i know i know i know…i should be taking a painting class. but when the memphis college of art catalog came, the book-making class just sounded like too much fun to pass up. (mr. jones, however, was a touch disappointed to find that it did not involve gaining the inside track in the office basketball pool…an [...]
confession: mrs. jones has developed a huge design-crush on the artist amy butler. it began with happening upon her beautiful website, reading about her home in blueprint and more on her work in country living, which featured her new book, midwest modern, all within a few days’ time. fast forward to last tuesday, when i had exactly 4 minutes to fall in love [...]
yes i do! it has been such a treat to work lately on things for two different, special and beautiful nurseries. just delivered: this cute piece that an lovely expectant couple had made. the changing table apparatus secures to the top…it will be removed later so the base can become book & toy shelves. (how smart are they?)
real milk paint was used to give [...]
another clever changing-table that will change back into grown-up furniture later…
this lovely and very resourceful couple found a fabulous old kitchen work table, with deep storage drawers (used for flour & sugar in its previous life, now perfect for diapers and blankies.) they engaged a carpenter to fashion a ”box” with high sides on it that fits snugly right over the existing [...]
…are so very gorgeous, but let’s face it: a little expensive and frought with possibilities for ruin if you have little ones. the look, though, is easy to reproduce with glaze. below left is a photo from a spread in the march 2008 issue of house beautiful. from the caption: “…wall covering is in handwoven yarn-dyed raffia, but reads from even a short distance [...]
friends know that mrs. jones is more than a tiny bit obsessed with wicked, both the book and the musical. (truly, i am that little green girl.) at the risk of being the one person too many communicating an environmental awareness message in honor of our very green holiday today, i’d like you to please join me in considering: what would elphaba do? [...]
oh yes…mr. jones could not resist the chance to revisit a favorite destination from his own childhood: mammoth cave, kentucky. since i flatly refused to go spelunking without at least a little cultural diversion along the way, the little joneses were persuaded to travel via nashville to take in the excellent “monet to dali” exhibit at the frist center [...]
here are two mantels done recently for a lovely and most creative client. (their kitchen is in the entry below.) now, as you know, mrs. jones makes it a rule not to drop clients’ names, but in this case i must…joanne berg is a very talented and accomplished artist, and has been so much fun to work for and with.
when it [...]
both of these amazing forces of nature arrived in memphis yesterday: the incredibly gifted interior designer/preservationist/art historian, and the first snow of the season. knowing my admiration for mr. jayne, our generous friends melissa and tim adams kindly included me as their guest at a reception for him (in town to speak to the brooks museum’s decorative [...]
since it’s true that mrs. jones will do anything for crab salad in a phyllo-dough cup and a pimento cheese finger sandwich, i did it again…shared my all secrets with the ladies of the red acres garden club. they were so very kind and welcoming, and now know all about making their pots and other garden ornaments a little [...]
the UPS man just arrived with an exciting little package — samples of milk paint to experiment with! this is the old-school stuff that gives furniture and walls that streaky, chalky, sort of swedish-antique look. it’s also totally organic and non-toxic.
here are the colors (in addition to cream) that i decided to try: moss green, french gray, and turquoise [...]
this project called for a bit of sleuthing in matching the existing stain, to repair damaged places on the cabinets and new wood that had been added to raise the height of the countertops. a warm sienna glaze was then applied to all the surfaces to even out the color — some of the old pine had faded [...]
