Yesterday while doing garden chores, I took time out to photograph this wisteria. A dream come true to have abundant gorgeous blooms appear like amethyst jewels against the sky. Even the leaves are healthy and supple.
Have a great week.
~ June
While visiting my parents, I took pictures of lilac trees in their back yard. A feast of grand loveliness. After three-hour drive return home, I went out to my yard and discovered the lilacs aren't nearly as healthy looking as their bounty. Most branches are bare of bloom including leaves, scrawny things really. Mama tells me they don't do anything to their lilacs except a bit of pruning when needed. Well, pruning I've done even assuring good soil and yet. . . time to get serious resolving the problem.
Who to help? To begin, these to venture:
Happy Friday!
~ June
This house located on Gig Harbor is a little reminder that summer will arrive. Until then, our house many miles from this one, is enduring a full day with wee bits of sunshine, cold breezes, torrential hail, and rain. Alas, I wanted to venture out and continue doing garden chores. But typical spring. . . erratic weather patterns to be expected.
Hope you're having a great day!
~ June
UPDATE 2017: Chinoiserie screen has SOLD! In addition, Venetian screen has SOLD! To view more photos, click June's Instagram link located on sidebar.
Here are two unique hand-painted floor screens, I created in 1997. Both are now available to purchase. Decoratively charming, they're the last two of five screens.
That's it for hand-painted floor screens until further notice!
Cheers,
~ June ~
All this week in lovely April, we're finally welcomed with little or no rain. Temps are pleasant 60's and rising to 70's by Sunday. So having taken a break from tons of furniture painting including designing surface patterns, I've resorted to mothering my tiny flower seedlings, weeding garden beds, clearing out the garden shed including disposing of yard debris. Blisters and sore muscles withstanding, my head is spinning with assorted gardening possibilities.
One thought I've been contemplating is to surround the back area intended for vegetable/flower garden, with either a tall brick wall (think Bloomsbury Charleston House walled gardens) or wood fencing. But which is most feasible? Well, after considering the two, I found one of my photographs taken last summer while visiting friends in Gig Harbor. It helped me to make my choice. Definitely a picket fence! Nevermind, not as expensive or labor-intensive as building a walled garden!
And now it's time to make actual plans. Do I build a picket fence from scratch, buy premade, or find a vintage secondhand with peeling paint and rickety appeal? Hmmm, really need to think about this further.
Hope you have a great weekend.
~ June ~
UPDATE: January 2017 -- The Eastlake Table (last photo as seen above) has been sold!
Bell & Finch Studio Shop now online over at the popular home furnishings site Chairish! Finally, our first four furniture items are available to purchase. If interested in viewing more photos, close-ups plus pricing, you're welcome to visit by clicking
HERE. Or, you can click shop link image featuring the finch located on our blog sidebar.
Plenty more furniture plus other decorative objects will be added in a timely manner. Later in another post, I'll explain how I painted plus designed motifs for these pieces.
~ June ~
Here is a partial sneak peek at one of many vintage painted furniture items soon to be available for sale. Also, within a timely manner, I'll be adding handmade decorative objects too. Timewise, our Bell & Finch Studio Shop is nearly ready to officially launch. Not a brick-and-mortar storefront, nor utilizing local vendor dealer stores, we've decided to sell via online home furnishings marketplaces. Specifically, those with very popular online presence. And after reviewing and analyzing a long list of prospects for consideration, last night, our first choice was decided.
The next step is sending item photographs, then, wait for curator evaluation as to whether our items are acceptable to sell on their website. Meanwhile, we'll be crossing our fingers. Of course, a link will be provided once things are hopefully good to go.
~ June ~