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Fun With Color

Lately Cathy has been really into quilting. I have learned more about jelly rolls and fat quarters than I ever thought I would and have enjoyed every moment of my spotty education. While I have no interest in quilting, I do have an appreciation for the art form and have grown to know a bit about the techniques and challenges involved in the creation of a quilt. As an artist, specifically a painter, one of the things that has really captured my attention is the use of color in the quilting world and this was my inspiration for my last piece of art furniture.

Quilt Museum picture from goldenfingers.info

Picture from greenfairyquilts.blogspot.com

It seems that quilters are a bit more daring in their use of color than I am in my paintings so it was time to experiment. I started with this.

We picked this piece up at an auction and it needed saving. The legs had come unglued from the base and the top was a bit warped so I got to do my “fix it man” thing and correct those problems. I glued, clamped and sanded until the table was stable and straight. I love that part of this process….making good from something many other people would have tossed in the dumpster.

Next came the decision making process. I had originally intended to paint the table a simple distressed white but Cathy kept showing me quilt blocks. The colors worked on me and I thought that it would be really cool to put some of those bright colors and riotous designs into the table.

One of the things that worked in my favor is that I am basically a cheapskate and don’t ever throw anything away. I had lots of small amounts of various paint colors that I had used on different pieces. I also mixed a few new colors and came up with a yellow, green, blue, red, black and white color palette…oh, there was some brown in there too. Not many colors left! This is the piece that I came up with. I love it! It isn’t something that I normally would have gravitated to but I am changing….Cathy and her quilts can be blamed for that.

Here are lots of pictures of our new table. What do you think?

Thanks for visiting. Please come back soon,

Paul

I’m partying at:

Mod Vintage Life	Making the World Cuter
Keeping It Simple	Boogie Board Cottage
DIY Home Sweet Home	The Dedicated House
Serendipity and Spice	Stylish Once Again
The Girl Creative	Between Naps on the Porch
Nifty Thrifty Things	Homemaker on a Dime
Miss Mustard Seed	Cedar Hill Ranch
Not Just a Housewife	Elizabeth and Co.
A Diamond in the Stuff	Lady Bug Blessings
Knick of Time	Coastal Charm
Handy Man Crafty Woman	My Girlish Whims
Savvy Southern Style	Ginger Snap Crafts
My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia	A Glimpse Inside
The Shabby Creek Cottage	The 36th Avenue
Katherine’s Corner	Stacey Embracing Change
From My Front Porch to Yours	A Delightsome Life
Have a Daily Cup of Mrs. Olson	Live, Laugh, Rowe
French Country Cottage	Redoux Interiors
The Shabby Nest	Finding Fabulous
Whipperberry	Homespun Happenings
Chic on a Shoestring Decorating	Common Ground
504 Main	Craftionary
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It’s That Time – Easter Decorations!!

Decorating / Decorative Painting

I love Easter decorations!! I love the colors, the pastels, pinks, blues, greens, lavenders, yellows. I love the bunnies, the baskets, the eggs and the feeling of springtime that they evoke. I think I love them so much because we live in an area that often gets a lot of snow and winter can really seem to drag on. This year is one of those winters. It is still cold, snowy and icy where I live and Easter is only two weeks away. I’m so tired of it and I just want spring. I want green grass, blue skies and warmer, longer days. Easter decorations help to remind me of the beauty and feeling of renewal we have coming around the corner. So in that spirit, let me share with you the Easter decorations I have collected over the years that I use to decorate the foyer or entry room in our home.

I like to hang colorful eggs on the greenery on my staircase.

And of course my coffee table has been redecorated with fun, colorful Easter items.

Love this wheelbarrow full of eggs:

And a springy, tulip and bunny arrangement:

And the soft, blue of this porcelain container:

The washstand in the corner of the room has changed as well.

The fun little pieces of this bunny village are very sweet:

Here’s some artwork to enhance the season:

Even my collection of Old Country Roses has some fun bunny pieces to add to the season:

And lastly, my Williraye collection gets changed to a springy decor at this time. I must admit I drive my husband a little crazy with this arrangement. He doesn’t like when I mix formal items with the informal. I like it – it’s kind of kooky and fun but to him the two should not mix. Of course in a house like ours, where the decor tends to be more formal, I find you have to mix them or everything becomes stuffy, stiff and too formal and there’s no room for more casual items like my Williraye collection. And I just love this collection. I find the figurines to be very funny and they just make me smile. How often do you see a girl standing on a giant ladybug or a girl being pulled in an easter egg by ducks? Pretty funny, right?

Thanks for allowing me to share my Easter/Spring decorations. Now if the outdoors could only match the indoors, all would be perfect.

Thanks for visiting. Please come again soon,

Cathy

I’m partying at:

Mod Vintage Life	Making the World Cuter
Keeping It Simple	Boogie Board Cottage
DIY Home Sweet Home	The Dedicated House
Serendipity and Spice	Stylish Once Again
The Girl Creative	Between Naps on the Porch
Nifty Thrifty Things	Homemaker on a Dime
Not Just a Housewife	Elizabeth and Co.
A Diamond in the Stuff	Lady Bug Blessings
Knick of Time	Cedar Hill Ranch
Handy Man Crafty Woman	My Girlish Whims
Savvy Southern Style	Primp
Ginger Snap Crafts	Beyond the Picket Fence
The Shabby Creek Cottage	The 36th Avenue
Katherine’s Corner	The Brambleberry Cottage
From My Front Porch to Yours	A Delightsome Life
Have a Daily Cup of Mrs. Olson	Live, Laugh, Rowe
A Glimpse Inside	Stacey Embracing Change