Parched.
Drained.
And...
Done.
I poured it all into that crazy little bookazine thing.
My brain checked out an hour ago. I can hear it snoring on the pillow from here.
Tomorrow is a fresh blank page...
Ornamental Plaster Sculpting, Mural Painting, Faux Finishing, and Imaginative Interior Design.
CLICK ON THE RABBIT ( yes, those are cabinets) TO SEE MY PORTFOLIO, AND LEARN MORE ABOUT MY SERVICES...theartofthehome.com
My other business partner
This is Lucie. She's been to Belgium and France, and her book is in the works.
Like this blog? You'll LOVE this...
The five seasonal (but never outdated) bookazines will be available in PDF again soon. Email me for hardcopy availablity.
Rubies & Rust Wedding Barn
click this picture for information on my friend Cindy's wedding venue and services
Ornamental Plaster
click the photo to see more at theartofthehome.com
"MOUNTAIN GIRL GOES FOR BAROQUE"
meet Belle Amie
Built in 1906 by Friend J. Whitlock, in the heart of downtown Belle Plaine, "Belle Amie" (a.k.a. Belle) is my quirky confection of a house.
Kemerie's Cabinets
Custom pantry with salvage crown and plaster motif doors
custom cabinet door
Urn Table
Custom sculpted greenman face on a salvaged plaster urn
Hope Presby classrooms
drama room
and more drama, with sono tubes
music room
...with words
Cooking and Science classroom
I had to look up the science...
but this I figured out all by myself.
these are all carved styrofoam, covered in tissue paper mache and painted
with things like toast, popcorn and strawberries hanging from the ceiling, for fun dimension
the art room was kept simple to show off the student's art
goosey goosey gander
I designed, T.C. built, and I painted. Custom orders available, $325.
This is one of my beds-to-benches pieces that I build and paint. $425. Custom orders available, from $175
Custom things from t.c. and dawn-marie
Circus wagon toy box
no lions or tigers or bears, oh...well.
Barb's dream house
Before
after
backsplash detail...faux french limestone
double woolied walls
...with freehand details
The entry gets a subtle detail
with a Woolie-stencilled damask pattern
In the nursery, the tiny nursery a baby sleeps tonight...
I added bodies and a setting to another artist's gourd masks
...and continued around the room with birds, turtles, lizzards and more
beds to...
Too good to throw away, I love salvaging old beds
...and giving them new lives
Belle Plaine Chiropractic
The other reason I love my chiropractor
I painted each of three treatment rooms
...with a variation of the same basic panel technique
...and covered his lobby paneling with leaf fossil plaster
Chari's chateau
Yes, the air is thinner up here
Angels over the front door
Your kids will LOVE you for this!
I love it when they let me do fun stuff!
Can't find an old sign to make a bar top?
Did I mention I used to be a sign painter?
Lorine's castle
Sculpted plaster detail over arch
faux marble columns & more sculpted plaster
Chinoisserie wall paint
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