Queen {bee} Chair

hi all! sorry i've been away for awhile, i just haven't had much inspiration to write about lately. i've painted some stuff, just didn't get any blog worthy pics! so, after being sick from tues to fri DURING  spring vacation, i finally feel pretty good today and needed to CREATE! so i had painted this chair b4 i got sick and gave it a good distressing. yesterday, i had a few good hours, so i recovered the seat in good ol' drop cloth fabric. i had the intention of painting something on the fabric, but didn't know what...until today, i found some inspiration on the web. i found this cute paris bee! so i printed it out hoping i could transfer it onto the seat. but that didn't work. so i had to do my own version free hand! so here she is in all her queen~bee goodness!i'll be linking up at some fab parties....including...RESTORED IT WEDNESDAY

I FOUND THIS IMAGE BY GOOGLING "BEE PRINTABLES".

hope you're having a great Easter break and that you have a blessed Easter
and remember He gave it all for us! And HE IS RISEN!!!! God Bless!
Luv, Deanna

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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!

Paris, mon cheri!!!

Hi y'all! Hope the end of the year is winding down for you in a most relaxing way. I have been sleeping in everyday, so I am gonna be hurting come Tues. when the kiddos go back to school! But for now we are enjoying the time off and extra sleep!

Before Christmas I painted this sign to sell at the store I rent a space in. But, when I got done w/ it- I discovered I had painted it to match my house! Does that ever happen to you? I did not

intend to paint it for myself, but the colors turned out perfect for my "new" rug (more on that in another post). So it had to stay here!

I painted it first w/ a blue color that I mixed up from some acrylic craft paint. Then I used a paper doily to stencil a lace design and freehanded the fleurs and lettering, etc. Next I sanded it al ittle to give it some age and glazed it w/ R.L. "tea stained" glaze. I added a ribbon and some lace to hang it and up it went on the wall! so there you have it, yet another piece I meant to sell but alas, I cannot part w/ it! At least it's free art for my wall! Thanks for visiting! Y'all come back now ya hear! ;)

ROADSIDE TRASH TO CHIC TREASURE

Hi all, I hope you all had just a fabulous Christmas holiday! I sure did! We are truly blessed with wonderful family and we all stayed healthy thru x-mas! That's always a Christmas miracle when you have 3 school aged children! So TYG! so I know I've been missing in action for a while, I've had the bloggy blues. i don't know if this has happened to you, but I got to felling like no one was looking at my blog unless I linked up to every party in the blogosphere! But as of today, I've decided that my 77 followers are enough for me- I'm not going to stress about linking up to all the parties, that's not to say i won't link up, just that I won't stress about it everyday! I hope that those of you that already follow will continue to visit and tell your friends about my blog, if you like. And if i get a few more followers along the way that's great too! I am going to blog what I love and love what I blog! It's just another creative outlet for me and I hope I can inspire some people along the way. i want to thank all you that have been following me and my quest to paint every piece of furniture in my path as well as make a little money at it to contribute to the family finances.so w/o further adieu, let's get back to painting! Here is a little end table I picked up off of the side of the road, painted it gloss black and painted a little scrolly design onto. i painted the scroll design w/ cream and then low lighted it w/ a neutral tan. it's kinda hard to see in these pics, as most of you know my forte is not photography!She's in the store for sale now!

missing blogger-FOUND!!!!

HI GIRLS! it's been too long! i just haven't had time to blog since starting my new biz, i really don't know how you all do it all! well, the biz is plugging along, although oct. is not the greatest month for sales. according to alot of the other vendors in the store i rent in, it's bad because the 1st 2 wks. of oct. is the big fresno fair! apparently, that keeps people from shopping???? anyway, i hope nov. is better cuz mama has bills to pay and gifts to buy and decorating to fund! let's see, i don't even know where to start, i've done about a million projects since we last visited - i have to pick one to show you...this solid maple table i purchased at a thrift store for $5! now it's so cute in all cream!
this cake carrier was given to me by a friend and I painted and embellished it. i kinda want to keep it;)
now this entertainment cabinet was a mess when i found it. i was on my way home from costco, and lo and behold- i spotted this train wreck of a cabinet on the side of the road waiting to be rescued or thrown in the dump truck! it had no glass, no back and a broken leg! so hubby picked it up for me, added a back and some wood panels where the glass had been, and fixed the broken leg. then i painted it cream,glazed it w/ R.L.'S tea-stained glaze and added the embossed wallpaper to the back and the doors and voila! it's now for sale at the shop! $289.99
this little beaut i picked up at a side walk sale of another antique store for $10, i just sold it to a friend of mine for $30. not much of a profit, but i'm glad it's in a home where it'll be loved! (of course, i had to paint it first)
okay, so that's more than one, but it's been sooo long! so i thought i'd throw in a few extras! til next time- keep creating!

