Baby Sophisticate

This was a bedding set made for Presley McMurray, who, incidentally, is probably the third cutest baby ever born (right behind the two Eudaileys). I loved the combination of the toile with pale pink. The bumper pad was custom made to size, as was the crib sheet. The diaper holder was one of my favorite things of all time----every little girl should have a beautiful place to store such demeaning equipment. The best part of the whole kit and kaboodle? Washable.

another material girl....the muralist-faux-finisher-good-lookin'-one

Jan is one heck of a painter. She does children's murals, mostly for doctor's and dentist's offices, but she's also made her mark in dozens of homes in the Tennessee area. One of her most challenging projects was this "Spaceman" theme...these pictures are all works in progress. Eventually, there was a LIFESIZED space man walking on the surface of the moon.

a chair full of history

This chair was recovered for Grace Anne Turner, the infamous afraid of nothing, cursing like a sailor, world traveler. This was her grandmother's chair, and it had definitely seen better days. She was moving to India, and wanted to take along something sentimental...but she wanted it to also be beautiful.

The seat had to be reworked entirely, and a 1-inch diameter roll was added to the leading edge to square it up, and to add dimension to the seat.

The finished product was impressive, if I do say so myself. I hope Grace Anne is sitting in this very chair, wherever in the world she is now, holding her little Lily, reading to her from a banned and very scandalous book.

Special shout-out to my giant-muscled husband for helping me fight with the three-inch-webbing demons, without whom, the seat of this chair would have looked more like a potty.

Is it supposed to be this big?

These were made for Jennifer and Jason Schrager. I don't remember the exact measurements, but the cornice itself was 18 feet long. My installer, Nathan Cross, is installing this thing by himself! To accomplish this install, we rented a UHaul, rented scaffolding, and had to have a "distance level." Wow.

The first pic is of me, writing a check, to pay the installer. Talk about death-defying....me and a checkbook.

past adventures

There were done for Chris and Teresa Gardner, to place in their new, bowling-alley-sized master bedroom. Seriously, a girl could get herself plum lost in that space! (And I'm not even going to address the closet, except to say it's a Carrie-Bradshaw-esque work of art.) Seriously. Silk taffeta draperies, standard tops on rings.