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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IN LOVE WITH BLUE!!!

I LOVE BLUE RIGHT NOW, I'M PAINTING EVERYTHING BLUE, AQUA, TURQUOISE, ROBINS EGG,ETC. I JUST SOLD 2 OF THESE NIGHT STAND/END TABLES ON MONDAY AT THE SHOP, THEY WERE ONLY THERE SINCE THURSDAY NIGHT! NOW THAT'S HOW I LIKE IT! NOT EVERTHING SELLS THAT QUICKLY, BUT IT SURE IS NICE WHEN IT DOES! THE DAY I BROUGHT THE BENCH IN ANOTHER DEALER IN THE SHOP PUT DIBS ON IT, WE MIGHT TRADE, BUT I LIKE DOING THAT, NO $ OUT OF POCKET FOR EITHER OF US, SO IT'S A WIN/WIN! 

 I BOUGHT THIS PRETTY CHAIR FORM THE SHOP OWNER, IT WAS ALREADY BLUE/GREEN, BUT IT LOOKED A LITTLE TOO DIRTIED UP FOR MY TASTE, SO I GAVE HER A QUICK SPRAY OF RUSTOLEUMS 2X THE COVERAGE IN AQUA, THEN I GLAZED HER W/ WHITE, AND FINALLY GLAZED HER W/ R.L. TEA STAIN GLAZE. JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF DIRTY AKA "ANTIQUED". SHE IS OUR DESK CHAIR AND I LOVE HER!

 I WAS PAINTING THIS FRAME FOR A CHALKBOARD FOR THE STORE, BUT THEN I DECIDED I LOVED IT TOO MUCH TO PART WITH. SO IT'S HANGING ON MY FRONT PORCH TO WELCOME YOU!

 AND I JUST THREW THIS LITTLE PIC IN OF MY SWEET LITTLE VIOLAS IN A SWEET LITTLE BLUE POT ALSO ON THE FRONT PORCH. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE COLOR RIGHT NOW? I KNOW ALOT OF YOU HAVE INSPIRED ME WITH THE BLUE ON YOUR BLOGS SO I'D LOVE TO HEAR WHAT OTHER COLORS YOU LOVE TOO! UNTIL NEXT TIME, KEEP CREATING! ~DEANNA
PS. I'M LINING TO SOME FUN PARTIES, POPP ,

 

PS. I'M LINING TO SOME FUN PARTIES, POPP , 

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!

master bedroom-almost done???

well, in the 8 yrs i've lived in this house i never have finished my master bedroom. you all probably can relate, it's always last on the list. so this year i decided it was time for a change and this time i really want to finish the whole room. so i painted the walls a soft creamy yellow, purchased new bedding at marshall's , new nite stands at a thrift store and painted them to match. i got a few little birdies for my nite stand and put out my hubby's grandpa's old camera and binoculars, but other than that, i haven't done much to accessorize.  mainly becuz i've run out of money for the room for the time being and partly becuz i don't know what i want to do. i think i need something over the bed, but what? should it be square, rectangle, i've already tried round and that didn't work. and don't even get me started on the wall above the dresser! all that is on there is our ancient t.v. and i threw up a frame and some plaster thingy's but they're just not doin' it for me. sometimes it's waaay easier to decorate someone else's home or room than your own. know what i mean? so here it is so far...i am linking up to popp @ domestically speaking and to tuesday's treasures @ my uncommon slice of suburbia 
and @ re~store interiors "restored it wed party  {sheesh! i finally fixed the other problem on my blog and now i have to address this problem w/ the photos not going where i want them to! ususally i would just drag and drop them where i want them, but now they won't let me do that. i can only move them left,right, or center and i can't put them in any sort of order unless i upload them that way! uggghh! why does it have to be complicated???}

i'm still here! and a WINNER!!!!!!!!!

hi all, i'm still here. i've just been a bit busy and more than a little disheartened w/ the state of my blog. it's a mess! i'm hoping to have a professional work on it next month after i get paid! so until then please stay with me! i appreciate all of you who visit, read and look at my blog. i don't know if it looks like it to you, but on my end it has no right side. as in my followers, popular posts , etc, are now at the bottom of the page. unless i click on a specific post and not the blog "home" page, i can't see all the right side stuff! it's VERY frustrating! so, just wanted to let you know what's going on! NOW FOR MORE POSITIVE NEWS; USING THE RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR I HAVE SELECTED A WINNER FOR THE SMALL "NEST" PAINTING I DID...DRUM ROLL PLEASE~~~~~~~~~~TA-DA! IT'S SUZANN FROM "SHABBY ESP" . CONGRATS SUZANN, JUST SEND ME AN EMAIL W/ YOUR ADDRESS AND I'LL SHIP THIS LITTLE BEAUTY RIGHT OUT TO YOU! {detayls34@gmail.com}

ballard inspired medallion plaques-oh my!

