New Year's Day Paint the Town Party!!

Escape the endless roll of Bowl Games, and hurry over to TLC Vintage Collection 9 am to 5 pm New Year's Day! Open workshop all day. Hands on instruction as you paint a piece of decor or furniture for me in the shop! Of course, if you want to buy something or paint and materials, you certainly can. But heaven knows, there is plenty of my stuff there to paint!

Bring some wine  if you like, and I will provide plenty of things to munch on if you get hungry. Stay as long as you like. But careful, I may have you paint a wall if you aren't careful! Or you can purchase one of Annie's new books, Work Book and work on some pages right in my workshop!

Let's Paint the Town and have some fun! We'll stir up some new ideas for decorating in 2013! Meanwhile, here are some things that are happening in the shop right now! The possibilities are endless!

 

Due to arrive Sunday, a fireplace mantel for the north wall! Maybe we will paint that if I get it installed!

 

How about a little Gypsy or Boho style! It makes me smile every time!

 

I am not sure what you call this style! But this table is great and has two side tables that need to be painted to match!

Need practice waxing things? Hopefully this china cabinet will be painted completely by Tuesday and you can learn waxing techniques! Stop by and try whatever you like!

Is One Ever Finished?

     My goodness! Such a lot to do if you own a shop! I always knew it was hard work, after all my maternal grandparents were pharmacists and ran a drug store. They could hardly get away for holidays, and I remember from my Uncle Paul's drug store in Charles City what a lot of inventory there was!

Is one ever done with the decorating, adding fixtures, etc! No! Absolutely not, and the changes are what keep bringing people back! I am nearing completion of the tiny entry way -- after nine months! LOL! So what do I do?

 

I am buying this wonderful old oak mantel as a fixture for the wall where I can stage so many things as the months go by! A pseudo living room, pseudo dining room, maybe even a romantic bedroom??? I can't wait to pick this up Wednesday evening! It goes so beautifully with the old checkout counter/display case that we have now!

 

Hmmmm....think I can get both that entry and the big partially finished china cabinet done by then Wednesday night so I can attach this baby to the wall where I want it? Couple dozen things to get done but what fun!

 

 

Quiet Riot Open House Party All Day Today!

Celebrating Annie Sloan's new book "Work Book"! Come sit at my work benches today and play with paint! I've decided to throw open the door and take off the paint can lids. There are practice boards you can paint on at absolutely no charge to see how nice this paint is to work with. Or....

 

you can purchase Annie's book for a mere $25 and do some of the pages and we will upload them to my website and alert Annie of our creativity. The pages she chooses will be pinned to her Pinterest boards!

 

So pop by.....there are goodies to eat and things to drink and paint to play with all day today 8 am to 9 pm!

Quiet Riot Party Dec 13 8 am to 9 pm!

We are throwing a Quiet Riot Party for Annie Sloan's new book called simply "Work Book" on Thursday, Dec 13 from 8 am to 9 pm! Refreshments and shopping all day long. AND, if you want to work on some inspiration pages from Annie's book, we are pulling out all 30 paints from the work bench so you can buy the book and paint in it as long as you like for just $40!

If you already have one of Annie's books, just bring it along and pay $15 to come up with new ideas for you home. We will be doing some special things too! Like creating a Quiet Riot chandelier to be revealed that day in our paint center!

 

What is a Quiet Riot? Well, that is Annie Sloan's term for using a subtle color on the outside of furniture then adding some pizzazz by using a brilliant, unexpected color on the inside, such as a drawer or inside a cupboard!

This wonderful old chandelier was found at a garage sale one rainy day in pieces, lacking wiring and all its crystals! I rescued it and it will become one of those nostalgic chandeliers you may have seen on Pinterest or elsewhere. By party day, the "new" chandelier will grace the paint and fabric area, hanging just over the gorgeous Drexel French Provincial table....See you then!