Painted furniture pieces....

Hi Everyone!  I wanted to call this post Stand and Stool but every time I typed stool it made me think of a toilet (blame it on my day job working at plumbing shop) so I had to change it.

As most of you know, I've been getting ready for the first Open House at my studio.  This past weekend I was busy building and enlisted the help of my wonderful Mother to paint some pieces for me.  I kept my mother busy!  Here are two of the items I gave her to paint. 

 This sweet three-legged stand would make a great display stand in the corner of a room...

 ...or as a plant stand.  It had been painted a wine color, but I decided it needed to be lighter and more neutral, so I gave it to my mom to spray paint with Heirloom White paint....

 ....then she gave it back to me and I did a little light distressing to it to show a little of the wine color.  Don't you just love those legs!

I got this over the winter at a junk store in the next town for $2.00.  One of the legs had come unattached to the top so I reattached it and reenforced the other legs as well.  I love this little stool, but it needed some color....

 ...and color it received!  It's a very pretty green apple color that my mom picked out for a different piece that I'll be sharing soon....

 ...so I decided to have her use it on this piece.  After she painted it, I distressed it and really like the way the sanded areas changed to a lime green color.  It looks really cool in person.  And again, I love those legs!  I still have to wax this piece but I just couldn't wait to share it with you.

...Didn't my mom do a great job!  I gave her an SUV full of items to paint on Friday and she finished them all by Sunday afternoon...Donna's Do It Shop (that's what she calls it when she helps me out) was busy cranking out the items this weekend...it's a good thing that I'm her only client!  She's working on painting the base coat for me on two of the items that I built this weekend.  Thanks for all your help Mom!  Both of these items will be for sale at my Open House, so if you're in Southwest Iowa over Memorial Weekend, contact me and I'll send you directions.  Thanks for stopping by!

A black stand...

Hi Everyone!  I thought I'd share with you tonight one of the custom orders I finished and delivered this week to a repeat client.  Can I just say how much I love repeat customers!  They are the best.

 This the fourth stand like this that I've made for this client. 

 It's easy to make using 1x12's and 1x4's cut down for the body and shelves. 

 I think it takes me longer to sand and paint it than it does to build it.

 I used two 1x8's for the top.  They allow for the best overhang without wasting lumber.

 And here it is finished and painted black.

A look from three sides....

...and Bo just had to get in the picture.  I delivered it Wednesday night to a very happy client.  Wednesday (yesterday) was a busy day for me.  I had to work all day, took three orders for signs, sold a mess of Christmas decorations to another repeat client and then delivered this.  Now I need to get busy working on those signs.  I hope you're having a great week too.  Thanks for stopping by.

Stand remake...

Hi Everyone!  I hope your weekend is going well.  Mine is busy.  I delivered Odin's stand after work yesterday and my client loved it.  She was giving it to him later in the day.

Before work yesterday I started a remake of a little stand.  I got this stand 11 years ago when I was living in a small apartment.  It's a plant stand but I use it to hold a lamp in a dark corner.  Since I'm changing the colors in my studio, I also need to change the color of the stand.

Here's what it looked like this morning before I got started.  

 I cleaned the surface and then painted it with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Louis Blue.

 Then when I got home from work I painted it in Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Old White.  And lightly sanded the top and the sides.

 I applied both Louis Blue and Old White to the metal scrolls leaving a few spots plain so it looks like it had chipped off.  I decided not to do the whole base, just the scrolled areas.

I think it looks better and will definitely fit better in the dark corner of my studio.  Now I just need to repaint the lamp that resides on this stand.  I finished painting the walls for the second time last night.  I still need to paint the trim but I think I'll do that down the road.  Today I'm going to begin moving furniture around.  I still need to box up some of the items that I no longer have room for in the space.  I also have to move a large work table in that I made and paint it.  I have a very long to do list.  And the push is on because I have company coming a week from Tuesday and I want to have the majority of it done by then.  On that note, I need to get to work.  Thanks for stopping by.

Linking to:
http://shadesofamberinc.blogspot.com/2012/07/chalk-paint-link-party_17.html
http://www.myrepurposedlife.net/2012/07/catch-as-catch-can-82.html
http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2012/07/make-it-pretty-monday-week-6.html