Faux finish

My adorable husband will never know I spilled red paint on the frieze carpet in our office... I knew better than to use this color of paint on  such a small dropcloth.But, all of my blog followers can keep a secret, right???Perhaps a pinkie swear is in order.On second thought.....my…

I have a decorator....who has impeccable taste..... She has a client.....who has an amazing home...... (see the before and after mounts) And they ordered antlers .... mounted on wooden mounts..... And asked me to paint the wood mounts in a distressed gray. They apparently are wayyyyyyyy further in their decorating walk than I am.....cuz'…

                                                                            (my new office)I keep seeing subway art popping up everywhere on blogs, ETSY and Pinterest (darn another time stealer!!!!!!!).  I totally wanted to buy one, but knew I could make one.I had a huge canvas in my paint room that I painted black. Then I asked my friend Melissa if…

(before) We have had a string of zebra projects lately....and I love it. This is an old cabinet a client of mine asked me to paint. It was very broken in....stained, crackled, chipped, beat up.....(sounds like my fingernails actually).I thought it was genius that she wanted to do a funky…

This is the "before shot" on my clients ordinary formal dining room table. And this is the SWEEEEEEET "after finish" that my sister in law did for me. The designer wanted the table to match the trim on the bottom of the chair covers. I would tell ya all how…