More custom pieces

This is a piece that I saw listed on Craigslist and considered buying. But I procrastinated and a client called the next day to ask if she could drop off a piece for me to do. I recognized it the moment I saw it in her trunk. She had me finish it in basic black. I don't know what kind of wood it was, but the picture really looks worse then it did in real life.



After I redid this client's table and chairs, she decided to bring the piece back and have me do it in the same red as the table and chairs but no cream. I think it turned out even better then the black. She just picked it up and seemed to be pleased with it.



These next two pieces are for another client and she said she has been getting a lot of compliments on the checkerboard design.





So now I have two custom pieces still on hand to work on. A larger drop leaf version of the little drop leaf table shown above and an antique/vintage possum belly table that I need to figure how to put back together. The client who brought the first piece pictured above also has another dresser she wants done in red, so in addition to the pieces I have in my shed to work on, I'll be plenty busy for some time.

But Nancy likes it that way, it keeps me off the streets and out of trouble!

End Tables, Coffee Tables

I hardly got in the door at The Black Sheep Gallery, when a customer pointed to what I was carrying and bought it.





These nesting tables didn't get a chance to leave my home before they were snagged for my daughter's living room.

Bookcases and a Dresser

Old wood look

What do you do with a pile of used fencing?

Home decor pieces

Desks

Small pieces like benches or stools

Bought at a yard sale, the cushion was covered with cat hair. I just took the cushion off down to the wood and painted on the checkerboard pattern.

Custom work for a couple of clients

Here are some pieces I customized for a couple of different clients:

This is a piece I had seen listed on Craigslist and considered buying. What a surprise when a client showed up at my door with the very same piece. She had seen it on Craigslist as well, bought it and brought it right over for it to be customized in black.



A dresser for the same client as the black piece above.



I had purchased this top part of a hoosier over a year ago, thinking I'd find a base somewhere that I could use with it. I finally put the piece up for sale, and another client that I had just met to discuss some custom projects went in to The Black Sheep Gallery and bought it. All I did to this piece since it was basically in good shape, was to clean it up a little and stain it to give it a fresh look. At one time it had glass and frame doors.



A table and chair set that I customized for the lady with the two dressers above. The first picture is after I've sanded the pieces and painted them red and cream, and the second picture is after they've been distressed and aged.





A shelf customized for the lady who bought the hoosier. We both really like the checkerboard pattern. A local newspaper article referred to the checkerboard pattern as my signature work.



A couple of small pieces customized for the lady with the dressers.





And for the lady with the checkerboard shelf and hoosier.

Magazine racks can be fun!

Mustard and black with some Linen stars to dress it up.



Black and cream, with a nice big black star on the end.



A rack I customized for a client.

Nothing but chairs

A variety of the different chairs I've done.

This one I painted in red and cream to match a ladies desk I had done. The lady who bought the desk also bought this chair.





This is a great sturdy bentwood chair, very simple in its lines. I painted it black and mustard and put burgundy stars on it. The first picture is after I've painted it black.





This next chair is part of a set of four, including a matching table, that I did custom for a client, in red and cream.



And these are some others I've done.