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!

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
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  {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!}

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: 

hibiscus pink dresser

so ya know that pantone revealed 2011's hottest color to be what they're calling "honeysuckle" pink, right? so, i love pink anyway, but usually i'm drawn to lighter shades of pink, but when i saw that was the pick of the year i had to jump on board! so i got out my sherwin williams paint deck and found this beauty called "hibiscus" -which i think is close to the "honeysuckle" color. so far, i've painted this dresser a doll high chair and a wooden tray for my coffee table in this color-and all w/ a $6 sample from s.w. this dresser is in the shop now .it only cost me $5 on craigslist plus paint and i already had the knobs, they were free to begin with! sorry about the pics-i still don't have a camera (i returned the one i bought-cuz it was just crappy!) so i'm still using my cell phone for a camera! the pic of the dresser better represents the true color of this paint. my plan is to save up for a really nice camera and not waste my time or $$$ on cheapo's! until then, i hope you will con't to visit regardless of the poor photo quality! i'll be linking up to some great parties-check them out if you get a chance! re-stored it wednesday ,   vintage thingie thursday

 

keep creating,

deanna

send me a letter....

this is how the other person hung it, but i chose to hang mine horizontally

{hand painted postmarked stamp}

{i used her maiden name for the street name}

happy friday cottage dwellers! it's a blustery one here in central cal. with rain and wind and cold and maybe even a little snow! which is not the norm for this area! i was watching the news last nite and the weatherman said that it has snowed here about 45 times since 1907. so you can see it's not that often for us, the kids are looking forward to some snow, but i'll believe it when i see it! so on this rainy day, i'm busy creating some art work for my recently redecorated bedroom. i should have some pics to share w/ you next week. unfortunately the cheap camera that i bought is just that-CHEAP! so the pics leave much to be desired! but i hope you'll bear w/ me until i can get a good camera. now to my feature of the day...i saw this great idea a while ago where someone took an envelope that had been sent to them and had it enlarged @ somewhere like kinkos. then they framed it and hung it vertically. it was a really cool idea for art that meant something to them. unfortunately i cannot find the blog!!! i know i saved it, but since i got my comp. fixed not everything is in the same place, so even though i searched and searched for it, i couldn't find it. so if anyone knows what i'm talking about, please let me know so i can give credit where credit is due. i took their idea and of course changed it a little by painting my own envelope addressed to my grandma ( she passed away when i was 12). for the address i used significant numbers to her aka, her birthday, and i used the city where my dad was born, etc. you get the idea. if you paint it yourself you could personalize it in so many different ways! i'll be linking to these fine blog parties; my romantic home show and tell friday,and and








and finding fabulous, and 

linking to PRIMITIVE AND PROPER'S "PIECE OF WORK PARTY"


 

painted roses

hi girls! i'm going to share some pics i took last month b4 i actually finished this sign. since my camera is broken, i hafta use some older pics to do a post. i'm so bummed, but i know God will provide another camera for me! He always takes care of me no matter how small the need/want is! anyway, here are some pics of some roses i painted on an old panel out of an old wooden door. since these pics were taken i painted the word "roses" in black at the top of the panel and hung it in my kitchen. but i'll hafta show you pics of that later, when i figure out my camera situation! hope you like it and are inspired to paint on anything you can get your hands on! { i'm linking to my romantic home for show and tell friday and saturday nite special at funky junk and here

Love, deanna

WASH, BRUSH, FLOSS AND FLUSH...

REMEMBER THE STORE I TOLD YOU ABOUT? THE ONE I WAS CONSIGNING SOME OF MY PAINTED FURNITURE/ART IN? WELLLL, IT'S BEEN FEATURED ON ANOTHER BLOG-WHICH IS SO COOL, BUT EVEN COOLER- MY "WASH,BRUSH,FLOSS AND FLUSH" SIGN HAS MADE IT ON AS WELL. I SAW A SIGN WITH THIS QUOTE ON IT AND HAD TO DO ONE MYSELF, UNFORTUNATELY I DO NOT REMEMBER WHERE I FOUND THIS ADORABLE SIGN IDEA :( BUT I MADE MY OWN AND CHANGED IT UP A BIT ANYWAY! SO STOP ON OVER TO "THE WEATHERED BUNGALOW" AND SEE ALL THE GREAT STUFF OVER THERE! IT WAS SO UNEXPECTED TO FIND MY ART ON SOMEONE ELSE'S BLOG LIKE THIS! I WAS JUST PERUSING FACEBOOK AND SAW THAT THE NEXT DOOR HAD PUT UP A LINK TO THE WEATHERED BUNGALOWS BLOG AND THE REST IS HISTORY! JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A FUN, EXCITING THING TO SHARE W/ ALL OF YOU WHO ARE SUCH GREAT SUPPORTERS/FOLLOWERS! GOD BLESS AND HAVE A GREAT DAY! {edited to add, this SOLD @ the NEXT DOOR!} YAY!

nest...

ahhh the nest,a place where we are safe and warm, secure and happy, loved and comforted. I guess that's why I love that word so much. I also like to feather my nest so it always has that feeling of comfy cozy. So in honor of all our nests, I painted this sign. I has this small canvas that i primed and painted over some store bought art, that i got at a swap and i painted the word nest and an actual nest on it w/ three little eggs.One for each of my children and i just like things in three's;)!!! It will be going in my booth @ Vintage Charm, but I am going to have a giveaway {for one like it} once we reach 100 followers! and we're sooo close! Thanks for reading/looking! Until next time, keep creating!

~Decorating Diva {and as always, please check out the parties i link up to in my side bar!!}