greetings crafty, decoratin', artsy gals! i've recently been working on my master bdrm. i painted the walls a very creamy yellow called "french vanilla" from s.w. bought new bedding from marshalls,painted new(used) nite stands and now i've added some custom art. i saw these in ballards catalogue online and fell. in. love. so i set about making my own. my m-i-l/f-i-l gave me a whole buncha oak shelves from their built in bookcases that they were having re-done. they knew i'd find a a use for them! (sidenote: i feel so blessed when people think of me before they throw something in the trash! seriously! i love it!) so i painted them the same color as my nite stands using a $6 sample pot'o paint from s.w. it's called "sleepy blue" and i heart this color! anyway they were already an off white so i didn't need to prime them or anything. then i transferred this damask design onto the front. i would have liked to have used a different design, but alas, my printer is down and i couldn't print off any new designs. and i certainly don't have the patience to do it all free hand! when i free hand(and i often do) i like to do more free form stuff. this just required something more structured. so, first i filled in w/ wicker white acrylic, next i used a lighter brown color, and finally accented it all w/ a dark brown. after that was dry, i glazed the entire piece w/ ralph's "tea-stained" glaze. i stapled some twine to the back from which to hang them and voila! pretty/free art for my master bdrm! and don't worry- i didn't leave the mirror there that's where the new medallion plaque resides. i made one for each side of the bed over the nite stands. also the nite stands have hardware! i'll get some better pics soon-i hope! :) i'll show you them in the bedroom when it's sorta more done- and i have my new camera that i ordered! also, i'll be linking up @ domstically speaking's popp
oh yeah, don't forget to go to this post and leave a comment for a giveaway!
  {i'm having trouble w/ my blog...things aren't in the right place all the time and i can no longer drag and drop the photos where i want them- so excuse the mess , while i pray for a miracle! if you can help me, let me know! please! and thank-you!}

omg! 100 followers! and a few random things....

omg! i just logged on and we finally hit 100 followers! yay! i'm so excited and grateful to you all! i promised a giveaway when i hit 100 followers so here's how it will work; you have to be a follower to enter, just leave a comment on thus post to enter and i'll randomly pick a winner on st patty's day. i don't know why, that day just sounded good when i looked at the calendar!:) and it'll give everybody a chance to enter. if you remember i said i would gie away something like this piece i painted of the word nest w/a little nest under it.  so everybody join in the fun! who doesn't like a free pretty for their home??? also, i can customize it for your home, you pick the colors! fun,fun,fun!
          okay, now for the random stuff. i finally sold something in the store that i consign in "the next door".

it was this black coffee table/trunk. i'm so excited! i just put the turquoise-y green dresser in there and a chair and a little bookcase. and i just got a job to paint a lady's hutch! thank-you God for all the sales/business! having 3 kids and a thrifting-gotta-paint-everything-in-sight-habit can get expensive!!!!!! i am so thankful that this is what i get to do for fun and get paid for it!

turquoise-y green dresser

sometimes i paint something a color because it was a $4 oops can of paint. and then sometimes i wonder, "why did i do that???" sometimes i walk by this dresser and i like it and other times i hate it!!!! some paint colors are like that to me. does that ever happen to you? i had to edit the coloring of the pic to represent a truer version of this color.it's not really this bright, but this is as close as i can get it.;( it's definitely more green. it did not come out right on my camera phone. i painted it with this color that i thought was kind of turquoise green. then i glazed it w/ a black glaze to tone it down. i really don't know if i like it at all. at any rate it's going into the store where i consign stuff (not the one i pay rent in, cuz it's FULL!) And we'll see if it sells. if not i can always paint it cream later! cest la vie!

a little cabinet make over

today i'm going to share a little cabinet make over from a few months ago. i got this cabinet from my neighbors, they were getting new furniture so they put several pieces out on the curb w/ a free sign on them. my hubby saw that and came and told me straight away. we grabbed the hand truck and proceeded to take it ALL!!! i still have 3 of the pieces in my home. a couple items like 2 night stands and a dresser went to the kids rooms and didn't make it out alive.:( sad too, cuz they were that french provincial style that we all know and love, but none the less flimsy. anyway, i digress- the piece i am sharing today is one that resides in my dining "room" to hold all of the kids craft/school supplies and our phone books. it is a great storage piece. when i got it about 6-7 years ago it was a dark wood tone w/ a weird eagle design in gold. i wish i had pics, but that was waaay b4 blogging entered my life! so i painted it a peachy color and hand painted vines and flowers on it. i left it that way until just recently in dec. i was changing my house to incorporate some blues. at that point i decided to make it over w/ some paint i got at the ReStore. then i glazed her w/ R.L. tea stained tinted glaze. i've kept the original handles all this time. i like to use original hardware whenever i can. a) it saves $$$, b) it usually goes with the piece because it was what was on it when built so it goes w/ the style and lines of the piece. that is not to say i don't ever change hardware, sometimes the hardware is too ugly to keep and sometimes i just want to give the piece a new look entirely and that can be achieved easily with hardware. i really like how it turned out, definitely a simpler version for me. what do think??? (linking to these fine parties: