Cute Bird End Table

I love all the decorative hand painted furniture I see on blogland lately.  These people have some serious TALENT!    I thought to myself.... "I  can do this!"  I didn't want to dive in a huge piece and screw it up chance having to repaint it due to my not so steady hand. I searched for some images online, and settled on a small pair of birds. I mixed up some homemade chalk paint in a light blue and painted the piece is two coats. Then I got to work with the image.  That looked easy enough......

Here is the  BEFORE:

She was quite scuffed up and I had nothing to lose right? Okay so here she is....

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Okay so she isn't the grandest in blogland but I thing she turned out pretty cute for my first try!   I definitely think that I will try again with some decorative painting!
What do you think? Go easy on me! ;) lol

Lovely in Lilac

I never thought I would be scared of color. I mean who doesn't love bold statement pieces?
But when a customer wanted a HUGE china cabinet in her dining room painted LILAC,  I'll have to admit,..... I kinda freaked. I was scared it would look like a big BARNEY in her room!
BOY WAS I WRONG. This piece turned out so stunning that I will never again questions a bold color choice. EVER. I am glad we decided to go way darker purple inside. It really set the piece off. See for yourself...

BEFORE: (I apologize in advance for the  horrible picture quality)

 AFTER:

She is actually S T U N N I N G!

Racin' Stripes!

My son thinks he's grown now, and he decided (at 11yrs old) that he needs a "man cave".
WHAT???!!!
He wants a futon and a coffee table! HA! HA!
Maybe he'll do his homework on it without me asking him THREE TIMES?
*sigh ......a mother can only wish. ;)
I started his "man cave" by transforming his bookshelf/cabinet with some racin' stripes!
I tried out a recipe I found HERE on making my own chalk paint. Worked GREAT! (I used the Calcium Carbonate)

He thinks they are pretty cool...errr.....manly?

We'll see about the futon! ;)