I’ve had my eye on this outdoor sectional since my friend, Nancy purchased it about 5 years ago. I have many great memories of lounging on this furniture around her pool. Brooks and I have been undergoing a major backyard renovation these last several months including the installation of a new flagstone patio. Since most [...]

We’ve got the BLUES. … Finally… The truth is, we are very blessed to be doing a very steady business of painted cabinets and faux finishes. About 98% of the clients that we meet with for cabinet painting are looking for what we call “Vanilla and Chocolate”. That is a cream base color (vanilla) with [...]

We bought a couple of antique chairs a couple of years ago at auction when a local antiques dealer went out of business. At the time, we had visions of opening a booth at an antique mall and planned on reupholstering them and painting them to sell in the booth. Well, the painting business REALLY [...]

Cabinets, cabinets, cabinets. That is what seems to be making up a majority of our workload these days. With a little paint, glaze, and topcoat we are able to transform out of date cabinets into something totally “Pin-able” or “Houzz-worthy“. So, practicing what we preach this past weekend, Brooks and I dug in to transform [...]

All of my friends have gone crazy for Downton Abbey, including myself. What’s not to love? From the beautiful gowns, to the formal dinners, and the gorgeous Edwardian design. I thought it would be fun to single out some of the interior design elements that could be easily replicated with decorative painting and faux finishing. [...]

I have literally talked to six customers in the last two weeks that have all said the same thing, “Can you help me lighten up my kitchen?”  In some cases, these kitchens are only 5-6 years old and they have beautiful solid wood stained cabinets. In other cases, like in the house we recently purchased the [...]

As decorative painters, we are always searching for ways to remain relevant to the interior design industry. A few of the ways that I do that are reading design blogs, networking with interior designers through social media, and subscribing and reading over 12 different monthly design centered magazines. Over the last couple of years, I [...]

This is a fun project that we just finished that I wanted to share with you. One of the cool things about living in our new neighborhood is that a lot of the people here give their homes names. Our next door neighbors have the “Funny Farm”, another neighbor has “Blackberry Hollow” and yet another [...]

Sometimes enough is enough. That’s what happened one day when Brooks was totally in the middle of another project. Our bathroom was torn up and awaiting a makeover and Brooks had had all he could stand of the stained, dirty carpet on our stairs. He stopped what he was doing and pulled the carpet off [...]

We were recently asked by our artist friend and gallery owner, Ron York to do a short presentation at the  ASID Tennessee (American Society of Interior Designers) monthly meeting. I jumped at the opportunity to address this influential group of designers and I actually already had my speech prepared in my head. I’d been writing [...]