But like all good things, they must come to an end, and as for me, it's that time to get back in the saddle again. Eight pieces were sold this week in the store, which means it's going to be very busy in the work shop once again. Thanks to my supportive family and technology, my new business adventure is off to a great start and I am totally loving it! Because of technology, my furniture and new blog/website was found by a woman who was looking for a special piece of furniture and lucky for me loved my work and passed my information on to a friend of hers who works for a news paper! You can imagine my excitement when last week I received a very surprising phone call from a writer for the Belleville New Democrat telling me how a friend of hers was looking for a piece of furniture when they came upon my website and loved my work! She continued about how nice it would be to write an article on what is I am doing with furniture. Well, with as much composure as I could muster up at that very excited moment, I agreed to meet with her today!
And so, on my first day of the year back at the shop, I was blessed to have the opportunity to share my love of painting furniture with a reporter who probably wished she knew shorthand for as fast as I was talking. But wait...there's more! As I am sitting with this very nice woman who is writing up a storm, a customer comes into the shop. I of course excused myself from the interview to assist her in looking for furniture for her new home. She originally drove the 45 minute drive to check out the antique cottage style dining table and chairs, but before I knew it, she, like others, was making her way around the shop and just like that 5 freshly refurbished pieces found a new home! The reporter and myself was in awe as she pointed out in a matter of fact way, exactly which ones she had to have. Needless to say it was perfect timing, the reporter got her story and then some! Although the young woman, who with her brought her adorable daughter, couldn't stay around for a photo, she too was interviewed a bit and was as enthusiastic about my pieces as I am doing them! After that customer left another nice lady came in and was interested in some of the techniques I use which I thought was perfect, as I got to explain them to both the reporter and a customer. She was interview as well and agreed to be mentioned in the article which I thought was quite nice.
So there you have it, my very first day of 2013, crazy and exciting all at once!
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Here are a 3 of the 5 pieces that found a new home today. I just brought in a mahogany drop leaf side table painted in Florence this morning and didn't get to take any shots yet! Going to try to tomorrow before I deliver it all Sunday, and the 5th piece was a cute vanity chair I reupholstered in a patch work quilt block!
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| 1 of the 4 cute cottage style chairs |
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| My favorite chair, the cane back arm chair with burlap seat |
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| the very interesting hand crafted harp table with antique glass pull |
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| and finally the adorable cottage table and 4 chairs! |
