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Shizzle Design has relocated to Holland, MI

There’s been a whole lot of moving and shaking going on around here this past week.

We rent space from Not So Shabby Antiques and Fine Furniture where we sell CeCe Caldwell’s Paints along side our painted furniture, re-purposed treasures and home decor.

This past week the entire Not So Shabby store, including all 30 vendors, relocated from downtown Zeeland, to 2975 West Shore Drive in Holland, Michigan.

Not So Shabby is now conveniently located near the lake shore just East of US 31 and North of Felch.  We’re in the East side of the old Great Lakes Furniture Building, now owned by Hegg’s Furniture Gallery.  Enter from the doors facing West Shore Drive.  You’ll see our Not So Shabby logo on our doors.

If you’re the type of person who needs landmarks, West Shore Drive is the road that runs between the North end of West Shore Mall (near Younkers & Hobby Lobby) and Meijer/Starbucks.  So the next time you’re driving between Hobby Lobby and Starbucks… stop in and check us out!

Our Shizzle Design Booth is just around the corner of the front counter, directly behind the cash register.  We’ve already brought in several new pieces and have several more that will be finished soon.

We are fully stocked with CeCe Caldwell’s Paints including all 36 beautiful colors of this chalk and clay based mineral paint that is sweeping our nation like wildfire.

Not from the area but want to try the paint?  No problem, we also offer everything on our Online Shizzle Shop for CeCe Caldwell’s Paints HERE.

So here’s a few shots of what we’ve moved in so far with much more to follow in the next few weeks…

Stop into the store and check out our October Paint Special on sample size pots, on sale now through Halloween!

Be sure to subscribe to this blog to keep up with all our specials, paint workshops (Our Next 5 Hour Paint Workshop has been scheduled for Saturday, November 17 from noon – 5:00 p.m.).  Bring a piece of furniture and leave with a piece of art ~ details HERE.

Have a fabulous week!

Shelly

Want to take one of our Classes?  Our next 
Paint a Piece of Your Furniture Workshop is 
November 17th from noon – 5:00 p.m.

All the details for this class can be found HERE



Happy Painting!!

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Vintage Highboy in Michigan Pine

Do you have a favorite color scheme when it comes to decorating?

I think we all do.  I feel most comfortable surrounded by the earthy warm autumn colors that transform Michigan’s landscape every October.

It apparently isn’t a phase either because I’ve loved the same colors for almost 50 years.  Call me boring, predictable or whatever, I don’t care.  I’ll be the first to admit I’m predictable ~ my friends and family will be the second.

As much as I love green, I have to admit, I wasn’t too excited about the Michigan Pine that was being added to the new color pallet.  I imagined it to be a dark forest green which took me back to dark green and orange tones used in the 70’s – 80’s, I don’t even remember anymore, but they were bad and highly overused.

I stocked the Michigan Pine on the shelve without giving it much thought and then I started seeing pieces painted in it by other artists.

The first piece that totally knocked my socks off was this beautiful dresser painted by Karin of Art is Beauty.

check it out here

She teamed up with her niece to paint this for a fundraiser and I have to tell you, they knocked it out of the park!  Karin’s entire family is blessed with extraordinary talents; they sing, they paint ~ they can do anything and this really opened my eyes to the true color of Michigan Pine.

Then one of our newest retailers, Laura Bouni of The Not Just Shabby Shop, shared this dresser painted by her son Josh.

Oh-My-Gosh!  Seriously?  This is what this color looks like?  Wow!  That’s all it took.  I busted into a can and grabbed the closest dresser in my reach.

I had been farting around with it trying to decide which color it would look best in and for whatever reason, I decided to give it a first coat of Mesa Sunset.  Don’t ask me why, I really don’t know.  Something in the air I guess, I just did it.  I followed with a coat of Michigan Pine and this is what I ended up with.

