simply vintageous...by Suzan

I decided last night to redo a piece I had already madeover - do you ever do that? It hasn't sold and I thought it was time to give it a little extra pizazz.....................it's not a drastic change but
hopefully enough to make it truly unique enough for someone to say " I've got to have this "
This isn't the first time I've done this either - I did it HERE and than again HERE - the striped one sold within 2 days of its remakeover - and someone is coming to look at the eiffel tower to use as a vanity in their bathroom.

So hopefully this will do it for this little number -
Remember THIS ? In case you don't feel like looking at the link - this is what I'm referring to

and though I did a little distressing -

It just seemed to be lacking a little something something

And now she looks like this

I added numbers -

and layered 3 more colors on top of the Paris Grey - I added a wash of French Linen -
then dry brushed Paloma - and finished with a dry brushing of Old White - the French Linen
" dirtied " it nicely I think

close up of the layered colors

So what do you think? Am I going to have to makeover my makeover of a makeover?

Ok so here's where the hilarity comes in ( once again ) I made the pom pom's for staging - but the
colors are all wrong - anyway I couldn't sleep and had to do something so whipped these up while
watching t.v.

They should have been all white - but what the hell - they're kind of fun and I actually love the Tiffany Blue
one..................

I think John may have been converted and this may just have been the piece to do it!

This was laying by the side of the road and he actually GOT OUT OF HIS CAR AND BROUGHT IT HOME without me anywhere around...................Oh I'm so proud of you John -

Check out the patina on this baby!!!
It needs some work - but I have until christmas to work on this one, lol
but isn't it precious?

And then walking by the dining room on my way to clean my paintbrush seeing this

I did this

does it look silly? why can't I leave anything alone?
I am constantly changing things ( someone told me once that it comes from unhappiness but I can tell you without a doubt I do this in my happiest moments too - it's called OCD sheesh, has nothing to do with
depression - but I think it gets heightened during menopause, lol )

and then a potential customer sent me this link to an Auction house - if you have the time go through it,
you'll need lots of kleenex - honestly - you'll be drooling that bad!

encangelineau.com

Here's a little sample of what they have: sorry for the fuzziness - trying to make them big enough for you to see - if you go to the link you can see them clearly in all their glory

there's tons and tons of gorgeous pieces - I have to make it a point to drive up there. Can you believe
I've never been to an auction in my life? But I can so see one of these in my hands - a perfect fit really

I scream when I get excited - don't know how I'll control that - I watch shows and they all so casually just
lift the paddle - I'd definitely have to stop myself from waving it and screaming - can you picture it -
oh and I'll bring my cell phone - so I can whisper into a dead line like I'm an agent -

And that's that
for my little chat

Y'all have a wonderful weekend -
and y'all come back now,
y'hear???

Hugs,
Suzan

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Saturday, July 7, 2012

Makeover of a Makeover

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This & that ( a friday chat )

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