Cawffee {table} tawk

ok girls, can we tawk? about my cawfee table(S)? i love this one, it has a glass top {which can be a plus and a minus!}, it also has caning on the bottom shelf {which i love}, it's curvy {like me!} and kinda frenchy too! and then there's this one, it's creamy and longer so we can put our tootsies up from anywhere on the couch {big plus}, and it has cute doors w/ shabby chic rose appliques, and hidden storage {which is great to stuff things in when you get a call that someone is stopping by and you need to put on the"fake house", not that I ever do that!} so as you can see they both have some great qualities. so now i have to choose one, cuz hubby said i'm supposed to SELL this stuff, not MOVE IN with it! so what do you think? which one should stay and which one should i sell??? thanks for weighing in and listening to me tawk!
{EDITED TO ADD: My friend Victoria had a great point, the one w/ the glass top would sell faster because it's the more popular one! also, Hubby was not too happy when he got home and i had moved the curvy one back into it's spot and put the long one aside to take to the store on Wed....I have to figure this out by Wednesday!!! Uggghhhh! Still confused in Clovis:)}

{EDITED TO ADD {AGAIN!} : The longer table now sits in my booth at the store! I made the tough decision, now let's hope it sells! THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR INPUT AND TIME, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT!}

i painted my bathroom ceiling...again!

hi all! hope you had a great weekend! i sure did! the store i have a booth in had their 4th anniversary/ grand re-opening sale/open house. it was so much fun hanging out w/ all the girls from the store and visiting w/ friends and family that came in to support my new venture. thank-you friends! and i even sold a chair and ottoman that i had just put in there on friday!!! yippee! God is already blessing this endeavor- i am encouraged that this was the right decision for me! now on to the bathroom ceiling- yes, i painted it again! i decided that the sky w/ clouds was too juvenile for me. i'm sure a better painter could've made a more subtle, sophisticated sky w/ clouds, but alas, i could not. (or else i just didn't have the patience to do so!) anyway, it is now silver! and i love it! i was thinking about painting it silver for a long time and putting this little candlier (not electric, just candles), from the patio in there. until...the owner of the store i'm in bought this candelier! i was love at first sight for me- i don't know how the candelier felt ;)! so i asked her how much she was going to sell it for and she said she'd let me know. so after a couple days, i brought some new stuff into the store- one of them being this chair i had just painted. i was asking angie, the owner, her opinion on what i should price the chair and she said, "i don't know, it might have to go home w/ me!" so i said "i'll trade you the chair for that chandelier!" and she said, okay! plus she gave me $20 for the difference in price! i'll say that was a great deal! so here's the chandy and the silver ceiling in all their glory! i'll be linking up w/ some of the parties in my sidebar, so go check them out when you have time! and keep creating!

a tisket, a tasket, a little picnic basket!

hi all, i've sorta had to neglect my blog for a few days, due to me having to get ready to move in to my new space on the 1st. i will share everything i have been painting with you after i move in- i kinda don't want the locals to see it on the web- i'd rather have everyone visit the store! but, i did decide to share this little picnic basket with you all- afterall, it's not fair to show you NOTHING! SO HERE SHE IS...i have had this awhile, i got it at a yard sale for $2! and i always knew i would paint the top of the basket
-it took going into business to motivate me tho'! i think i will put her in the store and see if she sells:) i used my fave- sea salt from sherwin williams, {of course} here are a few more pics of her...CHECK MY SIDEBAR FOR PARTIES I MAY LINK TO, also linking to fabulous friday's at saving money living life.

70's lamp makeover

happy saturday cottage dwellers! today i'm going to show you something a little scary- but don't be frightened, when this tattered, old, sad excuse for a lamp came to me, i didn't know if there was anything i could do to save her. but who am i kidding? i'll just use what i always use on all my VICTIMS, UH, i mean pieces...PAINT!!!! so simple, yet it has given her new life- you might say a reason to live! here she is when i scooped her up off the street {kinda like richard gere did for julia roberts in "pretty woman"} hehe! and here she is NOW!!! i just spray primed her, painted her w/ my fave "sea salt" from s.w. and antiqued her a little! pretty cute, right? i got 2 of those lamp shades off of craig's list for $10. they were white and green print and cute, just not what i was going for. so i ripped of the green fabric and applied this one. i got this at hancock's for about a $1.50! {1/2 yard} so the lamp was free, i bought a can of spray primer -$3.00, i bought the ribbon at wal-mart for $1.97, i had the sea salt paint, {which was free to me in the 1st place} , and a can of silver paint for $3.00. and a shade for $5.00- so, for less than $15.00 i have a cute new lamp! don't look too closely at the ribbon, i haven't actually glued it on yet! so if it's crooked, that's just because it's only pinned on! have a great weekend and keep creating!

hi my name is Decorating Diva...and i'm a copycat. {story of a headboard}

hi friends,
i'm just going to say it- i have confession to make- i'm a copycat {meow}! when i SEE something i like, i might have to copy it- but only because the original is so lovely, or cute or too expensive for me. in this case it's all about the loveliness Lindy created over at Cottage Hill. she made this exquisite head board out of PLYWOOD people! PLYWOOD! i would never have guessed when i saw the pics, that it was plywood! she did a fantastic job and if you have never been to her blog, please go check it out, she is very talented! she is also hosting a giveaway of one of her very own paintings, visit her to see how you can enter to win! so, i already had a little full size head board {before}

so i decided to paint it black and try my hand at her design. i emailed her to show her how i'm a copycat and she very graciously complimented my version. i asked her if i could do a post about the headboard and she again was gracious! so please go visit her blog- because she deserves all the credit for this one!Thanks Lindy of Cottage Hill! have a great week and keep creating!