Good morning everyone !
A quick view of what's been going on in my world......................
Last week I showed you this photo
now here's what the other view of that looks like
We decided to open up a wall that was previously here - to make the dining room on the opposite side of the living room
Here's the view before
It made the entry way dark - opening up the wall allows light to come through like you can't believe
There's still a ton of work to do on it ( obviously lol ) but it's on its way !!!
Meanwhile over on Hometalk - where I post my makeovers - my sideboard has created some controversy - I noticed my stats were abnormally high last night - here's why................
Thought I'd share some of the comments with you for your viewing pleasure - ( and my responses of course )
1) I must say that I totally dislike the makeover. For me, a beautiful wood piece has been ruined. Redo an old pine or plywood that doesn't have much integrity anyway, a rich dark wood deserves better. I'm just saying.....
I replied
Well you felt like you " must " say it and you did lol
Now I feel I must tell you this is a reproduction piece - it's veneer - and because it deserved better I painted it !!!
2) Amost cried when I saw what you did to a lovely piece of furniture. I agree with Ronnie Edgerton.
I replied
Really Marion? I've been crying over missing planes and mudslides where too many have perished..............Don't think I've ever wasted a tear on something someone did to a piece of furniture that wasn't mine in my life!!! Sheesh - really - it boggles the mind - you don't have to like it - but please don't CRY over it - it really isn't worth it lol
3) sorry making perfectly good furniture look like old junk just upsets me, the before picture is something I like, the after is what we threw out on the farm 50 years ago
I replied
Good grief Bev - can you be any more blunt? I don't think this is what Hometalk was supposed to be about - LOL - you sound quite vicious ! Wish I would have been around 50 years ago - I would have snapped up everything you were throwing out LOL
4) PLEASE STOP painting every piece of beautiful wooden furniture !! some of it you have done is georgous....but you are actually ruining the value of this piece and the origionality of it. Im just not partial to painting older pieces. it is pretty this way
no doubt, but.....id rather see the true wood. sorrryyyy. i know to each his own. and thats what is important is if you like it.
5) I replied
Hey Sandra and Connie - I wrote a post for people like you ( naysayers of painted pieces ) You can find it here http://suzyq-vintagous.blogspot.ca/2014/03/i...
- the thing is you won't enjoy anything I do at all - because I'm am just that - a furniture painter. And I paint for people that like painted pieces. I would NOT go to your site and dread the fact that you have a wood piece lol - I'd simply leave without saying anything at all - to each his own - at the end of the day - that's the motto I live with. I have a pretty strong character - so
I can simply shrug it off - dig out my paint brush and paint ANOTHER piece tomorrow - but there's a comment further below where someone wants to paint their dining room set- and says she'd never post it because of naysayers - and that is just so sad to me - that she can't share her creativity.
There's TONS of them - I wrote up the post " I paint furniture " (
HERE ) a couple of weeks ago and posted it to Hometalk as well - I specifically wrote it to post on Hometalk actually to stop all of this silliness - and THAT post created a ton of controvery - I thought it would die down...............
http://www.hometalk.com/3214189/i-paint-furniture
No way Jose!!!
The saddest comment of all ( to me anyway ) was that someone told me they were going to paint their dining room set but would never post it because of all the negativity out there.
How unbelievable sad is that?
These forums are supposed to be a place where we can share our creations -
Not a place where we're attacked - wth?
I can sleep easy at night knowing I have never left ( not once ) a negative comment on a blog ( or any other forum ) over something someone did.................
These people act like I'm abusing children - IT'S A PIECE OF FURNITURE EVERYONE -AND A REPRODUCTION ATTHAT lol
It makes me so grateful for the wonderful followers of this blog - truly - from the bottom of my heart - GRATEFUL !!!
Have a wonderful day all
( I'm off to quote a price on an antique dining room and bedroom set someone wants painted LMHO )
Much love,
Moi
xoxox
P.S - to be fair there's a lot of comments defending my actions as well -
it's quite entertaining if you want to have a look !!!
SIDEBOARD MAKEOVER
and there's far more positive comments than negative -
( I hope they don't see my post on painting floors - I think it would send some of them right over the edge LOL )
P.P.S. -
AND this beautiful comment arrived in my mailbox after posting this -
Hi Suzan, think about you often, dropped in on ur blog this AM. Wow, total strangers, giving negative comments, unreal Internet allows anyone to visit all sorts of sites, but as u said, don't like what u see, move on, don't go back and certainly don't leave a mean comment!!!!!! Are you finished Gillians furniture? her mom Kathy has been away most of the winter, so haven't really been in touch. keep up your beautiful transformations, people should realize that if you didn't do what you do, landfills would be even bigger!!!!, Love and hugs, xoxox
Sign - and THAT cancels out every single negative comment - since that comes from a previous Client turned Friend !
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