among mrs. jones’s many blessings is a gaggle of wonderful nieces and nephews, and every so often, the opportunity to express my great affection by painting a little something for one of them presents itself. not long ago, sweet lucy let me personalize this cool vintage steamer trunk (a brilliant flea market find by my intrepid sister-in-law, betsy) for her, with a damask pattern stenciled overall, and her monogram applied in distressed gold leaf:
which she now (cleverly) uses as her coffee table.
lee, who was recently admitted to the pharmacy grad program at the university of mississippi (go, lee!), had two tables culled from the attics of generous grandmothers. to snazz them up for a chic apartment befitting a lovely young lady in a freshly starched white lab coat (decorated by her equally chic mom, my fab sis-in-law anne), the prescription was for a high gloss course of treatment in benjamin moore’s white dove, #0c.17:
(and just for good measure, a small dose of fresh hardware from anthropologie.)
catherine says
OMG, do those girls know how lucky they are! I love that shinny white, and so beautiful with that red velvet sofa! I know how you feel, so proud of them!
BoxwoodTerrace says
So much beauty in one post! Your nieces and those tables are lovely. The round table reminds me of a buttercream frosted cake.
Deborah
Missy says
So lovely – all of it!