember starting your first job when you were younger - and not knowing what in God's name you were doing?

Can you remember that feeling of being completely alone in a new world?

Can you remember trying to figure out where you fit in - which group seemed most like you?

Can you remember trying to look very very busy and efficient when the whole time your brain

was trying frantically to make sense of things that were completely alien and foreign to you?

That's exactly what my first 6 months of blogging were like -

I had no voice - absolutely none -

My posts showed no reflection of my character whatsoever

Flat.

I was struggling to find my place in a world where literally hundreds of thousands of people had got there before me - I'm always late to a party.

So I wrote my posts - I uploaded my photos - and ambled along that way for quite awhile.

No one came.

No one commented.

No one knew I was alive.

AND

then one day it happened

I found my voice

my ridiculous

bizarre

over

the

top

voice

that I was too afraid to use in the beginning

And the magic happened

People actually came by

they commented

they showed so much love that I was overwhelmed

and my blog grew

I feel so connected to every single one of you

that loyally come by day after day

even when I'm overwhelmed and can't get back to you as soon as I should.

We're almost at 700 followers

and that means we're almost at another give away

Unless I just stay at 696 forevah

and that would be so over the moon ok with me!

The below is one of those posts from my anonymous days

I get to repost it because I was anonymous then lol

and I actually may start reposting some of the other things I did

from time to time.

If anyone were to ask me for advice today on blogging

the thing I would shout off the rooftops is this

FIND YOUR OWN VOICE

and use it

every day

It won't be for everybody

Some people won't like your voice

They'll come

and then they'll go

But eventually people will find you

and surprisingly they'll like your voice

and for the most part they are the one's who

stay

for those of you that have stayed I can't tell you how very dear you've become to me

XXX

I also want to give a shout out to Maryann from Power of Paint

who has been kind enough to feature me a few times - and has featured me again today

Visit her site if you aren't already following her - she's one of my go-to's.

And lastly

Here's a post from the old days - the dressers pretty nice

the post is boring as hell lol

( and I had to redo all the photos to watermark them because I had no idea how to do that back in the day )

and the collage?

I made that up today also lol

Shabby, Dresser, White, Gray, Appliques, distressing

The dresser was first painted Old White - and then Paris Grey was lightly dry brushed over the surface

to give it layered old " worn " look

Such beautiful details - and the colors make the details stand out - I painted the
wooden handles in both of the colors - white - then the gray in the middle - and
then sanded them to expose some of the original wood color. Hope she
sells as quick as the last one, do not want to have to look at her for too long or
I may never be able to say goodbye ;(

xxx

oops - here is the before shot - minus the drawers because I had already gotten
my greedy hands on the paint before I remembered!!

and this is what the drawers looked like - I was still working on the middle one in this pic - lol

shabby, details,legs,knobs,gray,white,layering paint,dresser

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Sunday, November 25, 2012

Ebony and Ivory

Live together in perfect harmony - on my coffee tables!
I think this is my favorite all time color combination - with everything actually - I love it in home decor - shoes - clothing - linen - I even love black and white photos!
So it was a no-brainer on what to do with these homely looking things

Before

After

I used ASCP Graphite on the top - and old white on the bottom -
Stencil was done in old white - with a wash of Graphite over the surface - to give it a " smudged aged " look
That streaky look is intentional and looks quite lovely in person ( not so much in the photos I know ) but
it looks like it has depth because of it. The glare of the photos makes it look too defined but it isn't at all!
And of course waxed

and ready to sell

Sometimes - just sometimes - it's ok to see things in Black and White!
Have a wonderful day!

Monday, November 5, 2012

Con te Patiro ( Time to say Goodbye )

Adios - So long - Arrivederci - Au Revoir ....................

I bought this sideboard last year - because I fell in love with the scale of it - it's not a large one so could accommodate any space - kitchen or dining room -
and somehow through one of our infamous conversations I ended up deciding to keep it for our office
The size worked perfectly for our small space - and was great storage ( especially being able to hide
messy papers behind the cupboards ) KEEP IN MIND - John did not want to keep this - at all.

Terrible photos I know ( even worse than usual lol ) but those were the days of taking pics with my cell phone ( when I felt like a genius just being able to download them )

Ok - so last week I bought another table set - remember this?

and decided that the sideboard would work with it........................so here we go

Suzan says - John could you help me take the sideboard out of the office?
John says - Why?
Suzan says - I'm going to paint it to match the table and sell it as a set
John says - They don't even look alike - they're NOT a set at all
Suzan says - John - could you help me take the sideboard out of the office?
John says - But it works in there.......................
Suzan says - You argued with me to put it in there in the first place - told me it was ridiculous
to have a sideboard in an office - so..................... you argue with me to put it in there - and now
you're going to argue with me take it out of there?

John says - I just don't understand why you're constantly moving things - it doesn't make sense, where are we going to put everything that's in it?
Suzan says - John could you help me take the sideboard out of the office?
Suzan says - So I can SELL it? ( those are usually the magical words )

I used ASCP Old white on the top - and Paris Gray on the body -
The back board was destroyed - we had to change it completely so I took advantage and painted it before we put the new piece on

Isn't practice suppose to make perfect?

My ( ahem ) photography skills seem to be getting worse - but I'm really far too lazy today to rectify it - sorry about that :) - the blue on the back piece is the one of the colors I chose for the My Color by Pantone paint party I participated in last month.

I painted the top Paris Gray - then White Washed it to give it a " farmhouse" type of finish - and lastly dry brushed some more white and gray on the surface....................

Transferred a laurel leaf ( from Graphics Fairy ) on either side

and called her done!

Suzan says - John, can you help me bring the armoire out of the bedroom and into the office?
John says - You've got to be kidding me?
Suzan says - Well we have to replace the sideboard with something, now don't we?

Thanks John!!!
Ok I'm off to finish the table and chairs now folks -
I Have to do 3 more of these

Suzan says - JOHN?
John says - Just pretend I'm not here ok? PLEASE just pretend I'm not here!

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