I had applied a watered down thin coat of the green over the orange but it turned out a little lighter than I thought it would.  It looks even lighter in this picture because of the reflection of the sun.  It was really pretty, but you know me, I can never leave anything alone…

I wanted a little more depth and dimension so I feathered in some light aging wax over the clear to age it a bit and give it a little more character.

Clear Wax                    Light Aging Wax             Dark Aging Wax

I could have just painted a normal coat of paint on it, but hey… anyone can do that.  The Light Aging Wax was just applied prior to this picture so you can see it’s half dry, half wet.

I really like the contrast of the two colors, the orange looks a little “oranger” – lol in this close-up because of the sunset, but it really looks neat in person.

This picture is junka-lunka too because the days are getting so stinkin’ short, the sun had already set, at like 8:00 pm!  What’s up with that?  Why can’t we have daylight until 10:00 pm all year long – whah

Ok, I’m done whining 😀  We dropped it off to our Shizzle Design Space in Not So Shabby where it’s eagerly looking forward to it’s new home.

Stop by if you get a chance.  Pumpkin Fest started today and there are all kinds of special events going on in Zeeland right now.

Ok, so not in THIS picture, but imagine the street full of pumpkins, scarecrows, games, families… It’s a big event in this charming small town.

Until Next time…
A hui hou ~ Shelly

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Shizzle Design is Relocating to Holland, Michigan!

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To Keep up with all our newly painted creations:
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Domestically Speaking – The Power of Paint Party

The Shabby Creek Cottage – Transformation Thursday
Homespun Happenings – Rusty Restorations Weekend
Miss Mustardseed – Furniture Feature Friday

2805 – Potpourri Friday
Embracing Change – Creative Inspirations
Tatertots & Jello – Weekend Party Wrap Up
Homespun Happenings – Rustic Restorations Weekend
Funky Junk Interiors – Saturday Night Special
Too Much Time on My Hands – Get Schooled Saturday
1929 Charmer – Sunday’s Best Party

Boogie Board Cottage – Masterpiece Monday
Between Naps on the Porch – Metamorphasis Monday
Coastal Charm – Nifty Thrifty Tuesday
Knick of Time Interiors – Knick of Time Tuesday

Have a great weekend!!  a hui hou ~ Shelly
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Vintage Charmer China Cabinet

This just may be my favorite transformations to date.

The hardest part was deciding on which color to paint it.

I didn’t like the red on this one, so I wiped it off, but should I do the Destin or the custom Green recipe that was left over from the CeCe Caldwell’s Sample Pot Display that I painted last week?    Hmm, decisions, decisions…

Wanna find out what I decided on?

The custom color was inspired by this hydrandga wreath

It totally popped off the green, Well of course it would, just like nature intended.  So I painted it in my custom color, a blend of CeCe Caldwell’s Cinco Bayou Moss, Destin Gulf Green, Spring Hill Green and Carolina Sun Yellow.
I decided the wreath and the china cabinet had to stay together so I made it part of the package.  If you’re in the store, don’t try to take it off and buy it, it’s not sold separately.  I actually nailed it to the back of the door after I shot these photos because they were made for each other.

I really enjoyed painting this china cabinet; it has so much character!

Here’s a couple close-ups on my shabby, layering dry-brushing style 😀
Don’t you just love those legs?
The lock mechanism is still in tact, but the little do-hickey that turns it was missing so I added a heavy duty drawer pull that I thought was the perfect match.
Did I mention Hydrangea’s are my favorite flower?  These are silk, but I love ’em just the same.

I left the top in it’s original chippy state, just giving it a really good cleaning and reconditioning to accentuate it’s character.  I hate making something old look brand new, I like to transform things and give them new life, but it’s important to me to me that you don’t loose the charm in the remake.

I don’t like straight lined modern furniture – at all.
You couldn’t get any farther away from “me” than that.  To me that style of furniture is cold, hard and uncomfortable.  Who cares if a chair looks sleek if you can’t curl up in it?
Like the rubber flip flops, jeans and sweatshirts that adorn my closet, I prefer comfy, cozy furniture that makes your home feel welcoming.
To me this piece says…  “Come on in, have a cup of coffee and stay a while”

We just dropped her off to our Shizzle Design booth at Not So Shabby in charming downtown Zeeland Michigan.

