Chuppah
This is the chuppah I made when Ed and I married. It has the Hebrew words “The voice of joy, the voice of gladness”. I chose the white fabric because it is translucent, and let the light through. The green border matched my gown!
Pattern Seeker
This contemporary, black laminate armoire just did not work in our new home with the banana-yellow bedroom. I took off the doors and removed the drawers and hardware, and sanded and primed everything. I attached half-round molding and decorative trim. I then painted it in shades of yellow with a strie technique on the flat areas, and sponging on and off inside the faux panels. The final step was adding new hardware. The transformation was dramatic!
We wanted a vanity cabinet to go with our new vessel sink, and didn’t care for the stock ones. We found this bureau in an antiques mall. It was in perfect condition with three working drawers. I removed the hardware, then painted the base in a “shabby chic” look, using a yellow undercoat and a white overglaze that I then wiped. The top was a sort of sponging on of various shades of green, and a few coats of a blue glaze. The very edge I oil gilded with 23k gold leaf. I then poured an epoxy resin over the top, to give it a hard, glossy finish. That is a very touchy process, and I did not have perfect success, but overall it achieved the result. In this picture, the holes have been drilled for the vessel sink and faucet.