Author: Kayleen

  • CLEANING FURNITURE – PAINTING PREP & HEALTH

    CLEANING FURNITURE – PAINTING PREP & HEALTH

    Natural Recipe for Cleaning Furniture This is how to avoid harsh chemicals and save money when cleaning your furniture. Use my recipe or the suggestion below to be more eco and health conscious. I have a few ‘MUST’s’ when preparing furniture to paint but wherever possible I try to be kind to our environment. Cleaning…

  • Creative Business Tips

    Creative Business Tips

    Going the extra mile in your creative business. Creative Business Tip – Give the unexpected. There are ALWAYS opportunities to go the extra mile and gift others with a random act of kindness. In a creative business, it can be as simple as an encouraging word, a smile, a little humour, a small gift or…

  • Shabby Chic Furniture Makeover

    Shabby Chic Furniture Makeover

    From a slopping drippy mess to an elegant Shabby Chic Furniture Makeover. A client handed me two of these shapely but badly painted bedside tables for a Shabby Chic furniture makeover, asking me to fix them for her. She wanted them distressed but not too rough and shabby. I am known for “gentle” Shabby Chic…

  • Add gilding wax and create prestigious faux finishes!

    Add gilding wax and create prestigious faux finishes!

    How to add gilding wax. That extra special something for furniture finishes. I created a quick and easy video to show how easy it is to add gilding wax. I demonstrated on a beautiful blue, ornate sideboard I have had sitting waiting for a decision on final touched. This is the photo of the sideboard…

  • Successful Creatives stress less with these actions

    Successful Creatives stress less with these actions

    Successful creatives stress less today! Creatives are always on an adventure and in an ever-present place of wonder, constantly searching for new things to discover. On this journey, successful creatives stress less when they have strategies to manage their amazing and often scattered minds. I was inspired to share some tips on a topic I deal with…