Painted Chairs

These chairs are available for SALE, seperately or as a pair. Please contact me if you are interested or go to http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6134415

There is something very satisfying about painting a wooden chair with whimsical patterns and bright colours!

These chairs are not exactly a pair, but they certainly ''match''.

Painted Bed Frame

This is a wooden bed frame in several parts...its pretty interesting and lends itself to a lot of interesting colour work..it is developing a slightly folkloric look....Here is the head piece before painting. The chalk mark is unfortunately where the mattress will reach to. It's one of those super high matresses... Oh well, I will paint it for a shorter mattress too, in case there is a change some day.

In the foreground you can see work being done on the foot board part of the bed.

Here are the finials. These were VERY fun to paint...and luckily they stand up, because if they didnt, painting them lying down on their sides, or leaning against something would have been very tedious.....

P.S. - Pillows Delivered

Here are the ''seaside pillows'' in the living room of their new home... they will go out on the porch later, after remodeling is complete.
more pictures then!!!

They certainly look very nice in this living room, anyhow!

And look at this beautiful dog lying on the pillows!!!! What a great model!

Deco Style Curio Cabinet Completed

Here is the finished piece...it will eventually be placed in the very pretty Master Bedroom; I will be able to take a picture of it in its correct location and context, to post here later.

Antique Curio Cabinet

Here is quite a change from many weeks of fabric painted with shells and birds! On the day I started this piece, in some ones's home, I forgot my camera, so I don't have a "before" picture...however, it was sort of dark olive, with generic pastoral scenes on the sides.
Not any more!!!

The inside is lined in gold/bronze velvet...and its old, and looks very cool with the metallic tones being painted on the outside.
The plan is to make it look sort of "Art Deco"...but not in an historical reproduction way, since its not an Art Deco piece of furniture.
I am having a great time working with the metallic (as ever!) and with the textures.

Pillow Backs

Here are the backs for the group of pillows depicting shells and underwater shore life. (See previous post!)

Underwater Seashell Pillows

Here is the next batch of fabric for the next batch of pillows....

The theme is seashells, and based on the colours in floor and cushion fabric, ''underwater'' seemed a good place to put them....
Here you can see the tile and fabric sample I have to work from. (Actually, the fabric isn't really as brown as it looks in this picture...)

See the ''eyes" inside the clam??

These pillows are going to go on an outdoor, covered, screened in porch.

Yardage Time

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Here you can see the fabric being painted on the work table, and then in use, upholstered onto 4 lovely chairs.




This is another piece, slightly darker in the backround,with bright pinks and deep greens....



















This is bluer, in over all tone....