After Cosmetic Surgery…Reborn as Plain Jane

Remember the early 90’s?  Here’s a quick flash back.  Welcome back to the time of wild Waverly fabrics and jewel tones. 

 

Well, the old girl was picked up and taken in for her makeover…and below is the result.

She is definitely understated and a bit of a plain Jane but I think she’s able to fit in with her surroundings a bit more.  The room needs some jazzing up and pulling together.  Pictures have been removed for the most part and I’ll work on finishing the makeover of the room soon enough.  Notice the black shelf to the right?  That baby was so crazy to put up that I am not taking it down.  Whatever I do, that shelf is staying.  There are several holes, mollies etc stuck in that wall and I was about to kill the manufacturer of that shelf.  The sad thing is that it even came with a template…and I used it!  Oh well…more to come on the extreme  makeover later.

 

For a bit of fun…see if you can pick out the thing that didn’t go well with my reupholstery job. 

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Getting Down to business

My friend, Kristine and I really are trying to get a painting business going.  We’ve donated free “rooms” to worthy causes.  We’ve placed an ad in the church bulletin and we even have invested in the fliers and business cards.  Pretty cute ha?

We just went to the client’s home and measured assessed etc.  We put out a bid and so far, haven’t heard back from them.  Is this a bad sign?  Still a few more of our “giveaways” which amount to $200 gift certificates and some gift certificates for custom pet painting are out there.  We’ll see if our donation strategy pays off.  

 On a bright note, we ran into a friend in the fabric store and mentioned our new business and she said that she had some furniture she wanted painted; we bid on it and got the job.  We’re going there this afternoon to meet with her on the details.  Let’s hope it pays off  both financially and in terms of a happy client with lots of referrals for us.

Right now in terms of the painting business, the only color we’re dealing with is red.

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