MIRROR MIRROR ...

There are days when I feel like a doctor.

One of my clients ( who happens to be a shopkeeper) 

hands me 5-10 projects a week, and usually adds the tag line ...

"see if you can fix this" ...

okay, right, how?

I think not!

yes, you're seeing this right ... a frame missing about 50% of it's carved molding.

And you want me to fix that?

I think not ...

Each week we pull together 3-5 old frames, touch them up with

paint

stain

 and gold leaf ...

 put glorious pieces of art in them.

They sell instantly.

BUT

 we're talking broken, missing and downright ugly ...

and you're telling me to "do something with it" ...

that leaves me wide open doesn't it?

as in pitch it ...

Not so much.

I took a little snooze and woke up with the remedy right on the tips of my fingers.

tattered shreds of

 old ledgers glued to all the missing areas of the frame ... 

an ah-ha moment to be sure.

let me just add ... 

You'll need the patience of JOB

here.

 tatter the paper, glue, sand, stain and let dry .... 

this took two or more hours.

but worth all the fretting and stewing ...

wouldn't you say?

magically transformed ...

just call me Doc ...

ledger ledger on the wall

Tell me ... who is

 fairest of all?

please mosey on over to Lake Forest

next weekend

I will be showing 'piles' of these frames and mirrors, along with more finds

too many to mention.

"the reveal" is Friday morning at 10:00 am

hope to see you 

at Romancing the Home

March 9-10