Table for Ten

I love to buy dining sets.

I do not love to paint dining sets.

It's no secret my favorite French Provincial manufacturer

is White Fine Furniture

This set...yeah, it's made by White

Oh happy day!

Sort of makes me hate painting chairs 

and stripping tabletops a LITTLE less

 The table comes with a pair of leaves, and is able to seat 10

That gorgeous stain?

None other than Gel Stain from General Finishes

(available locally at Marcotte's, right next door to 607!)

I sealed the stain with General Finishes Salad Bowl Finish

(food safe)

The chairs had horrible blue fabric...

I'm not a great upholsterer, so I painted both sides of the back

In Amy Howard at Home's One Step Paint in Linen

and only recovered the seats

The upholstery tacks give it a more finished look, I think

and seriously...how much do you LOVE this fabric?

I have LOTS of it left...looking forward to using it again

You can see this gorgeous table at 607 Vintage Marketplace

M~

She's got Legs...and they are Orchid

We've been SO busy lately!

For starters, I have new colors I have NOT even opened!

I know! I can hardly believe it, either...

I took a bit of a breather the past two days,

focusing not on custom orders or clients, but on a few things I wanted to work on

just for the sake of doing it

The beauty of spring rarely strays far from my thoughts, however

and its lush beauty certainly influenced my color choice

This little cocktail table started out pretty great

How much do you LOVE those long, curvy legs?

It seemed the perfect candidate for 

Amy Howard Home's newest One Step Paint color, ORCHID

This was a really quick project...but I love the finished product

clean lines, simple finish, spectacular color

Here's the finished piece

I wanted to draw attention to those killer legs,

so I applied Amy Howard's Silver Leaf

(no Bole, just Size and Leaf)

Working on this piece today was a great way to quiet my mind

and just focus on creativity and beauty

How about you?  

Is painting simply a means to an end for you, or is it your "me time"? 

I also dipped my brush into one of the new Real Milk Paint colors,

MINTY FRESH

but that's another post!