The chair is finished, and I must say, it looks awesome, kind of regal. We don't claim to be actual reupholsters, but one of our customers really wanted this chair to match in her bedroom so she could sit on it to get dressed after her knee replacement. I just had to say, "we can do that for you." She is going to love it!

We've been working on making a chair that is a gorgeous chair, but it just did not match the master bedroom that it was needed for., especially after the crown molding we installed and faux finished similar to the antique gold picture frames in the room as well as surrounding the multi layered plaster faux finish we installed on the ceiling inset and accent wall. The chair was dark wood and had flowery fabric. We brought it back to our shop and Bob took all the fabric off. We then sprayed a basecoat on the chair.

Somehow this post did not get posted, but I wanted to conclude our filling in the heavy texture blog. The walls were looking so much better with just the first coat of mud, and then we put the second coat on, trying to stay vertical this time, filling in the ridges we created. With some sanding, these two layers--in most places could have been enough, especially for the degree of smoothness we had discussed the price given was to reflect. After all the work we had just done, though, I really wanted to bring it to the next level, so I took the time to shine a light to find the pits and spots that needed to be filled, and filled them.

We have been asked to fill in a very heavy glacier texture on a clients walls, and make the walls smooth. We have been working at it this past week, and it is coming along nicely. First, Bob went through and taped the ceilings off, knocked off the highest points of the plaster texture, and sanded the roughness down some with sanding screens. We decided to use compound as opposed to hot mud, to not limit our working time with each batch. I like to use a beveled edge trowel and hawk, and Bob likes to use a knife and hawk.

We re-installed the cabinet doors. I made the doors a little darker than the bases, which happens sometimes since I did the doors in my shop and the bases on site, so I toned the bases on a few side panels and on the crown around the top. They look great! I will try to take some better pictures, but here are some of cabinets. From white to>>>>>>>>>not!

We will be re-installing the cabinet doors today. We did the accent glazing at the edge of the panels with dark walnut. Basically we just brushed it on and then wiped off the excess with a balled up t-shirt rag. Then we put 2 coat of Zar antique flat urethane, using bronze wool between each coat. They look awesome. I am really mad at myself now for not taking a before picture of the kitchen. I will at least take an after picture and post that. They also had a white fan that we made they blades the same as the new cabinet finish.

I know It's been a busy week, but here we are back to the cabinet doors finally! For a quick re-cap: We had a kitchen with white thermo foil, panel cabinets. We did samples of fefinishing options for the client and are going forward with the job. First we took the doors off (labeled them) and removed all the hardware, and brought the doors back to the shop. Next we washed everything down with denatured alcohol. First coat applied was 'Stix' waterbased primer that we had tinted to a natural wood color.

Here are a few pics of us setting up the stage for VBS. VBS at Cape Christian Fellowship starts tonight! Lights, music, action! Songs, fun, kids, yeah! That's my grandson, Ethan driving the bus! 

Here's my husband Bob and son-in- law, Jimmy setting up the garage and making the door actually open and close.

Here's Philly testing out the fog coming out of the fun factory. And his Dad, Phil , The mastermind behind the whole set must be behind this wall..................

Vacation Bible School certainly has come a long way! And at Cape Christian Fellowship we go the extra mile, decorating, building and painting props. It is so much fun and rewarding! We will set everything up today after the last service and tomorrow-Monday, all the kids will come into the sanctuary with music playing and lights going and  everything all set up! I know we will hear lots of 'wow's"! I have to say, though, I'm sad the painting is done. When a job is coming to an end, I get a strange feeling like I don't want it to end, I end up going slower and have to push myself--Come on-get it done!

The cabinet doors will take twice as long as the cabinet bases because I am doing both sides of the doors. The bases are now stained with Ealy American and accents different marks that you might see in wood done in cedar and early american. The client didn't want too many knots, so basically if they were buying real wood cabinets, they would be buying a clearer, more expensive grade of wood. Instead, they are having me do their cabinets for a fraction of the cost and for a fraction of the mess and invasion of their kitchen!