Painting fabric on chairs and random stuff

It just seems strange to paint fabric I admit~

but I have been thrilled with the results every time I try it.

 Here is the before and after of a french chair. Side by side this pair used to be the same. First thing I did was to paint the entire thing in a coat of Old White Chalk Paint®.  Then I did one more after it dried.

The upholstery was a quilted style heavy fabric in gold.

It really take more paint to cover fabric than it does wood.

You can water down the paint a bit, but not a lot.

After it dries sand it lightly with 500 grit paper so it feels 

soft and smooth.  Yes, it sands nicely and feels so soft!

Next step:  I waxed it with a mix I made out of Annies soft wax 

and mineral spirits.

Just making the wax a little easier to spread over the fabric

 I added about 1 part mineral spirits to two parts wax in a plastic cup. 

 It has the consistency of soft butter.

 This photo was after I used it...but this is how I applied the 

softened wax over the seat. Just like you would wax a dresser,

 rub it in and around and spread it nice and evenly. I did not

 have to remove any excess as I applied it carefully without globbing it!!!

After waxing it feels kind of like a soft leather! 

Its quite amazing...a little dark wax to the chair frame 

and this chair has a whole new look!

Pretty french chair in Old White!

 This is the cabinet I made for a shop display for the 

Pearl Plaster and all that other good stuff~

 Finishing up this mammoth brass chandelier~I keep working on

 it and working on it...it might never be done! Just kidding Melissa!

 This pretty vanity will be the next piece to get the 

Maison Decor treatment~what color do you think it should be?

 A faded blue mora clock heads out to her new home~

 on the heels of this cream colored mora!

I think the easter egg colors look so pretty on these clocks.

A student from Sunday's class fell in love with my Silvery Grey Sideboard.

She came in my shop today and bought it!

Its so exciting for me to see one of my creations go home with someone.

On another note~this sideboard was painted by one of my 

students, Eugenia! I think she did a fantastic job on it. I think she said

it was Olive, but it kind of looks like Chateau Grey....

Whatever it came out really cool.

Thats it from my little corner of the world~

hope you are getting a chance to flex your creative muscles~

'cause it feels sooooo good!

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Maison Decor has floor sized Mora Clocks!

 Earlier I hinted at a big surprise I had for you~

its no surprise how much I love the mora clock, 

so you must know I  was super excited to finally

 get the floor sized reproduction for my shop!

 The floor size model is very similar to the wall model with a few differences. Its much deeper 

at 9" deep to the wall model's 3" depth. Its also a lot taller at over six feet tall coming in at 75.5".

It has an antiqued mirror in the pendulum hole, which the wall mora does not.

These wall moras are in distressed Old White and Faded Louis Blue. 

All are finished with an antique glaze to give them a worn and aged look.

 I am in love with this big guy! Its as big as a person!!

I have two out in the shop right now

that customers have already purchased from my online shop, 

so I have been busy getting them painted and glazed.

They have a  pretty simple country shape from the  scalloped base to the crown.

 This mora, like the wall clock,  runs on one AA battery and is silent so you won't hear 

that tick tick ticking that can drive you insane...(some one asked and it is important to know!)

The clock above is painted in Paris Grey with antique glaze.

The antiqued mirror inside the pendulum area~

The Old White clock is next~I'll be antiquing her tomorrow and then sending her 

along to her new home.  The floor clock will also be available in faded Louis Blue as 

seen above on the wall Mora. As soon as I get it finished I'll share it with you.

So that was my big surprise!! Big moras!  Valentines Day 

will be coming up in two weeks....I hope to do some

 Romantic blog posts about decorating this month.

  Maybe that means an antique pink mora?

Shop for Mora clocks here.

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My living room

 Its been awhile since I posted on my living room~

I have a new old coffee table now. 

Kind of like a tea table I guess~its tall

and its handpainted and very old and I love it!

 All kinds of little scenes and floral bits are

 painted freely around the top and the legs~

 The main color is blue, and its got that feminine french style that I love.

 Betsy Speert told me to put myneedlepoint stool underneath 

it as there was too much of a blank space there and she was so right!

 So this country table is my newest favorite thing~

 I don't add much anymore to the house as I am so

 busy with the store, so this little addition

 just made me all excited about the room again.

 This Paris Grey Mora reproduction was just finished and I told a customer I would 

photograph it so she could make a decision~

I decided to bring it home and show how it looks

in a fairly neutral setting~

 So here is the Paris Grey clock on my wall~

compare it to the pale Louis Blue one below.

 Hope that helps her make up her mind a little easier~

 Dillon is recovering from a torn ACL and he had serious surgery

 is now on the mend.  He loves to sit in front of the fireplace

 to warm himself. He is a darling and we

 have been nervous wrecks about him!

My living room with the new old table. Nice, huh?
PS~My walls are painted 
Benjamin Moore color #1515 Natural Elements
but its made up in the Valspar Signature paint formula from Lowes.

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