rough round table

we've been slowing trying to clean the shop up- which means using materials that i have been moving from corner to corner for...... lets just say a long time. the base of this came from the auction. the original top was an oak veneer, but had been badly burned. this new top is all reclaimed, mostly pine. now it's ready for a brand new life!

catalog

it has been so long, there is just so much to share! i'll start with a partial pic of this amazing catalog cabinet we picked up at auction a while ago. it took a good amount of work to clean up, but it was well worth it! it is just stunning. it also happened to be full old hardware. we sorted and cleaned and here it is fantastically revamped. makes me wish i had a humongous studio in an old factory, with big windows overlooking the mountains & close to the city- as long as i'm dreaming....

arts night out: sarah ahearn bellmare

SO much SUNSHINE

well hello out there!

tonight marks the final arts night out event of the year. how does time fly so fast?

stop by to check out the whimsical, lovely work of local artist sarah ahearn bellmare. there will be a reception this evening from 5-8pm and the show will be up through the holidays.

sarah will be showcasing a series of fresh new paintings inspired by poetry, found photographs and vintage botanical illustrations.

she will also be selling an signing copies of her new book Painted Pages: Fueling Creativity Through Sketchbooks and Mixed Media (Quarry Books, May 2011)

diy wine rack

hi all, so if you check in regularly with the s&b blog, you've noticed we haven't been online much these days- but that doesn't mean we haven't been busy! my family just bought our first house! and of course, it's a fixer-upper. while justin and marcella have been keeping s&b open and amazing as ever (thanks guys!)- i've been at the new house knocking down walls, hanging drywall and sanding floors all hours of the day. in between this work, i went down to 22 news and filmed a couple diy projects for their show mass appeal. click here to see the 6 minute video. i'm a tv star!