04 Nov IT’S TODAY!!! Here’s a SNEAK PEEK of Not So Shabby’s Christmas Open House – Doors OPEN 10:00 a.m. Nov 4!
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https://www.facebook.com/ShellyLillyAndrade/videos/10212226818003267/?l=6796179761080879684 If you can't hear my voice in this blog post video, watch it on our Facebook Page ShizzleLLC. You'll find it in the Sneak Peek post with all the pictures. Bust through the doors at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, Nov 4 for best selection! It was like Santa's Workshop last night with...
I'm feeling a bit emotional as I write this next post as it brings me back to a time just before the first surgery. Cathy was still here and it was business as usual at Shizzle Design. I was nervous about my upcoming surgery to remove the cancer from within my humerus so I took out my frustration sanding an old work table. I fell in love with this old thing at a local flea market. It had been well loved in it's previous life , as a matter of fact, it was downright filthy and it took hours upon hours to clean her all up.
It's super cool, constructed of solid oak can adjust several inches in height. That's one of the neatest parts of the design. I LOVE that part. Who's with me on this? I can't be along because it's downright awesome! It reminds me of old swivel desk chair hardware like that on one we sold last year.
I know, I'm drawn to strange things but it's those details that really speak it me. You just don't see that kind of craftsmanship anymore in our mass produced, face paced world.
As cool as the piano stool is, the kids keep going back to the little chippy red chair that they've used since they were little and we've got a big trip we're saving up for. The girls and I are headed to Spain in 1-1/2 years so we've started selling things out of our house that we don't use anymore. (click link to continue reading...) 
Continue reading to learn how to create this paint finish.
With Cath battling Cancer and me recovering from surgery, we weren't able to get much work done the past six months. To compensate, I sold odds and ends of stuff we had in our loft along with a few truck loads of unpainted furniture, work tables, misc frames... to make ends meet. My heart is still not in it and the depression has me frozen in a zone I can't seem to escape. I physically find it hard to move. I'm pulling away from everyone which I know is not healthy but it's all I can do right now to just be. I'm not sure my heart will ever be back into my work but I have to get out of this funk and at least try to start painting again. 
