My friend, Angela, is one hugely talented lady. {Not to mention one of the nicest and funniest people you will ever meet}. She has a whirly swirly brain and I so love that about her!

She found this awesome retro chair at Scotts. Very lovely as is. But, Angela is all about makeovers and allowing beauty to ooze out of everything she touches. So Mr. Brown Chair was given some primer and a little semi-gloss.Then she handed Sharpies out to her kids, her friends and her hubby with the instructions to 'draw a silly face.'

How fun and beautiful is this work in progress??!!

You'll want to go over to her blog, The Painted House, and check out her other chair makeovers and some peaks into her fabulous artist studio.

{Angela, please please leave a little spot for me!!}

{images via tph blog}

While shopping at the Hickory Furniture Mart recently I stumbled on this sweet treat:

This adorable chair was a birthday present for Max who was turning 1.  Anna and her other son
 Harry {Absolutely Beautiful Things} combined their artistic talents and created this unique present
using fabric felt markers. Anna found the small vintage chair and had it upholstered in white canvas.
 She included a special note on the back along with the date. I think this is one of the most special
gifts I have ever seen. 

I bought a white canvas club chair for my daughters room years ago. The sole reason behind the
purchase was to do the exact same thing that Anna has done. But, I wanted to include everything
from her {then} 11 years of life.....that's a lot of events! Then with every passing year, more great
events were happening {funny how life does that...}

Maybe I will consider having it completed by the time she graduates from high school in 2 years :)   

To see more about this chair, visit Anna's blog. It is a real treat.