EDGES, CORNERS AND CLOSE UPS ...

it dawned on me while we were

 tagging and taking inventory

last evening ...

I've been refinishing and 
painting furniture since the 8th grade.


mini history lesson here ... when I
was a kid, my Dad let
me tag along to the farm auctions, 
and taught me the art
of bidding ...
 I won't bore you with all of that ... but the roots
run deep.

I'll be 59 in September ... you can do the math.

My Mom and I collectively still have the
 pieces I redesigned, some are at 
her old farmhouse

and some here.

whew

you'd think I'd be weary of this 'vocation' .... 

NOT

part of the process as I paint and redesign,

 apart from letting each piece 'speak' to me

is

trying to imagine where the piece will end up.

Will Mr. and Mrs. Client love it as much as I loved 

designing it?

for the sake of surprise

I'm only going to show edges,

 corners and close ups ...

Susan, the owner of Romancing the Home

informed me she sent 3,000 

full color mailers of the spring gala this weekend.

As humbly as I can possibly utter the words,

"this may be the biggest selling event 

in my history of redesign" ...

which dates back to the 8th grade ... haha

so, for any of you lurking here

 who will be attending the event ....

perhaps, just perhaps you were the client I was daydreaming

about as I redesigned,

  sanded, painted and lovingly stained each piece.

The "pile" is tally-ing up to app. 150 pieces ... 

including, but not limited to

frames

mirrors

 french chairs

industrial cubbies

clock face coffee table

hand lettered/ fatigued signs

upscale repurposed epherma

re-upholstered benches and stools

 vintage German bee skep

bistro finds

tarnished silver

lovely smalls

and a limited stack of garden journals

depicting our potting shed ... signed by Fifi O'Neill

edges, corners and close ups!

See y'all Friday ... 

 Romancing the Home

Lake Forest, IL

10-5

March 9-10