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 I'm busy planning a b-day party..I shopped all day and now I'm cleaning and decorating...I'll share photos tomorrow.

Features & Simply Creations Link Party # 51

 features

What awesome color choices for a teen's bedroom! By It All Started With Paint

 Another fab redo by Cassie from Primitive & Proper. Love the ruffled curtains and the bedding.

 Mustard yellow buffet turned to a TV cabinet by Lolly Jane Boutique .

I have a $50 gift card giveaway going on now for Shabby Apple

click here to enter

 on to the party

and

{ please pin from original owners website..give them the credit...thanks }

Simply Creations Friday Link party rules

1. Link up a craft, sewing project, furniture renovation, tutorials,room makeover, organizing or a food item, you can link up as many times as you want, just make sure you link to the direct page the project is on.
Link up your etsy shop here 

2. Please add my button to your post or anywhere on your blog, you can find it on the right side of this page

3. Please be sweet and visit at least a couple other links. Everyone loves comments or a new friend.

4.  Follow me so you can join my next party and feature giveaways 

By entering your link, you are giving me permission to use any part of your post including pictures in a feature on Simple Home Life.

A Nightstand and A Bedroom Set

This is the nightstand that matches the twin bedroom set I painted for a client 

the before

 

 These are the headboards 

and the before

cute color and design but they wanted white and distressing and bits of blue & wood showing through

All the white paint is the same "White Dove" by Benjamin Moore

The dresser, they did not pick out the hardware yet.

the dresser before

 the drawers 

The mirror for the dresser

I forgot to get a before picture but it matches the rest of the blue set

These are the bunk-beds I painted & distressed

and the before

 

picture courtesy of my clients

 I also painted and distressed all of the boards that go with the beds.

 I enjoy my job very much.....Its even better when my clients get excited to see the outcome. 

I will be sharing my work at link parties

click here to see the ones I attend.

Also if you haven't entered yet I have a giveaway going on now to win a $50 gift card to Shabby Apple!

GIVEAWAY CLOSED: A GIVEAWAY : $50 Gift Card To Shabby Apple!

I'm so honored to host another sponsored giveaway by Shabby Apple! This time you get to win a $50 gift card! That means you get to pick what you want. 

You must check out there beautiful new "Mad Hatter Collection" I'm loving everything in this collection.

You might just feel like Alice in a wonderland

 I just love the vintage inspired and modern looks Shabby Apple has to offer.

 pretty jewelry and accessories including shoes, bags, belts, hair details and so much more.

They even have fun arts and crafts section with items for you home, bath and great gifts to give!

They also have skirts,shoes, swim wear, fitness, blouses and children's clothes and a great sale section!


The dress I need want is the "Alice" dress


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The Telephone Table

 This is the awesome telephone table that I painted for a client. I just wish it was mine now.

The beautiful color is del mar blue code-704 by Benjamin Moore.

The before

 lovely mug and saucer made by my sister Liz.

 the color looks more bold in these photos

and the details

They wanted distressing so I sanded and scraped areas that would normally wear naturally so the seat, edges and the legs were distress more.

I'm going to share the rest of the pieces on Sunday...I'm going to try and stay away from work this weekend.

 My Simply Creation's Link Party is also on until Sunday if you would like to join and share your work!

I love sharing my work also - click here to check out the link parties I attend

Features & Simply Creations Link Party # 50

 My link party is late tonight, I had to drive an 1 1/2 to help a family member out so basically I drove for 3 hours and I just finished making cupcakes for my son who is turning 8 tomorrow and I wanted him to bring them in for his class.  I also was able to go to Hobby Lobby for the first time in my life. Its defiantly different then my average craft store. It was only 8 minuets from where I had to go so I had to go. I did only have 20 minuets to look around but I basically went straight to the wood numbers section and picked up three. I can't believe how cheap they are there. Then I went to the knob section which I had to ask a stranger where that was because it seems like they had one person working. I bought a bunch of knobs, not remembering what needed knobs but they were 50% off...what a deal. Anyway I'll stop my rambling and get to the quick features tonight.

Love the mix match chairs and this paisley table top by Lovely etc...she always amazes me. 

 Along with A Girl and Her Paint brush's beautiful work. Love this red desk/vanity, its the perfect shade.

 By Wilma covered a lampshade is a fun fabric, that owl is pretty cute also.

 Now on to the party

and

{ please pin from original owners website..give them the credit...thanks }

Simply Creations Friday Link party rules

1. Link up a craft, sewing project, furniture renovation, tutorials,room makeover, organizing or a food item, you can link up as many times as you want, just make sure you link to the direct page the project is on.
Link up your etsy shop here 

2. Please add my button to your post or anywhere on your blog, you can find it on the right side of this page

3. Please be sweet and visit at least a couple other links. Everyone loves comments or a new friend.

4.  Follow me so you can join my next party and feature giveaways 

By entering your link, you are giving me permission to use any part of your post including pictures in a feature on Simple Home Life.

What's In Stock

I'm painting a lot this week. The custom pieces I finished two weeks ago is moving out on Saturday, which means more space so that I can work on more items at once. I can't wait to share those pieces with you. My favorite is the telephone table and I will post that tomorrow. 

I finished painting the nightstand I mention earlier it just needs a finish and a knob. I order some pretty milk glass knobs for another piece and order more supplies for my knobs that I make. I have a big order to fill as soon as they come in the mail. 

I also have a very interesting floor lamp to share when its complete. I'm very excited that I'm going to have some great pieces to post about.

any who here are some other items in my studio awaiting to be worked on.

the pictures below are not the prettiest....this is my work area

 This is a great dresser for paper drawer fronts, I already have the paper picked out. This is also the heaviest dresser I have but it does have casters! The goodies on top are a vintage wood toolbox i scored from a school yard-sale and a piece of old molding that already have chipped paint.

Were lucky to have big back rooms to fill with pieces. I have two large mirrors on the left and metal stools, shelves, bar stools, chair and two very ugly lampshades. The black and gold one is in the process of getting the fabric removed, its going to be a very cool wire pendant light.

This area holds nightstands, side tables and the tall cabinet is glass. Someone glued paper on the front, I will be using tons of goo gone to remove that. To the left are some record side cabinets? I'm not sure what I'll do with those but my guy put them down here.

The nightstand to the right is the one I just finished. Underneath it is a small side table that has a magazine rack. There are some shelves and behind all of this is a very nice full size Pennsylvania House headboard.

There is actually another drop-leaf table similar to this one now and we just got a small drop leaf side table yesterday.

We are keeping it organized and trying to group similar items together. This area has all the chairs and a set of 4 butcher block bar-stools. Oh and the Victorian couch. It needs wood repair work and new fabric. I'm ordering a new pneumatic staple gun so when I get that then I'll tackle the upholstery jobs.

and last the two lovely chairs in need of love. 

I have another area filled with wood, a old column and a very old pedestal table.

I know I have a lot, I actually have more since these photos were taken. At least I know I have enough for the Sowa this spring and fall.