So what do you think?

You can do so many cool things with CeCe Caldwell’s amazing all natural chalk and clay based mineral paints. I’m teaching a 5 hour Paint Your Own Furniture Workshop on Sunday, October 14th 2012 from noon to 5:00  p.m.  Info on that here.  Here’s some of my previous posts on why I choose CeCe Caldwell’s Paints.

  • 36 CeCe Caldwell’s Paint Colors and Variations (constantly updatind) here
  • Here’s why I choose CeCe Caldwell’s Paints
  • Find out why Everyone is Crazy over CeCe Caldwell’s Wax here
  • Learn how I layer my paint colors here
  • Learn more about the story behind this AHmazing company here
  • Order CeCe Caldwell’s Paints here
Thanx for spending some of your day with me!  A hui hou, Shelly
Keep up with all our newly painted creations:

Linking up at these Great Sites:
aka Design – Do it Yourself Embracing Change: Creative Inspirations
Restore Interiors – Restored it Wednesday
Primitive & Proper – POWW 95 Domestically Speaking – The Power of Paint Party

The Shabby Creek Cottage – Transformation Thursday Homespun Happenings – Rusty Restorations Weekend Miss Mustardseed – Furniture Feature Friday

2805 – Potpourri Friday Embracing Change – Creative Inspirations Tatertots & Jello – Weekend Party Wrap Up Homespun Happenings – Rustic Restorations Weekend
Funky Junk Interiors – Saturday Night Special Too Much Time on My Hands – Get Schooled Saturday
1929 Charmer – Sunday’s Best Party

Boogie Board Cottage – Masterpiece Monday Between Naps on the Porch – Metamorphasis Monday
Coastal Charm – Nifty Thrifty Tuesday
Knick of Time Interiors – Knick of Time Tuesday

Have a great weekend!!  a hui hou ~ Shelly
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Paint & Stencil Glass Doors

I’m super busy this week but I wanted to share the cute little end table I just finished.

Did you know you can paint directly over glass using chalk & clay paints?

I snapped a shot to show you what the raw paint color looked like before I waxed it (left) and how color immediately darkened when the paint absorbed the CLEAR wax (right).  That change in depth is a great guide to measure which areas have absorbed enough wax and which areas still need more thorough coverage.  Some colors look really dark when the wax is is applied, but don’t panic, it will lighten again as the wax dries.

I still get a kick out of watching the colors evolve.  What can I say ~ doesn’t take much.  Once the wax is dry, a quick buffing is all it takes to yield a beautiful finish.  I like to gently buff my pieces shortly after I’ve waxed them, then four or five days later, I come back and buff it again creating an even harder finish.

Well ~ you can!  I recommend using it for decorative purposes only, not on something that will get a lot of abuse, but it shouldn’t get a lot of abuse anyway because ~ it’s glass.  I was a bit skeptical on this one so I asked other retailers to share what they’ve experienced.  Turns out, tons of people are using our paints on glass ~ who’d a thunk?
Why am I talking about this in the middle of this post?
Because the inserts on these doors are actually clear glass!
How cool is that?

You know me, I can never leave well enough alone ~ so for the top, I dry brushed it with various colors.  It looks kind of neat in this picture, but it looked goofy in person so I changed it.

I brushed over it with custom mix to antique it a bit  then distressed back just a touch.  I also used that color to paint the damasks on the doors, the GLASS doors :D.

We dropped her off to our space at Not So Shabby last night and as luck would have it, I forgot the price tag.  Oops!  It’s still in the truck ~ that is so me!  Price is listed here.

Please join me in prayer for my good friend Karin Chudy.  She lost a dear grandfather this week and tonight they rushed her mom’s boyfriend to the hospital after collapsing.  He’s been intubated and is not doing well.  “Karin, we love you girl!  Lifting your entire family up in prayer!!!”

