Tuckahoe Home & Garden Tour

One of the houses on this year's Home & Garden Tour was a beautiful craftsman home that had been recently built and placed on the market: 3020 N. Underwood Street. I was fortunate enough to stage several pieces, including a secretary & chair, 3 occasional tables, a green farmhouse bench, and rocking chairs on the front porch. All pieces were painted with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. I offered one of my occasional tables as a raffle prize (winner's choice), and the French Linen table was claimed. The winner also purchased the table in Provence. :)

Chair painted Country Gray and finished with clear & dark waxes.
Seat reupholstered in natural linen.

Secretary exterior was painted in Country Grey and finished with

Clear and Dark waxes. Interior painted in Duck Egg Blue and

lattice hand-stenciled in Old White, protected with Clear Wax.

Farmhouse Bench repainted with Antibes Green.
Finished with clear & dark waxes.

Close-up of bench aged with dark wax and sanding.

Rocking Chairs in French Linen (no wax)

Side table in French Linen, clear & dark waxes

Side tables in Paris Grey (left) and Provence (right)

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Silhouettes

I've played around with creating custom silhouettes digitally using Adobe Illustrator. I start with a digital photo, creating an outline using the pen tool. I love the way they look! Of course they pale in comparison to the artwork that silhouette artists create with paper and scissors, which is what I have on my mantle, but this is a fun project that I have enjoyed exploring and doing for friends.

Owl Silhouette Project

The animal of the moment for Au is the owl. This summer she has devoured Kathryn Lasky's fiction series The Guardians of Ga'hoole . Au selected the species for the project based on their characteristic sizes and profiles. I created silhouettes in Adobe Illustrator based on the photographs Au found at owlpages.com . Next we will print and frame them for her room.

Grey Wrought Iron Bed - From Big Box to Couture

In this project, we take a brand new reproduction wrought iron bed purchased from an online outfit and gift it with the Annie Sloan Chalk Paint treatment. The result is a customized, couture piece that complements a carefully styled renovated Arlington home. Together with the clients, we decided to paint the bed in Paris Grey by Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. We then protected the finish with two coats of Annie Sloan's Clear Wax. This photo of the completed project gives you a glimpse of the silky and smooth finish achieved through the paint process with Annie Sloan's product line. I absolutely adore this bed purchased by the client from wayfair.com . The name of the bed seems to change, but at the moment is called the LaRoche Panel Bed in Aged Bronze. We were amazed by the white glove treatment by the Wayfair delivery team. While we love the current color of the bed, the sheen of the finish gives away its reproduction/Big Box Store pedigree...

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