Giving Back - After

A couple of weeks ago I posted about an event I took part in to raise money and awareness of the furniture bank for the Mass Coalition for the homeless. Well I'm happy to say it was a great success, we raised $6,000 for the cause and had a great time doing so. My good friend and fellow blogger Danika Herrick of Gorgeous Shiny Things set up an entire room. I chose a vintage piece of furniture from their furniture bank and revamped it for the auction. Here are the before and after shots. A big thank you to Ace Hardware for donating the paint for this project.

BEFORE: A tired Lane Furniture table.

AFTER: I needed to choose a gender neutral shade, so I chose a color from Ace's: Colors for Your Life paint deck - Shady Lane - A36-6 (semi-gloss finish) but I had them mix it in Ace Hardware's Clark+Kensington, paint+primer in one line.  I used gold leaf paint on the inside of the handle and leg caps.

"copyright Ace Hardware Corporation 2012"

"copyright Ace Hardware Corporation 2012"

" copyright Ace Hardware Corporation 2012"

The rug is from the Nate Berkus collection for HSN.

The photographs are by Ann-Marie Rollo, see her amazing work here.

Here's a picture of my friend Danika Herrick from Gorgeous Shiny Things and o'verlays (far left), another designer, Susan Wornick who is a local news anchor and myself (far right) at the event. Dana's room came out amazing, see it on her blog here. Girlfriend is crazy with a paint brush, I'm not sure where she finds the time to do it all. 

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sneak peek - kitchen

I have three great jobs I need to have photographed right now! This being one of them. It's a kitchen design...more to come when the job's been shot! (I'm thinking of investing in a nice camera - do you have a favorite digital, my 35mm was the canon eos rebel)

Cheers!

ps. thanks to my client for sending this photo along.

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Sneak Peek - Shelter Project

Hello, hello. It's been a busy week. Sorry for the late posts..I had an install this morning! Installs are always a bit nerve wracking of course because I want everything to turn out perfectly. Here's a peek (I quickly snapped these with my i-phone) at an amazing job I've been working on! These clients are a pleasure. I need to finish the project up with accessories and artwork but we're almost there. A number of the items were custom designed by SHELTER. The rug was a custom size (it's a Kelly Wearstler pattern) as was a number of the furniture pieces (ex: the family room ottoman), the window treatments and of course the pillows! I'm going to have it professionally shot soon and will surely share those photos. (but only after they've been submitted to a publication first!). Happy (almost) Friday! xx.

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Mamapreneurs - Shelter feature

The very talented Stephanie Piscitelli from Bellini portraits has a great Mamapreneurs series. Today she has featured Shelter, and my kiddies on her blog!

Images:

2. My gallery wall in my downstairs hallway

3. An updated shot of my inspiration board

4. I painted the large number three. It's pretty sentimental considering all that has gone "down" in my life over the past six months!!

Stephanie was an absolute pleasure to work with, I'll be hiring her this summer to take photographs of my children at the beach!! Her work is beautiful!

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