A hui hou ~ Shelly

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  • Shizzle Design is a small family owned business in Jenison, Michigan.  My sister Cathy and I work, paint, ship and teach our chalk and clay paint workshops out of the same space where we paint all our furniture.  We are truly humbled to be known as a leader in the world of chalk and clay paints.
  • Cathy and I empower DIY’ers by sharing our years of experience.  Stop in for paint and we’ll offer you honest and knowledgeable answers for all your chalk and clay paint needs.
  • Did you know we are not paid employees of American Paint Company?  It typically takes me 10 hours to publish one of my blog posts.  Everything from shooting the photographs, writing the content, editing, cropping… is given freely.  The only way we make money is if someone purchases paint, workshops or painted furniture from us.  If you enjoy the information you get in our website, please share and let us know.
  • We are so blessed to have taught people from all over the United States and Canada.  Join us for one of our super fun hands-on chalk and clay paint workshops.  Learn in our casual & relaxed environment.  Click Paint Workshops to see a list of current classes offered.
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  • We sell our painted furniture in our Shizzle Design Paint Studio at 2018 Chicago Drive, Jenison, MI 49428 and at Not So Shabby Antiques and Fine Furniture at 2975 West Shore Drive in Holland, Michigan
  • Shizzle Design is an Authorized Retailer for American Paint Company Paints.  We offer a large inventory of chalk and clay paint and supplies at our Shizzle Design Paint Shop /Studio,  2018 Chicago Drive, Jenison, MI  49428.  We also stock several other shops in the greater Grand Rapid’s area, to find out where, click LOCATIONS.  Not from Michigan?  No worries, we ship paint and paint supplies worldwide through our Online Shizzle Shop.

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Autumn Blessings Buffet

I love this time of year ~ sunshine without the humidity, high temps. in the mid 70’s, cool crisp nights and football.   I love football!  If I could bottle up these perfect autumn days and serve them all year long ~ I would.  

 
Michigan’s landscape is breathtaking when the leaves are changing.  I love all the warm, sun-kissed colors on the trees which would make an incredible backdrop for the buffet my sister just finished, except for one thing ~ the leaves haven’t started changing yet.
CeCe Caldwell’s Paint is definitely “Paint Made Easy”.  This was only Cathy’s 2nd piece she painted using these paints and I think she knocked it out of the park!
She chose Cinco Bayou Moss which is such a rich color.


 It takes on so many different tones during different times of day, but whatever the lighting ~ it’s luxurious!

The sun is setting in this close-up which gives it a golden tone.
Love the detail along the bottom!  Seriously, check out those legs!
We scored this buffet at a garage sale while on a family vacation this summer and it was in perfect condition.  The embossed metal tag reads:
“Brickwede Brothers, Better Built Furniture in Maretta, Ohio”
It’s a large buffet, slightly longer than the others we’ve painted recently.  This one measures in at: 66″ x 21″ x 37″ with solid quality through and through.
These drawer pulls were a match made in heaven!
Seriously, I’m in love!  I’d like to take credit for giving her lessons on how to use this paint, but she just picked up a brush and ran with it.  What a brat!  My sister is a brat!
I love the Virginia Chestnut accents against the Cinco.
This piece is headed to the Shizzle Design booth in Not So Shabby in downtown Zeeland, Michigan.  Click here for more details.
Have a GREAT weekend!!

 If you want to take a Paint Made Easy class, check with your local CeCe Caldwell’s Paints authorized retailer for times.  I teach classes in West Michigan, click here for dates and times.  

