Goodbyes and Hellos

The past year was a huge learning curve - I mean, huge!  What I thought I really wanted - my own space - didn't turn out to be what I needed after all.  That's life for you.  I gave it a try so I will never think "What if?" but after much contemplation, I have decided not to sell out of Lucketts any longer.

Although I did love the pretty drive, Lucketts is not around the corner.  All of the time (and it was a LOT of time!) that I spent on my space in Lucketts, I hope to now spend on my blog and Etsy site.

I have so much to learn about the blog world and I know there is a lot I can do to make this a fun, interesting site to visit.  I hope to have more pictures to show, ideas to share, and am actually working on a little video paint tutorial.

This week I finished this lovely hutch in a mixture of Aubusson and Old White.  A wash of French Linen was also applied before distressing and waxing...

This was so fun to work on - I love to pull out the details by distressing it...

Another project was the farmhouse chest in red with a whitewash applied to the body...

Here you can see how the wash looks up close...

What I learned in 2012 - chalk paint, Barn sales, Lucketts, blogs and "linky parties", facebook pages and Etsy.  How lucky I am to have met and made new friends in Celeste and Donna at On A Whim, who always offered encouraging words and friendship.  

Here is to 2013 and navigating all that I have yet to learn...tent sales, Instagram, Twitter, Google+, blogging... it never ends!

Suzanne

linking to: http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/

http://lavendergardencottage.blogspot.com/
http://www.thevintagefarmhouse.com/
http://itssoverycheri.com/2013/01/13/its-party-time-1-13-2013/
http://threemangoseeds.blogspot.com/
http://missmustardseed.com/2013/01/furniture-feature-friday-favorites-a-link-party-15/