Long Time No Write

Whew!! These past few months have been a blur. Let's just say my right hand is permanently enlarged and I have man hands. I think I hand-painted over thirty-something pieces since I started University Pickers. I don't have a picture of everything I have done. I would spend 10 hours painting something and forget to take a picture of it before I took it to the store. Then, I would plan on taking a pic next time I went back to the store and it would be gone. I hand-painted a gorgeous antique gate-leg table and six chairs while I had pneumonia and there is no picture to show for it. Anyway, I am going to share pictures here and there of what I have been up to.

The first one is of a solid oak secretary with hutch. This thing was huge!! I painted it with Annie Sloan chalk paint in Duck Egg Blue. Oh! how I love this color!

This is what it started out as. Notice all of the different colors I was trying out.

The inside is Aubusson Blue. I noticed when I bought the secretary that one of the doors did not shut properly. No sweat, I thought, I'll just fix it. Well, the door was warped and there was no way it was ever going to shut. I decided to just leave them off. I think I like it even better open.

I rarely find out who buys my pieces. I happened to be working in my booth and a couple came up to me and said they were the ones that purchased the secretary and that they love it! The lady said she uses it for her craft supplies. LOVE that idea!