 

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Partying at these Great Parties:
aka Design – Do it Yourself
Embracing Change: Creative Inspirations
Restore Interiors – Restored it Wednesday
Primitive & Proper – POWW 95
Domestically Speaking – The Power of Paint Party

The Shabby Creek Cottage – Transformation Thursday
Homespun Happenings – Rusty Restorations Weekend 
Miss Mustardseed – Furniture Feature Friday

2805 – Potpourri Friday
Embracing Change – Creative Inspirations
Tatertots & Jello – Weekend Party Wrap Up
Homespun Happenings – Rustic Restorations Weekend
Funky Junk Interiors – Saturday Night Special
Too Much Time on My Hands – Get Schooled Saturday
1929 Charmer – Sunday’s Best Party

Boogie Board Cottage – Masterpiece Monday
Between Naps on the Porch – Metamorphasis Monday
Coastal Charm – Nifty Thrifty Tuesday
Knick of Time Interiors – Knick of Time Tuesday

Have a great weekend!!  a hui hou ~ Shelly
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Destin Color Wash

A couple weeks ago while we were on vacation with our entire family, we ventured out in the morning for some espresso and we ran across a moving sale.  Deedeedeedeedee deedeedeedeedee ~ our radar went off and there was no stopping us.  We followed the signs several miles from the lake down the country roads.

The drive was worth it ‘cuz we scored!  I’m sure we would have needed a U-haul had we found it a couple days earlier, because it was already day 3 and she still had cool furniture waiting for us.

One of the things we scored that day was a vintage stereo cabinet.  It didn’t look like this when we found it.  It was pretty much a medium dark orange stain color.  I swear I took a before picture but it seems to have vanished ~ or maybe that’s it’s just old age, either way, I can’t find it.

I just couldn’t resist the character of this charming piece. It warmed my heart to imagine families sitting around the stereo listening to talk radio in the good old days.  Can’t you just picture it?  I keep getting images of The Waltons!

Needless to say, it made it’s way into the back of our truck.

Anyone who follows my blog knows that I have this thing for Destin Gulf Green and though I could imagine it  looking great painted in several colors, I still went with Destin.  I mean seriously, look at all that yumminess!

I thinned my paint with water to create a color wash and started slapping on my paint.  I stopped when I got to the legs and decided to paint them in Virginia Chestnut (formally Hershey Brown) to create more of a statement.

I didn’t want it to look new, I never do.  I try instead to accentuate the charm and character the piece already has.  After all, isn’t that what we all love about these pieces anyway?

I got just the look I was going for with one coat of my color wash.  The Destin Gulf Green dried really light, even with that thin coat then turned really dark when I sealed it with Clear Wax.  Yes, that’s how dark it looks when the clear wax is applied, no worries ~ it lightens up again after the wax dries, not as light as the left hand side, it will be deeper and richer but much lighter than it is when it is wet.

When the clear wax was completely dry, I went over some areas with the Dark Aging Wax to add a little more dimension to the shabby look I was going after.  The dark wax grabbed the areas where I had slopped the paint on earlier.

The original stereo has been replaced, but the one in there now still works fine, but this wind is making me CArazy.  It keeps blowing the doors back when I’m taking pictures.

Did I mention the cool jewelry?  I mean hardware – lol 😀  I just love it!!
I know I took a lot of pictures, but I just love this piece. I really wanted it for my own…
I was just starting to wander around my house to figure out where I could put it when someone showed up in my driveway and bought it on the spot.  Oh well… there’s always next time.
There are so many cool colors you can come up with by experimenting a little with CeCe Caldwell’s Paints.

Explore all the colors of CeCe Caldwell’s Paints and get inspired by other projects here. I carry a large supply of CeCe Caldwell Paints on our online Shizzle Shop here and in our Shizzle Design booth at Not So Shabby in downtown Zeeland here. 

