Saying Goodbye

Saying goodbye is never an easy thing, especially when it's to someone or something you love. As much as I was so very ready for our move, I mean... I was counting down the hours before we were out of there... I never thought that I would get a little emotional during a break while standing in what was going to be considered my "old studio" room.

As I was removing the last items out of that room I stopped for a second and looked at the floor. I realized that a little bit of each piece of restyled furniture that I have ever created was left behind on the gray painted concrete. Random dabs, drips and brushes of color reminded me of those special pieces, each milestones on the path to where I am today. I'll admit it, I teared up a bit. I didn't want to let it go. I didn't want to leave it behind. This is where it all began... my adventures in painting furniture, my leap of blind faith into tons of hard work creating beautiful things for other people. But unfortunately I had no choice but to walk away, so I loaded up what was left, snapped some really quick pictures with my iPhone and didn't look back.

One phase of Retro Restyling stored away in that memory pocket in the back of my brain.

Now Retro Restyling 2.0 has launched in a brand new studio in our new to us home, and I am thankful for the ability to keep pressing on and creating beautiful furniture for others.

From the bottom of my heart, I give many deep thanks to those who started out with me while I launched into what I have become today officially 2 years ago this month. I am eternally grateful for your trust, advice, patience, support and business!!!

xoxoxoxo

Moving

Potential.

Really it's just one word that my fellow DIY husband and I think of when we see this house. Granted, it is a little fugly on the eyes at the moment, but boy does it have potential. It has an enormous amount of living space and you know, they just don't make 'em like they use to. That is a FACT when it comes to this house.

So in 2 days this is where we will be... in that house there ^^^^^.

This is a new adventure for us being first time home owners with an itch to get creative with our surrounding walls. Of course I'll keep you guys up to date on it all...

heck, I might even start a new blog about the process.

:)

Say hello

...to Ms. C's chairs!

These lovely ladies needed some lovin' that's for sure. Just like the table they belong to, they were bumped and scratched up all over the place, but in the long run that proved to be useful during the antiquing process. With a fresh coat of Bitter Chocolate by Behr, they look 20x better than before. If you are wondering what that color is on the backs of the chairs, that would be the custom color I created last year when I painted Anne. I also used it on my knacktastic friend Barb's Christmas gift that I created for her this past winter. The wonderful thing about this color is what you see just above, it tends to morph to the lighting around it. Sometimes it can be grayish, and sometimes it can be this gray-purple color. The fabric I picked for the chairs does the same thing, and I was very lucky to find something to compliment the uniqueness of the paint.

This is just another quarter of the big project I am completing for Ms. C. A china cabinet and buffet are next in line... and be prepared for some bright colors to light up your day! The next two are going to be fantabulous!!!