here are some “afters” of two of recent finds at the flea market: an unfinished pine table (for a screened porch) and a little side table with a drawer (to go beside a rocker in a nursery). both were given a distressed finish (if you’re taking notes, on the left is pratt & lambert’s clover (#22.20) layered over green barley [...]
tiny projects like this don’t pay the little joneses’ tuition bills, but you know that mrs. jones loves solving a nancy-drew-type challenge and helping a friend. so when a pal decided that this cute bench needed distressed paint all the way around (to match, natch) instead of just on the panels and legs, of course it [...]
22 August 2008 – 10.15 pm
just 16 days until target’s goodies from john derian hit the shelves. (fair warning: don’t get in between mrs. jones and those particular shelves.)
domino has officially declared a “color revolution”….mrs. jones is so in! between the color spread and the news that john derian is designing a limited-edition line for target, it’s just too much! time for a cold drink.
even after $3 for parking and $6 for sno-cones (the little joneses deserve a treat at ”the flea”) i spent far less than my $100 budget and came home with great things to fix and paint. two of my favorite vendors, martha virginia (from trenton, tennessee) and bill yost (from atlanta) were among those there with some great treasures (and [...]
nothing is more important to mrs. jones than getting things exactly right for clients. samples are key to this process, and also offer precious opportunities to experiment with colors, products, and techniques. samples, however, entail trips to seabrook (for sample pots or quarts of paint), lowe’s (for other supplies), or (my personal briar patch!), the art center. when [...]
after hearing that the incredible amy butler is a contributing editor to a re-vamped country living magazine, i had to see for myself. now, before you start thinking that it’s all hearts & geese and velveeta-topped recipes, please say you’ll give it a chance. i’ve been charmed and inspired by issues recieved so far. september’s pages include decoupage advice from (the master!) john [...]
finding myself a little stuck on a recent project, beautiful becky (my ultra-reliable go-to girl) at seabrook reminded me of the power of benjamin moore’s new aura paint to solve the problem, and it worked beautifully; with ladybug red, #1322, one coat (over primer) dried quickly enough to allow for the first of a two-layer crackled varnish [...]
