The week I fixed a bunch of frames and painted a cabinet
and a dog!
Everything is coming up RED, WHITE, AND BLUE
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| WAIT TILL YOU SEE WHAT THIS CABINET USED TO LOOK LIKE! |
I call this post, "The everything post." I have had a busy 10 days. With a wholesale show coming up (High Point Furniture market), I have been crammed. Plus dealing with everything that life has thrown my way, I am one busy chick. I am going to start with the cabinet, because I did that first.
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There are drawers with this, too, but for some reason I photographed it without the drawers! What!!!
Also, don't look at my messy studio. |
I lightly sanded this and then went to town painting it I wanted it to look as close as possible to an antique old painted cabinet that I loved but couldn't afford. LOL.
This was the cabinet that I loved (the one on the left). This is like 1825 and original and way expensive, like $100,000 PLUS.
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The top picture is an old cabinet. LOVE THE TINY PULLS, but my cabinet's pulls are a little clunky....OH well!
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I love the old cracked patina of this and the blotchy white spots on the painted cabinets.
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| After more work |
So in this shot (above), I have added more chipping and lighter blue spots. This was imperative to pull that old look off. Actually, this looks better than in the photo. Each day, I have worked a little on it. The white cabinet's interior is also very cracked and chippy looking. LOVE IT.
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| LOVE #grunge |
So what else did I do this last 10 days? Well, I worked on some paintings that I have had around that I have meant to list on KOLENESPICHER Etsy, but have not had time. Here is what I did!
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| I should call this painting "How many times can you paint this frame." I think this is three... |
Truthfully, I think I will keep these two. I am in love with sailors. I love this HOPE IS AN ANCHOR painting, too. I truly believe the hope that God places inside us is like an anchor that helps us weather the storm.
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| In this picture, you can see that the ANCHOR painting was painted black. |
I painted this black because I felt the other frame was a distraction. It was so ugly, it needed something. It's like having a perfect smile with a missing tooth. (NOT that my painting was perfect...) but you get the point.
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| This painting was unframed. I had this frame sitting around but it needed painted. I have two different colors in the graining. The inside graining has a definite red tint |
I happen to think the black makes the whole painting pop. I had it all grained at the beginning, but it needed something...
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| Everything looks better on #spichervintagevinyl |
Lastly, this last 10 days, I painted this guy. This makes No. 14! I think he is a sweet boxer. His name is King Louie! They called him Lou. He just went to Doggy heaven. I had to paint him next because I love his owner :( SO sad. Louie lives on through this painting...
Enjoy your day.
Kolene Spicher
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