Sunday, April 3, 2011

pink hutch and a little - er, big OOPS!!!!



 adventures in furniture painting has been so fun thus far, i get to paint and glaze and distress and make people happy with their old worn out furniture again! but this is another story...so i was commissioned to paint this beautiful hutch PINK! i love pink and yet, i have never painted a piece of furniture pink for a client, well that day finally came and i was so excited. so we picked up the piece and a few days later i got to work sanding & priming. then it started to rain here. and it didn't really let up or warm up enough for me to paint outside, and this piece was too big to bring inside. it rained and rained and rained! so finally, it stopped and was able to get the pink paint sprayed on, then it rained some MORE!  so after about a week, i got to work distressing and glazing and hand painting roses on the hutch. finally it was done! i never take this long to do a piece but, the weather was not cooperating! so anyway, it was time to deliver on sat. so we were loading up the piece on fri nite and (insert suspenseful music HERE) , BOOM!!!!!! It fell to the ground like a ton of bricks!   my hubby accidentally dropped it! it was REALLY HEAVY! so, we picked it all up, as it was now in pieces, and the next day he re glued everything and this week i'll be working some painterly magic on it! hubby apologized profusely and i accepted, and told him, these things happen. as long a he can fix it there's no problem. i guess it had to happen eventually, we've move so much furniture in the last 7 months it was bound to happen eventually! thank goodness my hubby is handy w/ the wood and wood glue! it's all fixed and as soon as it's re painted you'll never know the difference. of course, i had to tell my client, but she's a sweet understanding christian lady and took it in stride. thank you all for listening to me ramble on, but i thought i had to share what goes on in the real life of a business! until next time,  keep creating!
~decorating diva aka damaging diva!

8 comments:

  1. UGH!!!! Anyone that does this for a business HAS to have had that nightmare...I sure have! SO glad to hear she was understanding and that Hubby is handy! And she is beautiful by the way!

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  2. Oh I would have fainted dead away!! I'm so glad everything turned out okay.

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  3. OH My Goodness! I haven't dropped a piece yet, but right after I finished painting a desk for a client and I had just taken all the 'after' pictures, my cat toppled over a lamp that skidded right across the finish and took off the paint..lol Aauughh! I know how you feel.
    BTW... I really DO love the pink! ..and the roses. Beautiful job.

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  4. Yikes ... thank goodness for hubby and his skills. You paint job is GORGEOUS!

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  5. I am so glad your hubby will be able to fix it up. Hooray for an understanding client! The pink and roses are just gorgeous!

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  6. How lovely! I'm sure all the troubles will be so worth it when you get it all finished! :)

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  7. The roses you painted are gorgeous! Thank goodness the glass didn't shatter when he oopsed!

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  8. I love this for it's gorgeous pink color.

    lisa

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i love receiving and reading all of your comments! i may not have time to reply to all of them, but please don't let that stop you from leaving them! when i do get the time i will come by and visit you and see what you're up to! i am starting a new business venture so my time will be short for a while, until i get things up and running-thanks for understanding! keep creating!