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Progress Report

I have completed one of the set of two chairs in the gold color, and now I want to add one more layer for depth on this set. This is the model piece.

For the set of six chairs, here is the progress I have made on one chair.  Next I will be looking for material to reupholster the seats.  Any pointers out there people let me know I am totally up for suggestions.











More progress to come I have dissembled, cleaned, sanded the remaining chairs, and they are ready to be primed.  I can hardly wait to use my gun.  Hopefully the wind stops soon. 

This month has been crazy busy, trying to get these chairs completed has been hard to do.  Today I will be sanding 9 chairs and priming them as well.  I also am going to finish playing with the 3 chairs that I originally started later this afternoon.  Gotta move on to the next phase quick so I can start the next project!

Learning Lessons spilling paint!

Well yesterday was quite the learning experience.  Talk about making a huge mess!!  The Graco Gun I purchased was a wild experience.  I put the piece together, all was working fine until I almost finished the first chair, then all of a sudden a sputtering started to spit out!  This really made me upset, here I am with this new gun and its already giving me a run for my money.  So I proceed to my manual and try to trouble shoot the problem, I go inside tell my husband that there is a problem with the gun (mind you hes napping).  He looks up at me squinting his eyes, and says "did you try to trouble shoot the problem?" I nodded my head and went outside to try it again.  At this point I thought, you know what, I am going to just have to clean it and start over again, no big deal.  So I clean the machine very carefully and read the manual and try round two, press the lever and its just oozing out!  So then I scratch my head some more and run in the house and tell him, "I need your help."  He comes out and starts playing with it as I am telling him how it works and POP!  All the paint just explodes everywhere!  Lol!  So we proceed to clean up and start over from scratch again.  We get the gun to work a little, but then it starts to spit out random spurts as it sprays!  This machine is no fun!  This thing should have worked out perfect the first time.  So I traded it in for a better gun!  Lesson from this, just because something is priced high and is rated the best, doesn't mean that it is the best machine for you project.  This was a $300 gun that was in the paint section, one of the best!  The gun I traded it in for was in the tool section, $50 and recommended by another artist, we will see how it works.  Bare with me people, I will finish these chairs, I hope it only gets better :)

Yesterday I ran into some troubles with a spray gun that I thought might work for the project I am working on.  The gun required me to thin the paint out and the ratio was unclear because the paint was not the correct product for this gun.  So I talked with my husband about the concerns that I had with this huge issue of running paint.  We decided that it would be appropriate if we purchased a new sprayer.  Mind you this would be my first major purchase for a tool on my own, it was very daunting.  I assumed it would be easy to pick from all the options for the right spray gun for my projects, after a couple hours a selection was decided.  We purchased a Graco X5 spray gun and let me tell you I can't wait to use it!  I watched the tutorial video this morning and I am so thrilled that my project will be completed in half the time it would take rolling or brushing on paint.
 

The Month of MAY

 

For the last couple days I have been busy working on ideas and pieces to start a business.  This would be my second business I have started.  This is all too familiar the amount of work and brainstorming involved.  But frankly I love it!

I am currently working on some chairs at the moment:

 A set of six

The set of six chairs I have to take apart the vinyl material off the chair and prep it for the color I'm going for.  I was thinking an old European finish, white and soft browns.  The material for these chairs I was thinking a canvas material with studs on the the edges might look nice.

 A set of four

 For the set of four chairs I was thinking a black old country distressed finish.

 A set of two

And the set of two chairs I was going for a gold finish on the wood with cracking and using the existing turquoise vinyl material for the seating.

Lastly I am working on some table legs that I am turning into distressed candle holders, these I have primed and added base coat to.  I haven't decided the final look quite yet but I will soon.

Today is a new day!

I have reflected some since yesterday, and have seen what I need to do in order to go to the next step of ways to market myself for finishing furniture and home goods.  I volunteer at a consignment shop and told the owner that I wanted to go to the street fair and thought I would be able to make some big sales.  I also told him I wanted the experience to see if this would be something I would do in the future. I went to the street fair with the possibility for making some sales with all sorts of home goods(maybe to much excitement).  Surprisingly I took more away from the experience than sales and a five dollar bill. I learned what was necessary for me to go into this market of finishing furniture. Thus beginning my journey.