Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Soft Open...

We have a date for our soft open...




 Come shop at my studio/shop this Saturday August 31st for Antiques & Oddities...open 10a-2p...at 1091 Willamette Falls Dr, West Linn, OR...the entrance is located behind the building in the alley (it's a safe and friendly alley)...

All My Favorite Things will be open as well...she is located street side of the building!

You won't want to miss this...you will be the first to get to see the shop and 
studio space... you have to promise not to mind the still work in progress of the space.
We are getting there but as anything it still has a lot of work left to be done. 

If you can't make it to the soft opening we are always available by appointment
and we will be having a Grand Open Studio event at the end of September!

Hope to see you Saturday!

Ciao,
F


Wednesday, August 21, 2013

A Beautiful Place...

Yesterday I needed to clear my mind so decided to go to a beautiful place...my studio.

Now, if you had seen it when I got there you would have probably looked at me like I was
crazy...piles of furniture and boxes everywhere, paint cans strewn across the floor, stacks of reclaimed wood.
To me there was beauty hidden in the mess just waiting to come out...

I got busy as soon as I got there white (actually grey) washing the shelving unit first. Then, maybe it was the sun or the pull of a blue moon, I felt the pull of inspiration...
Things just started to slip into place like the pieces of a puzzle. It felt so good to start seeing what I had been carrying in my head for months become reality.

Now, don't get me wrong it isn't even close to being done but it just felt so good to start seeing what it can be. I was so excited I so wanted to show it to somebody but the building, so I thought was empty, but low and behold my friends Mel and John had just shown up to work in their studios. I dragged them both to see it (it wasn't hard, they both have an appreciation for the old).

I'm still so excited to show people so bare with me, I had to blog about it and yes there are quite a few pics but think of it kind of like your favorite catalog (because it is all for sale).

The shelf unit before my paint brush...


grey washed and in progress...

Getting there...











Center piece...





Right wall...












Left Wall...








And of course Rita & Bing are watching over it all...



Lots still to do and I am inspired...
Remember if there is ever anything you see you can not live without, let me know. The studio is open when I am there and by appointment. Of course there will be a soft open soon and a Open Studio night in September for everyone!


Stay tune for more updates as I get through projects and styling of the space.

Ciao,
F

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Today...

I love this . . . 

With that being said I am heading to my studio today!

Ciao,
F

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Glitter...

Like the stars in your eyes...
May your day glitter with joy!


source

Ciao,
F

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Calm elegance...

The photography by Nicolas Buisson and interior of these images are beautiful...there is a calm elegance throughout.
The simple way it all looks like it has been sand washed with a touch of old world...textures abound in the textiles, wood and light.
Pure, calm elegance...




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Ciao,
F