Kudos

WELL, I just have to say...the girls at Southern Honey Chawk Paint have BLOWN me away! First of all, getting some of the more well known chalk paint distributors to ship to Canada is like asking them to give birth. Painful. And most won't.

Ashley from Southern Honey was all smiles and sweetness. And she shipped, quickly and reasonably. Now...the paint. OH MY GOODNESS. Unbelievable coverage, unbelievable application, unbelievable colours. I am officially in love. No, really.

Thank you Ashley for your fabulous attitude, service and product. You have a believer!!

#southernhoneychawkpaint #Imabeliever

The Stuff That Dreams Were Made Of....

Life is a choice.  Life is whatever you choose to make of it.  I've chosen it should be the stuff that dreams were made of...cue Carly Simon...c'mon, cue that song.

I have been obsessed lately. Absolutely obsessed and screaming for an energy release.  I found it. In a BIG way with furniture refinishing.  I love to make the old new again and before the haters come out to play and tell me I am "ruining" perfectly good antiques, I can assure you they were not perfectly good to begin with. I repair those that can be repaired, then refinish them.  Beyond redemption? Well, then you get painted or faux finished.  Saved from landfill.

I am VERY proud of the pieces I have saved.  Take this hot mess for example....

NEEDS HELP!!

Falling apart at the seams, needing reinforcement and just generally, falling to bits.  WELL!  This screamed, HELP ME.  HELP ME live a longer, more appreciated life.  How could I resist?

A woman who falls under the "earth" sign yet always seems attracted to the shores and waters, my heart pulled me to the beaches and riverbanks for a driftwood feel.  I am THRILLED with the results, All that ageing, cracking, fall "apart-ed-ness" (yes, I know that's not a REAL word) shouts, "I can be loved again!"

But this photo does not show it finished.  We were about half way there and it was midnight and my eyes were glassy and somewhat crossed, so I stopped.  I didn't want to but I was tired and hungry and well, tired.  When I start, I can't stop.  Or at least I don't want to stop, but I did, And loved it even more in the morning. And the family loved it in the morning and that's when I knew, I had succeeded. When THEY loved it.  Because THEY are hard to please, lol.

But she's done and I am not sure I can part with her really.  I truly love her and she is all about me, My style, my loves, my well being.  So will I part with her? Probably.  It's why I started this journey, right? Expand our Phancy Design brand, while enriching our lives.  It doesn't feel like work when you love doing it and that has always been our goal.

I hope her new owner will take of her and love her as much as I do.  C'est Phancy!  Phancy Design!