Metallic Shine

The aim of this project was to create an organic design using neutral colors infused with metallic accents

Before

 After

The sketch I presented the client along with tile samples before the project began:

 This fireplace surround consists of slate, glass mosaic, stained glass, glazed ceramic, metal accent pieces, and multiple types of liners in between sections.  

Bronze, gold, silver, iron, cream, cinnamon, browns, and copper colors were used

Tile from: International Materials of Design, Sunderland Tile, Bearden's Stained Glass, Home Depot, & Lowe's

Stripping Stone

This was a Fireplace that had a strange greenish/yellow glossy glaze over all of the stone...why?!!

I stripped the glaze from the stone (NOT an easy process!) and Cleaned it up with a matte sealer.

We also mosaiced between the wood trim around on the hearth and mantle with 1x1" glass.

 Can you see the green shine that the stone cast before in the picture below?

(In person, it made the stone look fake since it was so shiny)

One last look at before and after:

(of course, much more drastic in person)  

Does anyone notice the other change?... the brass was sprayed black with high heat paint on the screen!

Loft Space

Furnished loft space in downtown Kansas city for West Elm

 (Items from 2009 collection)

Tile Maniac!

 These are some of my past mosaic projects I've done

A bar with a cushion-wrapped front edge and built-in stirrer stick cups and coasters

This fireplace was art of a home makeover

see the before and after photos HERE

tile around an outdoor fireplace

Quick Visual

This was a small sketch I did for someone doing graphics for Hallmark as a visual for their tables they set up throughout some grocery store chains around Christmas time.

Paintings

I painted this for my friend Shayna's Bat Mitzvah.  It's textured with torn tissue paper, modge podge, acrylic paint, then lacquered with a high gloss. Small glitter tiles and mirrors are added on top.

A 24x36" canvas textured with gel using a v-notched trowel, acrylic paint, and heavily lacquered

A textured trilogy with branches carved into the plaster.  Acrylic paint and small glass beads added like wet drops of dew on the flower and branches.  This painting was a gift for our dear friends that lost their precious boy an hour after birth.  The branches represent them and the flower is for Jake.

Jeff Hanson Video Launch!

Check out my good friend Jeff Hanson and the amazing things he's doing to make a better world for all!

Click here to see the video I created to better tell his story.

Jeff believes every act of kindness helps create kinder communities, more compassionate nations, and a better world for all... even one painting at a time.

www.JeffreyOwenHanson.com

www.artistJeffHanson.blogspot.com

Holiday Decor

I made this wreath by using a plain flocked base and adding different ornaments and floral embellishments with wire

During Christmas, I displayed some red, green, and black books between my lovely Johnathan Adler Dachshund bookends instead of my usual orange books during the rest of the year!

Bedroom Closets

Our bedroom had no closet space whatsoever so we built our own!  We built a His and a Hers closet on either side of the window along one wall, and placed a re-purposed dresser in between.

There's Matt working hard!

We used bi-fold doors so we could get a maximum opening width to access all of our clothes without having big doors swing out into our bed and get in our way.

Messy!

Organized!

Guest Room & Studio

This is our guest room, but is mostly used as my husband's office and display for historical trinkets!

My husband had the framed map already so I had shelves made to surround it on the wall.  I used the Rakks system, and Sawdust Inc. in KCMO made the shelves laminated with a zebrawood style Formica.

The old carpet was removed in my studio and replaced with the same engineered wood throughout the living space.

The cube bookshelf against the orange accent wall is from West Elm, my desk is actually a rolling console table from cb2 along with the two rolling file cabinets.  I had sheet metal cut from Western Metal in Lousiburg, KS for a magnetic thought-board, and I found the vintage chair from Mission Antique Mall.

The Bathroom

Before:                                            After:

During demo... I got really into it!

SHOWER:

We re-tiled the shower and added a shampoo niche' into the wall.  The porcelain tile is from Home Depot [$1.60/sqft!!!] I needed something that would tie the beige existing tub in with the gray tones I was using in the rest of the house; this tile was perfect!

Shower curtain from Crate & Barrel, green towels from cb2, white towels from Target.

That old cabinet above the toilet was just too bulky and impeding on the space, floating shelves from IKEA and towel hooks on the wall were much easier on the eyes while still providing extra storage.
For more information on the shelves click HERE!

Vanity, sink, splash, mirror, hardware, and lighting from Lowe's