Naked house= changes!

 

 

Now

that the Christmas

decorations have been

taken

down and packed away

until

next year the house

seems

a little bare.

This of course means re-arranging

and

tweaking vignettes

which

is a necessity in a decorholics

world!!!!

 I recently bought

two

of these

old chippy

corbels salvaged from a

house in New York.

The seller had a unique way of

measuring

them and describing

the color in the listing.

When they arrived they were

certainly not the size I

had expected and they were

a

really,really

ugly tan color.

At first I was going to

use

them

in another room but

the color wasn’t really

going to work in that room either….

or any room of the house for that matter.

I really debated what to do

and finally decided to just

paint them. *gasp*

Yes, I know all you purists

are probably thinking

I am absolutely crazy!

I mixed together a concoction

of what I refer to

as

dirty paint and painted

the new color on with a detail

paint brush.

It took a little time

but in the end they were just as

I

envisioned!

 

The crackled

and

chippy paint is wonderful!

 

I also like that some of the paint

and part of the corbel

is

missing all

together….

two things that can only

be

achieved over time……..

 

I added these little zinc sap

buckets to the

vignette

for a little variety of color

and

texture…

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas?!?!?

ANY

big plans for New Year’s Eve?