To keep up on all our newly painted creations: Subscribe to our Blog, Like our Facebook Page and Pin away our pieces on Pinterest. Have a GREAT weekend!!    Shelly

My Vintage Stereo has been Featured by:

Angie at Knick of Time

Cassie at Primitive & Proper

Linking up to:
aka Design – Do it Yourself
Embracing Change: Creative Inspirations
Restore Interiors – Restored it Wednesday
Primitive & Proper – POWW 95
Domestically Speaking – The Power of Paint Party

The Shabby Creek Cottage – Transformation Thursday
Miss Mustardseed – Furniture Feature Friday

2805 – Potpourri Friday
Embracing Change – Creative Inspirations
Tatertots & Jello – Weekend Party Wrap Up
Homespun Happenings – Rustic Restorations Weekend
Funky Junk Interiors – Saturday Night Special
Too Much Time on My Hands – Get Schooled Saturday
1929 Charmer – Sunday’s Best Party

Boogie Board Cottage – Masterpiece Monday
Between Naps on the Porch – Metamorphasis Monday
Coastal Charm – Nifty Thrifty Tuesday
Knick of Time Interiors – Knick of Time Tuesday
Have a great weekend!!  a hui hou ~ Shelly
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Little Red Dresser

I’m writing this post from our hotel room as we’re getting a little R&R in Northern Michigan.  Since we’ll be travelling through Traverse City on our annual trip around the Leelanau Peninsula, it only made sense that I feature the little red dresser I finished just before we left.

I mixed up a combination of Traverse City Cherry and Kissimmee Orange to create this color then finished it in clear. then went back over it and aged it with dark aging wax.
While doing the initial cleaning, I discovered a little bonus.  The bottom drawer is lined in cedar.  I thought that was pretty cool.
Ugh!  The color looks so yellow in these photos, similar to how pictures turn out in a gym.  I don’t know if it’s a reflection off the hardwood floors or the fluorescent lights, but this dresser is much prettier in person than it appears in these photos.
I’m thrilled with the color in real life and will definitely be doing other pieces in this combo, and soon!  This close up is a better representation of color.

And if I use a flash in the store, I get this ~ so I guess you can get an idea of how it would look at night, but the top doesn’t look orange like it appears here and the paint has nice dimension like the close up shows.  The flash flattens it all out.  Ok, I get it… I wont take pictures in the store anymore, what can I say?  I was in a hurry to get on vacation 😀

We dropped her off just before we headed north.

If interested, you’ll find her sitting pretty in our Shizzle Design space at Not So Shabby in downtown Zeeland.  update, sold.

Stop by and check her out!   sold

There are so many cool colors you can come up with by experimenting a little with CeCe Caldwell’s Paints.  Explore all the colors of CeCe Caldwell’s Paints and get inspired by other projects here. I carry a large supply of CeCe Caldwell Paints on our online Shizzle Shop here and in our Shizzle Design booth at Not So Shabby off 31 in Holland here. To keep up on all our newly painted creations: Subscribe to our Blog, Like our Facebook Page and Pin away our pieces on Pinterest or better yet, sign up for one of our Shizzle Style Paint Workshops featuring CeCe Caldwell’s Paints here.  Have a great weekend, Shelly

 

Linking up to:

aka Design – Do it Yourself

Restore Interiors – Restored it Wednesday
Primitive & Proper – POWW 95
Domestically Speaking – The Power of Paint Party

The Shabby Creek Cottage – Transformation Thursday
Miss Mustardseed – Furniture Feature Friday

Embracing Change – Creative Inspirations
Tatertots & Jello – Weekend Party Wrap Up
Homespun Happenings – Rustic Restorations Weekend
Funky Junk Interiors – Saturday Night Special
Too Much Time on My Hands – Get Schooled Saturday
Serenity You – Serenity Saturday
1929 Charmer – Sunday’s Best Party

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Have a great weekend!!  a hui hou ~ Shelly
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Antique Bed in Georgia Clay

My sister Cathy just finished painting this bed in Georgia Clay.  It was layered over Vermont Slate and Vintage White then distressed to create an old world finish.

This was her first project using CeCe Caldwell’s Paints and I think she knocked it out of the park!

She’s been dying to get her hands on this paint for a few months now, but she was so busy preparing for her daughter’s wedding, she didn’t have a chance ~ until now.

