“don’t be afraid to paint a vintage piece.  every piece of furniture can’t be brown.”

can i get an amen?

(photo of mr. marty’s showroom from nashville examiner.)

here’s before:

the challenge: matching texture, paint and glaze that had been applied years ago, (made difficult by the kaleidoscope that the beautiful stained glass creates) and rendering it in two dimensions instead of three (since plaster would add too much weight to the speakers, and affect the acoustics):

and of course, timing.  the scaffolding had to go up and come down within the week. 

today at noon, just ahead of the crew from tennessee scaffold, i finally had an “after”:

okay, can i get an amen?

here are a couple of “befores”:

(note to lovely client: not to worry, the blue can be undone, and i’m sure at the time it seemed like the right thing to do.) 

some “after” details of the bed:

the bed is going in a young lady’s room, with some other things (below) mrs. jones has done for her: a mirror and corona-contraption that will hold a pretty, gauzy, curtain above her bed.

“afters” of the re-assembled bed, abby’s room, and de-blue-ified desk to follow soon, i promise.

paging mr. darcy! (sorry, not matthew macfadyen, though he was a totally dreamy darcy)(and his wonderful version of “pride & predjudice” is worth repeated viewings, with one more encore just to see the gorgeous old distressed finishes all over the bennetts’ home) no, for this we need colin firth: he is a partner in a new store in london, eco, that is providing products and advice for environmentally correct home improvements.  he’s so lovely.

for those of you kind enough to have inquired, my notes are available by linking here.   look for me in the left-hand column.

and now, if you’ll excuse me, there are some truly wild things in my kitchen demanding to be fed.  i will be back in overalls tomorrow, hard at work, i promise.   

peace.