Showing posts with label Before-After. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Before-After. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

I Know, because I KNOW!! ALMOST done!

I know that without God's inspiration, I am nothing - but there are many times when He SHOUTS His message.
This is one of those times.
I am decorating a "new" office for Counseling Associates of West Texas (Leann Hicks) in Sweetwater.  Did I mention that Leann is one of my favorit-ist heroes??  As I was praying about what to do and gathering my treasures, this print that Nathalie Kelley worshippinggodwithallmyart.blogspot.com made landed in my hand.  She had come in the real estate office one day and saw a tray  of door knobs.  She asked to take a picture of them. For Reals??  A few days later, she brought me a copy of her creation.  Amazing - I just hadn't found the perfect place for it.  But God....  He showed me that He is providing the keys - thru Leann and others- to unlocking and opening the doors that we have built - but we have to turn the key and open it ourselves.
Before
After - looks like home!

My Beautiful Model, Marlee - she even shares her candy!!! (check out the "key" chandelier!)
   
Children's Waiting Area

The "boss" Miss Marlee - in Momma  Leann's office

appetitizing!!!  Not

Action Shot

ahh.... Leann did most of this herself.  I showed her how to lay in the mosaic tile, but she grouted it  AND  put the new sink in.  Is there anything she can't do?
 Garage Sale finds that I was able to tie into our new kitchen.  I was sure glad they like to drink coffee!
New life for a shiny brass chandelier.  I simply spray painted it white, then  modge podged coordinating scrapbook paper around the "candles"
Leann and Marlee put down sticky tile on the floor AND Leann put up fresh ceiling tiles!


Wednesday, August 17, 2011

my favorite before and after piece


My daughter needed a piece to go in a certain corner of her apartment, and of course always needs extra storage.  I had this Armoire that I paid less than $50 for and knew it had great potential.  Of course I did this before I was introduced to the world of blogging so I don't have in-transformation pictures, but I can assure you they would not be very pretty!  I can tell you the steps I took, though.  Kilz -(my best friend), then I painted it with Ralph Lauren Regent Metallic paint.  I left the door panels unpainted.  Busted up a mirror and a few fingers and glued them on with E6000 ( oh, no.... that might be my best friend).  Found various glitzy pieces of old broken jewelry, etc. and glued them on.  I loved the pearl outline - it needed something to outline it.  There are times when I know God inspired the idea, and the pearl outline was certainly one of those.  Then the hard part.  I bought resin on-line.... It is NO fun to work with, but I knew I needed to seal all of this off, especially with the broken mirrors.  And Voile!  I will post a pic later of how it looks in her apartment.  Beautiful.

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