Two years ago my friend Heather was moving to Boston and
asked me if I’d like this cupboard that had been in her basement for
awhile. She had warned me that it was in
need of some serious TLC, but you know me…. furniture, TLC….sigh, I love a challenge!
Little did I know though, that this piece would be one of my greatest make
over’s. At least as far as before and after goes.
There was a lot of prep work that had to be done to this
piece. We had to remove the back, the
inside bottom piece and replace them both with new wood. We had to add new
shelves because the old ones were warped and had to replace the weathered hard
ware. We scraped loose paint, than primed the entire piece, twice. But after so
much prep work for some reason, it just got stored away. I think I was
exhausted :D
But recently I was asked to donate a piece of work to the
William Johnson Scholarship Fund and I thought… Heather would be so please to
see this piece donated to such a worthy cause, so I dug it out of storage and
started painting.
The school colors were black, white & red, so I went
with that theme, which was actually harder than I thought. You know me, I kept
wanting to add COLOR (which I did a little bit…can you see the hint of green,
lol, I just couldn’t help myself, I know I have a problem!) but all in all, the
black and white was the overall theme.
I added funky knobs and tassels to give it some extra punch.
I'm hoping this piece does well at the raffle and I hope I
made my friend Heather proud with the transformation. It’s in her honor that I
give this piece to charity.
Last month my dear friend was diagnosed with malignant gliamo.
She is fighting hard and facing this monster with great strength and grace. The
two birds on the front are a symbol of our friendship. Please keep her in your
prayers
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Life is short people. Make everyday count and most
importantly tell the people that are important to you how much you love them.
Happy Painting,
Mary
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