Hand-painted furniture
by
Atta Girl Amy
(IC: blogger)
Let me take you back a year. It's one of the hottest days of summer, but I have a "project."
I'm set up in my driveway, fair-skinned and un-sunscreened in the midday sun - with a paintbrush and a new can of Paris Gray chalk paint, ready to tackle a $5 yard sale table.
We had been in our new house just a few months, and I was on a decorating tear. Inspired by the furniture facelifts I'd seen on blogs, I was ready to tackle some of my own with this "magic" chalk paint I'd been hearing so much about, not only online but at local decor stores, as well.
I bit - and I was bitten - by the painting bug.
They say paint is transformative, and I've learned just how true that is this past year. It has transformed not only my home, but my life as it's encouraged me to embark on a new creative and business venture.
Here are a few pieces I've painted.
If you want to read more about how I celebrated my paint-iversary, visit my blog, Atta Girl Says:
http://www.attagirlsays.com/2012/08/07/my-paint-iversary/
I'm set up in my driveway, fair-skinned and un-sunscreened in the midday sun - with a paintbrush and a new can of Paris Gray chalk paint, ready to tackle a $5 yard sale table.
We had been in our new house just a few months, and I was on a decorating tear. Inspired by the furniture facelifts I'd seen on blogs, I was ready to tackle some of my own with this "magic" chalk paint I'd been hearing so much about, not only online but at local decor stores, as well.
I bit - and I was bitten - by the painting bug.
They say paint is transformative, and I've learned just how true that is this past year. It has transformed not only my home, but my life as it's encouraged me to embark on a new creative and business venture.
Here are a few pieces I've painted.
If you want to read more about how I celebrated my paint-iversary, visit my blog, Atta Girl Says:
http://www.attagirlsays.com/2012/08/07/my-paint-iversary/
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Published August 8th, 2012 9:40 PM
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Ann N Glenn Seabolt on Sep 25, 2016OMG I have that exact "ballerina" table but haven't been able to bring my self to paint it because it belonged to my grandmother. It does look great with the painted base though.
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Margaret Ann Murphy on Oct 03, 2017
You do beautiful work!
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