ART IS BEAUTY

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Caledonia Vintage Marketplace Booth Reveal

Good Morning my Beauties!
I thought I would quick show you my New Booth Reveal!

For those of you that follow on Facebook, you will know my Friend Stephanie and
owner of CALEDONIA VINTAGE MARKETPLACE
Plied me with cake and cookies on Friday during her Grand Opening and used
the Sugar buzz to tempt me to Join her and open a booth
with her....:) (what can I say...I LOVE COOKIES AND CAKE)

So HERE was my spot...My blank slate to do
whatever I want..:)

I loaded up my truck and got to work..
(its funny how when its in your truck you think you have WAY to much
and then you get there and think......I could totally fit MORE in here)

I got to work in my little spot trying to create little vignette's..

I always forget how fun it is to start a new space..

Here it is all coming together...:)

I am sure I will head back and add some more stuff!
I hope you enjoyed this little peak into my new booth.
If you are ever in Caledonia..be sure to stop by and say HI..
Have a BEAUTIFUL day!

http://littleinspiration.com/2013/05/create-inspire-517.html

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Quick Commode Makeover

Good Morning my Beauties! I hope you all had a fantastic and Beautiful
Weekend.
We had a very busy one, with a goodbye party, a Homebrew Competition Party,
and Mothers day. By Sunday night I was TOAST!! But it was so fun to see
so many friends and family...It was worth it.

But Monday I was back to work. I am opening another booth over at
CALEDONIA VINTAGE MARKET PLACE
and I am suppose to be filling it..:)
SO I had to get to it.

I have had this antique commode in my basement for years and when I put in our new
Federal Buffet that I just finished (you can see that post HERE)
it freed this baby up.
We had originally stripped about 80 layers of paint off this thing
when we used to refinish antiques. So you can see how difficult it
was to put some paint on here....:)
So I decided to make a compromise. The drawers and top were in perfect condition
and to cover them would have been heart wrenching to me.
So I painted the more flawed wood of the base of it
with a custom color.

when it was done I waxed and distressed it, and then buffed it.
I think it was a nice compromise to leave some of the wood, yet it still has
the country chic feel.

I hope you enjoyed and I hope to soon be putting pictures up of
the new space..

Until then, Have a BEAUTIFUL day!

http://littleinspiration.com/2013/05/create-inspire-517.html

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Rescued Federal style Buffet Turned Bar

Well Hello my BEAUTIES!!
Did you miss me??
Sorry to stay away but I am sure you understand
the crazy that is 4 kids and sports and school and
pretty much everything needing to be done at ONE time...:)

One of the things I managed to get done just YESTERDAY was THIS!

My Uncle called me on Sunday and said his
Neighbor was cleaning out his basement
and one of the things he had was this Federal Style Buffet.

He asked me if I wanted it.???? WELL YEAH!
FREE...my favorite 4 letter F word!!
My hubby and I went over and picked it up and
a table and chair set...It was funny because as we were picking up the buffet
pieces were popping off of it..and they were worried...I said "I have saved worse than this" :)

Well, you know impatient little ol' me is......I couldn't stand to let this BEAUTY sit..
So as soon as i dropped the kiddos off at school, I pulled out my belt sander and took the
old beat up gouged finish of the top.

I stained it a dark walnut and after fixing all the pieces the had fallen off
and actually having to cut a new piece of wood all together for one of the front legs
I was able to start painting. I mixed up a custom color I like to call garden gate.

Well right as I was finishing waxing and buffing the piece my hubby came home..
His first words were "can we keep it"..??? :)
I had been thinking the same thing, but trying to figure out where in the
world we were gonna put this baby..

Well we finally decided on our basement.
Whenever we have people over for a football game or party
we always line up card tables for food and drink..

well now I got myself a nifty new bar/buffet.
The color goes perfect with our basement and
my still life oil painting. (it was one of my very first oil paintings and took me 2 weeks to do...I got sick in between coats...:))

I am so happy with this piece and the fact that it cost me nothing.
An added bonus was that I got to sit on the porch and visit with my Aunt and Uncle that I rarely get
to see when I went to pick up the furniture. I also had an epiphany while I was rubbing on the stain on the top.
My Grandpa used to be a RUBBER...meaning he used to work for one of our Furniture factories here in Grand Rapids and that was his job. He rubbed stain on the furniture.. It hit me all of the sudden as I was rubbing on the stain
that he used to do the same thing...I never got to meet the man, but it was a nice little moment
while working on this piece..
I hope you like the piece as much as I do,
and I promise to try to not go so long in between posts....(I might have my fingers crossed....You will never know..:))
Have a BEAUTIFUL day and thanks for stopping by!