A Fresh Coat of Paint

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Recently, April Force Pardoe, principal of AFP Interiors contacted me to see if I would be willing to tackle this china cabinet. She had found it at Habitat ReStore in Halethorpe. Upon closer inspection it was in great shape and just needed to be freshened up.  The client wanted something hip and so she and April decided on Turquoise! My favorite color!!!!

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(Pardon the quality, Ill be going back to take good pictures)

I used some Annie Sloan Chalk Paint and custom tinted it to match the Sherwin Williams color they had chose.  It was delivered yesterday and the client sent me the most heartwarming email thanking me.  Thats what its all about!!

Thanks April and Shayla!

Little French Table

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I really love this table I painted for Peyton Home.If you can,  picture it in a greyish beigey white. I forgot to take a before shot. The paints are all Annie Sloan Chalk Paint and I mixed some together to create that coral like color in the middle. I think maybe its Pantone's color of the year?? Although I did paint it last fall. Yeah, Im so ahead of the trends ;) And the gold is composition gold leaf. Its still available for sale at Peyton Home...(ask your decorator about it!) (Thats my buddy RayRay waiting to check it out.)

Bringing the Outdoors In

This post isn't about tracking dirt into your house. Or flowers. As promised (if you read my newsletter) I am writing about a recent project that I completed in Edgewater. A long standing favor has been finally realized.  I had my friend Dann, owner of Revisions Remodeling, redo our outdated pink and grey tile bathroom (circa 1959, thank you Mamie Eisenhower.) In its place is gorgeous slate tile, marmorino walls and an actual vanity. (Ill post pictures later if you're interested.)

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As a return favor Dann's wife Charmaine (thank you for the lovely comment :) wished for a bathroom that fitted their incredible location. They have a home right on the water in Edgewater (or Mayo?) MD. The walls had been previously faux'd by her and her sister. But that was some time ago. I came in and basecoated the walls and painted a scene that I had photographed on a trip to Blackwater Wildlife Refuge.  It fits the locale to a T. In fact Charmaine told me that she has a pair of Osprey that come every year to have their babies at the end of their dock.

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