Doug Fir

On our trip to Portland recently, a friend took us to this awesome bar, lounge, venue & hotel.  I instantly fell in love with the place when we walked in.  It's the pacific northwest's take on 1960's modern.  Think log cabins meet the space program.  I got so many ideas in this place, check out these pictures:

 Above is the bar lit up at night.  The wood looks amazing! I love how it resembles a stack of wood, it's so clever. I plan to implement that style in some future pieces.  Here's a lit up shot:

 Above is a look at the restaurant. See that Chrome globe light fixture? Space race indeed!

 The outside, super modern. You can see they probably kept the rocks from the original motel and painted them white. Some people are so against that but I think this is proof that it works just fine.

 Above is the entryway, see why I was instantly in love? It just got better and better.  If you are ever in Portland, check out Doug Fir & grab a drink.  They have an outdoor seating area with a lava rock fire pit, surrounded by concrete planters bursting with bamboo. The light bulbs in the motel hallways were all switched to blue, and it looks great. Just wanted to share a bit of inspiration with you! Enjoy.

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Emerald Chair

I love chairs.  I love when I find a good chair to redo.  I think they make the most impressive before & afters.  Plus, I get to pick out some nice fabric! Here is the chair that has stepped up to the plate for a redo:

The seat was in pretty bad shape, but I tore it apart and will be replacing the pad with a new thick foam pad.  I recently went to Harts, a local fabric shop, and learned they have a HUGE selection of upholstery fabric! They have an online shop too: http://www.hartsfabric.com

Here's what I picked out for the chair:

I'm planning on a green frame with a black glaze. Stay tuned for the after pics - have a great weekend!

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Sakura goes to France

I remember learning about a time when the French had a strong interest in the Japanese, and the two cultures shared a lot of goods.   This table, which started like this:

 ended up totally blending the two.  This table has a lot of the French Provincial style, and I didn't even think of the relevance that I was putting a Japanese flower all over it. Ha! What a coincidence.  First, so you know what I'm saying, here are the pictures:

I started out with the intentions to just make a cream white shabby chic table, and just thought it needed something else.  I grabbed some vintage books, and got to cutting. I ended up forming all kinds of "interesting" sentences while I was adhering them, just by reading what was randomly cut out. They surprisingly made sense! haha.  Anyway, it's been fully sealed so the pages are protected, and is up for sale in the shop.
Have a great weekend!

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Iris, the Purple & Black Side Table

Another throwback to the portland post (I was working on three things at once!) is this table that I just finished up.  Here she is before:

 Now, I had a lot of ideas for this. Especially because of the drawer having those diagonals.  But in the end, I stayed true to the fact that I've been dying to do my first glaze job for a while now, and this was going to be it. I'm happy I did, the table came out a great color, very shiny, and well here it is:

I don't know which I like better, the drawer or the stripes.  Very fun little table and is up for sale in the shop.  Have a great day!

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Nasturtium Twins

Done at last! This was a fun one.  So, I believe I mentioned in my last post that I was working on these nightstands:

 Well they are done! This was a really fun project.  They came out how I imagined in my head, and I learned a few great tricks along the way. Ok, here they are:

It's so nice to take a step back and take a deep, deep breath!  These were a lot of work, but I'm glad I went with my original idea to line the drawers. I corded the corners there too as a little bonus.  So these are up for grabs.  I also have pictures of the smaller table from the Portland post, and the drop leaf table... all 3 finished up at the same time. Talk about perfect timing! Have a good one......

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