Bedside lamp

Mi grandma, China, knew my love for things with stories. She gave me two bedside lamps.
But unfortunately one of them suffered from a coordination error and the glass tulip end up broken. I could have looked for another to replace the old one, but it came to my mind the idea to make one with some staff I already had at home.

And this is the other one, still complete! The style of both is totally different now, so I put them in totally different corners of the house...

Warm light of Sunday, to start Monday

Lights around the house ...

Another version

Same idea.... another version.... in a different place of the house.
And if you were wondering, YES! Also made with Christmas decorations!
Now you know, in late November, early December... go with time to the supermarket.
The lovely decoration in glass was handmade by my mother-in-law, Maria.

Light to my bathroom

The challenge was in the air (at least I felt it that way). The bathroom near my art studio was needing a light or some competent thing providing light to see better!
The solution could easily come from a shop, or be handmade/cheap/lovely/artistic/cheap (did I said it already?)....
The bathroom from the outside...

From the insight...

Thank to some changes being made at home, I had the artifact itself, but it wasn't particularly

nice. So I made some nice pending staff to hang, using some parts from Christmas decorations and glass pendants.

I felt happy with the result! An idea for to you to inspire and perhaps decorate some corner in your place.



More recycled furniture

Before the turquoise library, there were other!

A little side table my friend Julia rescued for me... it originally came with a dark painting.
A long time after it came to me, I started painted it. At the time I finished it I was really inspired by the Mexican style, and it all took part of the transformation.

This detail of another old furniture, was given to me by another friend (we have to see each other again Vicky!). It was also painted really dark. I sand it a little bit to clear and see the real wood with steel wood (hope this is how it is said), and highlighted the details with golden and grey wax.

Now is on top of a large window in our dinning room.

And last but not least, a mirror my beloved grandma China gave me. It was all white originally, apparently my aunt Luisa wanted it that way. I sand it, my husband sand it, kids sand it, and I painted with something I made myself: shellac and copper glitter. I varnished it with a mix of shining and matt varnish. This is a detail of it...





Old cans

I love them... the older the better.
Many years ago, a really small shop near by, had some cans (for cookies) that looked as something without a future.
The lovely lady kept those treasures in her shop, without knowing really what to do with them.
My radar detected them and I offer her to buy them. She thought about what to do for five minutes, asked her son, and they decided to sell them to me for something like $1.
They weren't in good shape and were really dirty. So I washed them, painted them, pasted some images, and treated them to look old.
Here they are!

At this point of the story I should confess my love for Alphonse Mucha. My favorite artist. His images honor my can.
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfons_Mucha
http://www.muchafoundation.org/MHome.aspx

The green one is more renaissance, with images of Miguel Angel.

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_%C3%81ngel

Now the keep candles and small pieces of fabric.

Everyday art...

Recycling furnitures, part II

As promised...finished and its final location! The turquoise furniture now keeps my magazines and tells my story...

 I like wax more than varnish. It gives to the furnitures a more natural look.