Working on Transformations

I have not been ignoring my friends and customers.  When to Florida and got Mom to bring north for the summer.  I have been stripping a table to ready to apply a decorative finish too.  I have been working on gourds with my friends Pam and MaryAlice.  These are fun once you get past the mold.  Here are a couple of things we did in May.  

 

I also have had a yard sale and am trying to get ready for my son to move back home.  He is tired of not having any money.  Welcome to my world   ;-).  Of course, I had taken over his space as soon as he left home.

One last thing that I would like to mention is that I am basecoating my stairs today.  I have for several years been inspired by Melanie Royals of Royal Design Studios.  She did a set of stair that are stenciled all the way down.  I pulled up my worn carpet and will hopefully have this completed in the next couple of weeks (maybe three).  I have many stencils from http://www.royaldesignstudios.com/ and http://www.modellodesigns.com/ .  Hopefully my stairway will be as nice as Melanie's is.  It took a long time to decide what colors to use with my log walls.  I went with a dark gray base and will use light gray for a neutral design.  I will faux bois the treads with the light gray also.  I will do many coats of clear top coat.  And then I will use what ever accent colors I am in the mood for, to complete.  This way if I desire to change the accent color, I can do so with out changing the main works.  Here is how the stairs currently look. (only not sideways, I haven't figured  everything out yet) .  Hopefully I will do better in keeping you up to date.