new life furniture aRt: fire my secretary, please! (if i had one)

this is imaginary secretary's best effort to make amends:

february - into awesome new place with reediculous workshop!(thank you country club ward menfolk who assembled trucks and trailers with zero notice! gracias leiland y asia!)

featured: lucky way-soft evil shirt stolen from asia, two watercolor brushes & a white charcol pencil in my hair. if i could stash french fries up there, i would.)

yes, that's dog food under the toxic chemicals...it's okay. james is a certified life guard.

and yes, that's what used to be

a dynamite vanilla coke...

my assistants

hey! don't be a hater - i know exactly where everything is!

(thanks jason and dave p. for power tools on loan!thanks richard for professional engineering smarts and muscle! thanks ralph for the expert skill demo!and yes, i am talking gently to the sandpaper, i promise.)

speak to me NPR! broadway's "Secret Garden", "Jane Eyre", "Daddy Long Legs", "Les Mis" & "Newsies"! the best of hard rock, heavy metal, christian rock and mexican rock! chamber music and baroque! sing to me sweet baby james taylor and thrill me joe satriani!speak to me "Radio Lab" and "This American Life" podcasts!and who ever out-grows john bytheway? seriously. (thanks, valerie!)

heading north into the house:

the cute little leaf lamp was $7 at goodwill

bedroom: before & after

library: before & after

front room: before & after

(did you notice the mad men chairs?)

dining room: before & after

end of march - finished furniture items for myself, began projects long over-due for others

(thanks, kandee for dragging this

out of the alley for me!)

thanks, rhonda for saving what ed dragged out of the alley!doesn't it go great with my mom's old cabinet?

another alley treasure - thanks reuben! who'd guess it was split in two?!

thought you'd never see these again, huh, ann...

if you ever wondered what a $25 drawer pull looked like - you're looking at it. D:

supplied little projects to julie precious at sweet salvage on 7th

the inspectors

end of may - finally hosted my artist's open house (thank you, hugs & kisses everyone!)

june - completed pieces for bff cynthia at modern on melrose