movin' on up {creativity}

...to the east side. to that deluxe apartment in the sky. {well it's a studio on EAST kemper road so it kind of applies.}

i love thrift stores.

i love buying things for pennies at thrift stores and turning them into things that i love.

we get the keys to the new studio/office on saturday morning. {eek!!} sidenote: i realize that some of you know sheila and i and have seen that strangely enough, we're both getting the keys to our new studios on saturday and that even stranger, they're both in downtown glendale. guess what? same studio. :) we are not joining businesses - we are sharing space. yes, we work together on weddings. and yes, now we'll share a studio. but no, we are just friends who support each other and each other's businesses and like to spend time together making fun of everything. just had to answer that for a few of you that have asked.

one of my favorite things to do at the thrift store is buy frames and spray paint them at home so they all look the same. so cheap. i'd show you how to do that but i already have here.

here was my project today.

found these and they're ALMOST identical. one was 99 cents, one was 69 cents. the color of the wood is beautiful. which is why i didn't paint it, paint it another color and then distress it.

painted them ivory. looks pretty white in this picture but it's ivory. the studio is old school - in a historic district, wood floors, lots of windows. what we've gotten so far is antique-ish and awesome. warm colors is a must.

this wood ATE the paint. 5 flipping coats later...

time to sand. {sidenote: i googled this. i have no idea what i'm doing.}

yeah, it was night-time by the time i was able to finish it.

LOVE them. the natural wood coming through the soft color is awesome. so proud of these!

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bought this small shelf for a couple quarters.

painted it black. sanded the detailed edges. {love.}

simple detail. LOVE.

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i bought this mirror at the thrift store for 99 cents. you can't really tell here but it was an awful awful lavender/robin egg blue color. ick.

so first i painted it the ivory color from above.

then i spray painted it espresso brown.

then i sanded it so the ivory is coming through the texture. yes i need to clean the mirror.

those were my projects today. 

can't wait to get in this studio!

and don't worry. there will be something yellow in there somewhere. :)

xx