This is the project she tackled with it!  I knew this bed would be a knock out, but my jaw totally hit the floor when I saw her awesome transformation using CeCe Caldwell’s Paints.  She totally put me to shame on her very first piece!  What a brat.

She layered the bed in Vermont Slate, Vintage White and Georgia Clay distressing in between to reveal the various layers.  Ok, seriously… is the distressing on this amazing or what?  I may be bias because she’s my sister, but I LOVE IT!!  Check out the finials on the footboard – GORGEOUS!!!

Yes, the neighbors were coming out of the woodwork to see if Country Living or Better Homes and Gardens were on site – lol!  We had fun with it!!
Here’s another close up of all that yummy layering!

Update: We immediately had a ton of interest in this bed which found a new home in Long Island, NY.

If you’d like to do something like this yourself, we can help you out there too.

Did you know…

  • We now have a Shizzle Design Paint Studio at 2018 Chicago Drive, Jenison, Michigan 49428?  Cathy and I may be busy painting furniture when you walk in, but we want our customers to know that we’re here for you!  Stop in anytime to buy paint or to get your expert help with your chalk and clay paint questions.
  • We’ve taught people from all over the United States and Canada how to paint furniture Shizzle Style using chalk and clay paints?  Join us for a fun and relaxing workshop.  Click Paint Workshops to see a list of current classes offered.
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a hui hou ~ Shelly

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Whimsical Little Girl’s Dresser with Hand Painted Flowers

I’ve been inspired with color ever since we took our daughter to the Children’s Museum in Portland, Oregon years ago.  The museum was filled with vibrant colors and I couldn’t help but embrace the joy in my daughter’s eyes as she explored everything in sight.

Since I had rented homes with blah white walls in Hawaii, I couldn’t wait to finally break out some color when we purchase our first home.  To me, the entire property was a clean slate.  Our 100 year old home had lots of character already but my personality calls for color ~ lots of it!

I had a blast transforming her room with color (I’ll post about that later) and even though I lean toward more of the French look with my furniture finishes, I can’t help to wander back to that inner whimsy of doing uniquely painted children’s furniture.

When I picked up this dresser, I knew it would be a great size for a little girl’s room and would also be a great fit with all the storage for someone’s nursery.  With those thought in mind, I chose my colors and went to town..   Here’s what I came up with!

I started monkeying around with one of my favorite CeCe Caldwell’s combos ~ Destin Gulf and Spring Hill Greens.  With whimsy in mind, I started drafting out ideas on how to make this really unique.

I met with three experts to get their advice on the color for the focal flower.

The vote was unanimous – New Orlean’s Purple!
I sealed everything with a coat of clear wax.
I gave the top of the dresser and the knobs a super durable topcoat of CeCe Caldwell’s Satin Finish
She’s sitting pretty in the Shizzle Design booth at Not So Shabby waiting a little girls to come along and love.

For more more info and directions, click here.

Thanx for stopping by, hope you enjoyed a little detour from my usual style:)  For this project I used a combination of Destin Gulf Green, Spring Hill Green, New Orlean’s Purple, Traverse City Cherry mixed with Kissimmee Orange and Carolina Sun Yellow ~ I think that’s it:)  Explore all the colors of CeCe Caldwell’s Paints and get inspired by other projects here.  I carry a large supply of CeCe Caldwell Paints on our online Shizzle Shop here and in our Shizzle Design booth at Not So Shabby in downtown Zeeland here.  You can also keep up on all our newly painted designs.  Subscribe to our Blog, Like our Facebook Page or Pin away our pieces on Pinterest.  Have a great weekend, Shelly

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Decorating Insanity – Furniture Friday Party
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Too Much Time on My Hands – Get Schooled Saturday 
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Boogie Board Cottage – Masterpiece Monday
Between Naps on the Porch – Metamorphasis Monday
Coastal Charm – Nifty Thrifty Tuesday
PJH Designs – Totally Transformed Tuesday
Knick of Time Interiors – Knick of Time Tuesday