Sunday, February 23, 2014
GENEROSITY HARD WORK and PROVENCE
You hear the stories of ppl donating time or money to a good cause and the perception is they will get
it back two fold. Pay it forward is what we call it these days, and this is my story of paying it
forward and my perception of getting it back.
One day while out picking I came across a voucher in my wallet for money off at a popular clothing
store. I had forgotten all about it and it was due to expire that day!!! I didnt have the time to go
shopping for clothes so I did the next best thing. I found the store, waited a moment in the parking
lot until the next customer approached, handed it off to her, then I was off.
At my very next stop I found this beautiful French solid wood dresser. In these parts I cant afford to
buy a dresser like this to repaint and sell, they are just too expensive. Well this one was priced low
enough for me to get really excited about and for me to afford. So I paid the man and got it loaded in
the van. I didnt put 2 and 2 together about the free money I had just given away and the great deal I
had just found until later when I was happily painting away. It made me smile.
I worked very thoughtfully to achieve an amazing color combination for the finished piece, but
this photo shoot needed some very hard work. This piece was so big for my little showroom most of
the other furniture had to be moved out of the room. I stacked 4 tables in front of the bathtub, the
hallway had less than a foot for me to shimmy down one side when I had to get the camera, and the
front door couldnt be opened for the stack of furniture I piled there.
The color is ASCP Provence with a brown 4 layered color distressing on top.
UPDATE:
For those wanting to learn more about how to achieve this look:
http://blogspot.ca/2013/12/mixing-brown-paint-painting-hardware.html
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