Home is where the Tardis.

This is still one of my favorite gifts I've made for someone. My manager and I share a mutual love for Dr. Who so I thought this would be awesome. Hand drawn & painted with watercolors.. kindergarten style.

I should win an award for procrastination.

Hahaha, so what a joke my last update was. "Yeah, I'm going to keep up with this blog now!" .......... 8 months later, here I am! ....... Oops... At first, for whatever reason, I was thinking I needed to strictly keep this blog for my finished furniture. I'm not sure where that rule came from, but it obviously didn't work for me. So I'm scratching that rule. New rule: There are no rules. Update when I want about whatever I want. I'm sure it will mainly pertain to crafting in some way... or procrastinating. :)

While we're on the topic of procrastinating.. I've recently realized that my procrastination stems from a fear of failure and self doubt. Once I finish a piece, I feel like it is so final and for some reason that is scary. Maybe it is because it won't be perfect. Maybe it is because it gives people the right to judge it and I believe it will be negative. Whatever the reason, I have been trying to overcome this. It is difficult & something I'm not sure if I'll ever be completely over. I'm trying to do the things that I love, enjoy the process, and become somewhat detached from the results. I'm realizing that I will fail and from this I will learn lessons and grow. It's funny because it's really all just in my head. There really is nothing stopping me. This information is liberating yet frightening.

Now, onto some photos of a commissioned bedroom set I did for a client way back in October '12.

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After:

Finally!

After hours and hourssss of staring at this computer screen I'm finally (mostly) done. Out of the 44 entries here, I think I just did 37. That includes: finding all of the photos on my computer, uploading them to flickr and THEN updating this blog... Now all I have to do is keep up with this thing.

60's/70's Chest of Drawers

I found this little guy at a local thrift store.

Before:


I wasn't sure what color to paint it so I just used my trusty mint green. The color is actually a little more mint in real life. I kept the original hardware because it's awesome. I left the top the original veneer because it's no fun to mess with.

After:

Deco Chair

I re-did this for the shop I work at.

Before:


I chose a glossy dark grey paint and reupholstered it with a vintage floral fabric.

After:

1970's Mirror

I saw this and instantly knew it could be better. I only had to do one minor repair on one of the "finials".

Small 60's Shelf

I re-did this for the shop I work at.

Before it was just dark brown.