And ACTION!!!

Well it is official, my first blog posting. I have been putting this off for quite sometime because I wanted to ensure that I created something that represented me and what I am hoping to achieve in the best way possible.

This whole thing began because I have an obsession with thrifting. If you are unsure as to what thrifting is, well I would say that it going to consignment shops, garage sales and thrift stores and look for fashions and home goods that can be modified to fit into todays world without looking old or outdated.

I have a sense of being able to see something and look at the silhouette or the fabric, and see the potential that lies within it. It takes a bit of vision, and definitely quite a lot of elbow grease and trial and error to make something old look new. That is the beauty in the whole process. Of course I love how something looks when I am finished, but the best part of the whole thing for me is the transformation.

Here is my first official piece, pictured below. I found this at a thrift store and knew that with a fresh coat of paint and a little work this would be a treasure.

before

after

I decided it would be fun to try a great little treatment on the top as well, I want to create something that I would call a combination of French and Modern. Here was the result.