So update!!!! WE SOLD OUR FIRST PIECE!!!!
I am so happy!!
Something we made is sitting in someones house hopefully being admired!
So the piece we sold was our beautiful dropleaf!
I actually loved it so much...I know I should because....well...I made it...but still...I just think it's pretty!
Also in the picture you can see our little minion a.k.a my little brother who often comes out and helps us paint seeing as how our studio is actually a stable out the back of the house where I grew up!
Enough gushing..anyway someone else saw how pretty it was and bought it!I have to say...seriously incredible feeling getting paid for our work! I know it might take us a while to get on our feet but at least we're started! We've been crazy busy (and on holidays for a few days) in the last few weeks so we actually haven't added anything to our etsy shop! however we've been commissioned by a few people (including a family member) to do a few specific pieces for them so we're working on them predominantly!
Heres a few shots of my boys hard at work! The little white table is a commissioned piece for Pauls brother! We're also keeping an eye out for some matching chairs for him to put with the little table! We're just after putting an undercoat on it here but as it stands at the moment the legs have a coat or two of "Cloudburst Grey" paint on the legs and we're going to paint the top "Pure Brilliant White".
It's almost done at this point and we will be dropping it in to him then! It's all little steps eh? Even if it's just family supporting us now every piece we sell is an advertisement in itself right? Thats what I'm telling myself! Plus money is money! We won't be turning down the stuff that will help us buy more furniture!
We also don't usually work outside it's just that it was beautfiul weather and it was seriously hot in our little stable...it was so warm in there I actually nearly passed out..so theres a small problem with our studio! But in the winter it's warm too so thats good!
We've also taken on a really big project which we've yet to start! We've been given a beautiful old oak coffee table that used to have a wooden top but it's rotted through (the top itself wasn't oak and it rotted away in storage) and have been tasked with repairing a few bits and then tiling the top of it! I am so so so excited! Of course the problem with commissioned pieces is that we have to do what the client asks and this table could be incredible! It is going to look beautiful regardless but I now really want one like it to go mad on myself! I'm looking forward to the whole tiling process if I'm honest and I will post pictures of the process as we go!
So I'm hoping to get at least another piece on etsy this weekend and then get some of our commissioned pieces finished!
We've also sold another piece, or rather two but we won't be actually giving it to the customer till july so it kind of doesn't feel real yet!
So we have a lovely mirror up online and we are currently painting a lovely chair the same colour and have decided to sell the two as a little set upon request of the customer. So I guess thats technically two pieces!
The chair is well on it's way and hopefully will be finished on saturday! I think it's fun! I know when I eventually have my own house it's going to be filled with colourful furniture like this! I think that this is the epitome of what we are about at Happy House! Colour and uniqueness!
And a bonus snap of our little shop...I'm hoping to have that blue hallway table up this weekend! I just have to varnish it and stick on a new handle! I wish I'd taken a before photo of that one because it's really come on a lot!
You can also see another drop leaf in the frame a bit! I have some cool plans for that one and I am also hoping to start that this weekend!
So many plans eh? All that's left now is to see if I actually get anything done this weekend! So much to do, so little time!
Until next time!
