Furniture and Useful Art

  • More Life

    And so it goes, I finally had some time, after moving what seems to be about a billion times.   The studio is set up and I am back to work! It feels great having a space to experiment and move fluidly among projects.  Escaping for a half a day at a time or so in some cases and emerging with calm, satisfaction, and color.

    This project was a bit of a challenge, in that it was directly for someone else.  There were specific color schemes in mind, but I wasn’t sure (as I often am not) what my end result will be once I begin a project.  How could I be sure that, once completed it will satisfy?  In the end, I was pleased with the finished product and so was the proud new owner!

  • Useful Art: Breathing New Life into an Old Ugly Thing

    Do you have a piece of pesky furniture that is kinda cruddy and drives you crazy?  I did.  I have this little table that has moved around from one apartment to another, always not quite fitting in.   It was pretty beat up and was quite often considered for garbage, but it was always the perfect table for a plant, or some such thing.  It also belonged to my grandmother, and while I don’t typically have sentimental attachment to things like furniture, I just always hung on to this thing.   It had been long enough and I was tired of it’s creepy brown color and odd stains.  I decided to make it something much more enjoyable to look at.    Sometimes, an old ugly thing can have a little more life to breathe if just given the chance.  Think twice, and make something funky out of an old something lying around your house, come on!